Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, July 6, 1990 TAG: 9007070466
SECTION: SMITH MOUNTAIN TIMES PAGE: SMT11 EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN
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Resort Properties Corp. requests permission to build a 60-room hotel and 48 apartments as part of a multiuse commercial and residential development on 22 acres on the east side of Virginia 122, half a mile north of Hales Ford Bridge. No consensus was reached at the compatibility hearing Monday. A joint public hearing on the request will be held July 24 at the regular Board of Supervisors meeting.
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 recommended this project's approval, and the Board of Supervisors will make a final decision as early as next week.
Robert Wandrei requests permission to build an auto-body repair shop on 2 1/2 vacant acres at Virginia 221 and Virginia 840. Although no consensus was reached at a compatibility hearing, the Planning Commission recommended approval of this project as well to the Board of Supervisors.
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 proposal 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