HomeMy WebLinkAbout06 17 86 PC MinutesJune 17, 1986
The Albemarle County Planning Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday,
June 17, 1986, Meeting Room 7, County Office Building, Charlottesville,
Virginia. Those members present were: Mr. David Bowerman, Chairman;
Mr. Richard Cogan, Vice Chairman; Mr. Harry Wilkerson; Mr. Tim Michel and
Mr. Peter Stark. Other officials present were: Mr. John Horne, Director
of Planning and Community Development and Ms. MaryJoy Scala, Senior
Planner. Absent: Commissioners Gould and Diehl and Mr. Fred Payne,
Deputy County Attorney.
The Chairman called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. and established that
a quorum was present. The minutes of the June 3, 1986meeting were approved
as submitted.
Keswick and Kinloch,Agricultural/Forestal Districts - Keswick Agricultural/
Forestal District is proposed on the west and east sides of Rt. 22 at
Keswick. The proposed district is comprised of 4,265.68 acres. Kinloch
Agricultural/Forestal District is proposed on the west and east sides
of Rt. 231 between Cismont and Cash Corner. Part of the district extends
east to Cobham on Rt. 22. The proposed district is comprised of 1,167.12
acres. The Planning Commission, at this time, must refer
the proposals to the Advisory Committee.
Ms. Scala gave the staff report. She explained that an additional 419.5 acres
had been added to the Kinloch district, making a total of 1,586.62 acres.
Mr. Cogan asked if the district would have an adverse effect on non -participating
neighboring property owners. Ms. Scala responded, "It will pretty much
continue the way it has been. If it's in active farming now, it will continue
to be." She stated that a main difference is that the County could not
enforce a nuisance ordinance against the district (unless it was a matter
of public health, safety or welfare). She added, "They can develop the
property by -right like they have been all along. It may have an effect on
them if they came in for a re -zoning or a special use permit. Then the
County has to consider that they are adjacent to a special district."
Mr. Cogan expressed some concern about the way the boundaries of the
districts are delineated, i.e, simply by parcel lines. He asked if this
might create future problems. Mr. Horne responded that it might be
a problem if the districts were closer in to the urban area, but,
at this point, they are far enough out in the rural areas that this
is not a concern. Mr. Horne added, "If you look at the intent of the RA,
a lot of it is to promote this type of use. While it does have some
legislative lines there on the ground, in terms of the use the major
effect might be on further subdivision and residential growth in the
RA, which is something that, ostensibly, we're attempting to discourage
to a certain extent.
Mr. Michel moved that the Commission refer both the Keswick and Kinloch
Agricultural/Forestal Districts to the Advisory Committee.
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Mr. Wilkerson seconded the motion which passed unanimously.
WORK SESSION
Comprehensive Plan - Mr. Horne continued the review of the goals and
objectives, beginning where the last work session had left off, at
Goal 7.
Significant Commission comments and concerns included the following:
Goal 7: (Relating to economic development and employment
opportunities). There was considerable discussion about this goal.
Referring to the future widening of Rt. 29 North and its effect
on current businesses, Mr. Wilkerson felt that objectives 1 and
2 were in direct opposition to one another. Mr. Cogan was
very opposed to Issue 1 and felt it should not be included as
a goal within the Comprehensive Plan (i.e. to "establish some
basic policy decisions regarding economic development"). He
also felt that a great deal of Goal 7 was not necessary for
Albemarle County. Mr. Cogan stated he did not see the necessity
of encouraging this type of industrial and commercial development
since "it's coming in all on its own." He also felt there was
no lack of employment opportunities in the area. Mr. Cogan
stated he much preferred that the wording remain as it is in
the current plan. Mr. Cogan also stated he did not feel the
CIP or the Six -Year Road Plan could support the strategies
of this goal. Mr. Michel stated he did not feel some of the
objectives were realistic given the monetary resources of the County.
Mr. Horne interpreted that the Commission was viewing this as a
"promotional -type" goal. Regarding the issue of extending
utilities, Mr. Bowerman stated that up to this point it has been
felt it should be up to the private sector to provide utilities.
Mr. Horne interpreted it was the Commission's position that
"the economy is prosperous enough whereby private enterprise
can take care of whatever economic development we need to
have in this area and the County government's role should be
minimal, if any, outside of a regulatory control." Mr. Horne
stated if that was indeed the position of the County, there
should be a direct policy statement stating that position.
Mr. Bowerman stated he did not think it was the Commission's
intent to discourage economic development, but rather not to
actively promote it. Regarding the issue of tourism, Mr.
Cogan felt the County need do nothing further in this area.
Mr. Stark felt there would be no harm in "investigating" this
issue (i.e. promotional activities) further. It was finally
concluded the staff would review the existing language in
the Comprehensive Plan relating to economic development and
would attempt to make that language more specific.
Goal 8, Objective 6: Mr. Cogan stated he felt it was impossible
to provide connector roadways and at the same time not encourage
population growth in the rural areas. It was felt a third strategy
should be added under Objective 6 which addressed the discouragement
of population growth in the rural areas.
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Goal 9, Objective 1, Strategy D: (Develop utility plans for the
Villages.) It was felt this was very important in terms of
relieving the strain on the RA areas.
Mr. Horne reviewed the proposed schedule for the continuing review of the
Plan as follows:
End of July, '86: Finish review of issues and complete a priority list.
August: Staff begin production of background data.
Sept. through Feb.: Subcommittees working on issues and making reports to
full Commission.
There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
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