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Commission advances Shaleen/Corey campground application to public hearing after applicant removes meat-processing from proposal
Summary
The commission agreed to schedule a public hearing for a proposed campground on Tax Map 38 Parcel 7 Lot 2, conditioning the referral on removing meat-processing from the application and requesting documentation about access.
The Buckingham County Planning Commission on September 22 voted to move case 25SUP361, a special-use permit request by Jay Corey and Kathleen Shaleen, to a public hearing (tentatively scheduled for Oct. 27) after the applicants agreed to remove a proposed meat-processing activity from their application and to provide access documentation if requested.
Kathleen Shaleen told the commission the request is “a very simple request”: she said she and her partner have cleared land, installed a well that “has been tested for potable water,” and have septic and power in place. She said the main purpose of the temporary campsite request is to park their RV on the property while they build a house. “We cleared out some land. We wanna build a house there. We wanna be able to park our RV on the property while we build our house. That's in a nutshell what this is all about,” Shaleen said.
Staff told the commission the parcel is approximately 27.33 acres and zoned A-1. The applicants asked for a campground use and noted that keeping the number of campsites at two would keep them below the state threshold of three sites that triggers additional state regulation; Shaleen explained, “the state's definition of a campground ... is 3 sites. So if I keep it under that, then there's certain regulations that the state imposes that I don't have to comply to.”
Commissioners questioned access and VDOT’s recommendations about shared-access agreements for adjoining property owners. Planning staff said VDOT suggested establishing a formal agreement among property owners “acknowledging shared use and maintenance of the access” and recommended the applicants either document use of their 17 feet of road frontage, obtain a signed agreement with the neighbor, or consider a different entrance located entirely on applicant-owned land. The applicants said they could produce a simple, notarized write-up signed by the neighbor if needed.
The commission moved to send the application to a public hearing with the explicit condition that references to meat processing be removed from the application because that activity would trigger separate permitting requirements. A motion to do so passed; the transcript records the motion and second and then the chair noting “that passes.” The record does not include a roll-call tally.
Staff noted that if the applicants provide access documentation in time to meet advertising deadlines, the item can be scheduled for the October public hearing; otherwise it will be delayed to the next available meeting.
