Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, December 9, 1993 TAG: 9312100293
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-13 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: By Michael Stowe STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BLACKSBURG LENGTH: Medium
A group of landowners from West Virginia is asking the town to rezone the large open space between North Main Street and Bishop Road for a planned community of 101 single-family homes. As proposed, the new housing development would be linked to the Woodbine neighborhood by Birch Leaf Lane.
There was little opposition to the proposal at Tuesday's public hearing.
``I think it's a great plan,'' said Ray Chisholm, a local developer who lives on Birch Leaf Lane. Chisholm said residents of Woodbine have known for years that the site eventually would be developed.
Still, some Woodbine residents told the planners they are concerned the subdivision would cause increased traffic in their neighborhood. Woodbine, built in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has about 165 homes.
The new subdivision will not be connected to Bishop Road because of the steep grades and the planners removed a provision that would require the extension of Hardwick Lane.
Town Council will hold a second public hearing and consider the rezoning Tuesday.
The new subdivision, to be called Wyatt Farm, would have 33.5 acres of open space, including biking and walking trails.
The site is owned by John Wilson and his sisters, Sara W. McDonnell and Ann W. McClung. Ray Varney of Anderson and Associates in Blacksburg prepared the site plans for the subdivision, which will be developed by Raines Real Estate.
Joe Jones, chairman of the Planning Commission and co-owner of Raines, did not vote on the request Tuesday because of his conflict.
Construction of the subdivision could begin by July 1994 and would be completed in nine phases over 10 to 18 years. The average lot size would be .53 acres.
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