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Planning commission recommends approval of TWR Marine rezoning with voluntary proffers
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to forward rezoning application Z-2024-00239 (TWR Marine) to the Board of Supervisors with a favorable recommendation and to include the applicant’s voluntary proffer statement. Commissioners debated timing, rental units proposed on the site and fairness to neighboring property owners.
The Planning Commission voted to forward application Z-2024-00239 (TWR Marine rezoning) to the Board of Supervisors with a favorable recommendation and to include the applicant’s voluntary proffer statement.
The application seeks to rezone about 2.39 acres from R-1 (residential) to C-2 (general commercial) for boat sales and related uses at 4509 James Madison Parkway near the Potomac Drive intersection. The applicant provided a voluntary proffer statement restricting some uses; staff circulated a revised PC resolution and draft motions in the meeting packet.
Commission debate focused on timing and scope. One commissioner said he is “philosophically opposed to rezoning land so far in advance of any actual activity,” arguing rezoning should wait until an applicant has financing and clearer plans. Other commissioners said the parcel is already surrounded by commercial uses and cited nearby Walmart and an abandoned trailer, saying commercial use is the highest and best use for that site.
Applicant Taylor Whitaker attended and answered procedural questions about the revised proffer. Several commissioners said they were comfortable with proffers that limit uses and noted small-business benefits: “With a small business owner, there’s barriers to entry… we want to support locals and veterans,” one commissioner said.
A motion to adopt PC resolution PC04-25 and forward application Z-2024-00239 to the Board with a favorable recommendation, amended to include the voluntary proffer statement, passed on roll call. Recorded votes included aye votes by Commissioners DeCorda, Fox, Palavoda, Maffet/Mathis, Flatley, Nicely and Williams; the motion carried and the file will move to the Board of Supervisors for final action.
No county-level tax or assessment change was enacted at the meeting; commissioners discussed how rezoning would affect future tax assessments and the process by which commissioner of the revenue would assign values and the county’s reassessment schedule.
