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Commission recommends approval for adaptive reuse of New Baltimore Fire Hall as contractor office and trade school, with conditions
Summary
After hearing applicant testimony and neighborhood concerns, the planning commission recommended approval (4–1) of a special exception to adapt the former New Baltimore Fire Hall for a contractor’s office and the Virginia Mechanical Trade Institute, subject to conditions limiting hours, staff, student numbers and removing outdoor storage.
Fauquier County Planning Commission voted 4–1 to recommend approval of a special exception (SPEX‑23019905) to allow adaptive reuse of the former New Baltimore Fire Hall at 5303 and 5317 Lee Highway for a contractor’s office and an indoor/outdoor technical school operated by the Virginia Mechanical Trade Institute, with amended conditions adopted at the meeting.
County staff described the two‑parcel, 3.68‑acre site in the R‑1 residential zoning district and summarized the applicant’s plan: a contractor’s office on the first floor facing Lee Highway, and a technical school in the lower level facing Grays Mill Road. The application proposed hours for the contractor’s office of 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday–Saturday and the technical…
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