AGENDA DATE: 7/11/2018
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Resolution of Intent to consider placing the John W. Warner Parkway in the Entrance Corridor Overlay District
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Resolution of Intent to amend the Zoning Ordinance to revise the Entrance Corridor Overlay District to include the John W. Warner Parkway.
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Blair, Graham, Gast-Bray, Maliszewski
PRESENTER (S): Margaret Maliszewski
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: The Federal Highway Administration reclassified the John W. Warner Parkway as an arterial street in 2016. It is now eligible to be classified as an entrance corridor and to be added to the Entrance Corridor Overlay District (County Code § 18-30.6).
At its February 20, 2018 meeting, the Planning Commission (PC) voted unanimously to request that the County initiate fast-track zoning map and text amendments to extend the Entrance Corridor Overlay District on Rio Road East from the railroad tracks eastward to include the John W. Warner Parkway. At its March 6, 2018 meeting, with a vote of 5:0:2 (More, Firehock absent), the PC voted to ask the Board of Supervisors to consider this request.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Albemarle County envisions a community with abundant natural, rural, historic, and scenic resources. Preserve the character of rural life with thriving farms and forests, traditional crossroad communities, and protected scenic areas, historic sites, and biodiversity.
DISCUSSION: At its February 20, 2018 meeting, the PC requested that this item be fast-tracked. The addition of the John W. Warner Parkway as an Entrance Corridor would serve the public by maintaining the visual integrity of the parkway and ensuring that new development along the parkway is compatible with the County’s natural, scenic, historic and architectural resources, thereby enhancing the quality of life in the County. If approved, staff will coordinate this work with anticipated other changes to the Entrance Corridors.
BUDGET IMPACT: This amendment has no budget impact.
RECOMMENDATION:
Recommendation
Staff recommends that the Board adopt the attached Resolution of Intent (Attachment A).
ATTACHMENTS: Attachment A: Resolution of Intent