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Planning commission tables proposed text change on service‑bay orientation, asks staff for stronger residential protections
Summary
Commissioners heard a staff proposal to let the site‑review team decide how service bay doors (car wash/vehicle service) are oriented, but raised concerns about noise, traffic and residential impacts and voted to table the item for staff to draft alternate language that more clearly prioritizes protection for adjacent homes.
The Waynesboro Planning Commission on March 18 opened a public hearing and heard a staff proposal to amend zoning code language that currently requires service bay doors "to face away from adjacent residential uses and from corridors." Staff proposed replacing that absolute requirement with site‑by‑site orientation determined by the site review team and with authority for the zoning administrator to require additional screening.
Allison, planning staff, told commissioners the change was intended to reduce inconsistent visual results under the current rule and to let staff and developers account for site…
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