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Planning commission advances zoning text amendment to add civil penalties, agrees to pursue follow-up enforcement changes
Summary
The commission voted to forward TXT062024 — an amendment to Article 20 to add a civil-penalty schedule and updated criminal-penalty provisions — to the Board of Supervisors with a recommendation of approval, and separately initiated further text amendments to address inoperable vehicles, trash, unmitigated vegetation and junkyards.
The Caroline County Planning Commission voted to forward TXT062024, a proposed text amendment to Article 20 of the zoning ordinance that adds a civil-penalty schedule and clarifies criminal-penalty language, to the Board of Supervisors with a recommendation of approval. Commissioners also voted to initiate a separate, follow-up package of zoning amendments to address outdoor storage of inoperable motor vehicles, outdoor keeping of trash and garbage, unmitigated growth of grass and weeds, junkyards and related enforcement housekeeping items.
Brad Robinson of the county planning department said the Article 20 changes mirror the allowances in the Code of Virginia for civil and criminal penalties (the presentation cited state-code provisions…
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