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Planning commission reviews eight Ag/Forestal districts; staff recommends removing parcels without development rights
Summary
Planning staff presented reviews for eight Agricultural and Forestal (Ag4) districts on Dec. 17 and recommended removing parcels that lack small-lot development rights; the advisory committee opposed wholesale removals and the issue will go to the Board of Supervisors for final action.
On Dec. 17, 2024 the Albemarle County Planning Commission considered staff recommendations and public testimony on the periodic review of eight Agricultural and Forestal (Ag4) Districts: Ivy Creek, Hardware, Eastern, Pasture Fence Mountain, North Fork Moorman's River, Free Union, Carter's Bridge, and Jacobs Run. The Ag4 program is a voluntary local land conservation program enabled by Virginia law; parcels join by owner request and districts are subject to periodic review (typically every 10 years).
County staff explained that a policy change adopted during a 2016 county code rewrite prevents new district additions that lack small-lot development rights; staff also said the Board of Supervisors directed that, during district renewals, staff identify parcels previously admitted to Ag4 that have no remaining small-lot development rights and recommend removing them from the district. Staff said the rationale is that parcels without any remaining subdivision potential do not provide a…
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