AGENDA DATE: 10/11/2017
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ZTA 2017-07 Housekeeping II/Term Updates and Clarifications
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Public Hearing on Zoning Text Amendment
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Walker, Kamptner, Blair, Graham, McCulley, Brumfield
PRESENTER (S): Leah Brumfield
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Douglas C. Walker
BACKGROUND: On June 20, 2017, the Planning Commission adopted a resolution of intent to amend the Zoning Ordinance. This amendment is intended to better implement existing regulations. It is not intended to enact substantive changes that alter policy or create new requirements. The proposed amendment:
* updates the terms "nursing home," "rest home," "convalescent home," and "orphanage", and updates the terms "assisted living facility, skilled nursing facility," and "children's residential facility" to reflect current usage - these terms were removed from the first housekeeping amendment to allow time to confirm each term's appropriate use with the Department of Social Services and the Virginia Code;
* codifies the current practice relating to final inspections for zoning permits for farm buildings and small sheds and other structures that are exempt from the Building Code;
* clarifies the applicability of outdoor lighting regulations to LED lighting, to reflect the development of LED usage; and
* resolves a contradiction between streetscapes and setbacks envisioned in the Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan, and the industrial zone undisturbed "buffer" requirements as written in the Zoning Ordinance.
At its meeting on August 22, 2017, the Commission unanimously voted to recommend adoption of ZTA 2017-07, with the exception of Section 26.5, regarding the Minimum Yards Undisturbed "buffer" zone. Subsequently, the ZTA title was revised to "Term Updates and Clarifications" to clarify the purpose of the ZTA.
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