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To Consider Code Amendment Relative to the Extension of Public Roads in an Agricultural (A) District.
A
B
Thank
you
before
I
opened
a
public
hearing.
I
want
to
I'm
going
to
read
some
information
about
this,
that
I
want
to
share
with
the
community
and
where
this
came
from
and
what
we're
going
to
do
with
it
tonight.
But
I
would
tell
you
that,
at
the
end
of
what
I'm
going
to
say,
when
I
owe
the
public
hearing
I'm
going
to
make
a
motion
to
deny
this,
the
County
zoning
ordinance
currently
prohibits
the
creation
or
extension
of
public
roads
into
agricultural
zoning
districts.
B
B
In
the
summer
of
2022,
the
planning
staff
was
asked
to
research
amending
the
zoning
ordinance
to
allow
creation
and
extension
of
public
roads
in
the
agricultural
District
subject
to
approval
by
the
Board
of
Supervisors
no
different
than
any
other
zoning
case.
The
proposed
amendments
pending
before
the
board
this
evening
are
a
result
of
that
request.
Planning
staff
and
the
Planning
Commission
have
worked
diligently
to
draft
and
redraft
amendments
that
would
allow
agriculture
roads
while
including
safeguards
to
avoid
any
detrimental
efforts
of
such
amendments.
B
B
They
change
the
ordinance
when
the
Supreme
Court
of
Virginia
ruled
in
favor
of
the
plaintiff.
Multiple
cases
came
out
of
the
woodwork
and
were
submitted
to
the
county
to
create
one
acre
plus
lot
subdivisions
agricultural
subdivisions
now
I
completely
understand
why
the
county
took
the
action
they
did,
because
the
Court
ruling
in
this
case
immediately
created
a
conflict
in
the
comprehensive
plan,
especially
in
the
matoka
district.
B
B
But
one
point
was
that
landowners,
the
ability
to
preserve
lands
in
agricultural
districts
would
not
be.
Would
they
wouldn't
get
the
same
tax
breaks?
If
you
wanted
to
do,
for
example,
a
a
conservation
easement
which
is
commonly
done
in
order
to
preserve
Land
once
a
conservation
easement
was
put
in
place,
you
can't
build
on
it.
You
can
build
one
house
per
I,
think
100
acres
depending
on
how
how
big
it
is,
but
you
can't
do
a
high
density
residential
development.
B
We
had
a
case
years
ago,
a
couple
years
ago
in
matoka
that
had
been
rezoned
for
high
density
residential.
According
to
the
comp
plan,
I
think
it
was
one
to
two
houses
per
acre:
it's
800
800
acres
and
instead
it
was
turned
back
into
a
conservation,
easement
and
then
converted
back
to
agricultural
land.
So
now
we
have
an
800
acre
truck
to
land
in
the
heart
of
matoka
that
won't
be
turned
into
high
density
housing
in
the
future,
because
they
can't
do
it.
They
try
and
go
back
to
do
it.
B
They're
gonna
have
to
pay
all
the
taxes,
so
I
appreciate
all
the
hard
work
by
both
staff
and
the
Planning
Commission.
However,
after
Consulting
with
my
planning,
commissioner,
at
this
point
and
many
of
the
board
members
I'm
not
comfortable
proving
these
changes
as
a
result
of
the
comments
received,
not
just
through
the
board
members
and
not
just
through
my
Planning
Commission,
but
also
through
members
of
the
community,
who
actually
brought
up
some
really
good
points
which
they
always
do.
B
If
you
give
people
an
opportunity
to
speak,
I
went
back
and
actually
watched
the
hearing
that
took
place
on
April,
the
28th
2010
Mr,
Holland
I.
Think
you
on
the
board.
You're,
actually
part
of
that
hearing
and
I
listened
to
all
the
comments
that
were
made
by
all
the
speakers
that
came
that
night
now
I'm,
not
in
favor,
quite
frankly,
of
creating
agricultural
subdivisions
with
one
acre
lots.
B
B
You
know
and
doing
the
research.
You
know
we
found
out
that
as
an
example,
Goochland
Powhatan,
dinwiddy,
Amelia,
Hanover,
County,
Henrico,
County
and
Prince
George
all
have
similar
but
variable
type,
agricultural
cell
division
Provisions
in
their
zoning,
some
allow
for
private
roads,
While
others
require
for
State
maintained,
VDOT
roads.
You
know,
so
it
was
lost
on
me
that
we
can
have
a
residential
subdivision.
B
B
So
if
you
don't
have
an
option
in
your
Zoning
for
any
type
of
agricultural
zoning,
because
you
can't
put
a
new
Road
in
then
the
only
option
is
for
developers
to
come
in
and
say
well.
I
can't
put
a
residential
a
road
in
for
agricultural
land,
so
the
only
choice
I
have
is
to
put
in
for
high
density
is
a
case
sitting
down
in
matoka
right
now.
B
What's
better
575
houses,
residential
or
five
acre
lots.
People
complain
that
the
schools
are
overcrowded.
People
complain
that
the
roads
are
over.
They
have
too
many
cars
on
the
road,
and
so
when
you
try
and
put
a
tool
in
place
to
help
deal
with
and
manage
what
growth,
you
need
to
be
very
careful
about
how
you
do
it,
because
one
of
the
things
I
did
learn
from
looking
at
all
of
those
videos
and
doing
the
researches
is
that
there
was
a
lot
of
quite
frankly
discussions
in
the
community.
B
Back
then
about
why
our
88
zoning
should
be
implemented,
why
you
should
have
one
to
two
acre
houses
in
in
certain
parts
of
the
comprehensive
plan
if
you
go
and
take
a
look
and
the
shading
in
the
comprehensive
plan
and
the
light
base
here
is
a
higher
density
than
out
here,
which
is
five
acre,
plus
lots
part
of
what
what
this
does
and
when
I
think
that
it
needs
to
be
looked
at
further
to
see
what
these
other
jurisdictions
have
done.
We
don't
have
to
reinvent
the
real
the
wheel
here.
B
We
could
do
an
agricultural
designation
that
would
allow
this
to
happen,
but
if
you
want
the
only
choice
to
be
that
developers
can
come
in
and
and
pine
put
in
as
many
houses
on
every
square
foot
of
Chesterfield
County.
Well,
that's
actually
what
we
have
right
now,
that's
the
only
choice
doesn't
mean
it's
going
to
get
approved,
but
it
hasn't
been
proved
in
the
past.
If
you
want
to
keep
matokea
matoka
and
you
want
to
keep
it
Rural
and
you
don't
want
to
have
high
density,
you
don't
want
to
have
high
capacity
in
the
schools.
B
Then
you
have
an
opportunity
in
the
future.
If
we
do
this
to
do
what
every
other
jurisdiction
around
us
has
done,
which
is
allow
for
Less
density,
a
larger
Lots
that
requires
less
cars
on
the
road,
less
students
in
the
schools,
less
calls
for
service
by
Public
Safety,
and
so
that's
really
what
we
were
trying
to
look
at.
That's
why
this
was
brought
forward,
and
this
is
not
something
new.
This
is
something
that's
done
all
and,
like
I
said
every
other
jurisdiction
around
here,
but
I
think
the
way
it's
structured
right.
B
Now
it's
not
ready
for
prime
time
it's
going
to
take
some.
We
have
to
go
back
and
take
a
look
at
this,
and
and
I
really
want
to
get
more
input
from
the
community,
but
I
I
can't
tell
you
from
if
and
I
I
would
urge
everybody
who's
interested
to
go
back
and
pull
that
up
chesterfield.gov
and
go
back
to
April
the
28th
2010
to
the
board
meeting.
B
You
can
watch
the
video
because
the
farmers,
the
people
own
agricultural
land,
were
ones
who
are
really
upset
about
this,
because
we've
restricted
what
they
can
actually
do
with
their
land.
What's
interesting
is
if
I
own
property
and
I
want
to
cut
it
off
for
a
family
member
I
can
do
a
family
subdivision.
B
So
if
I
own,
when
it
just
happened
down
the
road
for
me,
someone
owned
40
acres
of
land,
they
decided
to
cut
eight
Acres
off
for
their
son.
They
did
it
now
later
on.
If
their
son
decides
to
sell
that
eight
acres
to
somebody
else
perfectly
legal
to
do
it
and
they
don't
have
to
put
a
road
in
when
we
approve
subdivisions
in
Chesterfield
County,
whether
it's,
whether
it's
a
high
density
subdivision
like
Harper's
bill,
they
are
approved
with
State
maintained
roads.
B
We
could
approve
them
with
private
roads
and
make
the
residents
who
live
in
there
actually
have
to
pave
the
road
when
it
wears
down.
I
got
10
emails,
Mr
Mr,
Wenzel
I'll
be
sending
to
you
from
St
James
that
want
their
roads
repaved
and
if
they
had
to
pay
for
that
themselves
right
now,
it
would
be
a
hefty
number,
because,
right
now,
it's
about
eight
million
dollars
a
mile
to
pave
a
road.
So
no
I,
don't
think
we
should
be
doing
private
roads.
Quite
frankly,
because
later
on,
the
poor
people
live
on.
B
There
are
going
to
be
the
one
stuck
paying
for
it,
and
if
we
can
pave
roads
and
all
of
our
nice
neighborhoods,
we
can
certainly
pave
roads
in
the
country.
Oh
wait!
What
we
have,
because
almost
every
Road
in
matoka,
whether
you
look
at
Hickory
Road,
matoka,
Road,
Sandy,
Ford,
Road,
Epps,
Falls
Road
pick
one
they're,
all
agricultural
roads,
rural
Country
Roads-
they
still
get
paved
so
they
shouldn't
be
treated
any
different
than
anybody
else's.
B
But
I,
don't
think
we're
here
where
we
need
to
be
on
this
and
I
want
to
have
more
consideration.
I
wanted
more
communication
from
the
public
in
the
future
and
so
accordingly,
I'm
going
to
move
that
this
board
deny
these
proposed
zoning
Amendment,
ordinance
and
Road
cash
proffer
amendments
instruct
the
Planning
Commission
to
stop
processing
the
pending
subdivision
ordinance
amendments,
since
the
Amendments
would
now
be
Moot
and
not
needed
and
instructed
planning
staff
to
start
research
and
report
back
to
this
board.
B
And
now
I'm
going
to
open
the
public
hearing
on
the
agricultural
ordinance
I'll
make
sure
that
we
give
anybody
who's
here
wants
to
speak
to
this.
So,
ladies
and
gentlemen,
this
is
a
public
hearing
to
consider
a
code
Amendment
relative
to
the
extension
of
public
roads
in
agriculture
district.
Is
anyone
who'd
like
to
speak
to
this
issue.
D
Good
evening
Renee
I'll
be
here,
I've
been
following
trying
to
follow
this
as
it
goes
along
and
quite
frankly,
I
I
got
lost
a
couple
times,
but
I
did
have
concerns
with
this.
Whether
or
not
it
would
encourage
people
to
sell
their
land
to
developers
to
develop
it
more
densely
than
it
than
it
would
be
otherwise
and
I
agree
that
maybe
it
should
be
looked
out
a
little
harder
before
it
goes
forward.
Thanks.
B
I'm
going
to
close
hearings
back
before
the
board,
now
I'm
going
to
one
last
comment
and
then
I
will
make
the
motion.
My
last
comment
is
this:
one
speak
was
absolutely
right,
but
everybody
can
do
that
now
already
they
can
sell
their
land
to
a
developer,
but
what
they
can't
do
if
they're
a
private
owner
like
the
gentleman
in
the
case
that
sued
the
county
who
owns
Seven
Acres,
who
wanted
to
turn
those
seven
acres
into
one
acre
lots
if
they
have
five
acres.
B
If
they
have
a
lot
big
enough
to
do
five
acres,
they
can't
do
it,
but
if
they
want
to
cut
it
up
for
a
family
subdivision
well,
they
can
do
that.
They
can
do
it
right
now
and
my
point
is:
there
are
a
lot
of
people
in
matoka,
especially
that
own
a
lot
of
land
that
may
want
to
break
it
into
bigger
lots
to
sell
off,
and
they
can't
even
do
it
now.
B
B
If
one
was
going
to
be
put
in
so
right
now,
if
someone
comes
forward
with
a
subdivision
and
they
want
to
do
it
and
the
utilities
are
available,
we
make
them
tie
in
to
continue,
as
we
had
in
this
discussion
earlier,
the
services
being
extended
for
the
utilities
department,
whether
that's
just
for
water
or
so,
if
both
are
available.
So
this
again
would
not
prevent
any
board
from
imposing
that
on
any
type
of
development
as
well.
But
I'll
read
it
again.
Accordingly,
I
move
that
the
board
deny
these
proposed
zoning
one.
B
It's
in
Road
cash,
proper
amendments,
instructing
the
Planning
Commission
to
stop
processing
the
pending
subdivision
ordinance
amendments
and
since
the
Amendments
would
now
be
Moot
and
not
needed
and
instructive
planning
staff
to
research
and
report
to
the
board
and
I'll
I'll,
throw
a
number
out
here:
November
the
1st,
but
that's
probably
too
soon,
maybe
December
the
1st
regarding
the
concept
of
a
new
large
lot,
agricultural
zoning
District.
This
is
my
motion:
do
I
have
a
second
second.
E
For
discussion,
thank
you,
Mr,
chair,
so
I
agree
that
I
also
had
somebody
ask
me
if
we
were
gonna
kill
this
tonight
and
bring
this
particular
ordinance
back
at
a
later
date.
And
the
answer
to
that,
in
my
opinion,
is
no.
We
kill
this
tonight
and
the
way
we
move
forward
is
we
look
at
making
an
agricultural
District,
A5,
plus
district,
and
that's
what
I
believe
you
said.
You've
asked
Planning
Commission
to
do.