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Danville Plan Commission approves Calvary Chapel expansion, delays trail construction and clears sign design with conditions
Summary
The Danville Plan Commission approved a site plan for Calvary Chapel Worship Center, allowing a sanctuary addition, new gym/classroom wing and parking expansion while permitting the asphalt trail to be delayed up to five years or until the town builds the trail; the commission also approved a design-review recommendation for signage at One South Washington Street with a cumulative-area stipulation.
The Danville Plan Commission approved a site plan for Calvary Chapel Worship Center of Danville and granted a design-review approval for signage at One South Washington Street during its meeting.
Jeremy Portillo, an architect with Retrofit Design representing Calvary Chapel, told the commission the project includes a roughly 1,700-square-foot sanctuary extension toward the existing parking lot and a new gym and classroom wing of about 5,700 square feet, plus an expanded parking area. He said stormwater would be managed on site with a detention pond and that required permits and a preconstruction meeting were in place. "We are asking to delay the installation of the asphalt trail to a later date," Portillo said; he noted project sequencing and cost reasons for postponing the trail.
A commissioner said they had spoken with Will Lacy, the town parks director, who "does not have an issue with him delaying the construction of the asphalt trail" provided the applicant records a time-bound commitment. The commission approved the Calvary Chapel site plan contingent on a recorded commitment that the path be constructed either within five years or at the time the town constructs the adjacent trail, whichever comes first. The motion passed on a seven‑to‑zero vote.
On a separate agenda item, John Finley of Boil Construction described proposed signage for a property at One South Washington Street, including a blade sign centered over the main entrance and two matching window graphics. Finley said the State Historic Preservation Office requested the sign not be mounted to a limestone column, so the applicant planned to mount it to a wood header above the door.
Commissioners and staff noted the town ordinance limits cumulative sign area for a building even if individual elements meet size rules; if the total proposed signage exceeds the allowable cumulative square footage the applicant must either reduce signage or seek a variance from the Board of Zoning Appeals before a permit will issue. The commission approved the design-review committee's favorable recommendation for the signs with the stipulation that the combined signage conform to the town's cumulative signage standard (or that the applicant obtain a variance). That motion also passed unanimously.
The commission also noted that the Miles Farm Planned Unit concept plan petition had been withdrawn by letter and reappointed a member to the design review committee. Chair (referred to as Mr. President in the record) closed the meeting after confirming there will be no meeting next month if there are no new applications.
