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Return to: . . . OVERVIEW (SaveOurCounty) . . . DETAILS (listener) . . . Report corrections, broken links to WEBMASTER Get email news about local issues PLANNING, ZONING Jefferson County, West Virginia Comprehensive Plan info County Planning office webpage Community Impact Statements starting in 2007 ZONING ("Zoning" controls what may be built where. "Subdivision" rules cover procedures for approval; see below) 11/1/08 Zoning Ordinance and Map 1/10/02 Zoning Ordinance and Map This is approximately what was in effect before the 2008 Ordinance. There were further Amendments effective: 8/8/02 (p.4 of those minutes reduced LESA range for intense growth from 0-60 to 0-55) 11/7/02 (restrict adult businesses) 5/1/03 (regulate adult businesses in industrial zones) 10/3/05 (changing what is allowed in rural zone) 9/1/06 (small changes in lot size & setbacks) 9/28/06 (more changes in rural uses) The changes after 4/8/05 are presumably also invalid, since these were not enough to conform to a new state law (8A). That law grandfathered non-conforming ordinances, but required that any amended ordinances fully comply with the new law. The 4/8/05 changes tried to do that, but failed.) Buildout of 2008 Ordinance: homes & people projected by Burke (or .xls) To see density in each district, use .xls table 4, or pages 34, 55, 77, 116 of 2008 Zoning Ordinance For 11/07 draft: Buildout projected by County Alternative Plan B by Burke, intro revised 1/14/08 (with accompanying draft Subdivision Ordinance) Drafts by County Consultants, Kendig Keast Office organization proposed by Coakley 2/07 (.ppt viewer) Analysis of previous Zoning Ordinance by consultants 6/13/06: First goal is "user-friendly" for "average citizens & business people" (Available here, but no longer on the County's website) Clarke county zoning ordinance Virginia Organizations with info for local governments Basic Court case decisions: Roads: traffic map & other info Hazards (flood, subsidence, etc.) Planning & Zoning Agenda, Legal ads Webcam & Minutes since 2002, (before 2002) & Bylaws & 2006 draft bylaws/procedures & supervision of staff & charges against member Baldau June 2004 Draft amendments Draft comments Legal analyses of requiring developers to provide Public Services (alternative to impact fees) from County 3/30/01 Controlling Billboards & putting wires underground STATE LAWS on planning & zoning BUILDING CODES State laws on Building codes SUBDIVISION RULES how subdivisions are reviewed (Zoning, above, controls what may be built where.) 11/1/08 Subdivision Ordinance (for County) Previous Subdivision Ordinance in pdf or WordPerfect Bolivar subdivision ordinance Shepherdstown draft subdivision ordinance List & size of subdivisions planned as of 7/03 List & size of subdivisions processed 7/98 to 7/02 Hampshire county ordinances (click on "info") COMPREHENSIVE PLANS 2004 County Plan 4/26/04 Draft 11/26/02 (1megabyte, 174 pages. Like other County files it seems to need Acrobat 4, not 5) Consultant's contract (1/11/01) List of neighborhood meetings 6/18 to 6/28/00 Process for revising Comprehensive Plan, with public meetings 2/28 to 4/18/00 Burke proposal to plan for 12,000 more homes (June 2000) Burke proposal to allow medium density business & housing (2,000 square feet per 6 acres) everywhere OTHER PLANS & INFO Bolivar plan & ordinance Shepherdstown Draft Plan & Vision 2020 Frederick county plan, Maryland Loudoun county plan, Virginia Tale of 2 counties (fast&slow growth) Plans for Job training (600k) Number & location of 4-5,000 buildable lots in Jefferson County Download to disk Unreliability of soil samples |
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SUBDIVISION REVIEWS (subdivision ordinances are at lower left) Concerns about Zoning Board decisions 9/03-3/04 Number of homes approved & planned, 12/03 Step-by-step review process for new county subdivisions Organization chart Sample questions raised at compatibility meetings Citizen LAWSUITS on subdivisions Selected Subdivisions Town Run Commons open issues legal case *These proposed help to schools & withdrew that offer. Macintosh users: click here to read PC files, including MSWord, Excel |
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