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Planning Commission tweaks draft use table: fueling stations, flammable storage to require SUP; nature preserves and playgrounds adjusted
Summary
The commission approved a set of targeted edits to the proposed use table, including reinstating farm‑equipment sales as a special‑use permit in AC, moving fueling stations and petroleum/flamable‑liquid storage to SUP in the Industrial/Business district, permitting nature preserves in additional districts, and shifting playgrounds out of IB into residential categories.
At its July 31 meeting the Purcellville Planning Commission reviewed a line‑by‑line use table and approved a series of amendments intended to tighten public‑safety review and to align certain recreational and conservation uses with appropriate districts.
Commissioner comments and staff advice led to these key changes: farm equipment sales and service will remain a special‑use (SUP) in the AC district to preserve review authority; fueling stations and petroleum/propane/flamable liquid storage and distribution in the consolidated Industrial/Business district will require a SUP rather than be a permitted use; nature preserves were added as permitted uses in certain residential and industrial districts where appropriate; and playground uses were removed from the Industrial/Business district and added or retained in residential districts where they are compatible.
Commissioners also approved allowing temporary stands (e.g., temporary retail tables/stalls) as a permitted use in Industrial/Business and kept yard/garage sale provisions in the residential retail accessory rules rather than extending them to commercial properties. The commission made each motion by voice vote after brief staff explanations about safety considerations and existing uses.
Existing facilities that currently operate under the prior zoning were not made nonconforming by the changes; the town attorney clarified that grandfathering and nonconforming use rules apply to currently legal operations.
The commission instructed staff to fold the agreed edits into an addendum for the Town Council package and to circulate the redlined use table to commissioners and the public.
