Board of Supervisors: April 19, 2005

April 19, 2005

April 19, 2005
Virginia:
At a Continued Meeting of the Nelson County Board of Supervisors on April 19, 2005, 6:15 p.m., at the Courthouse in Lovingston, Virginia, thereof:

Present:   Gary E. Wood, Chair
       Harry S. Harris, Vice Chair
       Constance Brennan, Central District Supervisor
       Thomas H. Bruguiere, Jr., West District Supervisor
       Thomas D. Harvey, North District Supervisor
       Stephen A. Carter, County Administrator
       Fred M. Boger, Planning Director
       Virgie A. Carter, Deputy Clerk
       Betty M. Fortune, Secretary, Planning & Zoning

Agenda Item Number I. Call Meeting to Order

Supervisor Wood called the meeting to order at 6:15 p.m.

Agenda Item Number II. Review of Zoning Ordinance

The Board of Supervisors continued review of the Zoning Ordinance as follows:
Rural & Farming District, R-F
The Family Subdivision minimum lot size was changed to one acre with a two year requirement.
Building Height: The Residential Building Height was changed from forty-five feet to thirty-five feet, with public or semi-public buildings at forty-five feet; cupolas, spires and steeples were changed to seventy-five feet with a Special Use Permit; and accessory and farm buildings were changed to fifty feet.
Minimum Setback Requirements were changed to the following:Å6¶5Front Yard: Thirty-Five feet if road is wider than fifty feet or fifty-five feet if road is less than fifty feet wide.
Side Yard: Ten feet from the property line and the total width of the two required side yards shall be twenty-five feet or more.
Rear Yard: Twenty-five feet or more.
Minimum Lot Width: One hundred twenty-five feet at road frontage.
Additionally, the Board of Supervisors changed the requirements for structures other than residential dwellings (accessory uses and structures) to a maximum percentage of the lot coverage equal to fifteen percent.
Discussion of the Landscape and Screening and Parking and Loading Requirements in the Residential Farming District was tabled until further review of the proposed chapters.
Staff was directed to change the requirements for the public subdivision and private street and driveway standards to reference county and VDOT requirements.

Rural Residential District:
Permitted Uses: The use was changed from single-family detached and manufactured homes to include duplex structures.
Uses Permitted by Special Use Permit: Sawmill, temporary and permanent was deleted as a use; dog kennel was changed to private, one-commercial dog kennel; deleted livestock sales facility; and added self-storage units and small entrepreneurial enterprises.
Added a requirement for the application for a higher density, stating that the applicant must demonstrate that such development will not conflict with any of the County°Øs farming, rural preservation and conservation objectives.

Maximum R-R Density:
The following changes were made:
Fifteen acre tract: One lot per five acres for a total of five development rights (minimum lot size is two acres).
Twenty-five acre tract: One lot per five acres for a total of five development rights (minimum lot size is two acres).
Maximum of ten development rights on forty acres.
Additionally, Staff was directed to rework the rest of the chapter based on the densities above.

Agenda Item Number III. Other Matters

Re: Acceptance of Deed of Gift by Nelson County for the Virginia Blue Ridge Railway Trail

On a motion duly made by Mr. Bruguiere, seconded by Ms. Brennan, with Mr. Bruguiere voting yes, Ms. Brennan voting yes, Mr. Harvey voting yes, Mr. Harris voting yes, and Mr. Wood voting yes, the following Resolution was adopted:

BE IT RESOLVED, By the Board of Supervisors of the County of Nelson, Virginia, that said Board hereby accepts property by deed of gift, the metes and bounds of which are described in said deed of gift, as conveyed to Nelson County, as Grantee, by Stephen C. Martin and Mary Porter Martin, as Grantors, with the expressed condition and covenant of the conveyance being:

1.   The use of the property so conveyed shall be as a public trail for non-motorized uses of hiking, jogging, horseback riding and cross county skiing.
2.   The conveyance is made subject to all valid reservations, restrictions, conditions and easements of record which are now binding upon said property but do not impair its marketable title.
3.   Acceptance of the deed is made with acknowledgement by Nelson County that the deed was prepared without a title examination of the subject property.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, By the Board of Supervisors of the County of Nelson, Virginia, that the Chairman of said Board and the Attorney for said County are hereby authorized to execute the Deed of Gift on behalf of Nelson County.

Agenda Item Number IV. Adjournment

The Board of Supervisors scheduled the next meeting for Thursday, April 21, 2005, 7:00 p.m., in order to conduct a budget work session.

Re: Continuance of April 19, 2005 Meeting to April 21, 2005

On a motion by Mr. Harvey, seconded by Mr. Bruguiere, with Mr. Harvey voting yes, Mr. Bruguiere voting yes, Ms. Brennan voting yes, Mr. Harris voting yes, and Mr. Wood voting yes, the following Resolution was adopted:

BE IT RESOLVED, That the Nelson County Board of Supervisors does hereby continue the April 19, 2005 Meeting to April 21, 2005, 7:00 p.m., in order to conduct a budget work session.

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