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Commission hears counsel's legal guidance: motions on rezonings must state 'good zoning practice'; staff previews ordinance and budget work
Summary
County attorney advised that motions on zoning amendments should include explicit findings (for example, a finding of 'good zoning practice') to comply with the Code of Virginia; staff also briefed the commission on legacy R‑2 zoning options, Chesapeake Bay and flood ordinance updates, GIS mapping plans, and the capital-improvements schedule.
Miss Hall, planning staff, told the Lancaster County Planning Commission that County Attorney Jim Cornwell advised staff to change the commission's motion protocol for zoning amendments so motions explicitly state the required findings under state law.
"Based on this language, Mr. Cornwell has opined that in cases where there is a motion to change the zoning regulations...the motion shall contain the specific findings of, quote, 'good zoning…
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