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Volume 57, Number 29 • July 22, 2010
Prezoning denied Commissioners vote against county’s application for B-3 zoning at Oilville interchange By Amy Condra acondra@goochlandgazette.com
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Connie McRoberts, above, asks the school administration to reconsider the prinicipal switch that will send Stacy Austin to Goochland Elementary School from Randolph Elementary School. The new meeting room brings participants, below, and school administration closer together.
Parents question principal switch designed to bring attendees and the board closer together to facilitate communication. If the hope was for more amicable public comment, it By Ken Odor didn’t seem to work. jodor@goochlandgazette.com Board members and administrative staff sat on a Goochland County’s raised dais before several rows School Board met in a newly prepared smaller room at see Schools > page 2 the high school last week,
Smaller meeting room used for first time by School Board
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Goochland County’s planning commission unanimously denied B-3 prezoning at the Oilville Interchange, saying it would open “a can of worms.” Last week Goochland County was hoping to have properties at the I-64 and Oilville interchange prezoned for expanded business use. Principal Planner Thomas Coleman said at Tuesday’s planning commission meeting that the county has been identifying areas that would be good candidates for prezoning. “Owners are willing to have property rezoned,” said Coleman, “to produce significant areas of business zoning and to promote economic development.” “The idea is, having the zoning already in place makes the property more marketable,” he added.
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C o m m u n i t y Development Director Don Charles said that having the county be the applicant of record was a unique situation. “I’m here to represent the administration as the applicant… it’s the first time we’ve ever done this.” The county filed an application requesting rezoning of about 132 acres, all located in the Oilville Village and within the Oilville Village Overlay District, from A 2 (limited agricultural) and B-1 (limited business) to B3 (interstate and commercial). About 116 acres of this area is owned by Dover Assoicates, LLC. The remaining 16 acres are owned by Garland Anderson and Erle P.Anderson. Most of these properties are recommended for commercial use on the Oilville Village Land Use map. A portion of the property is designated as being within the 100-year floodplain. According to the rezoning application, the basic use of the B-3 zoning district is to provide for general commercial activity near interstate interchanges, to meet see Zoning> page 4
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