Municipal Planning Commission

Regular Meeting

Charleston, WV · April 3, 2024

Minutes

Municipal Planning Commission City Service Center – 915 Quarrier Street – Suite 6 Wednesday, April 3, 2024 3:00 P.M. Members Present Members Absent Aric Margolis, Architect, Chairman Adam Krason Quintie Smith Doug Hartley Cory Stout Lisa-Fischer-Casto Mary Beth Hoover Justin Marlow Alice Hypes Shannon Ferrari Terri Allen, Mayor’s Designee Alex Zurbuch Brady Campbell Shawn Taylor JoEllen Zacks J.D. Stricklen, Kanawha County Representative Staff Present Dan Vriendt Lori Brannon 1. Call to Order 2. Unfinished Business Subdivision: Final plat approval of subdivision at 1013 Walnut Road. Dan presented the staff’s analysis and recommendation. There was a preliminary approval of Tom Lane’s 4-unit apartment complex on Walnut Road. The map depicts it as one parcel. Tom is creating four lots along the party wall of each unit. It was necessary for this to become a preliminary and final subdivision because Tom had to provide separate sanitary laterals to each unit. In order to provide a lateral to each unit, Tom had to create a sewer extension line running across the back with each lateral coming of it. The mainline is owned by the Sanitary Board so it requires a Mainline Extension Agreement. The sewer line has since been installed to the satisfaction of the Sanitary Board. All the departments have reviewed and approved the subdivision. Staff also recommends approval. Aric asked the members of the MPC if they had any questions for the staff. There were no questions from the MPC and no one from the public in attendance. Aric closed the hearing and entertained a motion. 1 Municipal Planning Commission April 3, 2024 Motion and Vote: A motion was made by Shawn Taylor to approve the final plat of the subdivision at 1013 Walnut Road. The motion was seconded by Quentie Smith and passed unanimously by a vote of 8-0. 3. New Business Alice Hypes joined the meeting. Presentation: Bill No. 8021– A Bill adopting a revision of the comprehensive plan and downtown redevelopment plan for the City of Charleston, West Virginia, pursuant to Chapter 8A, Article 3, of the West Virginia Code titled “Imagine Charleston: Comprehensive Plan” and “Imagine Charleston: Downtown Redevelopment Plan”. Said revisions to the plans are to guide the city to accomplish a coordinated and compatible development of land and improvements within its territorial jurisdiction, in accordance with present and future needs and resources. Dan stated that the comprehensive plan was presented and voted on at last month’s MPC hearing. However, the bill had not been formally introduced to City Council until the April 1, 2024 City Council Meeting. It has now been properly introduced before this meeting so it can now be voted on in the proper order. There has been no change in the content of Bill No. 8021, as previously approved by the MPC at last month’s meeting. Motion and Vote: A motion was made by Quentie Smith to adopt Bill No. 8021. The motion was seconded by Brady Campbell. Cory Stout abstained from voting on a motion to adopt Bill No. 8021. The motion passed by a vote of 8-0-1. 4. Minutes of the March 6, 2024 MPC meeting Motion and Vote: Noting a correction that needs to be made to the attendance list in the minutes from the March 6, 2024 meeting, a motion was made by Brady Campbell to adopt the minutes of the March 6, 2024 MPC meeting. The motion was seconded by Quentie Smith and passed unanimously by a vote of 9-0. 5. Announcements Merger of the Planning and Building Departments. Traffic Calming Seminar 6. Adjournment 2 Municipal Planning Commission April 3, 2024

Agenda

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Municipal Planning Commission City Service Center – 915 Quarrier Street – Suite 6 Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024 3:00 p.m. Agenda 1. Call to Order 2. Unfinished Business Subdivision: Final plat approval of subdivision at 1013 Walnut Road. 3. New Business Presentation: Bill No. 8021– A Bill adopting a revision of the comprehensive plan and downtown redevelopment plan for the City of Charleston, West Virginia, pursuant to Chapter 8A, Article 3, of the West Virginia Code titled “Imagine Charleston: Comprehensive Plan” and “Imagine Charleston: Downtown Redevelopment Plan”. Said revisions to the plans are to guide the city to accomplish a coordinated and compatible development of land and improvements within its territorial jurisdiction, in accordance with present and future needs and resources. 4. Minutes of the March 6, 2024 MPC meeting 5. Announcements 6. Adjournment *Meetings may be recorded and broadcast via internet https://charlestonwv.civicclerk.com City of Charleston, West Virginia TRANSMITTAL TO: Building Department City Engineer Planning Department Sanitary Board Traffic Operations CURA Fire Department FROM: Permit Coordinator 1/24/2024 C/O Building Department PROJECT OWNER NAME: LANE CORPORATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION: PERMIT NUMBER: SUB-23-0573 PROJECT ADDRESS: 1013 WALNUT RD CHARLESTON, WV 25314 CONTRACTOR: APPLICANT: LANE CORPORATION Please review the attached materials and return your comments with the necessary approvals or conditions. Plans should be stamped by your department, signed and dated, and comments returned on this form or an attachment. REVIEW: This project is approved as submitted: This project requires the following/or attached revisions or addtional information: COMMENTS: Reviewed By Date Bill No. 8021 Introduced in Council: Adopted by Council: April 1st, 2024__ _ __ Introduced by: Referred to: Municipal Planning Commission Mary Beth Hoover Planning, Streets and Traffic 1 Bill No. 8021 b– A Bill adopting a revision of the comprehensive plan and downtown 2 redevelopment plan for the City of Charleston, West Virginia, pursuant to Chapter 8A, Article 3, 3 of the West Virginia Code titled “Imagine Charleston: Comprehensive Plan” and “Imagine 4 Charleston: Downtown Redevelopment Plan”. Said revisions to the plans are to guide the city to 5 accomplish a coordinated and compatible development of land and improvements within its 6 territorial jurisdiction, in accordance with present and future needs and resources. 7 8 WHEREAS, the City Council herby finds: 9 10 a. A comprehensive plan is the basis for land development and use, and must be reviewed 11 and updated on a regular basis; 12 13 b. The purpose of a comprehensive plan is to: 14 15 i. Set goals and objectives for land development, uses and suitability for a governing 16 body, so a governing body can make an informed decision; 17 18 ii. Ensure that the elements in the comprehensive plan are consistent; 19 20 iii. Coordinate all governing bodies, units of government and other planning 21 commissions to ensure that all comprehensive plans and future development are 22 compatible; 23 24 iv. Create conditions favorable to health, safety, mobility, transportation, prosperity, 25 civic activities, recreational, educational, cultural opportunities and historic resources; 26 27 v. Reduce the wastes of physical, financial, natural or human resources which result 28 from haphazard development, congestion or scattering of population; 29 30 vi. Reduce the destruction or demolition of historic sites and other resources by 31 reusing land and buildings and revitalizing areas; 32 33 vii. Promote a sense of community, character and identity; 34 35 viii. Promote the efficient utilization of natural resources, rural land, agricultural land 36 and scenic areas; 37 38 ix. Focus development in existing developed areas and fill in vacant or underused 39 land near existing developed areas to create well designed and coordinated communities; 40 and 41 42 x. Promote cost-effective development of community facilities and services; and 43 44 c. Due to the passage of time and state statutory requirements, the comprehensive plan 45 currently in place, the 2013 plans titled “Imagine Charleston: Comprehensive Plan” and “Imagine 46 Charleston: Downtown Redevelopment Plan,” must be updated; and 47 48 d. The March 2024 revised plans titled “Imagine Charleston: Comprehensive Plan” and 49 “Imagine Charleston: Downtown Redevelopment Plan,” attached hereto as Exhibit A and Exhibit 50 B respectively, are in compliance with the mandatory components of a comprehensive plan as 51 outlined in § 8A-3-4 of the Code of West Virginia, and should be adopted as comprehensive plans 52 for the City. 53 54 55 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF 56 CHARLESTON, WEST VIRGINIA: 57 58 That the March 2024 revised plans titled “Imagine Charleston: Comprehensive Plan” and 59 “Imagine Charleston: Downtown Redevelopment Plan” are hereby adopted as the comprehensive 60 plans for the City. 61 62 This Ordinance will become effective immediately after final passage. Municipal Planning Commission City Service Center – 915 Quarrier Street – Suite 6 Wednesday, March 6, 2024 3:00 P.M. Members Present Members Absent Aric Margolis, Architect, Chairman Shawn Taylor Quintie Smith Cory Stout Adam Krason Lisa-Fischer-Casto Mary Beth Hoover Justin Marlow Alice Hypes JoEllen Zacks Shannon Ferrari Justin Marlow Terri Allen, Mayor’s Designee Doug Hartley Alex Zurbuch J.D. Stricklen, Kanawha County Representative Staff Present Dan Vriendt Chad Webb Lori Brannon 1. Call to Order 2. Unfinished Business 3. New Business 4. Announcements Presentation: Presentation and review of the 2023 Planning Department 10-Year Comprehensive Plan. 5. Minutes of the February 7, 2024 MPC meeting MOTION AND VOTE: A motion was made to adopt the minutes of the February 7, 2024 MPC meeting. The motion was seconded and passed by a unanimous vote of 9-0. 6. Adjournment 1 Municipal Planning Commission March 6, 2024