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Home My WebLink About9/21/1990 - Special September 21, 1990 678 - Roanoke County Board of Supervisors Roanoke County Administration Center 3738 Brambleton Avenue, SW Roanoke, Virginia 24018 September 21, 1990 The Roanoke County Board of Supervisors of Roanoke County, Virginia, met this day at the Holiday Inn-Tanglewood, this being an adjourned meeting from September 12, 1990 for the purpose of a joint work session with the Planning Commission. IN RE: CALL TO ORDER Chairman Robers called the meeting to order at 6: 00 p.m. The roll call was taken. MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Richard Robers, Vice Chairman Steven A. McGraw, Supervisors Lee B. Eddy, Bob L. Johnson, Harry C. Nickens MEMBERS ABSENT: None PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Michael J. Gordon, A. Kyle Robinson, Ronald L. Massey, Donald R. Witt 67 9 September 21, 1990 - STAFF PRESENT: Elmer C. Hodge, County Administrator; John R. Hubbard, Assistant County Administrator of Communi ty Services and Development; Mary H. Allen, Clerk to the Board; Terry Harrington, Director of Planning and Zoning, Jon Hartley, Planner, Janet Scheid, Planner IN RE: DISCUSSION OF REZONING AND ENFORCEMENT ISSUES There was a general discussion by the board members and commission members concerning the zoning ordinance philosophy. County Attorney Paul Mahoney asked for direction on how the ordinance should be fashioned. He advised that zoning classifications could be very narrowly or generally defined with a special exception process. Mr. Harrington advised that he preferred narrow categories of use in each zoning category. Supervisor Eddy suggested studying zoning ordinances in other localities. Mr. Harrington responded that this has been done and they plan to use the best of other localities. IN RE: FORMAT AND CONTENT OF STAFF REPORTS The Board and commission members made the following suggestions for future staff reports: (1) Better location explanations such as maps, etc.; (2) Use of street names instead of route numbers in descriptions; (3) less duplication of information on transmittal and staff report; (4) more information in staff report to Board members on comments from the Planning Commission hearing; (5) more comments from other departments, i.e. Virginia Department of Transportation and Engineering. September 21, 1990 68 0 - IN RE: ZONING ENFORCEMENT Mr. Harrington announced that a new zoning enforcement officer has been hired and is spending six hours in the field investigating zoning violations. Mr. Mahoney advised that the staff met with Judge Apostolou and Judge Harris to advise them that there would be an increased number of zoning violations to be heard in the courts. The judges were very supportive. Mr. Harrington also explained the process involved in violations regarding inoperative vehicles. IN RE: RECESS At 8:50 p.m., Supervisor McGraw moved to recess until Saturday, September 22, 1990 at 9:00 a.m. The motion carried by the following recorded vote: AYES: Supervisors Eddy, McGraw, Johnson, Nickens, Robers NAYS: None IN RE; RECONVENEMENT At 9:00 a.m., Chairman Robers reconvened the meeting. MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Richard Robers, Vice Chairman Steven A. McGraw, Superv isors Lee B. Eddy, Bob L. Johnson, Harry C. Nickens MEMBERS ABSENT: None PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairman Michael J. Gordon, A. Kyle RObinson, Ronald L. Massey, Donald R. Witt 68 1 September 21, 1990 - STAFF PRESENT: Elmer C. Hodge, County Administrator; John R. Hubbard, Assistant County Administrator of Community Services and Development; Brenda J. Hol ton, Deputy Clerk to the Board; Terry Harrington, Director of Planning and Zoning, Jon Hartley, Planner, Joe Obenshain, Assistant County Attorney IN RE: ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATE h Schedule Mr. Harrington outlined the following schedule for the zoning ordinance update: JANUARY 1, 1991 - Staff draft of zoning ordinance OCT - JANUARY 1991 - Legal review JAN FEB, 1991 Public Review (Community Workshops, Map analysis) MAR - APRIL, 1991 - Commission Review (Intensive focused efforts) MAY - JULY, 1991 - Board of Supervisors Review ~ Format of Zoning Ordinances Mr. Harrington explained the zoning ordinance will be developed in five parts as follows: I - ADMINISTRATIVE - First Draft II - DEFINITION - Working on First Draft III - DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS - (Density, units per acre, will affect public) IV - SUPPLEMENTARY USE - Additional performance standards V - DEVELOPMENT & STANDARDS Supervisor McGraw recommended using the Advisory Commi ttee process to help in development of the ordinance and suggested that comments from the public could be requested in the Roanoke County Today. Supervisor Robers suggested that we should September 21, 1990 682 - attempt to obtain pr10r wr1tten xnput from the citizens. - Mr. Harrington advised that the outlined plans are realistic and can be accomplished through March, 1991, unless unknown circumstances arise. The consensus was to use Roanoke Times & World-News. and Roanoke County Today, as well as citizen groups in an effort to inform the public. Supervisor Eddy suggested that the staff put together a package of information for the press concerning the zoning ordinance. IN RE: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE Mr. Harrington advised that there is a state mandate that the Comprehensive Plan be reviewed every five years. He listed fourteen priorities for review of the plan. IN RE: ROANOKE RIVER CORRIDOR STUDY IMPLEMENTATION Mr. Hubbard stated the need for a consistent and comprehensive approach to the Roanoke River. This study would be an appendix to the Comprehensive Plan and should be complete by the end of the year. It was announced that Virginia Tech has developed a slide presentation on this subject. It was pointed out that this is a regional study by seven governments and is not a flood study. Supervisor Johnson moved to approve the Roanoke River Corridor Study and forward at the appropriate time. AYES: Supervisors Eddy, McGraw, Nickens, Johnson, Robers 683 September 21, 1990 NAYS: None - IN RE: EXPLORE PROJECT Mr. Hodge advised that a presentation on Explore would be made at the September 25, 1990, Board of Supervisors Meeting. The intent is to initiate the 456 plan review and request appointment of a citizens Advisory Committee. It was the consensus to treat the Explore Project as another economic development proj ect. Mr. Harrington advised that approval should be made by the first of the year without any zoning conflicts. County Attorney Mahoney advised of the need for a comprehensive plan review and zoning approval. Mr. Hodge recommended a work session with the Planning Commission and River Foundation to facilitate the process. Mr. Harrington advised that the two elements in the planning review process are (1) review of the Comprehensive Plan for appropriate use design for Explore and (2) potential 456 review. IN RE: RECENT REZONING ACTIONS It was the consensus that the Planning Staff should report to the Board of Supervisors any changes in the rezoning after it is heard by the Planning Commission. It was the Board's request that staff work with all citizens to facilitate the process and help citizens coordinate projects with the different September 21, 1990 684 ~ - departments. Mr. Hodge responded that a report will be brought back to the Board on how this will be accomplished. IN RE: ZONING ENFORCEMENT Mr. Harrington advised that most complaints are about the same situations every year and that the staff is attempting to keep better records so they can send notices to citizens earlier about complying with regulations. He also reported that staff is reviewing the weed ordinance. It was suggested that Roanoke County Today might publicize that zoning enforcement officers will be looking for specific types of violations during certain times of the year. IN RE: CONDITIONAL REZONING There was a general discussion of conditional rezoning. IN RE: ADJOURNMENT At 12:15 p.m., Supervisor McGraw moved to adjourn. The motion carried by the following recorded vote: AYES: Supervisors Eddy, McGraw, Nickens, Robers NAYS: None ABSENT: Supervisor Johnson R~ße!1~rs, Chairman