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New state law will shift subdivision and site-plan review away from Madison County Planning Commission
Summary
A recently signed state bill removes the planning commission as the designated reviewer for many subdivisions and site plans, shifting review authority to a designated agent and prompting the county to begin ordinance changes.
A new Virginia law (listed in the meeting materials as SB9704 ER) signed by the governor will remove the Madison County Planning Commission as the designated reviewer for subdivision and site-plan approvals and instead assign those responsibilities to a board-designated agent, Planning Department staff told the commission at its April workshop.
Alan (staff member) briefed commissioners on the change and said the county expects the board’s designated agent (currently the county planner) to handle subdivision and site-plan reviews that meet ordinance requirements. "So no matter the scale of the project that comes through for subdivisions,…
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