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20SN0587Matoaca

Michael W. Atkinson

Conditional use to permit a business (flooring contractor) incidental to a dwelling in a Residential (R-15), Residential (R-7), and

Agricultural (A) District.

This case is in the Matoaca district, and the applicant, Michael Atkinson, is requesting a Conditional Use to permit a business, a flooring business, incidental to a dwelling, on a property zoned R-15, R-7, and A.

The case is back before the Commission following a deferral at last month’s CPC meeting, at the applicants request. The deferral was to allow time for the applicant to host a virtual community meeting regarding the proposal. Since that time, the applicant has not hosted a virtual community meeting or engaged in additional community outreach.

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The subject property is located at 12665 Petersburg St. Properties to the north, east, south and west are zoned for and developed as single-family uses within the Chester and Gay Farms subdivisions. The applicant purchased the subject property in 2016 with the intent of using it as a primary dwelling as well as operate a flooring business, which has been in operation since 2012.

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Site

This is the applicant's property. Current activities of the flooring business include parking of three (3) work-related vehicles on site, consisting of three (3) 16-foot panel trucks, with business related materials and equipment, and three (3) employees, coming to and from the site daily. The employees are on site to park their personal vehicles (on site) and pick up a work-vehicle in the morning and return it and pick up their personal vehicles in the evening. The applicant has agreed to make certain site improvements, as detailed above, including limiting the work vehicle parking area, and screening them with a fence, as well as additional landscaping so help mitigate the view.

This case is before the Commission because in December of 2019 the Planning Department received a complaint relative to the parking of commercial vehicles and operating a business on a residential property. In reviewing site history, it was noted that a similar complaint was received by the Planning Department in March 2016. A notice of violation was issued at that time and the applicant removed the work-related vehicles from the site by April of 2016.

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Recommendation Impacts on adjacent residential development will

continue to be problematic based on current business operations and equipment

Staff recommends denial

Staff is unable to support the request. It does not appear that impacts from the business on adjacent and surrounding properties are able to be mitigated based on how the business currently operates and its current equipment. Additionally, without a community meeting, staff is unable to adequately gauge the impact of the business on nearby and adjacent properties.

Should the Commission recommend approval of the request, staff would recommend conditions which help to mitigate the impact on adjacent properties and surrounding areas. These conditions are included in the staff report, and include limitations on hours of operation, limiting the number of work vehicles on site in quantity and area kept, as well as additional landscaping.

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