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Planners
approve
Packing
Shed
reuse
By Gerald Ochs
Rappahannock News Writer
After some heated discussions the Planning Commission okayed, by a vote of five-to-one, a recommendation of approval for the adaptive reuse of Foster’s Packing Shed as a woodworking shop. The application for the reuse of the shed, located at the intersection of Routes 522 and 630 north of Flint Hill, was presented by current owner James E. Yates, III and prospective lessor Ed Steshoski.
Mr. Yates noted that the building was Ideated in an agricultural zone and that he “had to make a decision as whether to raise pigs or do woodworking” on the site, suggesting that Mr. Steshoski’s proposed use was clearly preferable. Mr. Steshoski said that he intended to use the facility for cabinet making, and that the shop would not accommodate more than one or two workers.
The public hearing on the issue began with a note of support from neighbor Russ Skovill. Mr. Skovill described the facility as an agricultural “market interface” when it served as an apple packing shed, and said that it would remain an interface, “between quality manufacturing and commerce,” should the application be approved.
Flint Hill resident Bob Dennis said that he is not opposed to the proposed adaptive reuse of the shed, but had questions about how the Commission would handle the application amidst “allegations of mission creep” and about the conversion of the site from “agricultural” to “commercial.” He added that he thought that the proposed use was not an adaptive reuse, but a “retro-use,” since the facility had been a cooperage in the early Twentieth century and its conversion to a woodworking shop was in line with that earlier iteration.
See PLANNERS, Page A8
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