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Planning Commission unanimously recommends three AFD actions, including 7.5-acre withdrawal in Lanark
Summary
The Albemarle County Planning Commission voted May 12 to recommend Board of Supervisors approval of one AFD withdrawal (7.5-acre house parcel from the Lanark District) and two AFD additions (Green Mountain and Chalk Mountain), forwarding all three applications after staff and AFD committee recommendations.
The Albemarle County Planning Commission on May 12 recommended that the Board of Supervisors approve three applications affecting agricultural and forestal districts (AFDs): a request to withdraw a 7.5-acre house site from the Lanark AFD and two proposed additions to the Green Mountain and Chalk Mountain AFDs.
James Van Vranken, a planner in the county conservation program, told the commission the withdrawal application concerns a parcel south of Charlottesville on Carter’s Mountain Road with the applicant proposing to create a 7.5-acre house parcel while leaving roughly 43 acres in the district. Van Vranken said staff’s analysis against the county criteria found no new land use was proposed and…
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