Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, June 29, 1990 TAG: 9006300465
SECTION: SMITH MOUNTAIN TIMES PAGE: SMT-15 EDITION: BEDFORD
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Alan Baker requests permission to build three detached townhouses on 2 acres on Kasey's Lakeview Drive off Virginia 122. No consensus was reached at a compatibility hearing. The Planning Commission Tuesday voted 3-2 to recommend denial of the project. The Board of Zoning Appeals is scheduled to make a final decision on the matter July 17.
Resort Properties Corp. requests permission to build a 60-room hotel and 48 apartments as part of a multi-use commercial and residential development on 22 acres on the east side of Virginia 122, half a mile north of Hales Ford Bridge. A compatibility hearing is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at the Bedford County Courthouse.
Shredded Products Corp. requests permission to build an industrial landfill on 181 vacant acres near Virginia 745 and 746. No consensus was reached at a compatibility hearing. A public hearing is scheduled July 30.
Bravo Gymnastics requests permission to build an instructional school in a building now used as a dance hall on 6 1/2 acres on Virginia 704 near Virginia 643. A consensus was reached between developer and neighbors. The planning commission is expected to make a recommendation at 7:30 p.m. on July 3.
Robert Wandrei requests permission to build an auto-body repair shop on 2 1/2 vacant acres at Virginia 221 and Virginia 840. No consensus was reached at a compatibility hearing. The Planning Commission is expected to make a recommendation on July 3.
Compatibility hearings are part of Bedford County's 8-month-old zoning ordinance, which is the first of its kind in Virginia.
The ordinance allows development proposals to be considered individually. It takes into consideration a point score, which attempts to judge a project's compatibility to the county's comprehensive plan and neighbors' reaction to it. Project scores are not available until a project is advertised for public hearing.
Projects go though a compatibility meeting with neighbors and a public hearing with the Planning Commission and either the county supervisors or the Board of Zoning Appeals. The Planning Commission makes a recommendation, and the supervisors or zoning board make a final decision.
by CNB