Fluvanna Planning Commission to review code changes mandated by General Assembly

The Fiscal New Year also comes with directives to local governments to change their ordinances to reflect changes agreed to by a majority in the General Assembly and signed by Virginia’s governor.

At their meeting tonight, the Fluvanna Planning Commission will hold several public hearings tonight on ordinance revisions in response to specific pieces of legislation. (meeting packet)

• The first relates to the procedure for how petitions to the Board of Zoning Appeals are to be made (learn more) (HB198)
• The second requires localities to reduce off-street parking requirements (learn more) (HB888)
• The third mandates that regulations on manufactured housing be loosened (learn more) (HB655) (HB1463)
• The fourth directs localities to require battery energy storage facilities on lands already allowed to have solar facilities and loosen regulations on ground-mounted solar arrays (learn more) (HB891)

Others are on the way and more information to come in Charlottesville Community Engagement.

Before the regular meeting, the advisory body will also hold a work session on an amendment desired by the Board of Supervisors to add additional regulations for electric transmission lines.

That sets up a public hearing on adding language to the Comprehensive Plan even before the current update is finished to reflect the county’s opposition to the Valley Transmission Line.

“As the Comprehensive Plan is currently undergoing an update, which is not expected to be finished before the end of the calendar year, this addendum would allow the County to have some protections in the current plan against potential effects from electric transmission lines while the update is being completed,” reads the staff report.

Another public hearing will be on the addition of “teen center” as a use allowable through a special use permit on properties zoned B-C, or Business Convenience. This is for a specific application also making its way through the process for 3739 Lake Monticello Road.

“The building has previously operated as a licensed childcare center and this proposed use is a natural extension of the services already provided to families in the community,” reads the narrative included in the application.

The Flucos Den Teen Center would be a supervised after-school and summer program for people between the ages of 13 and 17. The applicant is motivated by the tragedy of a personal loss of a teen who took their own life.

“That loss made it clear how important it is for young people to have supportive adults, a safe environment, and a space where they can talk, decompress, and feel seen,” the narrative continues.

There will also be a request to initiate a public hearing to redefine the county’s R-3 zoning district. The maximum density range would continue to be 2.9 units per acre. (learn more)

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