Planning Commission

1. Meeting Materials Documents: TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA 03-02-2026.PDF TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA 03-02-2026 PC AGENDA 3-2-2026.PDF TOWN COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA 03-02-2026 TC WORK SESSION AGENDA 3-2-2026.PDF TOWN COUNCIL SUPPORTING DOCUMENT 03-02-2026 MAYORS NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING-JOINT MEETING WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION.PDF TOWN COUNCIL SUPPORTING DOCUMENT 03-02-2026 MAYORS NOTICE OF SPECIAL CALLED WORK SESSION 3-2-2026.PDF TOWN COUNCIL MEETING PACKET 03-02-2026 PC PACKET 3-2-2026.PDF  Town of New Market Council Agenda Special Called Meeting-Joint Meeting with the Planning Commission Monday, March 2nd, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. Council Chambers Arthur L. Hildreth, Jr. Municipal Building 9418 John Sevier Road New Market, VA 22844 TENTATIVE AGENDA Call to order and establishment of a quorum 1. Joint Meeting with the New Market Planning Commission for the Comprehensive Plan Kick off discussion. Adjournment  To: New Market Planning Commission Harry Wine, Chairman Sherri Erbaugh, Vice Chairman George Daugharty Tom Linski, Jr. Sonny Mongold Bob King Larry Hale In accordance with the Planning Commission Bylaws, a regular meeting of the New Market Planning Commission will be held in the Council Chambers of Arthur L. Hildreth, Jr., Municipal Building on Monday, March 2nd, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. Full attendance is respectfully requested. Summer Medina Zoning Administrator TENTATIVE AGENDA- Consideration of: I. Call to Order and Establishment of Quorum II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Approval of Minutes from Monday, February 2, 2026 IV. Joint Public Hearing V. Joint Meeting with the New Market Town Council 1. Comprehensive Plan Kick Off Discussion VI. Old Business 1. Planning Department Report –Summer Medina VII. New Business VIII. Adjournment  Town of New Market Council Agenda Special Called Work Session Monday, March 2nd, 2026, at 5:30 p.m. Council Chambers Arthur L. Hildreth, Jr. Municipal Building 9418 John Sevier Road New Market, VA 22844 Call to order Work Session Topics: 1. Discussion about tax assessment. Adjournment  NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING The Town Council of the Town of New Market will hold a Special Meeting-Joint Meeting with the New Market Planning Commission (the “Meeting”) at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, March 2nd, 2026, in the Council Chambers of the New Market Town Office. The matters to be discussed at the Meeting, and the reason that the Meeting is called, are described in the attached agenda. Peter Hughes, Mayor  NOTICE OF SPECIAL CALLED WORK SESSION The Town Council of the Town of New Market will hold a Special Called Work Session (the “Meeting”) at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 2nd, 2026, in the Council Chambers of the New Market Town Office. The matters to be discussed at the Meeting, and the reason that the Meeting is called, are described in the attached agenda. Peter Hughes, Mayor  To: New Market Planning Commission Harry Wine, Chairman Sherri Erbaugh, Vice Chairman George Daugharty Tom Linski, Jr. Sonny Mongold Bob King Larry Hale In accordance with the Planning Commission Bylaws, a regular meeting of the New Market Planning Commission will be held in the Council Chambers of Arthur L. Hildreth, Jr., Municipal Building on Monday, March 2nd, 2026, at 6:30 p.m. Full attendance is respectfully requested. Summer Medina Zoning Administrator TENTATIVE AGENDA- Consideration of: I. Call to Order and Establishment of Quorum II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Approval of Minutes from Monday, February 2, 2026 IV. Joint Public Hearing V. Joint Meeting with the New Market Town Council 1. Comprehensive Plan Kick Off Discussion VI. Old Business 1. Planning Department Report –Summer Medina VII. New Business VIII. Adjournment 1 of 3  1 New Market Planning Commission 2 February 2, 2026 3 4 CALL TO ORDER AND ESTABLISHMENT OF A QUORUM 5 The regular meeting of the New Market Planning Commission was held on Monday, February 2nd, 6 2026, at 6:30 p.m. The following Planning Commission members were in attendance: Chairman Harry 7 Wine, Vice Chairman Sherri Erbaugh, George Daugharty, Sonny Mongold, and Bob King. Commission 8 members Larry Hale and Tom Linksi, Jr. were absent. 9 10 Mr. Wine opened the meeting at 6:30 p.m. and established a quorum with 5 members present. 11 12 Mr. Wine led all in attendance in the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance. 13 14 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: 15 16 Mr. Wine entertained a motion to approve the minutes. Mr. Mongold made a motion to approve the 17 minutes of the January 5th, 2026, meeting of the New Market Planning Commission as written. Mr. 18 19 20 21 ft Daugharty seconded the motion. The motion passed with a unanimous voice vote 5-0. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING: none 22 23 24 25 26 OLD BUSINESS: ra Mrs. Medina reported that a zoning permit was approved for a deck at 154 Tyler Drive and one for a shed at 9891 Woodbine Way. She reported that the Town Council voted to move forward with the comprehensive plan update, therefore there will be a joint meeting with the Town Council during the next Planning Commission meeting. This will kick off the project with EPR, the consultant for the 27 28 29 30 31 32 D comprehensive plan project. For the Route 211 Sidewalk Project, the due date for bids was moved to Wednesday, February 4th, 2026, at 3 p.m. to accommodate for the winter weather. The bids will be opened right after that. Mr. King asked if there were many interested. Mrs. Medina noted that there was a good turnout for the mandatory pre-bid meeting. NEW BUSINESS: 33 Mr. Wine asked Mrs. Medina to lead the discussion for the consideration of a conditional use permit at 34 9361-9365 North Congress Street. Mrs. Medina gave an overview of the conditional use permit, as the 35 Planning Commission has discussed this conditional use permit several times in the previous months. 36 She recapped that the CUP was tabled at the last meeting to give time to research more into the parking 37 regulations for this property. After research, it seems that historically the parking area in the back was 38 used for residential use and their guests, as well as employee parking for the commercial units. Staff 39 found that Sec. 70-150(a)(3) would be solution for this to help allow for the expansion of the parking for 40 the residential parking but not make it to where we would have to put a new ordinance on an old 2 of 3 41 commercial unit. This section states that only two additional parking spaces would be required for the 42 expansion. 43 Mrs. Medina stated that if they are comfortable with moving forward with the CUP that she would not 44 want to limit or put in a specific number of parking spaces, just in case the commercial units change use 45 in the future, which may require a different amount of required parking spaces. This way it doesn’t limit 46 the use of the building. 47 Mr. Daugharty asked how many parking spaces are allowed based on the current zoning and how many 48 would be allowed if the whole building was residential. She explained that currently there are two 49 residential parking spaces in the back, and two more are required if the expansion is approved. For the 50 commercial units it varies depending on the use. 51 Mrs. Erbaugh asked if the customers would park on Congress Street. Mrs. Medina explained that they 52 would, and the employees would park in the back, and it is only 2-hour parking allowed on Congress 53 Street. 54 Mr. King recommended that they send the CUP to the Town Council to vote on, and deal with any 55 problems that may come up later. 56 57 58 ft Mr. Wine reminded them that the conditional use permit is to expand the residential unit to two units, which requires only two parking spaces. Mr. Daugharty stated that a residential facility is less intense than commercial. 59 60 61 62 63 64 ra Mr. King moved to send this conditional use permit for 9361-9365 North Congress Street to council for approval. Mr. Mongold seconded the motion. With no further discussion, the motion passed with a unanimous vote of 5-0. Mr. Wine stated that was the only action item and asked if anyone had anything they would like to discuss. Mr. King stated that he believes that the Town needs to investigate the parking restrictions. Mrs. Medina said that she and the Town Manager are aware of this and have been looking into it. She 65 66 67 68 69 D said they are hoping that this will be brought up during the comprehensive plan. Members discussed different areas of town that may have opportunities to add more parking. ADJOURNMENT With no further business to discuss, at 6:47 p.m., Mr. King made a motion to adjourn the 70 meeting. Mr. Daugharty seconded the motion which passed on a unanimous 5-0 voice vote. 71 72 73 Amber Smoot, Secretary 3 of 3