Board of Appeals — 2024-09-25

This record is the public hearing packet and notice for Case No. V-03-24: applicant Darryl Savage requests a variance to Chapter 170-31.12 to disturb the Critical Area Buffer to replace an existing deck and construct a new driveway and walkways at 110 Watson Road (1.24 acres, zoned R-2, located entirely in the Critical Area on land designated RCA and IDA). The hearing was scheduled for September 25, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.; admitted exhibits include the Certificate of Publication (Board Exhibit No. 1), property posting photographs (Exhibits No. 2 and 3), and a Centreville Planning & Zoning Commission recommendation (Exhibit No. 4); hearing procedures and testimony order are described and the Board will issue a decision within 15 days after the hearing. A Critical Area Commission letter dated August 12, 2024 reports existing lot coverage of 4,309 sq ft and proposed coverage of 3,861 sq ft (a decrease of 448 sq ft), notes two existing gravel parking areas will be removed and a new driveway/walkways are proposed, states that the plan’s 100-foot Buffer delineation is unclear and may need expansion where contiguous to certain features, requests a revised plan showing an accurate/expanded Buffer, states total proposed new lot coverage within the Buffer is 1,365 sq ft, and reminds the Board it must apply local variance standards (letter text in the file ends mid-sentence).