Planning: December 2, 2004

December 2, 2004

NELSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETING MINUTES
December 2, 2004 7:00 P. M.

Present: Mr. Thomas Bruguiere, Ms. Emily Hunt, Mrs. Philippa Proulx - Chair, Ms. Linda Russell, Dr. Valdrie Walker

Staff Present: Mr. Fred Boger and Mrs. Betty Fortune

Call to Order: Mrs. Proulx called to order the meeting which is a continuation of the December 1, 2004 Planning Commission meeting.

Meeting Specifics:
1)   Mr. Boger reviewed the changes proposed for the zoning map. Some areas which were Village-Mixed Use and Service Enterprise are now Business, B-1.
   Specific areas discussed were: Afton (Swannanoa), where work is being done    on the tunnel project; Faber - B-1; Green Acres (Lovingston) which will    change from Town Center; Callohill which will change from M-2 to H-I; Piney River - Payne's Garage - B-1; Findlay Mountain Ag/Forestal area which will be added; Highland on the James zoning will not change to R-R but will remain R-F; Royal Oaks (Love, Va.) will remain B-1; Colleen to Lovingston will be rezoned as developed.
2)    "Intentional communities" was added to the list of uses by Special Use Permit in R-F and R-R Districts.
3)   Definitions chapter was reviewed. Some of the items to be added or changed are: Dwelling, 2 Family (Duplex), Dwelling, Townhouse, Tenant house.
4)   Mr. Boger distributed a draft of the Landscaping chapter. It was reviewed and approved for use in the December draft of the zoning ordinance.
5)   The following item was added to R-F, R-R, and L-I as a permitted use: Private, non-commercial outdoor recreation activity as a secondary use associated with and ancillary to the principal use of the property, including hiking, hunting, target or trap shooting, boating, horseback riding, swimming, and fishing. In this connection, private, non-commercial clubs and associations, having either any ownership or leasehold interest in a parcel, may enjoy the foregoing uses provided such uses are not open to the public and are not commercial in nature.

Copies of all edits and changes are available in the Planning office.

The next step is to made additions, deletions and corrections to the proposed ordinance and have it ready for the website and public by Wednesday, December 8, when the first legal notice will be published.

At 9:15 P. M. Ms. Russell made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Dr. Walker provided the second and motion carried 5-0.

Respectfully submitted,
Betty Fortune, Secretary