HomeMy WebLinkAboutZTA200900009 Legacy Document 2010-05-14 (9)RESOLUTION OF INTENT
WHEREAS, Zoning Ordinance § 30.6 was adopted in 1990 for the purpose of implementing the
enabling authority in Virginia Code § 15.2- 2306(A) by identifying those arterial streets and highways found to
be significant routes of tourist access to designated historic landmarks, structures or districts within the County
or in contiguous localities (hereinafter, "entrance corridors "), requiring that the erection, reconstruction,
alteration or restoration of structures, including signs, on parcels contiguous to those streets and highways, be
architecturally compatible with those historic landmarks or structures, and establishing the substantive and
procedural requirements for approving development by the Architectural Review Board within the entrance
corridors; and
WHEREAS, the Development Review Task Force (the "DRTF ") was charged by the Board of
Supervisors in 2006 to review and assess current legislative land use processes to identify needed improvements
in efficiency, effectiveness, quality and public participation; and
WHEREAS, one of the DRTF's recommendations to the Board of Supervisors in 2007 was to clarify
the extent of Architectural Review Board review expected by the Board of Supervisors and development
proposals that would later be considered by the Board of Supervisors and as a result of that recommendation, the
Board of Supervisors, the Planning Commission and the Architectural Review Board have recently held two
joint meetings to discuss issues pertaining to the DRTF's recommendation and, related thereto, discussed
recommendations presented by County staff for streamlining the Architectural Review Board review process in
Zoning Ordinance § 30.6; and
WHEREAS, in order to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and quality in Zoning Ordinance § 30.6's
substantive and procedural requirements, Zoning Ordinance § 30.6 and related sections of the Zoning Ordinance
should be amended to reorganize, revise and streamline applicable procedural requirements, to reorganize,
revise and amend applicable substantive requirements, to further clarify the authority and the role of the
Architectural Review Board to facilitate the exercise of its powers, and to make other changes deemed
appropriate in order to better achieve the purpose of Zoning Ordinance § 30.6 and to address the
recommendation of the DRTF.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT for purposes of public necessity, convenience,
general welfare and good land development practices, the Board of Supervisors hereby adopts a resolution of
intent to amend Zoning Ordinance §§ 3.1, 4.15, 30.6 and any other regulations of the Zoning Ordinance deemed
appropriate to achieve the purposes described herein.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Planning Commission shall hold a public hearing on the
zoning text amendment proposed by this resolution of intent, and make its recommendation to the Board of
Supervisors, at the earliest possible date.
I, Ella W. Jordan, do hereby certify that the foregoing writing is a true, correct copy of a Resolution duly
adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, by a vote of to , as recorded
below, at a regular meeting held on
Nay
Ave
Mr. Boyd
Mr. Dorrier
Ms. Mallek
Mr. Rooker
Mr. Slutzky
Ms. Thomas
Clerk, Board of County Supervisors