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Commission conditions stormwater waiver for Odina Ridge, requires as-built analysis of regional facility
Summary
The planning commission approved a waiver request for Odina Ridge's stormwater quality control subject to three staff conditions, including BMPs for the first inch of runoff and an adequacy analysis of a regional stormwater facility owned by Potomac Valley Properties.
The Berkeley County Planning Commission approved a conditional waiver to stormwater quality-control requirements for the Odina Ridge subdivision (file 2502-044), allowing limited relief from section C of the county’s February 2023 stormwater management ordinance provided the developer satisfies three staff conditions.
Panhandle Homes, represented by Steve Cianovich of Fox and Associates, proposes 22 villa lots and one single-family detached lot on 9.84 acres in the Hedgesville District (map 19, parcel 2.1). The waiver seeks relief from the county’s requirement that post-development peak discharge rates for the 2-year and 10-year storms be less than predevelopment rates and that the 100-year storm be safely conveyed.
Staff recommended approval subject to: (1) providing stormwater management quality BMPs and treatment for the first one inch of runoff in accordance with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) stormwater guidance manual; (2) adequately demonstrating safe conveyance per the February 2023 Berkeley County stormwater management ordinance and the West Virginia Department of Highways drainage manual for the 2-, 10-, and 100-year events through the unnamed tributary to White’s Run and to the regional facility; and (3) adequately analyzing whether the regional stormwater management facility east of Mountain Lake Road (owned by Potomac Valley Properties) is adequate to accept post-development discharges.
Cianovich told commissioners that the developer intends slab-on-grade villas, not walkouts, which requires substantial grading along the ridgeline; he described the need for an as-built analysis of the regional facility and outlet structures because available historical computations may not exist. He estimated the broader drainage area is roughly 1.5 square miles (~1,000–1,100 acres), and said the project’s 9.84 acres is small relative to the overall drainage basin, but agreed to staff’s conditions rather than contest them.
A motion to accept staff recommendation with the three conditions was made and approved. The transcript records the motion as carried; the staff conditions will be required before final approval or issuance of permits.
