Pursuant to the provisions of Section 15.2-2204 & 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia of 1950, as
amended, the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors hereby gives notice of a public hearing to
be held on March 13, 2023 at 7:15 p.m. in the County Government Center, 755 Roanoke St.,
Christiansburg, Virginia, in order to hear citizen comments regarding the Board of Supervisors’
intention to act on the following Ordinance:
A request by Lisa W. Pendleton and Tina M. Wells (Agent: CESO, Inc.) to rezone 32.963 total acres from Agricultural (A1) to General Business (GB) to allow the property
owner to request a Special Use Permit (SUP) to construct a travel center on 32.963 acres.
The property is located at 5241 North Fork Road, Elliston, at the intersection of North Fork Road (State Route 603) and Pedlar Road (State Route 635). The property is further identified as Tax Maps 046-A 10 (Parcel ID: 015768), 1.8 acres, and 046-A 11 (Parcel ID:
015769), 31.163 acres, both zoned A-1 Agricultural in the Shawsville Magisterial District.
The property currently lies in an area designated as Village Expansion in the 2025 Montgomery County Comprehensive Plan, and is further designed as Mixed Use in the
Elliston-Lafayette Village Plan. AND
A request by Lisa W. Pendleton and Tina M. Wells (Agent: CESO, Inc.) for a Special Use Permit (SUP) to allow for the construction of a travel center on 32.963 total acres. The use is defined as “travel center” in the Zoning Ordinance, and is permitted in the General
Business (GB) Zoning District only by Special Use Permit. The property is further identified
as Tax Maps 046-A 10 (Parcel ID: 015768), 1.8 acres, and 046-A 11 (Parcel ID: 015769), 31.163 acres, both zoned A-1 Agricultural in the Shawsville Magisterial District. The property currently lies in an area designated as Village Expansion in the 2025 Montgomery
County Comprehensive Plan, and is further designed as Mixed Use in the Elliston-Lafayette
Village Plan. AND
A request by Lisa W. Pendleton and Tina M. Wells (Agent: CESO, Inc.) for a Special
Use Permit (SUP) to allow a comprehensive sign plan pursuant to Section 10-45(a)(3)e of
the County Zoning Ordinance for a travel center that exceeds the maximum number of
allowed signs, maximum allowed height of signs, and maximum allowed square footage for total signage on the subject property. The comprehensive sign package proposed by the
applicant requests the placement of three (3) freestanding signs on the property, exceeding the maximum of two (2) freestanding signs allowed on the subject property.
The requested free-standing signs consist of the following: a high-rise sign with a proposed
height of one hundred ninety (190) feet, exceeding the maximum allowed height of forty
(40) feet; a street sign with a proposed height of twenty-five (25) feet, exceeding the maximum allowed height of twelve (12) feet; and an additional freestanding sign with a
proposed height of twenty (20) feet, exceeding the maximum allowed height of twelve (12) feet. The comprehensive sign package proposed by the applicant would also exceed the maximum allowed square footage for total signage on the subject property. The applicant
proposes a high-rise sign consisting of a total of 1167.88 square feet of signage, comprised
of 5 individual signs, exceeding the maximum allowed square footage of five-hundred (500) square feet and four (4) individual signs permitted by the Zoning Ordinance. The
comprehensive sign package also proposes a total of 1401.23 square feet of signage, consisting of wall, canopy, and other signage, exceeding the maximum allowed square
footage of one hundred-eighty (180) square feet on the subject parcel. The property is further identified as Tax Maps 046-A 10 (Parcel ID: 015768), 1.8 acres, and 046-A 11
(Parcel ID: 015769), 31.163 acres, both zoned A-1 Agricultural in the Shawsville Magisterial
District. The property currently lies in an area designated as Village Expansion in the 2025
Montgomery County Comprehensive Plan, and is further designed as Mixed Use in the
Elliston-Lafayette Village Plan.
Copies of the proposed plans, applications, ordinances or amendments may be examined at the
Department of Planning and GIS Services, County Government Center, 755 Roanoke St., Suite 2A,
Christiansburg, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. or at
http://www.montgomerycountyva.gov/pendingapplications.
