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ROANOKE COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS –MEETING MINUTES
PUBLIC HEARING –APRIL 18, 2001
PRESENT:
Mr. Eldon Karr, Chairman
Mr. Rodney McNeil
Mr. Eric Thomas
Mr. Richard Jones
Mr. Carlton Wright
Mr. Timothy Beard, Secretary
Ms. Tammi Wood, Recording Secretary
Mr. Karr called the meeting to order at 7:00pm.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Mr. Wright moved to approve the agenda. Mr. McNeil seconded the motion which
carried unanimously.
PUBLIC HEARING PETITION
1.Variance requested by Craw-Mart, Inc. of Section 30-36-3(B)1.a. of the Roanoke
County Zoning Ordinance to reduce the front yard setback from 35 feet to 5 feet and from
35 feet to 0 feet for two separate structures located at 5944 Catawba Valley Drive,
Catawba Magisterial District. The purposes of these requests are to construct a new
convenience store and to allow the encroachment of and to enlarge an existing fuel pump
island canopy, respectively.
Mr. Glenn Edward Martin, 5463 Catawba Valley Drive, President of Craw-mart
presented the petition. Mr. Martin stated that the purpose of the petition is that he must
have variances to upgrade and construct his expanding business. The existing building
was constructed in 1940, and the area growth dictates a larger building due to increased
customertraffic. Mr. Wright questioned if there would be an additional pump added.
Mr. Martin confirmed that there would be one more island added with two pumps as well
as one additional underground tank. There will be no shifting due to the fill dirt in the
area the tank will be placed. DEQ and EPA have been contacted and they have no
problem with the addition of the tank. The building will be new construction, the area
where the existing building is presently located will become the parking lot for the
business. Mr. McNeil questioned when the existing canopy was constructed. Mr. Martin
verified in January 2000. A contractor performed this construction, a variance was not
applied for at that time. Mr. Beard verified that there was no existing variance on the
property.
Mr. Carlton Wright motioned to grant the requested variance due to the irregular shape of
the property with the condition:
The existing building will be torn down.
Rodney McNeil seconded the variance.
Mr. Carlton Wright then motioned to amend the variance with the following two
conditions:
5 feet applies to the width of the new building only
0 feet applies to the width of the canopy only
The motion was seconded by Mr. McNeil with the following vote:
AYES:McNeil, Thomas, Jones, Wright, Karr
NAYS:None
ABSENT:None
2.Variance requested by Craw-Mart, Inc. of Section 30-91-5(B)1. of the Roanoke
County Zoning Ordinance to reduce the distance between access points from 500 feet to
280 feet in order to maintain two existing entrances from an arterial highway located at
5944 Catawba Valley Drive, Catawba Magisterial District.
Mr. Glenn Edward Martin, 5463 Catawba Valley Drive, President of Craw-mart
presented the petition. Mr. Martin stated that the exiting entrances have been in place
since 1968, since then 311 has been widened. He has owned the business since 1986 and
the location of the entrances works well as they are. Mr. Martin stated that delivery
trucks, tractor-trailers and customers use these entrances and there has been no accidents
since he has owned the business. Mr. Rodney McNeil questioned whether VDOT has
issued a commercial entrance. Mr. Martin stated that he was told to wait for the BZA
ruling on the variance.
Mr. Carlton Wright motioned to grant the requested variance to leave the entrances as
they are. Mr. Eric Thomas seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES:McNeil, Thomas, Jones, Wright, Karr
NAYS:None
ABSENT:None
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Mr. McNeil moved to approve the March 21, 2001 minutes. Mr. Jones seconded the
motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES:McNeil, Thomas, Jones, Wright, Karr
NAYS:None
ABSENT:None
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:17pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Tammi L. Wood
Approved:
Tim Beard, Secretary Board of Zoning Appeals