Board approves zoning sign changes, accessory dwelling CUP and rezoning with proffers for private-road subdivision

The Goochland County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 21 approved three land-use items: a countywide zoning ordinance amendment to clarify signage for shopping centers and office/industrial parks; a conditional use permit (CUP) allowing a detached accessory family housing unit on a parcel that straddles Goochland and Fluvanna counties; and a rezoning with proffers that will permit a four‑lot subdivision served by a private road (Terry Lane) with waivers of public-road and turn-lane construction requirements.

Signage amendment (countywide) County planning staff presented a countywide zoning text amendment to the sign and definition sections of the zoning ordinance to clarify entrance signs for shopping centers, industrial and office parks and to add an “office park” definition. The amendment clarifies that one entrance sign is permitted per entrance and allows individual lots within an office or industrial park to have freestanding signs while capping cumulative sign area. The amendment also specifies that entrance signs be ground-mounted with a brick or stone base; staff showed photo examples of the proposed standard.

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