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Planning manager briefs Staunton City Council on land‑use procedures and common applications
Summary
Planning Manager Tim Hartless outlined the types of land‑use requests council typically reviews — special use permits, rezonings, plats, master plans and planned residential developments — and explained when council, planning commission or staff handle reviews.
Planning Manager Tim Hartless told Staunton City Council on May 8 that the most frequent land‑use items the council will see are special use permits and rezonings, and that other matters such as final plats, master plans and planned residential developments (PRDs) also come before the body.
Hartless said a special use permit is “a special approval given by city council for a specific use on a specific property,” and noted that the city’s zoning code lists by‑right uses and “uses permitted on review,” the latter being those that require council action. He told council that “within the special use permit, you have the ability … to create…
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