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ORDINANCE An Ordinance
Approving Amendment to Section 3-306.7 of the Fauquier County Zoning
Ordinance, to Delete Continuing Care Facilities as a Special Exception Use
in the Village Zoning District and Add the Use to the Residential-2,
Residential-3, Residential-4 Townhouse and Garden Apartment Zoning
Districts, Amend Section 5-606 (Additional Standards for Continuing Care
Facilities), and Amend Section 4-706 to Add Continuing Care Facilities as
Special Exception Uses in the Planned Development Mixed Use Zoning
District WHEREAS,
the Fauquier County Zoning Ordinance allows continuing care facilities as
special exception uses in specified Zoning Districts; and WHEREAS,
these amendments would delete continuing care facilities as a special
exception use in the Village Zoning District while adding the use to the
Residential-2, Residential-3, Residential-4, Townhouse and Garden
Apartment Zoning Districts; and WHEREAS,
the amendment package also would add continuing care facilities as a
special exception use to the Planned Development Mixed Use Zoning
District; and WHEREAS,
the amendment package also would amend the Additional Standards for
Continuing Care Facilities to require location within a Service District
boundary where public water and sewer utilities are available; and WHEREAS,
the amendments would delete the minimum parcel size of 100 acres to
provide the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors with the flexibility of
determining the appropriate parcel size for each individual special
exception application for this use; and WHEREAS,
each application for continuing care facilities would be subject to
special exception approval by the Board of Supervisors following Planning
Commission recommendation; and WHEREAS,
site plan approval would be mandatory prior to the issuance of any zoning
or building permits; and WHEREAS, on September 26, 2002, The Fauquier County Planning Commission held a public hearing; and WHEREAS,
the Planning Commission voted unanimously to forward a recommendation for
approval; and WHEREAS,
on October 21, 2002, the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors held a
public hearing; and WHEREAS,
the adoption of these text amendments would be in keeping with the spirit
of the Zoning Ordinance and in the best interest of the citizens of
Fauquier County; now, therefore, be it ORDAINED
by the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors this 21st day of October 2002,
That Section 3-306.7 of the Fauquier County Zoning Ordinance be amended to
delete continuing care facilities as special exception uses in the Village
Zoning District and add as a special exception use in the Village,
Residential-1, Residential-2, Residential-3, Residential-4, Townhouse and
Garden Apartment Zoning Districts; and, be it ORDAINED
FURTHER, That Section 5-606 (Additional Standards for Continuing Care
Facilities) be amended; and, be it ORDAINED FINALLY, That Section 4-706 of the Zoning Ordinance be amended
to add continuing care facilities as a special exception use in the
Planned Development Mixed Use Zoning District.
The sections shall be amended to read as follows: 3-306 (INSTITUTIONAL USES)
Site plan
V R-1
R-2 R-3
R-4 TH
GA 7. Continuing Care Facility
X
5-606
Additional Standards for a Continuing Care Facility 1.
In the
consideration of an application for such a use, the concentration of such
facilities shall be taken into account to prevent clustering in certain
neighborhoods, thereby creating an institutional setting and changing the
area’s character and social structure. 2.
The
location of such a use shall be restricted to parcels located within the
boundaries of a Service District where public water and sewer is
available. 3. No such use shall be established
except on a lot fronting on, and having access to, a road designated as a
major collector (or higher) in the Comprehensive Plan unless the Board of
Supervisors finds that the type and amount
of traffic generated by the facility is such that it will not cause an
undue impact on the neighbors or adversely affect safety of road usage.
4. No such use shall be established
in any area until the Fauquier County Emergency Coordinator has determined
that adequate emergency medical service and fire protection is available
in short response time. 5.
The location for such use should be convenient to
shopping, social, educational and cultural uses. 6.
No such use
shall be operated without approval and, where appropriate, licensing by
such agencies as the Virginia Department of Social Services, the Virginia
Department of Health, and other such appropriate local, state and federal
agencies which may have authority in a particular case. 7. No structure used for or in
conjunction with such use shall be located closer than 8. All such uses
shall be designed to accommodate service vehicles with access to the
building at a side or rear entrance.
9. All off-street parking and
loading areas shall be effectively screened 10. The
proposed use including all structures, roads and landscaping shall be
sited, designed and constructed in a manner, which minimizes the impact of
the development on the neighborhood and the County. The scale of the physical facilities shall be such that the
appearance of the project will be visually harmonious and appropriate to
the neighborhood and immediate area. The use shall minimize adverse impact on floodplains,
wetlands, steep slopes, and prime agriculture and forestal land.
In planning the development, the applicant shall consider prominent
on-site geographic features such as outstanding trees and tree lines,
stone walls, open fields within the public viewshed, ridgelines, hilltops
and historic sites and shall preserve such existing features to the
greatest extent possible. PART 7
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT MIXED USE DISTRICT (PDMU) 4-706
Special Exception
Uses Civic/Government
Center (excluding detention facilities), Retail Sales Establishment and
Shopping Center, 5,000 sq. ft. greater, but less than 75,000 sq. ft. Museum Conference
Center Spectator/Non-Spectator
Field Events (Class C) Continuing
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