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The applicant is seeking Preliminary Plat approval to divide
approximately 31 acres into eleven (11) single-family
residential lots ranging in size from
±10,010 square feet
to ±16,963 square
feet. Public water and sewer will be required since more
than seven (7) lots are proposed and the property is located
within the Remington Service District. A copy of the
Preliminary Plat is located in Attachment 1.
The applicant is requesting a waiver of Section 8-1 of the
Fauquier County Subdivision Ordinance. Section 8-1 states
that “Combination of curb and gutter in Residential
Districts shall be required along all public and private
streets, accessways or service drives in subdivisions having
lots containing 20,000 square feet or less in area, either
conventional or clusters”. The applicant has stated that
the existing topography of the site is not conducive to curb
and gutter design. According to the applicant, the existing
topography is very flat, which would require the design of a
series of swales to convey the water to the proposed
Stormwater Management (SWM) facility. If curb and gutter
was used on this site, the applicant would need to provide
storm structures and a storm pipe system in order to
transfer the water from the roads to the SWM facility. Due
to the site constraints and the required depth of the storm
sewer, the applicant would not be able to effectively
outfall these structures into the SWM facility. Therefore,
the applicant’s proposal is to use roads without curbs and
gutters and utilize road side ditches with storm culverts at
the driveways. In addition, the applicant has stated that
they are requesting the waiver in order to conform to the
surrounding neighborhood which does not have curb, gutter or
sidewalks.
The applicant is also requesting a waiver of Section 5-1 of
the Fauquier County Subdivision Ordinance. Section 5-1
states that “Provisions shall be made wherever practicable
for the continuation of planned, existing or platted streets
in adjoining areas”. The applicant has stated construction
of an interparcel connection would destroy wetlands in the
southwestern portion of the site. They also contend
elimination of the interparcel connection would not deprive
the adjacent owner of access because the same owner holds
title to an adjoining parcel that fronts State Route 651
that could provide access to both properties, without
destroying wetlands. A copy of the Statement of
Justification for both waivers is included as Attachment
2.
In addition, Artery Homes has conveyed their intent to
donate $45,000.00 to the Fauquier County Board of
Supervisors for the Bealeton Connector. Artery Homes
recognizes the future homeowners in the Freeman’s Ford Chase
subdivision would partake in such a roadway. A copy of the
letter of intent is included as Attachment 3. |
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Location:
As depicted
on the location map, the parcel is located on the east side
of Business Route 15/29 and to the west of North Duey
Street, adjacent to the Town of Remington, in the Lee
Magisterial District.
Location Map
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Planning
Commissioner John Meadows and Supervisor Chester Stribling
requested that this application be included on the Board of
Supervisors’ December 8th agenda for action. Due
to Thanksgiving, December 7th is the Planning
Commissions’ combined and advertised meeting date for
November and December. At the time this staff report was
prepared, the Planning Commission had not taken action on
the Preliminary Plat or the two waiver requests. A verbal
update on the Planning Commission’s actions will be given at
the Fauquier County Board of Supervisors’ 11:00 a.m. “agenda
review”. Any Planning Commission revisions to the
Preliminary Plat conditions of approval herein will be
noted, and provided to Rick Klinc (DIT Director) for
placement on the electronic agenda.
If the
Planning Commission approves both the Preliminary Plat and
the waivers, consider the attached resolution of approval (Attachment
4). If the Planning Commission denies both the
Preliminary Plat and waiver requests, the Board of
Supervisors can consider one of the resolutions reflected in
(Attachment 5).
ATTACHMENTS:
1.
Preliminary Plat
2.
Statement of
Justification for Waiver Request
3.
Letter of Intent
4.
Resolution to approve the
Preliminary Plat and Waiver requests
5.
Resolutions to act on
Waiver requests
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