File #: PC24-252    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Planning Agenda Item Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/5/2024 In control: Planning Commission
On agenda: 12/11/2024 Final action:
Title: PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION: PROPOSED CORRECTIONS AND EDITS TO THE TOWN OF VIENNA ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 18)
Attachments: 1. 01 - Staff Memo - Corrections and Edits of Zoning and Subdivision Ord - Dec 11 2024, 2. 02 - Table of Proposed Corrections_11-22-2024, 3. 03 - Table of Proposed Edits_11-22-2024, 4. 04 - Article 1 - Introduction to Chapter, 5. 05 - Article 2 - Zones, Districts, and Dimensional Standards_rev 11-22-2024, 6. 06 - Article 2 - Section 18-237 Windover Heights Historic Overlay (WH-O), 7. 07 - Article 3 - Uses And Use Standards, 8. 08 - Article 4A - Development Standards – Single-Unit, 9. 09 - Article 4A - Section 18-407 Swimming Pools and Outdoor Hot Tubs, 10. 10 - Article 4A - Section 18-410 Fences, 11. 11 - Article 4B - Development Standards – Multi-Family Residential Uses, 12. 12 - Article 5A - Development Standards - Commercial Industrial Mixed Use, 13. 13 - Article 5B - Development Standards – Public, Institutional, and Community Uses, 14. 14 - Article 8 - Administration, Procedures, And Enforcement, 15. 15 - Article 9 - Definitions - New Section 18-903 Uses and Use Terms, 16. 16 - Notification Affidavit, 17. 17 - Received Written Testimony
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PUBLIC HEARING AND DISCUSSION: PROPOSED CORRECTIONS AND EDITS TO THE TOWN OF VIENNA ZONING AND SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE (CHAPTER 18)
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EXPLANATION AND SUMMARY:
Background
On October 23, 2023, the Vienna Town Council adopted a broad update to Chapter 18 of the Town Code, which now covers zoning and subdivision (subdivision code provisions were, previously, in Chapter 17 of the Town Code). Upon adoption, the Town Council recognized that there would need to be additional updates to the zoning code.

In 2024, the new Town Council established four priorities for the year, one of which was to move forward on further updates to the zoning code. After five work sessions, the Town Council, at its October 7, 2024, meeting, directed that a series of proposed zoning amendments be referred to the Planning Commission. The result of the Planning Commission's work, per State code, is a recommendation memorandum to the Town Council regarding these proposed amendments.

Public Hearing
The proposed amendments to Chapter 18 - Zoning and Subdivision are the topic of the December 11, 2024, Planning Commission public hearing and discussion. A summary list of all the proposed amendments can be found in Attachment 1, which also provides information on the additional attachments.

Attachments 2 and 3 provide more details about each of the proposed amendments, in table form.

Attachments 4-15 provide the exact proposed code change, in the appropriate article and section of the code, with text that is proposed to be added in red, and text that is proposed to be removed in red strikethrough.

The Planning Commission welcomes testimony from the public on these proposed amendments.

Discussion
After closing the public hearing, the Planning Commission will have the opportunity to discuss its point of view with respect to each of the proposed amendments. Once the Planning Commission has completed its discussion, a motion, or series of motions, may be made that would identify...

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