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Staff outlines required changes to Grayson County subdivision ordinance under new state law
Summary
A planning staff member told the commission the county must move many design standards from the subdivision ordinance into the zoning ordinance to comply with new Virginia law, shorten agency review timelines, and update monument and fee language; the commission asked staff to return with revisions and a proposed fee schedule next month.
A planning staff member briefed the Grayson County Planning Commission on a comprehensive rewrite of the county subdivision ordinance to comply with recent changes in Virginia law, saying statutory review windows and some review responsibilities have shifted and the county must update several technical provisions.
The staff member said the draft now allows applicants to "request a pre application conference with the agent to determine the applicable standards and processes" and clarified that Grayson County still uses a 9-1-1 coordinator for road naming and addressing. She told commissioners the new state timeframes shorten many review steps — previously "up to two-to-six months" — to statutory windows such as five business days for initial intake and 30–40 days for approval or interagency review. "So basically, it cuts everything basically in half," the staff member said.
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