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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 Not in effect unless approved by voters 11/7/09
Previous Ordinance and Map Includes full text as of 1/10/02, plus the following 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)
Buildout of 2008 Ordinance: homes & people projected by Burke (or .xls which also has buildout of 2006 ordinance) To see density in each new district, use .xls table 4, or pages 34, 60, 82, 116, 123 of 2008 Zoning Ordinance
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
(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
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.
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