AGENDA DATE: 6/3/2020
TITLE: Resolution of Intent for Recycling and Materials Recovery Facilities in Industrial Zoning Districts
SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Proposed resolution of intent to amend Albemarle County Code Chapter 18, Zoning Ordinance, to amend Supplemental Zoning Regulations related to Materials Recovery and Recycling Uses.
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Herrick, McCulley, Svoboda, Ragsdale
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: The Board of Supervisors endorsed the Community Development 2020 Work Program on March 4, 2020. This included the "nimble" project to develop a zoning text amendment to revisit recycling and materials recovery regulations in the Industrial zoning districts to encourage more recycling uses without the need for special exceptions. The "nimble" projects are so named because their focused scope and streamlined process allow us to move more quickly with limited staff resources. Staff noted that the identified nimble projects could be completed without detracting from more substantive work program projects.
STRATEGIC PLAN: Climate Action Planning Sustainable Materials Management Goal: Increase the amount of recyclable materials put to positive use and diverted from landfills.
DISCUSSION: The permitted uses and supplemental zoning regulations for the Industrial districts were comprehensively updated in 2012. With that update, Materials Recovery Facilities and Recycling Processing Centers became by-right uses in the Heavy Industrial (HI) and Planned Development Industrial Park 2 (PDIP-2) zoning districts and by special use permit in the (LI) Light Industrial and (PDIP-1) zoning districts. Supplemental regulations were added to County Code ? 18-5.1.51 and ? 18- 5.1.52 that included regulations pertaining to outdoor activities and outdoor storage in Industrial districts. Since adoption of these regulations, a materials ...
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