The Harrisonburg Planning Commission held its regular meeting on May 8, 2024, at 6:00 PM in City Council Chambers. Six of seven members were present; Vice Mayor Laura Dent was absent. The meeting included four public hearings, two preliminary subdivision plats, annual reports, and liaison updates. The meeting adjourned at 8:01 PM.
I don't know. We're missing so Laurence Death is not correct. Yes. So we're missing Ariel and I treated all the church. Four minutes. Since you weren't here, just kind of traditional hands. So I'll just kind of take it all if you figure out last month's minutes. Yes. Oh yeah. Three minutes. I think that there was that reading that I was out of the experience instead of uh it's five fifty seconds. We did get a piece of the yeah, that one that's too. There you go. Yeah. Microphones are on. Call this meeting to order for the Harrisonburg Planning Commission on Wednesday, May eighth. We have a quorum with six of seven members present. Welcome to Commissioner Nardy, uh first meeting. And uh we're missing uh Vice Mayor Dent this evening who uh is not able to be here. Um we do we have any uh corrections or additions to last month's minutes or motion. There are none, Mr. Chair. I move approval of the minutes April 10th is presented. Second. Okay, we have a motion to approve and a second. Um all in favor of approving the minutes say aye. Aye. Any objections? Any abstentions? Aye. Aye, okay. We have an abstention from Commissioner Nardy and Commissioner Alcindy. Thank you. Uh we now move on to item number four, new business public hearings. Uh consider a request um for um Harrisonburg Minnesite Church for a special use permit to allow child daycare center on South High Street. All right, good evening. The applicant is requesting a special use permit uh per section 10340 subsection one of our zoning ordinance to allow a child daycare center to be located within Harrisonburg Minnonite Church, located at 1552 South High Street. The property is currently zoned, R2. In the Lanies Guide identifies it as low density residential. And then here is an aerial of the site. Um those of us on the side port today, I would point it out, or yesterday. Uh pointed out that the this portion of the building right here is the general area of where the daycare would take place um with inside this portion of the building. The plan for the daycare is the daycare is planning to provide care for around 45 children um from the ages of two and a half to five years old. The applicant plans to convert three of the existing classrooms um to operate into a space to operate for the daycare center. Uh also know that if the church was the operator of the daycare, then a special use permit would not be required. Um but since the church is uh planning on leasing space for an outside group to operate the daycare, the special use permit is required. Um here is a kind of a layout of how they are planning on converting the space. Uh the three bottom clo the three classrooms in the middle of the page are what they're planning for the daycare and with existing classrooms that they have around it. Uh staff recommends approval of the special use permit with one condition um that if in at the opinion of planning commission or city council the use becomes a nuisance, the special use permit can be recalled for further review, which could lead to additional conditions, restrictions, or even revocate revocation of the p permit. Okay, thank you.