Town of Christiansburg Planning Commission 100 East Main Street Christiansburg, Virginia Telephone: (540) Fax: (540)

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1 Town of Christiansburg Planning Commission 100 East Main Street Christiansburg, Virginia Telephone: (540) Fax: (540) DEVELOPMENT SUBCOMMITTEE AGENDA Monday, August 20, 2018 Admin Conference Room 2 nd Floor, Town Hall 6:00 PM 1. Call to Order 2. Proposed Town Code Amendment i. Remove the definition of tourist home and remove tourist home from the list of permitted uses in the B-2, Central Business and B-3, General Business zoning districts; ii. Clarify and amend the definition of boardinghouse and hotel/motel; iii. Require a Conditional Use Permit for a boardinghouse serving one to four persons in the B-1 Limited Business, B-2 Central Business, and B-3 General Business zoning districts. 3. Adjournment

2 Development Subcommittee Meeting Notes - August 9, 2018 Member Attendees: Catherine Clifton Hill Johnson Jennifer Sowers Jeananne Knies Craig Moore Andrew Warren (staff) Will Drake (staff) Proposed Town Code Amendment: Revise definition of boardinghouse and hotel/motel; require conditional use permit for boardinghouse with 1-4 persons in B-1, B-2, and B-3 zoning districts; remove tourist home from permitted uses in B-2 and B-3 zoning districts. Discussed definitions of related uses (bed and breakfast, boardinghouse, hotel/motel, tourist home) and reviewed the permitted uses in the R-3, MU-1, MU-2, B-1, B-2, and B-3 zoning districts. Discussed relation of Airbnb-type homestay to tourist home as well as the difference between a tourist home and a boardinghouse. Discussed the potential impacts that may arise from a boardinghouse serving 1 to 4 persons and the ability to consider site specific impacts with a Discussed the existing requirement for residential uses to obtain a conditional use permit in the business districts. Discussed the definition of transient occupancy. Discussed amending the definition of hotel/motel to allow for a grouping of buildings on a single lot in which one or more individual buildings may have less than 15 rooms. Agreed to meet on August 20, 2018 at 6:00 PM to further consider the proposed amendment.

3 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 42 ZONING, ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL SECTION 42.1 DEFINITIONS, ARTICLE VI. MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-3, SECTION PERMITTED USES, ARTICLE X. LIMITED BUSINESS DISTRICT B-1, SECTION PERMITTED USES, ARTICLE XI. CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT B-2, SECTION PERMITTED USES, ARTICLE XII. GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT B-3, SECTION PERMITTED USES, OF THE CHRISTIANSBURG TOWN CODE TO CLARIFY AND AMEND DEFINITION OF BOARDINGHOUSE AND HOTEL/MOTEL; REMOVE DEFINITION OF TOURIST HOME; REMOVE TOURIST HOME AS PERMITTED USE; AND REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A BOARDINGHOUSE WITH ONE TO FOUR PERSONS WHEREAS, notice of a joint public hearing before the Christiansburg Town Council and the Christiansburg Planning Commission concerning this ordinance was published two consecutive weeks (August 15, 2018 and August 22, 2018) in The News Messenger, a newspaper published in and having general circulation in the Town of Christiansburg; and, WHEREAS, a joint public hearing before the Town Council and the Planning Commission was held August 28, 2018 and resulted in a recommendation by the Planning Commission that the following proposed zoning ordinance amendment be adopted; and, WHEREAS, Town Council has considered the following amendment to the Town s Zoning Ordinance and found that the public necessity, convenience, and good zoning practices deem it proper to do so; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Christiansburg, Virginia, that Chapter 42 Zoning, Article I In General, Section 42-1 Definitions ; Article VI Multiple-Family Residential District R-3 Section Permitted Uses ; Article X Limited Business District B-1 Section Permitted Uses ; Article XI Central Business District B-2 Section Permitted Uses ; Article XII General Business District B-3 Section Permitted Uses of the Christiansburg Town Code be amended as follows: Chapter 42 ZONING ARTICLE I. IN GENERAL Sec Definitions. 1

4 The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: Boardinghouse means a building on a single lot where temporary lodging or meals are is provided for compensation for at least two, and up to 14, persons. Hotel or motel means a building or group of buildings arranged on a single lot where temporary lodging is provided for compensation for 15 or more persons designed or occupied as the more or less temporary abiding place for 14 or more individuals who are for compensation lodged with or without meals and in which provision may or may not be made for cooking in individual rooms or suites. Tourist home means a dwelling where only lodging is provided for compensation for up to 14 persons, in contradistinction to hotels and boardinghouses, and open to transients. ARTICLE VI. MULTIPLE-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT R-3 Sec Permitted Uses (6) Owner occupied rooming and boarding houses boardinghouse with not more than four roomers or boarders, with a ARTICLE X. LIMITED BUSINESS DISTRICT B-1 Sec Permitted Uses (27) Rooming and boarding houses Boardinghouses serving two one through four ARTICLE XI. CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT B-2 Sec Permitted Uses (11) Hotels and motels, tourist homes and bed and breakfast inns. (35)Rooming and boarding houses Boardinghouses serving two one through four 2

5 ARTICLE XII. GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT B-3 Sec Permitted Uses (11) Hotels and motels, tourist homes and bed and breakfast inns. (43) Rooming and boarding houses Boardinghouses serving two one through four This ordinance shall become effective upon adoption. If any part of this ordinance is deemed unlawful by a court of competent jurisdiction all remaining parts shall be deemed valid. Ordinances or parts of any ordinances of the Town whose provisions are in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. Upon a call for an aye and nay vote on the foregoing ordinance at a regular meeting of the Council of the Town of Christiansburg, Virginia held, 2018, the members of the Council of the Town of Christiansburg, Virginia present throughout all deliberations on the foregoing and voting or abstaining, stood as indicated opposite their names as follows: MEMBER AYE NAY ABSTAIN ABSENT Samuel M. Bishop Harry Collins Steve Huppert Merissa Sachs Henry Showalter Bradford J. Stipes Mayor D. Michael Barber* *Votes only in the event of a tie. D. Michael Barber, Mayor Michele M. Stipes, Town Clerk 3