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Planning Commission backs special-use permit for two-family unit at 135 Country Club Drive and recommends sewer waiver
Summary
The commission recommended approval of a special-use permit to recognize a two-family dwelling at 135 Country Club Drive and separately recommended a waiver to the Board of Supervisors to avoid a mandatory public sewer connection.
The James City County Planning Commission voted July 3, 2024, to recommend approval of a special-use permit allowing a two-family dwelling at 135 Country Club Drive and separately recommended that the Board of Supervisors grant a waiver from the requirement to connect to public sewer.
Staff told the commission the house had been built as an accessory apartment but an exterior stair caused it to appear as a two-family dwelling and therefore no longer met the administrative criteria. Staff recommended forwarding the application and a waiver request to the Board of Supervisors. Benny Zhang, representing applicant Rita Rooney, asked the commission to recommend approval, saying the owner seeks to live with her adult daughter in two independent units after a family loss.
Neighbors testified both for and against the request. Anne Merkley, who lives across the street, said she liked the house as it stands and opposed enclosing the exterior stair because she feared wind damage in storms. Other residents and commissioners said the house is well maintained and compatible with the neighborhood.
The commission voted to recommend approval of the SUP and then, in a separate vote, to recommend the waiver to avoid a sewer connection. Both motions carried by voice/roll call; staff will transmit the commission’s recommendations to the Board of Supervisors for final action.
