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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZTA201300006 Resolution of IntentRESOLUTION OF INTENT WHEREAS, the purpose of the Downtown Crozet District (the "DCD ") is to establish a district in which traditional downtown development will occur; and WHEREAS, the DCD provides for flexibility and a variety of development, with retail, service and civic uses being the primary uses within the district and light industrial and residential uses being secondary uses; and WHEREAS, one of the short-term priorities of the County's Economic Development Policy is to initiate zoning text amendments that further enable business and industrial uses in appropriate zoning districts and, based on current industrial technologies and their reduced impacts, the board of supervisors adopted a zoning text amendment on April 3, 2013 that amended the use regulations in several commercial districts other than the DCD to allow new classes of light industrial uses by right, by special use permit or by special exception, subject to suitable conditions; and WHEREAS, apartments and attached single - family dwellings are permitted by right in the DCD, provided that the first floor of the building in which the dwellings exist is designed for and occupied by a non- residential use allowed in the DCD (the "first floor use requirement "), but there may be individual cases where residential uses without the first floor requirement may be appropriate; and WHEREAS, detached single family dwellings without the first floor requirement currently are permitted by special use permit in the DCD; and WHEREAS, consistent with the DCD's principal to allow flexibility and variety of development in the DCD, it is now desired to consider amending the regulations in the Zoning Ordinance to allow a broader range of light industrial use classifications in the DCD consistent with the similar use classifications allowed in other commercial districts and, in particular, the Commercial Office district, and to allow residential uses in the DCD without the first floor use requirement by special use permit, which would allow each proposal to be evaluated on a case -by -case basis. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT for purposes of public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning practices, the Albemarle County Planning Commission hereby adopts a resolution of intent to consider amending the Zoning Ordinance, including sections 3.1, 20B and any other sections deemed appropriate, as described herein; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the zoning text amendment proposed pursuant to this resolution of intent, and return its recommendations to the Board of Supervisors at the earliest possible date. ATTACHMENT A RESOLUTION OF INTENT WHEREAS, the purpose of the Downtown Crozet District (the "DCD ") is to establish a district in which traditional downtown development will occur; and WHEREAS, the DCD provides for flexibility and a variety of development, with retail, service and civic uses being the primary uses within the district and light industrial and residential uses being secondary uses; and WHEREAS, one of the short-term priorities of the County's Economic Development Policy is to initiate zoning text amendments that further enable business and industrial uses in appropriate zoning districts and, based on current industrial technologies and their reduced impacts, the board of supervisors adopted a zoning text amendment on April 3, 2013 that amended the use regulations in several commercial districts other than the DCD to allow new classes of light industrial uses by right, by special use permit or by special exception, subject to suitable conditions; and WHEREAS, apartments and attached single - family dwellings are permitted by right in the DCD, provided that the first floor of the building in which the dwellings exist is designed for and occupied by a non- residential use allowed in the DCD (the "first floor use requirement "), but there may be individual cases where residential uses without the first floor requirement may be appropriate; and WHEREAS, detached single family dwellings without the first floor requirement currently are permitted by special use permit in the DCD; and WHEREAS, consistent with the DCD's principal to allow flexibility and variety of development in the DCD, it is now desired to consider amending the regulations in the Zoning Ordinance to allow a broader range of light industrial use classifications in the DCD consistent with the similar use classifications allowed in other commercial districts and, in particular, the Commercial Office district, and to allow residential uses in the DCD without the first floor use requirement by special use permit, which would allow each proposal to be evaluated on a case -by -case basis. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT for purposes of public necessity, convenience, general welfare and good zoning practices, the Albemarle County Planning Commission hereby adopts a resolution of intent to consider amending the Zoning Ordinance, including sections 3.1, 20B and any other sections deemed appropriate, as described herein; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the zoning text amendment proposed pursuant to this resolution of intent, and return its recommendations to the Board of Supervisors at the earliest possible date.