Planning, Streets and Traffic Committee — Charleston, WV
Date: 2025-08-11
Time: 17:00

Planning, Streets and Traffic Committee
 Monday, August 11, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
 City Service Center – 915 Quarrier Street – Conference Room

 AGENDA

1. Call to Order

2. Unfinished Business

3. New Business

 Bill #8059 –amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Charleston, West Virginia,
 enacted the 1st day of January 2006, as amended, and the map made a part thereof, by
 rezoning from a R-O district to a C-10 district, that certain parcel of land situated at 500
 Morris Street, East Charleston Tax District Map 18, Parcel 119 in the City of Charleston,
 Kanawha County, State of West Virginia.

 Presentation by the Regional Intergovernmental Council on a safety study for the area
 around the Clay Center, CAMC General Hospital and Go Mart Ballpark.

4. Discussion

5. Approval of the Minutes of July 14, 2025, meeting

6. Adjournment

Planning, Streets and Traffic Committee
 Monday, August 11, 2025, at 5:00 p.m.
 City Service Center – 915 Quarrier Street – Conference Room



Members Present Members Absent
Jennifer Pharr, Chair Mary Beth Hoover
Bobby Haas Pam Burka
Kathy Rubio
Becky Ceperley
John Gianola – via phone

Others Present Staff
Donna Hardy w/ Mead & Hunt Dan Vriendt
Joyce Ofsa w/Spilman, Thomas & Battle Terry Allen
Jeffrey Mace w/ R.IC. Matt Hartline
 Officer Redden

1. Call to Order

2. Unfinished Business

3. New Business

 Bill #8059 –amending the Zoning Ordinance of the City of Charleston, West Virginia, enacted the 1st
 day of January 2006, as amended, and the map made a part thereof, by rezoning from a R-O district
 to a C-10 district, that certain parcel of land situated at 500 Morris Street, East Charleston Tax District
 Map 18, Parcel 119 in the City of Charleston, Kanawha County, State of West Virginia.

 Joyce Ofsa with Spilman, Thomas & Battle and representing Charleston Area Medical Center (“CAMC”)
 in this matter was present.

 Dan presented the staff notes for Bill # 8059 to the PS&T Committee. The subject property across
 from CAMC-General is currently a large parking lot. CAMC wants to develop that as additional medical
 office space. It is currently zoned R-O. CAMC is requesting that this property be rezoned C-10 –
 General Commercial.

 There is Central Business District (CBD) zoning to the west, to the north there is C-10 zoning and to
 the south is Corridor Village District (CVD). On three sides there is a higher intensity zoning, and the
 R-O has really large setbacks. There is a 15’ setback. There is no parking in the front setback. There
 are other reasons that the R-O zoning is problematic. C-10 would give CAMC more flexibility.

 It is very consistent with the development pattern of the neighborhood. There is no reason for this
 to remain R-O. R-O is more of a transitional district between residential and commercial. The
 property surrounding it is commercial property. This is also consistent with the future land use plan
 for the City of Charleston.


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 Taking into consideration all of the above, staff is recommending approval. Bill # 8059 did go before
 the Municipal Planning Commission. There was no opposition to the request. No one from the public
 attended the meeting to oppose the request. The Municipal Planning Commission unanimously
 recommended approval of Bill # 8059.

 Joyce Ofsa addressed the PS&T Committee. CAMC wants to construct a neurosciences institute
 facility on this site. It is the site of the former Arthur B. Hodges Center. It has been used for parking
 for the past several years. It will allow them to construct what is envisioned now to be a 3-story
 structure with parking. It will allow CAMC to offer more treatment and educational opportunities to
 the community and nursing educational programming to, not only those working throughout the
 hospital, but throughout the state and the surrounding region in the area of neurological diseases and
 conditions. There will be treatment facilities, but there will not be beds for overnight care. There will
 be office space.

 CAMC decided this is the location where the neurosciences institute should be located. The
 limitations on an R-O property would make it cost prohibitive. So CAMC has requested the zoning be
 changed from R-O to C-10.

 MOTION AND VOTE: Becky Ceperley made a motion that Bill # 8059 be approved. Bobby Haas
 seconded the motion. John Gianoli voted to abstain. The motion passed and Bill # 8059 was approved
 by a vote of 4-0-1.

 There was a presentation by the Regional Intergovernmental Council by Jeffrey Mace and Donna
 Hardy on a safety study for the area around the Clay Center, CAMC General Hospital and Go Mart
 Ballpark.


4. Discussion

5. Approval of the Minutes of July 14, 2025, meeting

 MOTION AND VOTE: A motion was made by Becky Ceperley to adopt the minutes of the July 14, 2025
 meeting. Kathy Rubio seconded the motion. The motion passed by a unanimous vote.

6. Adjournment




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