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PLANNING STAFF REPORT SUMMARY
Project Name: AFD 2007 -02 Hardware
Staff: Amy Ransom Arnold
Agricultural and Forestal District Renewal and AFD
2007 -03 Nortonsville Local Agricultural and
Forestal District Renewal
Planning Commission Public Hearing:
Board of Supervisors Public Hearing:
August 14, 2007
September 12, 2007
Owners: various
Applicant: County Staff
Acreage: Hardware currently 4,021.478 acres;
Ag /For District Review: Review, Hardware and
Nortonsville Local currently 90.575 acres
Nortonsville Agricultural/Forestal Districts;
determine termination, modification, or
continuation of the districts
Location: The Hardware Agricultural and Forestal
Existing Zoning and By -right use:
District is comprised of six primary patches near
Hardware District: Rural Areas: agricultural,
North Garden, framing the North Fork, Middle
forestal, and fishery; residential; game preserves;
Branch and South Branch of the Hardware River and
wayside stands; electric, gas, oil, and
reaching from Route 708 to the north, 692 to the
communication facilities accessory uses including
west, Route 712 to the south, and Pryor's Mountain
home occupation class A, temporary construction
to the east.
uses; public uses, etc.; Entrance Corridor Overlay
The Nortonsville Local Agricultural and Forestal
District; Commercial; Village Residential; Natural
District extends south of the banks of the Lynch
Resource Extraction
River, just south of Simmons Gap Road (Route
Nortonsville Local District: Rural Areas
810), approximately '/2 mile west of the village
center of Nortonsville, near the Albemarle / Green
County boundary.
Magisterial District: Hardware: Samuel Miller;
Conditions: Yes
Nortonsville Local: White Hall
Proposal: Renewal of the Hardware and
Requested # of Dwelling Units: NA
Nortonsville Local Agricultural and Forestal
Districts; determine whether to terminate, modify, or
continue these districts. Both Withdrawals and
additions are proposed for the Hardware District.
The renewal cycle for the Nortonsville Local District
is proposed to be revised from its current 8 -year to a
10 -year review period. There are no withdrawals or
additions proposed for the Nortonsville Local
District.
DA (Development Area):
Comprehensive Plan Designation: RA --
RA (Rural Area): X
Rural Areas: agricultural, forestal, and fishery uses;
residential density (0.5 unit/acre)
RECOMMENDATION: The Agricultural and Forestal Advisory Committee at their meeting on July 16,
2007 recommended approval of the renewal of both the Nortonsville Local and Hardware Agricultural and
Forestal Districts with the conditions contained in the staff report.