Waynesboro commissioners approve Creekwood Village Phase 2 preliminary plat and an 8.5% street‑grade waiver with voluntary buffer condition

The Waynesboro Planning Commission on Tuesday approved a preliminary plat amendment for Creekwood Village Phase 2 and granted a subdivision‑ordinance waiver to allow a portion of a new street to slope up to about 8.5%, with a condition that the developer provide a staff‑reviewed voluntary landscape buffer between the amended lots and existing homes.

The amendment, proposed by Greenwood Homes on behalf of Rosser Avenue Development LLC, adds 42 townhouses to Phase 2, reduces the number of single‑family detached units and slightly increases single‑family attached units, staff said. The developer and city staff said stormwater for Phase 2 will be handled by a wet pond behind the property and that public works will review updated hydraulic analysis as part of public improvement plans.

City planning staff said the Phase 2 change increases townhouse units and reduces detached units (staff noted an error on a slide during the presentation) and described the waiver request under Waynesboro’s subdivision ordinance Section 74‑71(I), which sets a 6% maximum street grade without special approval. The waiver would allow a slope up to about 8.5% on a segment of Winthrop Road that runs from Springdale Road down toward Piney Point Road.

“All public‑works and fire‑department review did not raise concerns about large vehicles or ladder‑truck operations” at the proposed grade, a city planner told commissioners. Staff recommended approval…