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Planning Commission says proposed Virginia Outdoors Foundation easement aligns with Comprehensive Plan
Summary
Commissioners found a draft conservation easement donation from Mr. Ogle, presented via the Virginia Outdoors Foundation, to be in accord with the Wythe County Comprehensive Plan and voted to recommend it accordingly.
The Wythe County Planning Commission reviewed a proposed conservation easement from the Virginia Outdoors Foundation on Aug. 3 and agreed it is consistent with the county’s Comprehensive Plan.
County Planner Lisa Shelton said Ms. Babylon of the Virginia Outdoors Foundation asked staff to present a draft terms sheet describing Mr. Ogle’s interest in donating a conservation easement. Shelton summarized that the easement would limit future divisions of the property and confine any allowed building to a small building envelope to minimize public views from the New River Trail and the river.
After questions from commissioners about the easement’s scope, Commissioner Heidi D. Lyall moved that the Commission find the proposed easement to be in accord with the Comprehensive Plan; Rodney S. Dunford seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
The vote does not finalize the easement; it records the Planning Commission’s view that the draft is consistent with county planning goals and allows the easement process to proceed through subsequent review stages.
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