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Augusta County supervisors deny rezoning for Stuart’s Draft subdivision over flooding, traffic and school-capacity concerns
Summary
Augusta County supervisors voted 5-2 to deny RAE Enterprises’ request to rezone roughly 25.54 acres off Wayne Avenue for a 60–69‑home subdivision after extended public comment and staff analysis raised concerns about drainage, a constrained railroad culvert, traffic and elementary‑school capacity.
Augusta County supervisors on Wednesday denied a rezoning request from RAE Enterprises, LLC for about 25.541 acres off Wayne Avenue in Stuart’s Draft, voting 5-2 to reject the developer’s plan for roughly 60 to 69 single‑family homes.
The proposal would have changed the parcel from general agriculture to single‑family residential with proffers to allow development of about 69 lots. Planning staff and the planning commission both expressed concerns before the vote; the planning commission recommended denial 6-0.
Why it matters: Residents and supervisors said the parcel sits at the downstream end of a drainage corridor that frequently floods, and they questioned whether the proposed drainage controls could prevent runoff from backing up at a railroad culvert and into nearby yards and roadways. Board members also cited traffic safety on Wayne Avenue and limited capacity at Stump Elementary School as reasons for denying the rezoning.
RAE Enterprises’ attorney Randy Grumbine, representing the Virginia…
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