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Planning commission recommends two properties join Rocky Ford Creek agricultural–forest district
Summary
The Powhatan County Planning Commission unanimously recommended adding two adjacent parcels totaling about 24 acres to the Rocky Ford Creek Agricultural and Forest District after staff and the AFD committee said both lie within a priority conservation area.
The Powhatan County Planning Commission voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors add two parcels to the Rocky Ford Creek Agricultural and Forest District (AFD).
Staff presented both requests as additions to the AFD on land the county’s conservation mapping designates a priority conservation area. The commission heard from the AFD committee, which described the properties as contiguous with the existing Rocky Ford Creek AFD and important to protecting the Rocky Ford Creek watershed.
Planner Sean Clending briefed the commission on the parcels and said both staff and the AFD committee recommended approval. Mr. Reilly of the AFD committee told the commission the committee was unanimous in its recommendation and said the properties would expand the core of the district and help protect a hardwood belt and local stream that eventually drains to the Appomattox River.
Commission discussion included a question about each parcel’s current land-use status; staff agreed to double-check the tax-map and land-use records before forwarding the recommendations to the board. Commissioners then moved and seconded resolutions citing the Code of Virginia and the Agricultural and Forest Districts Act and voted to recommend approval.
The planning commission’s recommendation now goes to the Board of Supervisors, which has the authority to establish or amend AFDs under state law.
