AGENDA DATE: 3/19/2025
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Schedule a Public Hearing for Spot Blight Ordinance for 2632 Hydraulic Road, Parcel ID 06100-00-00-041I0
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Schedule a Public Hearing for Spot Blight Ordinance for 2632 Hydraulic Road, Parcel ID 06100-00-00-041I0
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Wall, Herrick, Filardo, Svoboda, Green, Boone
PRESENTER (S): Jalen Boone, Lisa Green
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Blighted and deteriorated properties can have negative safety, economic, and environmental impacts on properties and neighborhoods, resulting in unsafe communities and other public nuisances.
"Blighted property" is defined as a structure or improvement that is dilapidated or deteriorated because it violates minimum health and safety standards (Virginia Code ? 36-3).
The Community Development Department (CDD) currently administers several regulations that relate to blight and building maintenance: uncontrolled vegetation (County Code ? 7-501 et seq.), stagnant water (County Code ? 7-505 et seq.), inoperable vehicles (County Code ? 9-500), trash and refuse (County Code ? 13-302), safety/health-related upkeep of residential rental properties (Virginia Uniform Statewide Building Code (USBC) ? 104.1), unsafe buildings and structures (County Code ? 5-300 et seq.), and Zoning Ordinance provisions that prohibit junk yards (County Code ? 18-5.1.10).
The current item requests the scheduling of a public hearing on a spot blight ordinance for 2632 Hydraulic Road (Parcel ID 06100-00-00-041I0) (Attachment A) in keeping with existing practice and Board direction. Staff identified this property as a "blighted property," and initiated the required steps to abate the identified blight. (Please see Attachment B - Property Conditions - 2632 Hydraulic Road.) Specifically, the Community Development Director, as the designee of the County Executive, made a preliminary determina...
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