Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

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[Music] [Applause] [Music] Good evening. Microphone on. Good evening. We'll call to order the session of June 11th for the York County Planning Commission. We appreciate those that have joined us tonight and those that are watching online will watch later. Uh the code of Virginia requires local governments to have a planning commission. The purpose of which is to advise the board of supervisors on land use and planning issues affecting the county. Responsibility is exercised through re through recommendations conveyed by resolutions or other official means and all matters of public record. The commission is comprised of seven citizens volunteers appointed by the board with one representative from each voting district and two members at large. With that roll call, please. Mr. Chamberlain here. Mr. Titus here. Mr. Burks here. Mr. King here. Mr. Kryiner. Mr. Smith. Mr. Wasmer here. District members of you have a quorum. that roll. Join us in the pledge of allegiance to the flag of the stands nation. Thank you. Uh first item up for business is approval of the minutes from our last meeting. I I see that you all probably

receive those. Any comments that you'd like to make? Hearing none. Anybody want to make a motion? Mr. Chairman, I'll move that uh we uh move for approval of the minutes uh as written. All right. Motion made. Roll call, please. The motion by Mr. King is to adopt the minutes of the regular meeting on May 14, 2025. Mr. Chamberlain. Yes. Mr. Titus, yes. Mr. Brooke, abstain. Mr. King, yes. Mr. CR, Mr. Waso, yes. Motion passes. All right. Thank you. With that, we'll move to citizen comments. This is a point that any citizen can address the commission. It's usually of those things not on the agenda, which you'll have an opportunity to address later. We've not gotten anybody signed up for that. Would anyone like to address the commission? Hearing none. I'll I guess I was supposed to bang the gavl and open it and close it, but we'll open it and close it. So, with that, we'll move to the first public hearing and turn it over to staff. Thank you. Okay. Good evening. So, this application submitted by Virginia Natural Gas is a request for a special use permit to authorize the establishment of a gas regulator station on an easement at 100 Centa Circle. The purpose of a gas regulator station is to safely reduce high-pressure gas from the distribution pipeline to a lower manageable pressure for consumer use. The proposed regulator station would primarily serve the hospital, but it would also serve the nearby homes as well. Uh I've included a couple of photos uh so you can see what a gas regulator station looks like. So the easement on which the gas regulator station is proposed is located on the approximately 83 acre Santara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center property. The property is zoned EO for economic opportunity and designated economic opportunity in the

comprehensive plan. The surrounding properties to the north, east, and west are zoned EO, while the properties to the south in James City County are zoned R2 for general residential and designated lowdensity residential in James City Countyy's comprehensive plan. So, the easement where the gas regulator station is proposed to be located would be approximately 210 of an acre in size and located on the southeast side of the property along Old Moretown Road, approximately 800 ft west of Orner Lane. So, according to section 24.1-243G of the zoning ordinance, where a York County commercial or industrial district abuts property on an adjacent locality which is in a residential zoning district, a transitional buffer shall be provided as if it uh the adjacent property were classified RC for resource conservation. In this case, uh, the buffer will be located on the south side of the easement along Old Moretown Road. And a type 35 buffer is a 35- ft wide landscape yard area with evergreen trees and shrubs to achieve a minimum of one landscape credit for every linear foot. So according to standards for all utility uses section 24.1-493e landscaping and screening appropriate to the use shall be provided in all cases and especially when trees have been removed to accommodate the facility. Conditions of approval have been proposed that would require the facility to be enclosed by an opaque fence and the fence to be surrounded by evergreen trees with a planting size of not less than six feet in height and a species type that maintains branching to ground level. The fence would not be allowed to have uh barbed wire and the type of fence would need to be approved by the zoning administrator during the site plan review process.

The proposed gas regulator station would be required to adhere to section 24.1-493b. Uh, this section requires utility uses to be conducted so as not to produce hazardous, objectionable or offensive conditions at or beyond property line boundaries by reason of odor, dust, lint, smoke, cinders, fumes, noise, vibration, heat, glare, solid and liquid waste, fire, or explosion. So, this will protect the residents living across Old Moretown Road in James City County from the possibility of any external impacts. Furthermore, the county's Department of Fire and Life Safety has requested that a condition be included that would require VNG to ensure that proper identification signage detailing emergency response procedures be placed on the entrance gate. Section 24.1-493D of the zoning ordinance requires utility lines to be parallel to and contiguous with property lines unless accepted by the zoning administrator for good cause shown. This reduces the risk of landscaping, construction, or other activities interfering with underground gas lines. The sketch plan submitted by the applicant shows the underground pipes running perpendicular from the regulator station uh to the southern property line. Per the applicant, this was done in order to preserve more of the mature woods on either side of the regulator station. The proposed gas regulator station is a critical utility necessary to serve the hospital and surrounding community. While these facilities can be unattractive, staff believe the proposed conditions of approval to screen the facility using an opaque fence and evergreen trees will mitigate this issue. Furthermore, the transitional buffer will be will provide distance and a vegetative buffer between the facility and existing residential community in James City County. Therefore, staff recommends approval of this application subject to the conditions set forth in proposed resolution number uh PC25-14. Thank you. I'm happy to answer any questions and the applicant is here to answer your questions as well. Thank you. Appreciate that. Any questions from commissioners?

Just a short one. The where your sign was put out there. Is that about the center line of the property? I went out there and I was trying to figure out where it was. I I actually placed the sign for that one. Um I approximated lacking a survey like to you know it's not it wasn't like staked. So I I tried my best. Yeah, I was trying to figure out exactly where this was because the transportation center is being built basically right behind it almost. So, okay. All right. Thanks. Other questions? Just have one. Sure. Section 24.1. Okay. No, it does not. You're talking about this uh this one here. Yeah. I mean, does that You're asking if that code section includes a blast radius. It does not. It does not. Correct. Is there one identified at all? Not in this. No, this code section does not identify a blast range. Is the houses close enough? I mean, they're about what, 100 yards away or less the homes over in James City County? Yeah. Are they 100 feet away? 100 yards maybe. I don't know that answer. I I guess I'm concerned about gas leaks, explosions, and and they happen off and on. So, just concerned about that. That's all. Okay. Any other questions? All right. Thank you. And with that, we'll open the public comment period. Uh and the first applicant, I think, is here if you wish to address. Uh so, uh Dennis, I have two. Uh Morgan Wayan. Okay. So, if you'll identify yourself, your address, all of that stuff, and uh the applicant has 10 minutes if you choose to take it all. So, thank you. Welcome. Thank you. Uh good evening, Mr. Chair. Uh Morgan Wayan with Virginia Natural Gas. Uh our business address 544

South Independence Boulevard in Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452. Um first really want to thank the staff for working with us and um want to first take a step back and talk a little bit about the why of why we're proposing this project. And so, um, as the utility, um, that has the privilege to serve York County, we regularly do a review of our infrastructure and systems to ensure reliability and resilience to the families, homes, and businesses that we serve. And we do a heightened focus on critical infrastructure, which we would refer to as the hospital that's right next door um, as critical infrastructure to serve your county and the region. Upon that review, there was only a single natural gas fee to serve our customer. And so, the hospital is directly our customer. the hospital, you know, uses natural gas as you can think about resilience and reliability. When we saw there was only a single fee to serve that hospital, that's a risk. That's a risk for the hospital, the overall region, and the surrounding area. So, we're proposing this station. So, there's more than one route for us to move natural gas to the hospital and surrounding community. Um, and while we were doing that, we wanted to be mindful of the built and beautiful environment of there. and so um did her best to you, um uh so frankly so you wouldn't see it. So you drive by it and see the trees and working um with our customer requested that easement, but again it's for them but also the surrounding um community. Um with that again, we thank the staff. Um Dennis is one of our engineers on the project, so we're happy to answer any questions, but we we do serve families and businesses in that area. Um um we have a wonderful safety record as a gas utility, I'm going to say. And our safety record is not only something that we do. We are also um monitored by the Virginia State Corporation Commission as our safety regulators. Um we look at items such as um potential impact radius of our infrastructure, but all of our infrastructure, you know, we're we're it's constantly monitored and we're regularly checking it. And so um this is we believe the right location to

continue to serve the region. And um I'll I'll pause there for any questions and if there's other technical questions, I'll turn over to my colleague um Dennis as well. But again, we thank you for your time and your service to the community. Thanks, Miss Wayland. Mr. Dvesia. Well, my name is Dennis Dvasi and thank you for your time today. Um, if you had any technical questions, I was here for it. Um, we have these facilities all over Virginia and uh, we build them up to the latest federal codes and standards and like Morgan mentioned earlier, we are regulated by the state. Um, additionally, this facility would be electronically monitored by our gas control, which is a 24/7 manned operation where um, they're looking at pressures, flow rates that um, etc. to maintain code and ensure that safety is paramount in everything that we do. Any questions for the applicant? Just got one quick one. I'm just curious, how many of these do you have throughout the state? We have just approximately. I don't need an exact number. Um, so we serve broader Hampton Roads. I can tell you exactly how many we have existing today in York County. So we have eight in York County and just looked at it. We have 26 in James City County. So this is a regular routine part of our infrastructure. Um, so we have eight in use in um, York County already. Thank you, Mr. Brooks. Will this be also if it needs to be used for other facilities, can it be used for that? No, it cannot be. Um, as far as the surrounding area, yes, as far as anything in the fence line, know that we take safety um, very seriously. So, it would be a protected facility with no outside entry other than authorized employees. Okay. But it's basically for the hospital. It's for the hospital as well as the surrounding area to boost um, infrastructure and flow to the surrounding area. Okay. Yeah. I just uh don't know how to frame the question exactly. So your safety

record, there's been no explosions or anything on your safety record? No, sir. And it had to be here, not closer to the hospital. We always a little bit concerned with the YMCA, too. You know, how close that is to that with bunches of kids running around. Yeah, Mr. Mr. Chair, I'd have to double check, but we often serve nearly every YMCA or large buildings as well as schools, homes in the area. And so our gas infrastructure is often located next to who we're serving. And so, you know, next to the hospitals, next to families, homes and businesses. Um I I don't have all the data in front of me, but you know, um we serve many of the large larger buildings or often use natural gas for heat, for efficiency, for cost. And so, um we are in close location. And again, um, safety is paramount to our company. Um, you know, we live and have residents and, you know, serve, we're proud to serve this community, um, broadly. We're celebrating our 175th year this year in service. And so, we take that just as seriously as the questions you're asking. Okay. Thank you. I just have one one quick question maybe to help clarify Mr. Titus's uh, question. Is there existing gas lines here in this location? Is that or is this a brand new line that's coming through? So, there will be a new line coming through. As Jeannie saw earlier, there's an existing line on old Nortown Road. Um, this main feed to this regulator station would be a new facility to bolster pressure and increase integrity to the system in this area, but it's serving the existing line. It's serving the existing. Yes. So, our goal is to have multiple feeds into a system. So, our system is built on redundancy and failsafe. And this would add another redundant level of um resiliency to the system. Did that help get at your question a little bit more? A little bit. I was just as I read through the write up, I didn't see anything about, well, this safe beyond

this this area, this radius, and maybe it's just my background with things blowing up. So, so I think, you know, I think about explosive radius and I knew natural gas and they explode. I just was hoping there was some kind of a thing outside of 100 yards. we normally would not cause any damage. So, so I would like to this is not a transmission line which is most notably what uh you're probably thinking of. Um this is a distribution line. It operates at a much lower pressure than what you're probably thinking of. Um and this are this is coming from our main trunk line. We do have transmission line that we also operate and maintain throughout the state of Virginia. Okay. Um but this is a much lower pressure. Thank you. Yes, sir. All right. Thank you. We appreciate that. I don't know about the comment of things blowing up, so I won't be able to come to your barbecue on July 4th. Okay. Uh with that, uh we have nobody signed up for public comment. Would anyone like to address this application? Hearing none, we'll close the public comment session. And with that, any discussion amongst the commissioners? None. Okay, great. Is there a motion? Mr. Chairman, I move that we Mr. Chairman, I'll get it here. I move that we move that we send PC25-14 to the board of supervisors for approval. All right. Motion made. The motion by Mr. Titus is to adopt resolution number PC25-14 to recommend approval of a special use permit to authorize the establishment of a gas regulator station at 100 Centra Circle. Mr. Brooks, yes. Mr. King, yes.

Mr. Chamberlain, yes. Mr. Titus, yes. Mr. Wasmer, yes. Motion passes. Thank you. Thanks for your investment in the county. We appreciate it your partnership. So with that, we'll move on to uh the next application. All right. Well, good evening, commissioners. Um this application is a proposal to amend the York County zoning ordinance uh to incorporate changes to minimum parking requirements for various land uses. Uh you originally heard the need for this application during the February 12th work session by Miss Elgie Roman. Um and we received meaningful input from the commission uh that has been incorporated. As a reminder, the purpose of the amendments is to balance the parking requirements uh in residential and commercial areas and to reflect real life uses and experiences by both residents and businesses here in York County. The following amendments pertain to the zoning ordinance section 606 titled minimum off- streetet parking and loading requirements. The section provides standards for off- streetet parking and loading spaces organized in a table with similar land uses grouped into categories. The first category is for residential and related uses and the first change is for garages. Uh the changes will be applied to section A 1 through 3 which is for single family detached, duplex, single family attached and multifamily dwellings. Uh the section has been modified to include a footnote to say that a parking space located within a garage shall be credited as one half of a required parking space. Um there have been numerous instances in which residents use their garage for storage or additional living space uh rather than for parking a vehicle. Um and this has resulted in residents parking on the street or in visitor parking spaces.

The second change in this category is related to visitor parking. Uh the changes will be applied to section A 2 through3 to make the visitor parking space requirements uh for single family attached and multif family dwellings be increased to one visitor space per two dwelling units. As observed in several existing developments, there is a higher demand for visitor spaces than is currently provided. Uh the third change in this category is for residential parking for multifamily dwellings making the parking requirement be increased to two spaces per unit. Uh this was changed because it is unlikely for a residents to have only one and a half cars per unit as each adult occupant within an apartment unit will likely own a vehicle. Uh this modification also maintains consistency with the standard minimum parking requirement for other residential uses. Uh the pictures provided are from Burgess's quarters in the upper county. Uh residents have complained there that there has not been enough parking uh for residents and both visitors. All right. And the last change in this category is for creating a new subsection that provides minimum parking requirements for transitional homes which previously did not have any codified standard for parking. The following categories are for community and business uses. Uh the for the following sections, the parking requirement has been modified to one space um for every 60 square ft of assembly area. The changes to account for attached assembly spaces for the following uses. meeting halls and club houses for private fraternal or civic clubs, commercial reception hall or conference centers and also for micro breweries, micro distilleries and the like. Category 7 changes are to address parking concerns for parks and recreation facilities. Uh the previous

requirement consisted of a vague reference to national standards and did not specify specific metric or source. So, county parks and recreation staff provided guidance for an appropriate parking standard for sports fields uh based on existing county facilities and practical application. Um, after analysis of various localities and from studies provided by the Institute of Transportation Engineers, requirements for playgrounds and general park areas were also included. All right. The first change in category 11 business and professional services is for ATMs. Uh the parking requirements for freestanding ATMs have been modified to reflect two distinct ATM types. Uh first freestanding walk up ATMs. While a walking uh while a walkup ATM would generate a need for some parking. Uh the current requirement for four parking spaces is excessive and has been reduced to two spaces. The second distinction is for freestanding uh drive-through ATMs and a subcategory was created for this use. Most freestanding ATMs installed in the county have been drive-thru only and it has been noticed that ATMs typically located in shopping center parking lots do not require dedicated parking spaces. All right. The second change in this category is for different fast food restaurants. Uh the parking requirements for fast food and drive-thru only restaurants has been modified to address the typical capacity requirements uh for such restaurants uh which resulted from staff's examination of several recent fast food developments. So for fast food restaurants both drive-in and drive-thru which contain seating and drive-through lanes uh will require 10 tacking spaces for the first drive-through lanes plus three stacking spaces for each additional drive-through lane. Uh for drive-through only restaurants which do not contain seating, uh require 10

stacking spaces for the first drive-through lane plus nine stacking spaces for each additional drive-through lane. For cate for category 12, the parking requirements for car washes and vehicle detailing window tinting have been modified uh to reflect two distinct car wash types in a subcategory added for vehicle detailing/window tinting. Uh first a distinction was made between a self-service car wash requires two spaces plus four stacking spaces per bay or stall uh versus a tunnel car wash. While a self-service car wash would generate a need for parking, the current requirement is excessive for a tunnel car wash. Therefore, the parking requirements for a tunnel car wash has been modified to one and one/3 spaces for every employee on the largest shift. Uh, plus four stacking spaces per tunnel, plus one space per detailing bay. Um, vehicle detailing/window tinting was recently added to the ordinance. So, a new subcategory was created with parking requirements of two spaces per bay. Um and lastly, language changes were made for both vehicle sales, rental and service establishments, uh with the word boats being replaced with recreational vehicles. Uh this reflects changes made in the land use table and many storage warehouses has been changed to replace the outdated term cubicle with the more commonly used term units. So in summary, uh the proposed text amendments are designed to refine and update off- streetet parking standards for residential uses, community/assembly uses, parks and recreation facilities, business and professional service uses and motor vehicle/transportation uses by adjusting parking minimums. um adding

parking requirements for new uses, clarifying verbiage, and refining regulations for more efficient code administration. Therefore, staff recommends approval of resolution number PC25-16. Thank you for your attention and I look forward to answering any questions you may have. Thank you. Any questions for staff? Just just a comment. I think you did a great job presenting. So, thank you, Mr. Chamberlain. Appreciate that. Of course, you know, I'm just I'm curious how you're going to uh after the after facility is built, I guess they'll estimate how much the employees are on the largest shift. That's going to change over time. Okay. Uh, case in point, the Chick-fil-A there in King in Well, well, whatever it is, they they went from one drive-thru to three drive-throughs or whatever it is now, and the shifts change. So, how do you going to keep this in vogue, if you would, when all the shifts are changing during the business considerations? Yes. Um, from my understanding, if the use changes to be so large as to change like the capacity of the customers and also the amount of workers, I believe they kind of have to go through a process to get that approved again or through the site plan. Correct. I think the the biggest thing this is just for tunnel car washes. I mean we have it in other places but I mean usually when um the use comes in they know how many workers are going to be here and usually for a tunnel it's two to three maybe four sometimes um so they're not going to have a huge amount of parking uh requirement there. So we you know we were trying to find something that kind of related um but wouldn't require huge demand for them to do parking. This isn't for like restaurant or something like that. those have completely

different standards and and those are more reflective of the if how large the business is. So like Chick-fil-A for example, they are required to have so much space when they added when they went from one to two and then two to three, four maybe now I think. I don't even remember how much the creek has for Yeah. So restaurants totally different use but this is just for the tunnel car washes and for the trans transitional homes, right? Not for the one on the third. Not not parking it for restaurants is not determined by the largest shift. It's just for the tunnel. Okay. Car wash. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. And we looked at the ones we had existing like Autobell and the new one there right in front of Kroger and it it seemed to be the best way to kind of define how much parking they required. Any other questions for staff? All right. With that, thank you. We appreciate that. We'll open the public hearing. Uh there's no applicant. Does anyone wish to address the commission on this application? Hearing none, we'll close the public hearing and any comments by commissioners. Motion by commissioner. I'll make it, Mr. Chairman. I move that we uh uh forward PC25-16 to the board of supervisors with a recommendation of approval. Thank you. Roll call, please. The motion by Mr. King is to adopt resolution number PC25-16 to recommend approval to amend the parking standards within the York County zoning ordinance. Mr. King, yes. Mr. Chamberlain, yes. Mr. Titus, yes. Mr. Bro, yes. Mr. Was motion passes. Thank you. Appreciate that. And with next, we'll move to our last application. Hi All right, good evening. So, you'll see

in front of you, you have a series of proposed text amendments concerning indoor firing ranges. Want to give a little background context. So, in York County, we have one operating firing range. That's Lafayette Gun Club, which is a legally non-conforming use. There's another one that's approved um by on Penman Road near Marquee that has a special use permit that's set to expire this July and that particular applicant has indicated he's not going to extend that permit. So, as of July, we're going to have the single Lafayette Gun Club. Board supervisors initiated these text amendments at their May 20th meeting. And what they wanted us to look at was a couple of things. Looking at, you know, again, when I talk about firing ranges, I'm talking about shooting ranges for firearms specifically here. Are there's other zoning districts such as RC where these could be appropriate? And then also looking at our performance standards as well. So with that initiation that kind of spurred the proposed amendments you have in front of you. So if you want to open up follow along we have the resolution um in front of you there which is PC 2517. You'll see in 241306 that's your table of land uses. We're looking at category 9 which is our recreational uses. Um number seven which is firing ranges. You'll note that they say indoor only. Outdoor firearm firing ranges if a new one were to come in would not be permitted. um only indoor. You'll see that it's currently permitted by special use permit in general business and then our industrial districts. We've proposed to also have it by special use permit only in the resource conservation or RC district. To kind of look at, you know, the background for this, we looked at what do other adjacent localities do. We looked at Chesapeake, Gloucester, looked at is of white, James City. And generally what we saw is firing ranges, shooting ranges are permitted in agricultural, very low density residential, industrial districts or

manufacturing districts. And so to add this uh again by special use permit approval would probably be appropriate given the nature of the RC district. We also looked at 241457 which is standards for firing ranges. If you read that code section, it's a little confusing because it has standards for firearm firing ranges and also paintball ranges at the same time. Um, so in this case, we're really just like addressing and looking at, you know, uh, shooting ranges in this case. Those standards are pretty well written. Um, there's requirements, for example, for noise attenuation, and you can't, you know, we we don't want to have to hear the firing range from a property line, for example, and an engineer has to certify that. There's distance requirements. So a again, it's saying that your shooting range has to be fully enclosed. If it's going to be anywhere near residential, has to be at least 100 feet from the property line. There's baffles and things like that that are really safety focused. What we did add, and this was in discussion with the sheriff, was to have a range safety officer or another certified range manager managing the facility. Um, and this was just again kind of focusing on safety, having a certified person there that's qualified to do that. We did consult with Lafayette Gun Club about this proposed addition. Um, and this works with their business model. They do have a range safety officer at the facility. And that is the short and sweet of what we've proposed. Um, I'm here to answer any questions if you have them. Thank you so much. Thank you. We appreciate that. Any questions for staff? Are you sure? I Well, I could maybe think of your last chance. It's your last chance. No, thank you. I have no questions on this. All right, Mr. Ch. All right. Thank you. We appreciate that. With that, uh, again, no applicant, but we'll open the public hearing. Would anyone like to address the commission on this application? Hearing none, we'll close the public

hearing. And, uh, with that, any discussion amongst commissioners? I I just got one comment that I'm I'm not totally opposed to this, but I'm concerned about us modifying the ordinance to allow a non-conforming use to get bigger and which is kind of what we're what we're doing here. And I'm just curious of other people's thoughts on that. If I have a thought and my thought is is that they're proposing a special use permit. So the staff and the commission and the board of supervisors is going to get a really detailed look on whatever expansion is and that expansion is going to have to uh conform to uh the zoning ordinance minimum standards and I think we're going to get a look at it instead of it being permitted by right and allowing them to expand a non-conforming use. This will allow us to give them and if it's not right and they're not doing what we feel it was intended to do, it's our pleasure to recommend denial on the board the same. That's those are my thoughts. Anyone else? Okay. Uh with that, is there a motion? I'll I'll move uh we send PC25-17 to the board for with a recommendation for approval. Roll call, please. The motion by Mr. Chamberlain is to adopt a resolution PC25-17 to recommend approval of the amendment of the York County Code to allow indoor firing ranges. Mr. Chamberlain, yes. Mr. Titus, yes. Mr. Brooks, yes. Mr. King, yes. Mr. Wasmer, yes. Motion passes. Thank you. Appreciate that. Uh, and with that, I know we go to old business, new business, but I'm going to move to staff reports first. So, Mr. Anderson, if you would take over.

Our summer Oh, thank you. Uh, introduce our summer interns. Um, Jude Meadows and Matteline Harris have joined us this summer to work in the planning division. Um, Matteline is a uh, master's degree student at Virginia Commonwealth University. And Mr. Meadows is a uh, political science major uh, junior this year. No, senior go coming up this fall. Senior this year at Virginia Tech. Uh so he's go hooks. Um and and then uh I wanted Mr. Chamberlain sold some of my thunder, but I wanted to thank Madison for doing a great presentation. This is her first presentation before one of our county boards. So very pleased that she did a great job and thank you for for getting up there and doing it without being too nervous. Uh for the development activity report, um you'll notice that uh the board approved the reasonzoning there on Shirley Road for that small parcel that they were building, the house. Uh that was approved, but they denied uh Landon Haywood's special use permit for the short-term rental on Pentaman Road. Uh they denied that application in a 4 to one vote. um future applications uh that are going to the board uh next week, next Tuesday. We've got the mini storage, RV storage there on Route 17. We have the American Battlefield Trust Trail that you all have already reviewed and um RV, which is the Carson Group one, is coming back to them. uh they need to amend one of their profers to not vacate one of the interior property lines because you know you all saw that presentation. So that's actually going to the board. Um, and they're also going to be extending hope, you know, they also are being asked to extend their special use permit to go. And you'll see there's a few other cases on there that are extending their special use permit because we're coming up on that

finalized date because the general assembly did not extend again this year those older plans and things that were kind of sitting out there. So, we're seeing a lot more of those come in. Uh but we have one in there for the flip and flee which was the coffee shop shed place up off Morttown Road and then the also the Carson Group one. For your next month's agenda um we have a another recreation vehicle storage. It's on a much smaller scale but it's there near I think it's Army Navy Tattoo on 17. Um on that property the gentleman wants to sell a couple RVs. And then we also have the amendments for cluster and plan developments coming to you. Um so two more zoning ordinance amendments at the next meeting. Um of note for site plan approval, the uh Chick-fil-A on Route 17 was approved and so hopefully we'll see some moving of dirt here soon on that project. Uh we're looking forward to to making that happen. So yes, and that's all there. Everything else is listed in there, but nothing of major note. All right. Well, we appreciate that. And just a comment, we welcome our interns. I appreciate you being with us this summer and to our staff. Uh you make our job easy. So, thank you for everything that you do day in and day out. I know things change a little bit and going through that a little bit right now. Uh but, uh but uh we really appreciate your dedication and and and the things you do uh to make make the county a great place. So, with that, only one other business, and I know he doesn't want to, but Mr. Titus, you need to join me down here.

All right. So, we wanted to commend Mr. Glenn Titus for his full tenure on the planning commission eight years be July 2017 through this meeting in 2025. Some highlights from Mr. Titus's time here. We certified as a planning commissioner in 2018 um vice chairman and chairman. Then most notably you served on not one but two homebased business committees um and led them through that process which was incredibly impressive. So, we just want to say as staff, you know, thank you so much for your service to the citizens of York County and for your time on the commission. Um, we've prepared a resolution. Well, okay, that came out, but there's apparently multiple plastic sh Is this where I read this? A resolution of appreciation to Glen Titus. So whereas Glen Titus served as District 2 representative on the York County Planning Commission from July 1, 2017 through July 30th, 2025 and unselfishly devoted time and efforts to service in York County. And whereas Commissioners Tyus graduated from the Virginia Certified Planning Commissioners program, participated in the various programs and training activities that contributed to his ability to deal positively and effectively with land use and development issues that became before the commission. And whereas Commissioner Titus reviewed and recommended amendments to the comprehensive plan, which was no small task, charting the course to 2040 and consistently demonstrated wisdom, fairness, and respect for both the property rights of the individual and the common good of the community. And whereas Commissioner Titus represented the planning commission on the chaired and chaired, the homebased business, which we have 2,000 in York County at

least. Right. Yeah. And respect for um and committee from 2019 to 2020 in addition to service on the second homebased business board in 2025. Right. First time. Yeah. You can come back for a third. Whereas Commissioner Titus served as vice chair of the commission in FY2021 and chair in 2022. whereas the county is of York is justifiably proud of Commissioner Titus contributions to the planning commission and to the county. And now therefore, be it resolved the 11th day of June, 2025, today that the York County Planning Commission does hereby honor, commend, and thank Glenn Titus for the distinguished service on the commission and extends to him its best wishes in all of his future professional and personal endeavors. So Glenn, it's um you know, we've I've been here a year and a half, and you're you are always well thought out, prepared. Uh I guess I'm supposed to hand this to you. Take a we finish talking. So, uh well thought out, prepared, and the vibrance and success of York County have your fingerprints on it because of the things that you've done and serve. So from all of us, from the county staff, I can't speak for your supervisors, but I will. They appreciate it. And the citizens of York County appreciate your dedication. So we wish you all the best. Thank you very much. I uh I didn't know this was going to happen, so I have no prepared speech. It's been my honor and I I really uh enjoyed it and hope I a little bit. And uh with that, I guess I speak in this and that's about it really. It's been an honor. It's been a privilege and I will appreciate and I will come on Wednesday nights, every second Wednesday of the

month, get my popcorn and join my wife on the couch and look at you guys. Thank you. Thanks. [Music] Oh, I got a also too. Yeah. Thank you. Thank you, M. Titus. All right. And uh with that, is there any other business to come before the commission? Hey, well, last we did. Okay. So, with that, uh we'll close the York County Planning Commission for June 11th. We appreciate you being here. Again, thank you to staff and we'll see you in July. Thank you. [Music] [Applause] [Music] You got three minutes.