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Board approves conditional-use permit for Fireflies Point event facility
Summary
The board approved a CUP allowing a renovated barn on a 14-acre parcel at Fireflies Point to operate as an event facility with conditions limiting hours, requiring watershed protections and VDOT driveway compliance, and creating administrative renewal and revocation procedures.
Planning staff presented a conditional-use application (CUP 26-02) from Andrew and Jamie Freeman to operate an event facility at Fireflies Point, a 14-acre parcel adjacent to Cobbs Creek Reservoir. The proposal centers on renovating an existing barn and providing parking and access outside the reservoir’s watershed-protection area.
Staff said the planning commission unanimously recommended approval and that the application met Zoning Ordinance §74-702 standards. Recommended conditions include requiring compliance with watershed protections and maintaining a vegetative buffer, submission of a final site plan, refuse collection requirements (emptied within 48 hours), hours of operation limited to 8 a.m.–11 p.m., noise restrictions after those hours, VDOT approval for driveway ingress/egress, and renewal provisions (administrative renewals at one year and then periodic renewals).
No citizens signed up for the public hearing; the board opened and closed the hearing and then moved to approve the CUP with the staff conditions. Board members asked clarifying questions about temporary structures and the extent of permitted improvements in the watershed-protection area; staff confirmed temporary tents and chairs can be used but that permanent structures in the protected area are prohibited.
The CUP includes renewal and revocation language: repeated confirmed violations requiring law-enforcement response could trigger review and possible revocation by the board.
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