AGENDA DATE: 8/8/2018
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ZTA201800002 Commercial and Industrial Zoned Properties Not Served By Public Water or Central Water Supply Systems in the Rural Area of the Comprehensive Plan
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Work session to redefine parameters for a zoning text amendment to address commercially and industrially zoned properties in the Rural Area of the Comprehensive Plan
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Blair, Graham, McCulley, Fritz, Ragsdale
PRESENTER (S): Bill Fritz
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: This zoning text amendment (ZTA) was initiated by the Board of Supervisors with a resolution of intent adopted on February 7, 2018. The proposed ZTA would affect properties zoned commercially or industrially that are not served by public water or a central water system. The resolution of intent stated the desire was "to amend the regulations by specifically delineating water-consuming uses not served by public water as by-right or by special use permit rather than by water consumption".
Staff developed a proposed ordinance intended to:
* Eliminate the special use permit for uses permitted by right, not served by public water, involving water consumption exceeding four hundred (400) gallons per site acre per day
* Create a list of by-right uses for properties not served by public or central water and sewer and a list of those that should remain as special use permit uses
* Better align the Zoning Ordinance with not only the goals for resource protection, but also with other Rural Area goals and strategies of the Comprehensive Plan
* Provide clarity and remove ambiguity in zoning regulations
A public input meeting was held on April 17 and the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed ordinance on May 8 and May 22, 2018. The Planning Commission voted 6:0 to recommend approval of ZTA 2018-02 with the addition of a grandfathering provisi...
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