2023-05-03_work_session_minutes.pdf
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These are the minutes of the Centreville Planning Commission work session on May 3, 2023; attendees included Chair Kara Willis, Vice Chair Tim Zuella, Secretary Mitchell Delaney, Town Council President Steven K. Kline, Council Member Daniel B. Worth, and Administrative Assistant Betty Jean Hall, and no citizens provided comments. The main discussion focused on the Comprehensive Plan and Planned Unit Development (PUD) language: Delaney supported mixed use, varied housing, limited commercial, significant open space, and flexibility for the Commission but raised concerns about agriculture counting as open space, emphasis on parking over walkability, and allowing woonerfs instead of sidewalks. Willis and Kline discussed creating a new infill zoning district or subdivision-regulation allowances, attendees agreed to reorganize plan chapters and add an acronym list and fold-out maps, a photo of a proposed Technology Enterprise District campus-like setting was shown, and Kline reported the Council budgeted funds for QACTV recordings though live streaming is not currently possible due to scheduling conflicts and QACTV capacity.
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Centreville Planning Commission Work Session May 3, 2023 7:00 p.m. MINUTES The May 3, 2023 Centreville Planning Commission work session was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Kara Willis, Chair, in the Liberty Building, second floor meeting room. The following members and staff were present: Kara Willis, Chair; Tim Zuella, Vice Chair; Mitchell Delaney, Secretary; Steven K. Kline, Town Council President; Daniel B. Worth, Council Member and Betty Jean Hall, Administrative Assistant. Citizen’s Comments • No citizens provided comments. Discussion a. Comprehensive Plan Discussion • Mr. Delaney stated the important elements of the Planned Unit Development (PUD) language that he liked: mixed use, variety of housing forms, the idea of commercial space with a big caveat on limited though possible, significant open space, language flexibility that gives power to the Planning Commission such as density and canopy cover. • Mr. Delaney’s challenges with the PUD are agriculture counting as open space, the PUD seems to place more emphasis on parking rather than walkability, the PUD allows woonerfs to be a substitution for sidewalks. • Mr. Kline stated we do not need the infill lots to be identified as an overlay district to use the PUD. That is an argument against tying our hands by making all five infill lots mandatory overlay districts. • Ms. Willis stated it would not be insurmountable to have some allowances within the subdivision regulations to give developers an idea of what we are looking for. • Ms. Willis suggested to state in the Comprehensive Plan: We recommend a new zoning district be created for infill development parcels that would allow for more flexibility than the current zoning code allows. Also, independent of the that, say the PUD should be revisited. • List of to do items: reorganization of the chapters within the draft Comprehensive Plan, a list of acronyms and a list of the fold-out maps that are supposed to be at the end of the Plan. • A photo of the proposed Technology Enterprise District was presented by Ms. Willis. Those in attendance agreed it is indicative of the campus-like setting that has been envisioned. Council Member Report Mr. Kline stated the Council included in the budget funds to have the Planning Commission meetings on QACTV however, the Board of Education meets at the same time so the Planning Commission meetings cannot be streamed live but can be recorded. QACTV is at capacity right now so it is not coming any time soon. Citizen Comment • No citizens provided comments. Adjournment The May 3, 2023 Planning Commission work session adjourned at 8:27 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Betty Jean Hall Administrative Assistant Page 1 of 1