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Fate of proposed gas station remains uncertain
A Winchester-based company’s proposal to build a gas station and convenience store on 2.2 acres at the southeast corner of the intersection of routes 50 and 340 in Waterloo will once again be on county planning commissioners’ agenda on May 2.
The site is part of a 10.7-acre commercial tract that H.N. Funkhouser & Company, Inc., wants to continue to develop in the future.
After some discussion at its April 4 meeting, the commission continued its public hearing to give company representatives and county planning officials and staff more time to discuss the potential traffic impact of such future development with the Virginia Department of Transportation.
Company president Robert Claytor, calling the delay “frustrating,” said VDOT wants the firm to predict traffic impact for the entire 10.7 acres, which he claimed is difficult when he does not now know who future tenants – or where their entrances to the site – would be. He said he hopes a hotel and several restaurants will also lease space there.
VDOT stated in a recent email that it had no major objections to the company’s plan, Zoning Administrator Jesse Russell said.
Special use permit considered
The commission also will have a public hearing in May on a request by Community Housing Partners for an amendment to the special use permit and site plan for 1329 Fish Paw Road, located at that road’s intersection with Longmarsh Road.
The nonprofit group plans to move there from Winchester to have a more central location from which to provide emergency energy services to low-income residents in the county and surrounding localities , vice president Bill Beachy said.
Contact the reporter at rmarlow@timespapers.com
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