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Planning commission to revisit Applegate special-use permit after supervisors request clarification on fence and landowner condition
Summary
The commission received a referral from the Board of Supervisors asking for clearer wording on a privacy-fence condition and on the standard condition identifying applicant and landowner; the commission will request specifics and schedule a follow-up discussion and public hearing.
The Buckingham County Planning Commission discussed a special-use permit application for Donald Applegate that the Board of Supervisors returned for clarification. At the March 24 meeting planners had recommended several conditions for Applegate—s request, including a privacy fence should natural vegetation be removed and a standard condition confirming the applicant and landowner understand and accept conditions.
At the Board of Supervisors meeting the item was returned with a request for clearer wording on condition 6 (privacy fence) and condition 13 (the applicant/landowner acknowledgement). Planning staff said condition 13 is a standard clause on SUPs used to document that the applicant and the landowner agree to the conditions; staff noted that in Applegate—s case the applicant is also the landowner.
Commissioners discussed whether the board could amend conditions without returning the case to the commission and whether a fence condition made sense where timber and vegetation currently screened the property. Several commissioners said they did not see a need for a fence unless the applicant removed timber. The commission concluded it needed specific direction from the Board of Supervisors about the language changes requested.
Planning staff said legal counsel advised that, because the case has been reintroduced to the planning commission, the matter requires a new public hearing before any final action. The commission agreed to ask the Board of Supervisors for specific language and to place the matter on the May 27 planning commission agenda for discussion; if conditions change, planning staff said they would advertise a public hearing in June and ask the applicant to attend.
