Commission approves veterinary clinic addition site plan contingent on handicap‑parking dimensions and zoning notation

The regional planning commission approved a site plan for an addition to an existing veterinary clinic at 2040 Highway 11 East in New Market, contingent on two specific corrections to the submitted plan.

The property owner and representative presented the plan; planning staff reviewed the submission and identified several omitted items required by the county site‑plan checklist. Staff said the plan omitted the property's zoning designation and did not dimension handicapped parking spaces or the required accessible loading/unloading area. The planner noted other items (utility notes, stormwater direction) but clarified that the site’s existing ingress/egress and utilities would remain unchanged.

After discussion, a commissioner moved to approve the site plan contingent on (1) adding the zone designation to the site plan and (2) providing the dimensions for handicapped parking and the accessible unloading zone. The commission voted to approve the contingency motion.

Staff and the applicant agreed the outstanding items could be addressed before building permitting and that corrected site‑plan PDFs should be submitted to facilitate review. Commissioners also reminded the applicant that federal accessibility standards apply to the parking and that final building permits would require evidence of compliance.

The contingent approval allows the applicant to proceed with permitting once the two items are corrected; no further public hearing was required under the county’s site‑plan process for this addition.