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Louisa County
Planning Commission Meeting 4/9/2026
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Planning Commission Meeting
4/9/2026
Attachments
04 09 2026- Regular meeting Agenda.pdf
PC 04 09 2026 RM Packet.pdf
Public Notice.pdf
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
I. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
II. APPROVAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
1. Planning Commission - Regular Meeting - March 12, 2026
03 12 2026 PC Minutes.pdf
III. CONSENT AGENDA
IV. PUBLIC ADDRESS
V. UNFINISHED BUSINESS
1. Update - Zoning methods to help reduce growth impacts
VI. PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Amendments to Chapter 86. Land Development Regulations - Proposed Addition - Gold Mine Creek Agricultural and Forestal District
1. PC Staff Report_13.2.26_GMC_Madison.pdf
2. Packet with Maps.pdf
3. PC Staff Report Amendment_3.26.26_Welsh.pdf
4. Amendment Packet with Maps.pdf
5. draft amendment_GMC_3.2.26.pdf
2. Amendments to Chapter 86. Land Development Regulations - Proposed Addition - Ellisville Agricultural and Forestal District
1. PC Staff Report_Ellis_3.2.26_Madison.pdf
2. Packet with Maps.pdf
3. PC_Complete Amendment Packet.pdf
3. Amendments to Chapter 86. Land Development Regulations - Proposed Addition - Taylors Creek Agricultural and Forestal District
1. PC Combined Packet_TC_Addition_3.4.26.pdf
4. CUP2025-02 Zion United Methodist Church, Applicant/Owner; David McWilliams, Agent - Conditional Use Permit Request
PC Staff Report CUP2026-02 Zion United Methodist Church.pdf
Enclosure 1 Application.pdf
5. Proposed Amendments to ORD2023-06 to Remove Assemblage of Acreages in the Technology Overlay District (TOD) Described as Fisher Chewning and Cooke Rail
RES2026-24.pdf
TOD Parcels Amendment (Draft) 02032026.pdf
ORD2023-6.pdf
TOD - Technology Overlay District - 02032026 - 002.pdf
TOD - Technology Overlay District - 02032026 - 003.pdf
TOD - Technology Overlay District - 02032026 - 004.pdf
Notification to Property Owners (Fisher Chewning TOD) of BOS Action & Scheduled PH 01222026.pdf
Notification to Property Owners (Cooke Rail TOD) of BOS Action & Scheduled PH 01222026 - Copy.pdf
TOD Amendments - Adjoining Property Owner Notices (draft) 05212024.pdf
VII. NEW BUSINESS
VIII. DISCUSSION
IX. REPORTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND ADJOURNMENT
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:09:13
I'd like to call this April meeting of the Louisiana County Planning Commission to order.
00:09:18
Ms. Johnson, can we have a roll call please?
SPEAKER_08
00:09:23
Mr. Barlow?
00:09:24
Here.
00:09:25
Mr. Hicks?
00:09:25
Here.
00:09:26
Mr. Painting?
00:09:28
Here.
00:09:29
Mr. Disosway?
00:09:32
Here.
SPEAKER_10
00:09:33
Mr. Dickerson?
00:09:37
Here.
00:09:37
Mr. Quarles?
00:09:38
Mr. Goodwin?
00:09:38
Here.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:09:38
Mr. Kersey?
00:09:38
Here.
00:09:38
Ms. Michael?
00:09:39
Let's give Ms. Michael a moment.
00:09:44
Please rise now while we have the invocation led by Commissioner Dickerson followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Commissioner Painting.
SPEAKER_02
00:10:02
Let us pray.
00:10:04
Father God, thank you for Louisa County.
00:10:06
Thank you for those who came before us who established and perpetuated the county.
00:10:10
Thank you for each and every one gathered here tonight to work on issues for the county.
00:10:15
Help us to work hard together with the wisdom of King Solomon that we may leave Louisa County better than we found it for future generations to enjoy.
00:10:23
In Jesus' most holy name we pray, amen.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:10:46
We will move on to the approval of the agenda.
00:10:48
The agenda is before you.
00:10:49
Do we have a motion to approve as presented?
00:10:53
So moved, Mr. Chairman.
00:10:56
And a second?
SPEAKER_07
00:10:57
I second.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:10:58
Moved and seconded to approve as presented.
00:11:01
Is there any discussion?
SPEAKER_02
00:11:03
Mr. Chairman, I have one item.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:11:05
Mr. Dickerson.
SPEAKER_02
00:11:06
I move we amend the agenda to have a closed session immediately following the approval of the agenda.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:11:13
Motion to amend the agenda.
00:11:16
Is there a second?
SPEAKER_07
00:11:18
I second.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:11:20
Very well.
00:11:20
Any further discussion?
00:11:24
Then Ms. Johnson, could we have a vote please?
SPEAKER_08
00:11:27
Mr. X?
00:11:28
Yes.
00:11:29
Mr. painting?
00:11:30
Yes.
00:11:31
Mr. Disosway?
00:11:35
Not yet.
00:11:37
Yes.
00:11:38
Mr. Dickerson?
SPEAKER_02
00:11:39
Yes.
00:11:40
Mr. Croson?
00:11:41
Yes.
00:11:44
Mr. Dickerson, I move that we convene in closed session, persuade to the following subsection of Virginia Code 2.2-3711 in accordance with 2.2-3711A8, consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by a public body regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:12:14
We have a motion to go into closed session.
00:12:16
Do we have a second?
SPEAKER_07
00:12:18
Second.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:12:19
Any discussion on that?
00:12:21
Ms. Johnson?
SPEAKER_08
00:12:23
Ms. Herks?
00:12:24
Yes.
00:12:25
Mr. Greenstein?
00:12:25
Yes.
00:12:26
Mr. Disosway?
00:12:27
Yes.
00:12:27
Mr. Dickerson?
SPEAKER_02
00:12:28
Yes.
SPEAKER_08
00:12:29
Mr. Goodwin?
SPEAKER_02
00:12:30
Yes.
SPEAKER_08
00:12:31
Mr. Kersey?
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:12:31
Yes.
00:57:42
All poll members to certify that to the best of your knowledge only public business matters lawfully exempted from the open meeting requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act and is identified in the motion for which the closed meeting was convened were discussed and considered by the Commission.
00:57:59
If any member believes that the commission varied from the purposes stated for the closed meeting, please state so, and the reason prior to casting a vote.
00:58:08
If you agree, the responses I certify.
00:58:12
Ms. Johnson.
SPEAKER_14
00:58:15
Mr. Hicks.
00:58:16
I certify.
SPEAKER_05
00:58:17
Mr. Pinkney.
00:58:18
I certify.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:58:19
Mr. Disosway.
00:58:20
I certify.
SPEAKER_02
00:58:21
Mr. Dickerson.
00:58:22
I certify.
00:58:22
Mr. Quarles.
00:58:24
I certify.
SPEAKER_07
00:58:26
Mr. Goodwin.
00:58:26
I certify.
00:58:27
Mr. Kersey.
00:58:28
I certify.
00:58:32
Very well.
SPEAKER_02
00:58:36
Mr. Chairman.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:58:37
Mr. Dickerson.
SPEAKER_02
00:58:38
I move we remove public hearing number five from the agenda tonight.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:58:43
We have a motion to remove public hearing number five proposed amendment to ordinance 2023-06 from the agenda.
SPEAKER_16
00:58:50
Second.
SPEAKER_04
00:58:51
We have a motion and a second.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:58:53
Is there any discussion?
00:58:58
Very well, Ms. Johnson.
00:59:00
Mr. Ricks?
00:59:01
Yes.
00:59:03
Ms.
SPEAKER_02
00:59:03
Fancy?
00:59:03
Yes.
00:59:04
Mr. Disosway?
00:59:05
Yes.
00:59:06
Mr. Dickerson?
SPEAKER_02
00:59:06
Yes.
00:59:07
Ms. Quarles?
00:59:08
Yes.
00:59:08
Ms. Goodwin?
00:59:09
No.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:59:10
Ms. Dickerson?
00:59:12
No.
00:59:13
Very well.
00:59:14
Motion carries.
00:59:16
All right, we'll move on to the approval of the Planning Commission minutes from the March meeting found on pages 2 through 8 of the meeting packet.
00:59:25
Do we have a motion to approve the minutes as presented?
SPEAKER_06
00:59:28
So moved.
00:59:29
Second.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:59:30
Moved and seconded.
00:59:31
Are there any comments on the minutes as presented?
00:59:39
Very well.
00:59:42
Yes.
SPEAKER_07
00:59:44
Yes.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
00:59:53
Well, next item up is consent agenda.
00:59:55
We do not have a consent agenda for the April meeting, so we'll move on to public address.
01:00:00
Public address is a period of time when any member of the audience can come forward and speak to the Planning Commission on any item that is not a public hearing tonight.
01:00:12
And I would just comment that since item five on the public hearing, which is to remove assemblage of acreages and technology overlay district has been removed from the agenda,
01:00:23
If you came to speak on that, now would be the time that you would speak.
01:00:27
When I open the public address period, you'll have three minutes to speak.
01:00:33
When you come forward, please state your name and your voting district.
01:00:36
Public address period is open.
01:00:38
I don't have any cards specific to that, so if anyone would like to address the Planning Commission, please come forward.
SPEAKER_04
01:00:53
Very well then.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:00:58
With no one wishing to come forward, I'm going to close the public address period.
01:01:02
Public address period is closed.
01:01:04
We'll move on to unfinished business, which is an update on zoning methods to help reduce growth impacts.
01:01:11
Mr. Coon.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
01:01:11
Yes.
01:01:12
Good evening, Chairman, members of the Planning Commission.
01:01:14
I met with the work group, which was Mr. Goodwin as well as Mr. Hicks.
01:01:24
On this, we have some proposed amendments.
01:01:29
I will be able to email you all, but we did have a little bit of issues.
01:01:34
If you all have not, we do need to schedule some time with IT to go through with the dual authentication.
01:01:40
So if you guys have not been able to get your emails, that's going to be why.
01:01:45
I know we have at least one that needs a scheduled meeting, but I will
01:01:50
Get everything finished and I plan to email you guys the working documents and the papers.
01:01:56
And I mean, I think we had a pretty productive meeting and we should have something to you all pretty shortly.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:02:04
Any questions for Mr. Coon?
01:02:08
Very well.
01:02:09
Thank you, Mr. Coon.
01:02:12
Next item up is public hearings.
01:02:14
First public hearing, amendment to chapter 86, proposed edition, gold mine AFD.
01:02:22
Ms. Brinkfield.
SPEAKER_11
01:02:24
Good evening, Chairman, members of the Planning Commission.
01:02:27
The first, as he said, is an amendment to the Goldmine Creek Agriculture and Forestry District.
01:02:32
We had an original application and an amended application, so we'll start with the original.
01:02:38
The landowners are Joseph and Carol Coleman, Dustin and Courtney Madison, Colby and Courtney Horn.
01:02:43
There are four parcels totaling 396.106 acres.
01:02:48
The proposed district addition is located
01:02:50
A tenth of a mile from the core of the Goldmine Agriculture and Forestry District.
01:02:54
The parcels are located south of Route 621 north of Route 613 in the Mineral Voting District.
01:03:00
This area of the county is low density residential in the Lake Anna growth area.
01:03:04
The uses are pasture, timber, and crops.
01:03:06
The amended
01:03:09
Application was submitted within 30 days as is allowed by state code.
01:03:13
The landowners are James and Michelle Walsh.
01:03:15
It is one parcel of 6.13 acres.
01:03:18
It is within one mile of the core.
01:03:20
The parcel is located south of Route 621 along Jane Lane in the Mineral Voting District.
01:03:25
It is also low density residential in the Lake Anna Growth area.
01:03:28
Uses are firewood for farm use.
01:03:31
I believe there are two applicants here tonight to speak on behalf of this application.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:03:36
Very well.
01:03:36
Any questions for staff at this time?
01:03:40
All right, then I'm going to open the public hearing.
01:03:44
Public hearing is open.
01:03:46
applicant is the first speaker.
01:03:48
So that's the applicant to come forward.
01:03:50
You'll have 10 minutes to address the Planning Commission on this.
SPEAKER_17
01:04:01
All right, Dustin Madison, obviously an applicant.
01:04:05
I also sit on the Ag and Forestry District Committee.
01:04:09
I would just tell you before I say anything about our particular proposal is, you know, if our goal is to keep this county rural, the AFDs are the easiest way to do it.
01:04:21
They don't cost anything to the county.
01:04:23
It's all voluntary and it gives us, as a county, it gives us a term of certainty and we know what's going on with those partials for that amount of time.
01:04:33
And for staff and for you guys who have to make decisions going forward, certainty is not something you always get, so that would be invaluable.
01:04:41
Now, as far as our proposal for the Gold Mine District, Ag and Forestry District, it's several hundred acres that is pretty much all been part owned and operated by a farming family in this county for at least four generations.
01:04:59
Some people may say five.
01:05:00
I can't really prove that, so I won't say it yet.
01:05:02
But this isn't just a spur of the moment.
01:05:05
We decided we're going to be farmers and have some timber.
01:05:08
We've been here long before there was a lake, long before we started talking about third fastest growing county in the state, that this is what we do, and this is what we've always done.
01:05:20
I think there might have been some excitedness about some of these parcels being part of the growth area at Lake Anna.
01:05:28
And I get that, and that's all good and fine.
01:05:31
But we were farming this land long before there was a growth area.
01:05:35
We were farming it long before there was a Lake Anna.
01:05:38
Those things don't really come into our calculus when we talk about what we want to do with land.
01:05:43
Maybe it does for other folks, but that's just not how we look at it.
01:05:47
We're surrounded, except for one of the oldest subdivisions on the lake, we're surrounded on three sides by
01:05:54
The rest of the Gold Mine Creek Ag Forester District, farmland, that again has been farmed for generations.
01:06:01
So I think if you're talking about what is an AFD, what's it for and what should we use it for, this is it.
01:06:06
There is no better answer to that question.
01:06:09
This is a perfect example of why we have this in the state.
01:06:13
So that's all I've got.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:06:17
Thank you.
01:06:19
Alright, I have several cards on this.
01:06:23
First is up Jim Riddell.
SPEAKER_06
01:06:38
Mr. Chairman, members of the Commission, good evening, and thank you all for your long-term service, volunteer service for this county.
01:06:46
I'm going to speak to this issue, but I'm actually speaking for all four of these, well, three of these applicants that are coming up tonight.
01:06:54
I'm Jim Riddell, Mineral District, but here tonight representing the Louisa Ag and Forest and Rural Preservation Committee.
01:07:01
You know, our beloved Louisa County is experiencing rapid growth.
01:07:06
with recent estimates putting us among the fastest growing jurisdictions in Virginia.
01:07:11
While growth brings new opportunities, it also presents significant challenges to our ag heritage and our natural landscapes.
01:07:19
This rapid expansion is leading to the conversion of valuable farmland and forest land.
01:07:25
From 2020 to 2025 in Louisa, we've seen approximately 6,000 acres of working lands converted.
01:07:34
Increased population density, now at an average in the county of 80 people per square mile.
01:07:40
It's fragmenting commercial farm and forest areas.
01:07:43
This is making it very hard to timber and farm businesses to operate efficiently.
01:07:48
You know, the Department of Forestry says at 70 people per square mile, lands have only a one in four chance of future timber management.
01:07:58
These trends, coupled with other non-ag development, rising taxes, and below break-even commodity prices and values, especially in crops and timber, are putting immense pressure on our local farms and forests.
01:08:12
Future growth will continue to strain our vital resources like water, food, energy, as well as public services.
01:08:21
But however, by conserving and protecting our working farm and forest lands, we can actually help slow the rate of escalating costs and taxes needed for local government, as these lands require few community services.
01:08:37
I'm sure you've noticed from our comp plan survey, close to 90% of the citizens responding want to protect their farms and their forests.
01:08:45
Louisa County's current comp plan is built on three core themes, conserve and protect and preserve the county's rural character and way of life, smart growth management, and protecting established communities.
01:08:58
The ag and fossil district applications you have here tonight before you are from citizens, taxpayers, family farms, and forest lands.
01:09:07
These legacy family properties represent some of the farm, timber families, as Dustin said, going back generations.
01:09:14
Land use for crops, cattle, forage production, timber, pulp wood, and other operations, they're not undeveloped land.
01:09:22
These are working farms and they're central to rural character of Virginia.
01:09:27
These families are voluntarily, voluntarily pledging to keep their lands as they are open and in working forests and farms for 10 years.
01:09:37
What a great gift to the community.
01:09:41
Our farms and forest lands, as Dustin said, do not cost our county.
01:09:46
And as you know, for every $1 collected by our county in taxes from residential lands, the county spends about $1.60.
01:09:54
Our farms and forest lands, what do you think they cost?
01:10:01
Well, for every dollar the county spends about 30 cents.
01:10:04
It's a heck of a deal.
01:10:06
The Ag and Forestry Committee studied and reviewed the applications and we recommend all parcels proposed be approved.
01:10:14
You know the purpose of Ag and Forestry districts is a mutual undertaking to voluntarily conserve, protect, encourage the development and improvement of Ag and Forestry lands as valued, and here's the key, here's the key.
01:10:28
has valued natural and ecological resources.
01:10:32
It's not about zoning, it's not about commodities, it's about natural and ecological resources that we have in the county.
01:10:39
They provide open space, watershed protection, wildlife habitat, of course as well as food and fiber.
01:10:47
This program is all about natural resources for the future generations.
01:10:52
And we're going to need those resources, ladies and gentlemen, more than ever.
01:10:58
Again, the Ag and Parcel Committee, which is comprised of 10 local Louisa citizens, recommends approval of all parcels and all applications here.
01:11:06
I'm glad to answer any questions you might have.
01:11:09
Again, thank you very much for your service here to Louisa County.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:11:14
Thank you, Mr. Redell.
01:11:16
Next up, I have a card for Colby Horne.
SPEAKER_01
01:11:28
Hi, I'm Colby Horn, Mineral District.
01:11:30
Dustin and Jim already said a lot of what I wanted to say, and they said it better than I can.
01:11:34
But I still feel obligated to speak as part of our application.
01:11:38
I grew up here in Louisa County.
01:11:39
I graduated from Louisa County High School.
01:11:41
I've watched how Louisa's changed a lot over the last 30 years.
01:11:45
As we all know, it's been one of the fastest growing counties in Virginia.
01:11:49
And with all that growth come plenty of advantages as well as lots of disadvantages.
01:11:53
I'm here representing our application into the Mineral Ag-Forest District.
01:12:08
Joining the Mineral AFD is not about stopping progress, it's about protecting what we still have left.
01:12:31
It's about making sure that in 10, 20, 30 years from now, Louisa County is still Louisa County and just not another place that it used to be rural.
01:12:39
This is our step at preserving the rural character and protecting our farmland and forests for the future.
01:12:46
Thank you for your time and consideration for our acceptance into the mineral AFD, and thank you for your service to Louisa.
01:12:52
Thank you, Mr. Moore.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:12:55
Would anyone else like to come forward and speak on this public hearing?
01:13:05
Very well.
01:13:06
No one else wishing to come forward.
01:13:08
The applicant, and in this case, the applicant I take to be Mr. Madison, who spoke first, you do have five minutes that you can address anything you heard during the public comment period.
01:13:21
So if you wish to come forward for five more minutes, otherwise you don't have to, it's okay.
01:13:28
Well, all right, then the public hearing is closed.
01:13:32
And we'll come back to the commission
SPEAKER_07
01:13:37
Mr.
01:13:38
Chair.
01:13:38
Mr. Goodwin.
01:13:39
I've got a question for Ms. Breakville, please.
01:13:45
This is a spread out district and it appears to be contiguous, but there is one little break in there.
01:13:56
Just out of curiosity, what is the core of this district?
SPEAKER_11
01:14:01
Where is it?
01:14:07
Because it is so spread out, there are multiple original 200 pieces.
01:14:12
I would have to go back and look at what the original core was.
01:14:16
But I believe when it was added, it was added as those multiple pieces.
01:14:21
So any of the 200 acre parcels could be one of the cores.
SPEAKER_07
01:14:27
Mr.
01:14:27
Chair, follow up.
01:14:30
The reason I ask that, and it's
01:14:33
So obviously, it's not critical in this one.
01:14:37
But we'll have applications that say that they're within a model of the core.
01:14:43
Yes.
01:14:43
And I am not aware that it can have more than one core.
01:14:47
So if in the future when we submit these maps, could we please indicate on there which is the core parcel?
SPEAKER_11
01:14:56
Yes.
SPEAKER_07
01:14:57
That would be good because then it becomes pretty clear whether it's within a mile or whatever of the core parcel.
01:15:05
Okay.
01:15:06
Thank you, I appreciate it and thank you Mr.
01:15:07
Chair.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:15:13
Thank you.
01:15:13
Any other comments?
SPEAKER_02
01:15:17
Mr.
01:15:17
Chair, Mr. Dickerson, I think it's great to see these landowners, the Ag Forestry Committee, staff working together to get more land added in to Ag Forestry Districts, so I would wholeheartedly support this.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:15:33
Very good.
01:15:40
All right.
01:15:42
Well, hearing nothing else, I'm going to turn this over to you.
SPEAKER_02
01:15:46
So we're looking for a motion.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:15:51
Mr. Vice Chairman, I would like to make a motion to recommend approval of the amendment to the Goldmine Creek Agriculture and Forest District to include these properties listed.
01:16:06
Very good.
SPEAKER_02
01:16:06
Do we have a second?
01:16:07
I second.
01:16:09
We have a second.
01:16:10
Any discussion?
01:16:14
Hearing no discussion, Ms. Johnson, will you have a roll call vote for us?
01:16:19
Mr. Dickerson?
SPEAKER_08
01:16:22
Yes.
SPEAKER_02
01:16:24
Mr. Paisley?
01:16:27
Yes.
SPEAKER_08
01:16:28
Mr. Disosway?
01:16:28
Yes.
01:16:28
Mr. Dickerson?
01:16:29
Yes.
SPEAKER_02
01:16:30
Mr. Quarles?
01:16:30
Yes.
01:16:30
Mr. Goodwin?
01:16:30
Yes.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:16:31
Mr. Kersey?
01:16:31
Yes.
01:16:31
Motion carries.
01:16:33
All right, moving on to the next public hearing.
01:16:36
This is for the addition to the Ellisville-Agon-Farstel district.
01:16:40
Ms. Greichel.
SPEAKER_11
01:16:41
Yes, so I will start, Mr. Roddell already said, but this is the Ellisville Agricultural and Forestry District.
01:16:47
It was recommended by the Ag Committee.
01:16:48
So there was an original application as well as an amended application, and I believe there is a landowner here to speak.
01:16:55
So the original application was landowners Joseph and Carol Coleman, Carl and Jean Coleman, Bird Coleman, Yvonne and Dean Perry, Sunny Agee, and Martin and Sally Agee.
01:17:04
They're non-partials,
01:17:05
equaling 550.821 acres within one mile of the Ellisville District.
01:17:11
The proposed district includes two separate parcels.
01:17:14
The first set is located 0.76 miles from the southern portion of the core of the Ellisville Ag Forest School District.
01:17:21
The parcels are located north of Highway 33, east of Route 693, north of Jacoby Road.
01:17:27
The second set of parcels adjoins the northern portion of the core.
01:17:31
These parcels are located south-southeast of Route 613, west of Route 669, and north of Route 742.
01:17:39
They are in the Louisa voting district and are considered rural area.
01:17:44
The uses are livestock, commercial timber, ornamental trees, and crops.
01:17:50
The amended application, which was submitted within 30 days as is required by the statute,
01:17:54
was submitted by land owners JJP Land and Lumber LLC, the JJP Timber Trust, Robert Carr, Helen and John Gerald Purcell III, and Ridgecrest Farms LLC.
01:18:06
There are 23 parcels totaling 1496.576 acres.
01:18:11
They are within one mile or adjoined.
01:18:15
The proposed district addition is located north of route 22, west of route 669, east of route 693, and south of route 613.
01:18:27
The proposed district addition is adjacent to or located within one mile in the Louisa voting district.
01:18:34
Designated rural area or low density residential and mixed use within the Louisa growth area.
01:18:40
The uses on the property are commercial timber, firewood for farm use, forages, hay, pasture, crops, crop production, livestock, including sheep, goats, cattle, and poultry.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:18:51
Very good.
01:18:51
Any questions for Ms. Breakville at this time?
01:18:55
All right, then I'm going to open the public address period for this and
01:19:04
My public address period is open.
01:19:05
Again, I'd like to ask the applicant to begin, present this.
01:19:12
And we have multiple applicants here, so I'm looking for one representative of the applicants to do this.
01:19:20
So we keep this straight here.
01:19:24
So you'll have 10 minutes to present.
SPEAKER_03
01:19:27
I'll try not to take that amount of time.
01:19:29
I lost the lottery draw, so.
01:19:33
My name is Gerald Purcell, engineer, farmer, Louisa County voting district.
01:19:38
So good evening, Mr. Chairman and the board.
01:19:40
I won't repeat the remarks I made previously to the Board of Supervisors where I discussed how ag and forestry lands are actively stewarded over long time horizons and are often mischaracterized as undeveloped, frustratingly to me.
01:19:53
I will simply reiterate that these lands are in fact worked and managed and I appreciate the county's continued and growing emphasis on recognizing their contribution and maintaining the rural character of our county.
01:20:04
With that context, I think I need to comment on some of the parcels that I put in the application or that I manage that are in the application.
01:20:12
under this public hearing number two.
01:20:15
All these parcels are part of a larger contiguous landmass that's actively managed with timber, forage, agriculture purposes, cattle, etc.
01:20:23
for decades and their inclusion reflects their actual ongoing use and that supports their continuation for that use.
01:20:30
While most of the parcels are zoned, as you would expect, A1 and A2, there are four that are non-agriculturally zoned and look somewhat squirrelly on the application.
01:20:39
And I figured that probably raised some eyebrows of what's that about.
01:20:43
So I thought I'd better provide a little additional context on those four items here today.
01:20:49
Two of the parcels do carry R1 zoning.
01:20:52
While they did contain small frame residences about 75 years ago, those structures are long gone, and the properties have been under timber management for more than 50 years.
01:21:02
Today, they are managed as part of approximately a 150, 155 acre block of hardwoods extending across adjacent and contiguous parcels, and they do not have direct access to state maintained roads, nor do they have rights to light.
01:21:16
So the timber is managed through logging trails through all the parcels to exit.
01:21:20
So they're not suitable for residential development despite their zoning characteristics.
01:21:27
Another parcel includes a portion of it that is zoned R2.
01:21:30
The last known residence on that property dated back to about 1880.
01:21:34
They were the Omaha Hundras.
01:21:36
They're buried next to my machinery shed, resting peacefully.
01:21:40
The R2 portion of the property does not have access to a location where VDOT would permit entranceways put into the state road because the topography, the turn, the road visibility, etc.
01:21:51
So this property is no longer in any practical residential capacity.
01:21:57
The parcel is currently managed as mixed agricultural and forestry tract, including hardwood timber, forage, and crop production.
01:22:04
The most unusual one on the application is there is a portion of Tax Parcel 4215 that you will see carries industrial zoning.
01:22:12
The railway crossing historically provided access was removed by CSX Transportation about a decade ago, leaving the property without viable vehicle access, never mind industrial access.
01:22:24
No vehicle access.
01:22:25
You can walk to it.
SPEAKER_04
01:22:26
If you have a nice motorbike, you can access it.
SPEAKER_03
01:22:29
Without access, it cannot be reasonably supporting any type of industrial use.
01:22:33
So instead, it has been managed as part of a large attract mixed hardwood and loblolly pine production with internal access for that timber harvesting through adjoining land parcels of mine or other, I'll call them friendly entities.
01:22:47
In each of these cases, the zoning designation does not reflect the actual on-ground use of the property.
01:22:52
These are established, actively managed tracts, not transitional, not speculative properties.
01:22:57
Including them in the Ag and Forest Herald District aligns with the county designation with that reality and supports the preservation of large contiguous working lands, something central for preserving our rural character.
01:23:09
Since inclusion in the district is consistent with both their use and the county's stated priorities, I respectfully ask that the commission recognize that consistency and support those parcels along with all the others in this application which are zoned agriculturally.
01:23:26
That was the oddities I thought I needed to speak to.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:23:28
The rest of it's fairly straightforward.
SPEAKER_03
01:23:30
Very good.
01:23:31
Is that okay?
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:23:35
All right, I don't have any cards on this particular action, so if anyone would like to step forward and address the Planning Commission on this, please do so.
01:23:44
Very good.
01:23:45
And again, you'll have three minutes to speak.
SPEAKER_17
01:23:53
All right, I'm still Dustin, same person who was here a minute ago.
01:23:57
First of all, I just wanted to thank you for your action taken a few minutes ago.
01:24:00
After that, when it comes to Mr. Purcell's comments, I spend a lot of time on GIS in this county and other counties for work, and it's very easy to get caught up in clicking on those parcels and seeing those zonings, whatever they may be.
01:24:15
and that's that's great when you don't really know the land you don't get to see it you don't walk on it drive around it every day maybe those letters and designations mean a little bit more but to his point
01:24:29
That's not the character of the land that he's describing.
01:24:31
I've been on that land.
01:24:33
Plenty of people have been on it.
01:24:34
It's not residential land.
01:24:36
It's not industrial land.
01:24:37
Those are designations on a map.
01:24:40
What we're here usually, as the AFD committee, is to evaluate a piece of land based on what it actually is, which you can touch and feel.
01:24:49
And his point was it.
01:24:50
It's forestry.
01:24:53
I just think it's real important to point that out, that it just gets so easy to get caught up in what a map says when you're not actually on the ground.
01:25:01
So I fully support Mr. Purcell's efforts to put this land into an AFD.
01:25:07
And I would be wrong not to go ahead and plug the rest of the proposed addition because again, it's fourth, maybe fifth generation farmland that I've planted corn on, baled hay on.
01:25:20
That's all it really is.
01:25:22
So, thank you again.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:25:28
Would anyone else like to address the Planning Commission?
01:25:35
Very well.
01:25:36
Then, Mr. Purcell, if you have anything that you would like to come back and speak on, you have five minutes to close this out.
01:25:47
You're good?
01:25:48
That's good.
01:25:49
Very well.
01:25:49
Then we'll close the public address period and come back to the Commission.
SPEAKER_07
01:25:56
I see you're looking at it, Mr.
01:25:58
Chair.
01:25:59
I'm looking at what I'm doing.
01:26:02
I've got a question for the applicant.
01:26:05
Not sure which one, but if Mr. Purcell would address it, please.
01:26:13
Please.
01:26:17
I'd let you stay there, but they want you on record.
01:26:19
Is there any interest in rezoning the industrial or the two residential parcels that are in this block just to make it more consistent with the usage?
SPEAKER_03
01:26:36
I think at this point I'd be fine with that.
SPEAKER_07
01:26:39
You would have to initiate it.
01:26:41
It's not part of tonight's action.
SPEAKER_03
01:26:44
I'll talk with Maggie.
01:26:46
I can find out what that entails.
01:26:49
I have no idea of the process, to be honest.
01:26:50
I've never rezoned anything before, but I'll get the instructions.
SPEAKER_07
01:26:58
I like to see zoning match the usage whenever we can.
01:27:02
So if there's an interest in that, you will, and I'd like to see it.
01:27:06
Thank you very much, and thank you, Mr.
01:27:07
Chair.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:27:09
Thank you.
01:27:10
Any other questions?
01:27:14
Mr. Kersey, the Chair would be looking for a motion.
SPEAKER_10
01:27:18
Mr. Chairman, I would move that these parcels be added to the Agricultural and Forest District.
01:27:24
Second.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:27:25
We have a motion and a second.
01:27:26
Any further discussion?
01:27:29
Very well, Ms. Johnson.
SPEAKER_08
01:27:30
Mr. Higgs?
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:27:33
Yes.
01:27:34
Mr.
01:27:34
Fancy?
SPEAKER_08
01:27:36
Yes.
01:27:37
Mr. Disosway?
01:27:37
Yes.
01:27:37
Mr. Dickerson?
SPEAKER_07
01:27:37
Yes.
01:27:39
Mr. Quarles?
01:27:39
Yes.
01:27:39
Mr. Goodwin?
01:27:39
Yes.
01:27:40
Mr. Bursey?
SPEAKER_10
01:27:40
Yes.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:27:42
Very well, the motion passes.
01:27:44
We move on now to item three on the agenda, the Taylors Creek AFP edition.
01:27:50
Ms. Brackel, again.
SPEAKER_11
01:27:51
This is in addition to Taylors Creek Ag Forest District.
01:27:54
It was also recommended by the Ag Forestal Committee.
01:27:56
So the landowners were not able to come tonight, but they are very excited about land preservation in Louisa.
01:28:03
So the owners are Doug Victoria Seth and Danielle Campbell, as well as Moby Jack LLC.
01:28:09
There are four parcels totaling 79.87 acres with A2 zoning.
01:28:14
They are 0.4 miles from the core.
01:28:17
of Taylors Creek.
01:28:18
The parcels are located along the east side of Route 635 north of 661 in the Jackson voting district.
01:28:24
The production on the land is timber, livestock including cattle, horses, poultry, vegetables, and bees.
01:28:32
That's all I have for you.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:28:35
Good.
01:28:36
Any questions for Ms. Breakville?
01:28:39
All right, we'll move on to public address then.
01:28:42
Public address period is open.
01:28:45
Do we have an applicant
01:28:47
We'll move on directly to public comment.
01:28:53
Anyone who'd like to speak on this please come forward.
01:29:02
No one wishing to speak.
01:29:03
Public address period is closed and we'll come back to the Commission for comment.
01:29:16
Comments?
SPEAKER_16
01:29:18
Mr.
01:29:18
Chair.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:29:19
Mr. Goodwin.
SPEAKER_07
01:29:20
Ms. Breakfield, how far is these proposals from the core?
SPEAKER_11
01:29:27
One second.
01:29:28
It is point four of a mile.
01:29:30
Four of a mile.
SPEAKER_07
01:29:33
Okay, thank you very much.
01:29:35
Thank you, Mr.
01:29:35
Chair.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:29:46
No further comments?
01:29:49
Mr. Painting?
01:29:50
Chair, they're looking for a motion.
SPEAKER_05
01:29:52
Chairman, I'd like to make a motion that we add number three.
01:30:02
Is that correct, sir?
01:30:03
Yes.
01:30:04
Creek Ag and Forest District.
SPEAKER_02
01:30:09
Second.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:30:09
We have a motion and a second to amend the Taylors Creek Ag and Parcel District to add the parcels.
01:30:15
Any further comments?
01:30:21
Miss Johnson.
01:30:23
Yes.
01:30:25
Yes.
SPEAKER_07
01:30:30
Yes.
01:30:31
Yes.
SPEAKER_10
01:30:33
Yes.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:30:35
Motion passes.
01:30:36
And we'll move on to item four, which is CUP 2025 dash zero to the Zion United Methodist Church.
SPEAKER_00
01:30:51
Chairman and members of the Planning Commission.
01:30:53
My name is Paige Baker and I'm an Associate Planner with Louisa Community Development and I have one item for your consideration this evening.
01:31:04
Before you tonight is Conditional Use Permit 2026-02, a request for a farmer's market to be operated at Zion United Methodist Church in accordance with Section 86-154
01:31:17
and Section 86-359.
01:31:18
The property is located at the intersection of Zion Road and Columbia Road and is made up of 5.68 acres split zoned agricultural A2 and A2 in the growth area overlay district.
01:31:34
The property is within the Zion Crossroads growth area and is split low density, residential, and mixed use on the 2040 Louisa County comprehensive plan future land use map.
01:31:46
In terms of consistency with the Louisa County 2040 comprehensive plan, the rural values and character section 3.1.1 of the 2040 plan
01:31:56
states that agriculture is a vital part of the economy and the guiding principles of the 2040 plan states that there should be a focus on broadening the tax base by establishing businesses.
01:32:07
The applicant's proposed farmers market would provide a venue for agriculture-based businesses that are vital to the economy of Louisa County.
01:32:15
Additionally, the proposed farmers market use supports goal one of the vision statement of the 2040 plan, which calls for the preservation and protection of our rural heritage and natural resources.
01:32:29
Community Development staff and the applicant believe the impact of the conditional use of a farmers market would be minimal to Louisa County public facilities.
01:32:38
Further detail on this can be found in your packet on pages 175 and 176.
01:32:45
Additionally, a neighborhood meeting was held on March 11th which had no neighbors in attendance and staff has not received any concerns regarding the zoning action.
01:32:56
The Agricultural Development and Land Conservation Coordinator has provided their review of the conditional use permit which can be found on packet page 174.
01:33:07
Staff recommends 11 conditions listed on page 177 for the Planning Commission's consideration this evening.
01:33:14
This concludes the presentation.
01:33:16
The applicant is present to answer any questions you may have and give a brief presentation.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:33:22
Thank you Ms. Baker.
01:33:23
Any questions for staff at this time?
01:33:30
Very well then, we'll move on to the public address period.
01:33:34
Public address period is open.
01:33:36
We'll begin with the applicant.
01:33:38
Pastor McWilliams, you'll have 10 minutes to speak.
SPEAKER_04
01:33:41
Alright, Dave McWilliams, Green Springs District.
01:33:46
I don't anticipate any opposition to this so I'm going to just kind of give a quick overview of it.
01:33:52
This is the aerial view of the church.
01:33:54
You can see a couple different layouts here that would make use of existing property.
01:34:00
All of it is paved already for the church parking lot.
01:34:07
So, farmers market, you can read the definition, but the emphasis here, especially with Zion, is trying to create a space in which people who are selling fresh vegetables, things that they make from their
01:34:29
items they make out of local produce making it readily available to the local community and using our site to do it.
01:34:39
So based on the amount of space we have, we anticipate that we could easily host 13 vendors.
01:34:47
But more so than just being a market, we would also want to be a third space for community.
01:34:53
Third space is the basic idea as a place in which community gathers outside of home and work.
01:34:59
And so in addition to having
01:35:01
The farmers market vendors, we want to have opportunities for food trucks to come in, make use of the churches to playgrounds, have some different entertainment like live music, have games for people to play, just kind of make use of the space so that instead of coming and walking through the vendors and then immediately leaving, hopefully people will stay, share lunch together, build a sense of community.
01:35:29
there's your parking lot space again you can go to the next one because of the fact that we want to encourage people to stay longer we do have 46 parking spaces don't anticipate that being a problem but in the event that there was an issue with influx of traffic we helped kind of draw up this
01:35:52
easy map that we could distribute to people so that they could take a quick it takes like five minutes to make that loop and hopefully by then we can have a parking space available to them so trying to limit the amount of times that someone just drives around the neighborhood or pulls into someone's
01:36:08
and a couple of things that I'm anticipating what neighbors community might want to know.
01:36:21
We're looking to operate solely on Saturdays no earlier than 10 a.m. no later than 4 p.m. looking applying for a year-round basis not anticipating that there will always be a year-round farmers market but
01:36:35
in the event that there was special occasions, especially over the holiday seasons, that people wanted a chance to gather, having it available.
01:36:43
Especially note that all of this is existing space.
01:36:47
We don't need to do any construction or renovation.
01:36:49
All the facilities already exist, so don't really anticipate any disturbance to the neighborhood.
01:36:55
The one condition that you might have noticed from staff was that there would be no
01:37:03
Music, we would like to propose that we amend it to be no amplified music.
01:37:09
I certainly recognize that it is a growth district.
01:37:12
We're in a space that we do have enough land that if music, acoustic music is played, I don't anticipate that any of our neighbors would hear it.
01:37:22
I do understand that if you amplify an electric guitar,
01:37:25
that our neighbors will hear it, right?
01:37:26
So trying to find that balance of how can we offer a place for people to gather, for things for people in the community to enjoy without being a burden to our immediate neighbors.
01:37:39
So that would be the only condition we would request that you'd consider saying no amplified outdoor music rather than just no outdoor music.
01:37:52
or outdoor sound.
01:37:55
And I think that's all I got for you.
01:37:59
And oh, I will just throw out there because, free audience, that if people are interested, if you have connections to people who have, who sell local produce, we've been able to connect with a bunch of vendors who take their local produce and turn it into something.
01:38:13
But especially in
01:38:18
Virginia, I think maybe across the country, people can use their SNAP and EBT benefits at a farmer's market to buy fresh produce.
01:38:26
So people who otherwise wouldn't have access to this sort of fresh produce get access to it through farmer's markets.
01:38:33
And so we're hoping to have several stands where people can make use of the local produce that they grow in Louisa County to sell to their neighbors.
01:38:43
So if anyone knows anybody,
01:38:45
Would anyone like to come forward and speak on this application?
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:39:05
Very well, seeing no one and recognizing that you probably don't need to come back and speak on nothing you've heard, we'll close public address period.
01:39:16
Public address period is closed and bring it back to the Commission for discussion.
SPEAKER_02
01:39:22
Mr. Chairman.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:39:23
Mr. Dickerson.
SPEAKER_02
01:39:24
One question for the applicant.
01:39:28
So the staff had 11 recommendations.
01:39:31
We have them on page 177 of our packet.
01:39:34
And it does include no amplified outdoor music.
01:39:37
So you're willing to accept and add in all 11 of those?
SPEAKER_04
01:39:41
Oh, that would be different than the copy I saw.
01:39:43
So that would be good.
01:39:45
Number six, no amplified outdoor music.
01:39:49
And then I guess it's just the phrase all music will be indoors.
01:39:52
We would just want it to say all amplified just for clarification.
SPEAKER_02
01:40:02
Very good.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:40:08
Mr. McWilliams, while you're up here, I had just a couple of items.
01:40:14
Just for clarification,
01:40:20
So there's a condition 9 on guiding procedures.
01:40:23
It says the farmer's market will abide by the guiding procedures included within their application.
01:40:28
So, and this, Ms. Baker, you may need to weigh in on this as well.
01:40:34
Since this is a CUP and it goes with the land in perpetuity, how is it that we memorialize the guiding procedures in perpetuity so we know in the future when this is sold three times
01:40:47
what the guiding procedures are for having a farmers market here.
SPEAKER_15
01:40:58
Chairman, members of the commission.
01:40:59
It would be treated similar as a concept plan that we reference for solar projects and other things.
01:41:06
When we post a conditional use permit application, we have it in our online land access database where the application and the approval letter.
01:41:14
Our goal eventually is so when you click on a parcel, you will actually have access to that, not only just the zoning and the address, but there'll be a link hopefully in the coming months and years where
01:41:24
Anybody who happened to be operating this church could click on their parcel and find the approval letter and know there would be a condition recommending that and then going to the land access database or reaching out to a member of staff and asking for a copy of that application.
01:41:38
We could of course also add to the approval letter as an enclosure that plan of operation.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:41:46
That sounds like a more permanent method to me.
01:41:51
I like what you're saying, except for the word hopefully.
01:41:55
They used to tell us at the power plant, hope is not a strategy.
SPEAKER_15
01:41:58
GIS and county staff are actively working on it, getting information onto the website.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:42:04
Alright, thank you on that one.
01:42:07
Next item, just for clarification, I'm trying to work this out in my head.
01:42:16
So the discussion on several different pages, this would be on page 190, where we
01:42:30
open the discussion, say when, Saturdays between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Then you move over to your guiding principles, which also says Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
01:42:45
But then, let me get over here on page 196, which is the CUP application.
01:42:55
Now we say third Saturday of each month from 11 to 1.
01:42:59
So I'm just trying to get a little clarification on what is the proper day of the week that the guiding principles match the CUP permit application?
SPEAKER_04
01:43:15
For Mr. Dickerson's recommendation, the original application was for once a month.
01:43:19
And Mr. Dickerson recommended that we apply for everything now so that we don't have to come back later.
01:43:28
And so I think that's just an oversight on my editing.
01:43:31
So the application would be for all Saturdays from 10 to 4.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:43:39
All right, which leads me into the next item, which the guiding procedures talk about no earlier than 10, no later than 4.
01:43:49
And this may just be how the thing develops.
01:43:52
But on item, let's see, your CUP permit, item 2, vendor arrival and departure, vendors must arrive no later than 30 minutes prior to official opening, which is now 1030.
01:44:05
And they have to stay until 130.
01:44:09
I see where that makes sense with the 11 to 1 on that page but previous pages when you say 10 to 4 then it seems to me like the vendors you don't want the vendors arriving 30 minutes after the thing opens at 10 so it's just a matter of getting the dates and the times clarified so they match throughout the whole thing.
SPEAKER_04
01:44:32
Yeah, I think I submitted that first document before I met with Mr. Dickerson and Ms. Jones, so I think that's where the lack of editing comes in.
01:44:44
The proposed plan for the team leading it at this point is still to operate from 1030 to 130 the first few months, but certainly want to make sure that we're applying to have a much wider scope than what we're looking to do just to get it introduced to the community.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:45:02
Well, since your guiding principles are going to be a part of your conditional use permit and they're going to be in perpetuity if you need to change them, I believe you would probably have to come back and change the CUP then if it's going to attach to the CUP as a condition.
01:45:19
Then I would ask that however you want to do it, between now and when you move forward to the board, that you clarify your time so they all match throughout.
01:45:31
And what we have is something that makes sense.
01:45:34
Will do.
01:45:35
So another item, just a question.
01:45:39
So you're intending to operate year round.
01:45:43
outdoor farmers market in late January, early February.
01:45:49
It's just a curious concept to me.
01:45:50
I'm not saying no one should do it.
01:45:52
I'm just saying that's quite a concept.
SPEAKER_04
01:45:55
It is.
01:45:56
I mean, again, I don't anticipate it being a common thing, but I've seen crazier weather patterns in Virginia that put us at 70 degrees in the middle of
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:46:06
The last is just an observation on your overflow traffic relief plan.
01:46:19
I don't see how in the world that's going to be workable, but if you hand out, well first off, I'm not sure these days, I wouldn't want to take a 10 minute drive on $4.10 a gallon gas.
01:46:34
Some other people might, you know, I didn't want to come in here tonight on $4.10 gas, but I'm stuck.
01:46:40
So it's just an observation that, and if you hand out numbers to people so that nobody jumps the line, when you hand out the first five numbers and guy number two says, I'm not going back and you don't know it, how long are you going to wait for guy number two to come back with three, four and five taking these circuits?
01:46:59
It's just to me, I don't need an answer.
SPEAKER_04
01:47:04
If you take a number, I'm expecting you to come back.
01:47:07
Again, it's a loop that everyone's driving the same exact loop theoretically.
01:47:11
So if number three shows up, it tells me that he either passed somebody illegally or two's not coming.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:47:20
I don't need an answer to that.
01:47:21
I'm just saying, to me, that looks like an unworkable thing.
01:47:25
And one item, Ms. Baker, for you.
01:47:38
Dumpsters are probably serviced regularly, but my guess is if you put commercial activity out there, you are going to increase the impact on solid waste.
01:47:49
It may be serviced regularly, but it may have a whole lot more in them regularly as well.
01:47:54
So I would think that there would be an increase, particularly if you're having
01:48:02
Mr. Goodwin.
01:48:05
For the applicant, please.
SPEAKER_07
01:48:23
For me, it's not a hold up tonight, but it's a suggestion.
01:48:26
We have any conditions that you are to have all licenses be in compliance with the Department of Health.
01:48:35
Somewhere rewording that condition and working it into your vendor's, what do you call it, condition, application.
01:48:47
The vendor has to take that liability on, particularly if they're serving finished food or certain raw products like milk, cheeses, what have you.
01:48:59
You can't get one permit to cover everybody to come in.
01:49:03
If they are the vendor, they have to be aware.
01:49:07
I would suggest somewhere in here, vendors must be aware of state law and have on
01:49:15
On person, proper certificates from the Department of Health.
01:49:21
You won't be able to get one for everybody not knowing who everybody is.
01:49:26
So it's just a suggestion for you to kind of clean that up.
01:49:29
It will end up being a liability problem for you if we don't get it right.
SPEAKER_05
01:49:33
I love the idea.
SPEAKER_07
01:49:37
Thank you, Mr.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:49:37
Chair.
01:49:46
Mr. Dickerson?
SPEAKER_02
01:49:49
Mr. Chairman, I move that conditional use permit 2025-02 be recommended for approval to the Board of Supervisors with one change in the staff recommendations to include all amplified music being indoors.
01:50:12
Second.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:50:14
Moved and seconded.
01:50:16
There were a few other comments that needed to be picked up as well.
01:50:20
I would say the comment on how we memorialize the procedures and also the comment on the vendor licenses.
SPEAKER_02
01:50:29
Then I would amend my motion to include the vendor licenses be added in and update the memorialize.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:50:38
Any other comments?
SPEAKER_07
01:50:43
Just that those changes are for the applicant's benefit.
01:50:47
It helps them.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:50:48
Oh, absolutely.
01:50:50
Ms. Johnson.
01:50:50
Mr. Hicks.
01:50:50
Yes.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:50:50
Mr. Bateson.
01:50:50
Yes.
01:50:51
Mr. Disosway.
01:50:55
Yes.
01:50:56
Mr. Dickerson.
01:50:56
Yes.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:50:58
Mr. Quarles.
SPEAKER_02
01:50:59
Yes.
SPEAKER_07
01:51:01
Mr. Goodwin.
01:51:02
Yes.
SPEAKER_08
01:51:04
Mr. Kirson.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:51:04
Yes.
01:51:05
Very well.
01:51:08
And by the way, thank you, Ms. Baker.
01:51:11
We recognize that's the first time you brought one to us, and we appreciate that.
01:51:15
Very good.
01:51:19
All right, so we'll move on next to new business.
01:51:21
Mr. Coon.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
01:51:24
All right, we got a couple things.
01:51:26
The first has the manufactured homes already been provided to them.
01:51:33
So yes, General Assembly has now adopted a law that has been executed by the governor to
01:51:40
that manufactured homes are going to be buy right and treated exactly the same as any other kind of home in the state of Virginia.
01:51:48
That goes into effect July 1.
01:51:50
So staff will review our zoning ordinance and bring back any necessary changes to be in compliance with
01:51:59
New State Code.
01:52:01
And we plan on trying to bring forward any other items that may come up that affect the zoning code.
01:52:08
But this is the first one as of yet that we know of that has been adopted and signed.
01:52:12
So we will move forward with that one.
01:52:15
What you also have before you is two different items.
01:52:18
One is the comprehensive plan addendum and another one is a electric transmission facility CUP permit.
01:52:26
If there is no preference, I would like to go with the comp plan addendum first, please.
01:52:33
So as you all are aware, Valley Link is a large transmission line that is planning on coming through a lot of localities and properties in
01:52:43
Luis County and really across the Commonwealth.
01:52:46
With that, what staff has done in conjunction with the Board of Supervisors meeting with additional counties is looking at ways that we can best provide a fighting chance to get a project that is more
01:53:03
I'm going to say amenable, for lack of a better term.
01:53:07
And part of that is, of course, you have to abide by what the SEC rules are.
01:53:12
With that, one of the things that CC is required by state code to review in any type of transmission line project is adherence with the localities comprehensive plan.
01:53:24
So what is before you is actually something that staff has worked up and we have shared with all other localities that met in a regional group.
01:53:35
This has been vetted by our own legal counsel as well as outside legal counsel.
01:53:39
So this is reviewed and actionable information.
01:53:44
We can go through it, but essentially what this does is prioritize
01:53:50
establishing clear guidelines for siting electric transmission infrastructure, prioritizing the use of existing corridors and previously disturbed areas, avoiding and avoid and minimize impacts to residential areas, agricultural operations, conservation easements,
01:54:06
and natural resources to the greatest extent feasible, provide consistent framework for evaluating proposed transmission projects, as well as ensure alignment with the county's broader growth management plan and preservation strategies.
01:54:20
As you can go through one of the big items on here I would say is section four we have avoidance and minimization of impacts.
01:54:28
So we give
01:54:30
I'll just go over the overview for those in the audience.
01:54:34
The items that we focused on is residential areas, and then we gave a list of reasons transmission infrastructure should avoid routing through established residential areas, maximize distance from homes and community facilities, and minimize visual and noise impacts.
01:54:50
Then we go to agricultural and forestry lands.
01:54:53
We say transmission products should avoid bisecting large agricultural parcels, minimize fragmentation of working farms, maintain access to agricultural operations, be aligned along parcel boundaries or existing infrastructure where possible.
01:55:08
Same premise not to split or bifurcate into these larger parcels.
01:55:12
For C, we have the rural character and scenic resources.
01:55:15
So we said transmission infrastructure should minimize visibility from scenic rural roadways, avoid ridge lines and prominent visual features where practical, maintain the visual integrity of rural landscape.
01:55:29
And then we also have the environmental resources, conservation easements, and then historical and cultural resources, all of which are based on the local level, not just the state and federal level.
01:55:41
We have in here that we request them evaluate alternatives and justify why new corridors are proposed instead of using existing corridors and increasing what those corridors are.
01:55:56
We have infrastructure and community impacts.
01:55:59
Transmission projects should minimize the impacts to public roadways and infrastructure.
01:56:03
They should coordinate with VDOT and the county on access, construction, and restoration.
01:56:08
There's undergrounding policy we in this it says we would support undergrounding placement of transmission infrastructure where is technically feasible, economical, economically reasonable and result in the reduction of impacts for the community environment.
01:56:23
We say it's consistent with the county growth management strategy.
01:56:27
This is you know, the broader goals is to direct direct growth into designated growth areas preserve rural character outside of the growth areas.
01:56:35
Protect agricultural and forest lands from fragmentation.
01:56:38
Ensure infrastructure investments align with long term land use planning.
01:56:44
So with all this, I mean, the big portion that we said, you know, you've got to play by SEC's rules because SEC is who they're filing through.
01:56:50
So that's why when you get to the end, we've got the policy interpretation.
01:56:53
This policy is intended to guide land use decisions and provide framework for evaluating transmission infrastructure proposals.
01:57:00
It shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with applicable state and federal law and shall not supersede the authority of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, SEC or other governing entities.
01:57:11
Because ultimately they're the ones that will be reviewing the projects.
01:57:16
But like I said, with this item, staff is recommending that we move forward as quickly as possible.
01:57:22
This has already been vetted by two attorneys.
01:57:24
Happy for you all to review and provide any updates that you would like.
01:57:29
but we would just have to probably run that through legal and outside counsel for the actionability of anything that is provided but like I said this is ready to go so we would like a motion to advertise for public hearing as soon as possible or as soon as feasible.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:57:51
Do we have any comments?
01:57:53
Mr.
01:57:53
Chair.
01:57:53
Mr. Goodwin.
SPEAKER_07
01:57:55
Are we being too restrictive
01:57:58
Saying electric infrastructure, are we concerned at all about gas, other utilities across Transversity County?
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
01:58:10
I think if we want to do that, it would probably be advantageous to have its own section, just because there are different requirements.
01:58:16
So I would probably want different sections, because if we just took this out and used utility infrastructure,
01:58:23
The position wouldn't be as strong, I think just because there's different methodologies to do different things.
01:58:28
So I'd want to account for if it was gas lines, I'd want to account for you know, there's compression stations and things like that that we want to account for.
01:58:35
So I would probably want different sections instead of one broad section to cover everything.
SPEAKER_07
01:58:43
I trust your judgment.
01:58:44
Thank you.
01:58:44
Thank you, Mr.
01:58:45
Chair.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
01:58:49
Any other comments?
01:58:50
One mistakes.
01:58:51
Thank you.
SPEAKER_14
01:58:53
Would it be beneficial to have size limitations of these electric transmission lines through here or is size limitations not something we can obligate on a county level?
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
01:59:06
Yes, that is something that we discussed about trying to limit it to, you know,
01:59:13
We have, you know, 500 plus KV lines running through the county already.
01:59:19
But that's not something that the local government has in their purview to I mean, I guess we could request it.
01:59:25
It's just something that the SEC probably wouldn't take into consideration.
01:59:30
I mean, maybe they would in the applicant would have to address why it's necessary.
01:59:34
But with this, we feel we're in a pretty strong position that there's going to be several
01:59:42
items that they're going to have to address with the SEC.
01:59:44
And then even if this project does go through, this would also help for any project in the future that may, you know, any transmission line that may come that this would now be the guiding document that people would have to abide by to the best of their ability.
02:00:01
So, I mean, it's something that we could try and add it if there's a preference, but I don't know.
02:00:10
Because a lot of this has been about routing.
02:00:12
So if it's, I could try and review it and see prior to the public hearing where we could fit that in.
SPEAKER_14
02:00:18
It's the number of the public concerns in the past with the 765 and health concerns stepping up to, you know, looking at larger lines and seeing if we can limit that from the get go.
02:00:31
So it's come up a lot in our public sessions.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:00:36
like I said I will review it and I'll try and add somewhere where the preference a lot of this is what we prefer and then the SEC would end up reviewing it and you know take it under advisement but they would still make the decision
02:00:49
But I don't see why we couldn't say our preference would be to be capited a certain, you know, KV.
SPEAKER_14
02:00:57
What we have existing in the county now is 500.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:01:03
So we have experience dealing with 500 and our preference would be to keep it there.
02:01:08
I could find, I could try and include that.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:01:12
I would just say, just to address that,
02:01:18
If somebody comes across your land proposing a 500 kV line, you're probably not going to be any happier than those of us who are proposing a 765 kV line coming across.
02:01:29
So even if they propose a 115 or 69 kV line, I don't think you're going to be happy with it.
02:01:36
So I suppose you can add in a limit no greater than, but again,
02:01:48
I don't know that it's going to matter, ultimately.
SPEAKER_07
02:01:51
Mr. Chairman, I agree with you.
02:01:54
I don't know that it will have any teeth, but if we take the communication towers into account and we set some sort of limit, it's amazing how many come in at one foot under the 200 foot limit.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:02:07
No I agree with you there but I think they did that to avoid lighting them they don't want to put FAA lights on them.
02:02:14
I know that yeah yeah but I mean if you want to cap it at 500 that's fine.
02:02:21
Any other comments?
SPEAKER_16
02:02:27
Mr.
02:02:27
Chair at that point it's just a suggestion because they're going to do what they want to do anyway.
02:02:33
I understand 500
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:02:36
I understand.
SPEAKER_16
02:02:37
It's almost like a division of guilt.
02:02:39
Anyway, thank you.
SPEAKER_14
02:02:43
There's a negative repercussion to that that I didn't think of.
02:02:47
You know, please.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:02:49
Probably not.
SPEAKER_14
02:02:51
If it does appear as an invite when presented that way, that that's very good thought to consider.
02:02:58
Agree to none.
SPEAKER_16
02:03:02
Anyway.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:03:03
Any other comments?
02:03:05
Then the chair would entertain a motion to add this to the agenda at the next meeting.
SPEAKER_07
02:03:12
So moved.
02:03:13
Second.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:03:14
So we have a motion to add this as a public hearing at the May meeting.
02:03:19
Any further discussion?
SPEAKER_17
02:03:24
Ms. Johnson?
SPEAKER_08
02:03:25
Mr. Hicks?
02:03:31
Yes.
02:03:32
Mr. painting?
02:03:32
Yes.
SPEAKER_07
02:03:33
Mr. Disosway?
02:03:33
Yes.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:03:34
Mr. Dickerson?
02:03:35
Yes.
02:03:37
Mr. Quarles?
02:03:37
Yes.
02:03:37
Mr. Goodwin?
02:03:37
Yes.
02:03:38
Mr. Perkins?
02:03:38
Yes.
02:03:38
One point of clarification, just if I could get you all's approval, I would like to co advertise this so we could have it at you all's may meeting, and potentially the board's second may meeting.
02:03:51
But that would mean that we would need to start advertising the day of y'all's meeting
02:03:55
If you all would be okay with that, you don't need to say if it would be approved or denied, but as long as you all believe that an action would be taken up or down for this item at the May meeting, I would just like to co-advertise to get it to the board as soon as possible, if there's no objection.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:04:17
Then would we have a motion in that regard as well or are you good to go?
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:04:23
No objection works just fine for me.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:04:25
Very good.
02:04:26
Then please continue.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:04:27
The next item that we have before you is an amendment to the zoning ordinance.
02:04:32
So we already do have an electric transmission facility CUP requirement.
02:04:39
What we did is, like I said, staff had developed these for all the localities that came for the regional meeting.
02:04:47
So this is one that is
02:04:50
A little bit stronger.
02:04:51
This is not an amendment to the zoning ordinance, so I don't have strikethroughs or anything like that.
02:04:58
But if you all like certain items on this and would like us to amend the zoning ordinance to be something very similar to this, we will be happy to do that.
02:05:09
But since this was presented to that regional group, I wanted to make sure Planning Commission was also aware of it.
02:05:14
This has also been vetted.
02:05:15
So
02:05:17
It has been the recommendation, the comprehensive plan is probably the stronger item for what is the current situation, but the condition use permit also has its benefits in the long run.
02:05:30
So if you all are interested in this, happy to amend our CEP zoning ordinance to reflect something closer to this.
SPEAKER_07
02:05:41
My question is, does this interfere with your advertising concept if we take this up at the next meeting and have time to review it?
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:06:01
I would like to expedite the comp plan, which we already did.
02:06:04
The CUP, I think we could take some additional time if you all would like.
SPEAKER_07
02:06:08
I'd just like to be able to look at it a little bit, and if I've got any questions, give you a call or whatever, rather than rush it through tonight.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:06:16
The only item that I will mention is that in item B, applicability, it does have a condition to use permit shall be required for all associated substations, switching stations, and related infrastructure for electric transmission lines operating at 115 kV or greater.
02:06:36
And it says this section shall apply to new transmission facilities, expansions or modifications of existing facilities that materially increase capacity or footprint.
02:06:45
I have had a question.
02:06:46
Can we require the transmission lines get a CUP?
02:06:49
And the answer is no.
02:06:51
There is a state code section.
02:06:53
It's 56
02:06:55
46.1 that the FCC can approve the transmission lines and that that would be deemed to satisfy the requirements of section 15.2 2232, which is the 2232 review for the comprehensive plan and local zoning ordinances with respect to such transmission lines.
02:07:15
So
02:07:16
State code already says the SEC is the one that gets to take the transmission lines and approve them.
02:07:21
And if they do, that already is going to satisfy the local or the local government's 2232 review, which is the review with the comprehensive plan, as well as any local ordinances.
02:07:32
So that's why it is all of the substations, switching stations and related infrastructure, but the lines themselves and those polls are not something that is mentioned in the CUP.
02:07:43
But I just want to make sure that
02:07:45
That was expressed because that was, I had it included in there and was told that it was illegal, so I had to take it out.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:07:54
Mr. Coon, under item B, applicability 1, CUP shall be required 4.
02:08:00
I would request that you reduce that from 115 kV or greater to 69 kV or greater.
02:08:07
It's unlikely that a 69 kV line would be recognized different than the standard distribution line, but if you have
02:08:19
something, some industrial area being fed, you might have to get out of a substation nearby at 69 KV and go to that area.
02:08:32
So that would be different than just getting residential or I shouldn't say residential,
02:08:38
distribution for residential, which can be what we all see the regular polls we all see or even undergrounding now is a lot of it's being done.
02:08:48
But 69 KV would look more like or be more like what we're trying to deal with here.
02:08:54
So it just it's it's about as low as you can go and still capture everything.
02:09:00
So that would capture it all.
02:09:01
If you could check on that, please.
02:09:04
And the other item under F visual and design standards,
02:09:08
First item is good structure shall utilize non-reflective materials.
02:09:13
Second item says pole color and finish shall be selected to minimize visual contrast with surrounding environment.
02:09:20
Poles typically are either wooden or steel and you're going to find poles up to generally distribution level 19.2 kV.
02:09:33
You might get to 69 kV with a pole.
02:09:38
They used to put 115 kV on pole structures.
02:09:43
We still have some 230 kV pole structures in the county, but they were replaced in orange on the Gordonville line when they upgraded that.
02:09:51
So we don't generally, at the voltages we're really worried about, we generally don't see poles anymore.
02:09:58
They're steel structures.
02:10:01
So I would replace the word pole there with structure.
02:10:05
And structure would be a more general term to include pole or any of the other kinds of structures that you might see.
02:10:14
And it's a minor point, but I think that would cover everything as opposed to someone coming in with an application saying, well, we don't use poles at that level, so we don't have to do that.
02:10:30
Yes, sir.
02:10:31
It would broaden it that way.
02:10:32
Those were my only comments.
02:10:34
at this time.
02:10:36
But if you know if, if the commission wants to take more time to look at it, and that's fine.
02:10:41
So good on that.
02:10:47
Any other comments right now?
02:10:57
All right.
02:11:01
I guess we'll take this up in the main meeting.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:11:08
Do we want to hold the CUP as just a unfinished business discussion item to take action to put it on the June public hearing?
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:11:21
It sounds like that's where we are now unless the commissioners want to go ahead and take it in this format for public hearing and then have comments in June to adjust it.
02:11:34
I'm sorry in May to adjust it during the public hearing process.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:11:39
We do expect that work session in May would be to primarily discuss these two items.
02:11:46
And then the slowing residential growth as well.
02:11:51
We do intend to have a work session to discuss at least these three items at the work session.
SPEAKER_07
02:12:00
Chair, couldn't we discuss it at the work session and take it up for business at the regular?
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:12:04
We can if we vote to put it on the agenda now.
SPEAKER_07
02:12:10
That gives our comments maximum time to be considered before it goes to the board rather than try to rush it the same month.
02:12:20
He's what he said in June.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:12:26
Okay, I misunderstood what you said.
SPEAKER_07
02:12:28
You were asking at the May meeting, couldn't we take it up to the May working session and address it in a public hearing at the regular meeting in May?
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:12:42
We can, if we vote now, to put it, to advertise it.
02:12:46
Yes, we can.
02:12:47
And that would be good.
SPEAKER_07
02:12:49
And still keep within your time and advertising concept.
02:12:55
Yes.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:12:56
Very well.
02:12:57
Then the Chair would entertain a motion to add this to the agenda at the main meeting.
SPEAKER_07
02:13:03
Mr.
02:13:03
Chair, I have a motion.
02:13:06
I move that we
02:13:10
consider the amendment to zoning ordinance as it applies to electric transmission facilities conditional use permit as a work topic at our work session for the May meeting and to address it as a public hearing at our regular session in May.
02:13:37
Second.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:13:39
Moved and seconded.
02:13:42
Any other comments?
02:13:46
Ms. Johnson?
02:13:50
Mr. Hicks?
02:13:50
Yes.
02:13:50
Mr. Painting?
02:13:50
Yes.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:13:52
Mr. Disosway?
02:13:52
Yes.
02:13:53
Mr. Dickerson?
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:13:54
Yes.
02:13:55
Mr. Quarles?
02:13:55
Yes.
SPEAKER_07
02:13:56
Mr. Goodwin?
02:13:57
Yes.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:13:58
Mr. Bursey?
SPEAKER_07
02:13:58
Yes.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:14:00
Very well.
02:14:01
That's added to the meeting in May.
02:14:07
Very good.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:14:08
The last item that we had was on Monday night the Board of Supervisors referred campgrounds to the Planning Commission.
02:14:20
Just you all are aware there's a lot of individuals that are
02:14:24
wanting to apply for campgrounds to utilize campers and RVs for people to stay on the property for long-term residences and that wasn't the original intent of the ordinance so that's the reference has come to the Planning Commission to review and staff has been working on some of those items based on what we're hearing and what the original intent was and we plan on emailing that out
02:14:52
Well, I guess not later this week.
02:14:53
That'd be tomorrow.
02:14:55
So probably early next week.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:14:57
All right, so that would be something we would take up as a at least in the work session in May.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:15:06
availability of time.
02:15:09
I think we've got some priorities that would probably want to take precedent.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:15:13
All right, but we're not looking for anything outside of the work session in May.
Christopher S. Coon
Deputy County Administrator
02:15:17
Not as of right now.
02:15:19
We plan on sending the documentation with some proposed edits.
02:15:25
And then we can always add it as a discussion item for the work session.
02:15:30
But we know that it would require a public hearing, but I don't think we're ready for that at this time.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:15:34
All right.
02:15:36
Mr. Goodwin.
SPEAKER_07
02:15:37
With respect to that, and I don't know, you will know more about this than anybody on the commission, probably.
02:15:44
Is there some time when there are planned activities at North Anna that we want to get something in place before contracts are signed and that sort of thing?
02:16:02
to give us some sense of urgency?
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:16:06
There are.
02:16:08
There are scheduled events at North Anna that require a lot of people come in.
02:16:14
Yeah, we have outages and that sort of thing planned and unplanned, but the plan ones be concerned about the specific dates for planned outages are not public information, even though they get out.
02:16:25
Not public information.
SPEAKER_07
02:16:26
I'm just trying to keep people from unnecessarily
02:16:30
Establishing and signing contracts and things and then...
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:16:34
I understand.
02:16:35
I do not know if there's a planned spring outage this year at North Anna, but we are in April and if there was a planned spring outage, they'd already be here.
SPEAKER_07
02:16:44
Yeah.
02:16:45
So I'm not going to worry about that.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:16:47
Okay.
02:16:48
I just Yeah, that's where my mind went.
SPEAKER_07
02:16:50
I don't want to be put in the blender and chopped up over this.
02:16:57
I understand.
02:16:58
Although I agree it needs to be addressed.
02:17:01
Yeah.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:17:01
Good.
02:17:04
All right.
02:17:05
Anything else?
SPEAKER_06
02:17:07
Thank you, Mr. Coon.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:17:09
Next up is discussion items and reports.
02:17:14
I'm going to put them together.
SPEAKER_06
02:17:16
Ms. Buckler, do we have any discussion items or reports for the month?
SPEAKER_12
02:17:21
Just a couple of updates.
02:17:24
So for next month there are five agricultural and forest school district applications that will be coming to you all along with the two new public hearings that you just added.
02:17:35
Of course, we have the work session on the ungrowth management items, the comp plan amendment, the conditional use permit amendment, and campgrounds if we get to it.
02:17:46
At the board meeting on Monday night, the board did approve the Ware Crossroads PUD with a couple of slight changes to a couple of the conditions for hours of operation.
02:17:59
But the rest of the items went forward as recommended by the Planning Commission.
02:18:05
and the last agricultural, of course, the district applications were also approved.
02:18:11
And that's all I have.
George Goodwin
Member, Planning Commission
02:18:13
Any questions for Ms. Buckler?
02:18:17
Very well.
02:18:18
Then, with no further announcements, the Chair would entertain a motion to adjourn.
02:18:22
So moved.
SPEAKER_07
02:18:23
Second.
02:18:24
We are adjourned.