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LET'S GO AND GO THROUGH THE[Planning and Zoning Work Session on August 19, 2026.]
FORMALITY.WE'LL CALL, UM, ALL THE MEETING OF THIS SPECIAL WORKING GROUP MEETING OF 19 AUGUST, 2026 FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER THE, PLEASE CALL THE RULES VICE CHAIRMAN MARRAZZO HERE.
COMMISSIONER BROOKS HERE REFLECTING ON OUR WORK SECTION, BUSINESS ITEM, MONEY, DRAFT ORDINANCES, VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES.
AND THIS WAS OUT, THIS SPURRED FROM, UM, SOMETHING THAT THE TOWN ATTORNEY HAD SENT US TO GET STARTED.
SO MAYBE I'LL LET YOU TALK ABOUT IT.
OH, JUST THAT I, UH, BROUGHT IT TO THE COMMISSION'S ATTENTION THAT THE CURRENT VERSION OF STATE LAW IS MORE EXPANSIVE ON PENALTIES THAN WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN TOWN CODE.
SO I JUST WANT THE COMMISSION'S ATTENTION FOR CONSIDERATION.
AND AT THE LAST, THE WORKING GROUP THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE, YOU HAD BROUGHT THIS, THIS TEXT TO US TO FILL, FILL THAT IN.
I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SEE THIS.
AND JUST TO FILL IN, YOU'LL SEE THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS IN HERE.
AND REALLY THIS IS A, THE SECOND PARAGRAPH CHANGE IS A CUT AND PASTE, VIRTUAL CUT AND PASTE WITH JUST A COUPLE WORDS, CHANGED THE MATCH FORMAT OF WHAT THE FIRST PARAGRAPH IN YELLOW IS HERE.
THE SECOND TWO PARAGRAPHS IN YELLOW, IT GETS INTO, UM, ON HOW TO DESCRIBE THIS AS A DETAIL.
IT'S GETTING DOWN IN THE MUD BEYOND IT, BUT IN EFFECT, IT ALLOWS US TO, UH, INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF PENALTY TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THE STATE CODE IS.
NOW, UH, IF WE DON'T CHANGE IT, MY UNDERSTANDING IT'S WE, WE CAN'T CHARGE IT.
RIGHT? AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
SO THIS THOUSAND HERE ON THE REVISED TEXT THAT WILL JUST BE FORMATTED AS DOLLARS.
IT SHOULD BE DOLLARS THAT'S, THAT NEEDS BE FORMATTED AS DOLLARS.
SO I I I GUESS LET ME SET THE TABLE.
SO THIS IS, UH, STATE CODE, UM, 15.2, 2286, UH, IN PARTICULAR A FIVE.
UH, BUT THE, UH, OPENING STATEMENT, THE A IS A ZONING ORDINANCE MAY INCLUDE AMONG OTHER THINGS, REASONABLE REGULATIONS AND PROVISIONS AS TO ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MATTERS.
IT, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T JUST, IT'S NOT JUST, UH, IN EFFECT AS A STANDALONE STATE LAW, IT HAS TO BE INCORPORATED INTO ZONING.
IT'S A MANDATORY THAT WE PUT THIS IN, RIGHT? YEAH.
BUT, BUT, BUT NOT PUTTING, I MEAN, IT'S, MAN, SORRY.
IF MISSION CHOOSES TO ADD THE ADDITIONAL PENALTIES FOR NONCOMPLIANT, OKAY, SO THIS WOULD BE, AND IT HAS A TYPO IN THIS THING, BUT, AND FIXING THAT BEFORE WE GET TO THE WACO MEETING BOARD HAS A THOUSAND, BUT IT DOESN'T SAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
IT JUST SAYS A THOUSAND, BUT I'M NOT SURE.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE TO EVERYBODY? ANYBODY ROLLING ON THE GROUND WITH THEIR ARMS AND LEGS GETTING IN THERE WITH JOE? ANYBODY? OKAY, WE'LL GO WITH THAT.
THIS IS, UH, HAVING TO DO WITH FEES CHARGES.
HERE IS THAT AMENDMENT, UM, REFRESH.
NOW THIS, CAN YOU TALK THIS, DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH A RESIDENT INITIATING A CHANGE, UH, AN AMENDMENT, A ZONING TAX CHANGE? YES.
SO TYPICALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST IS THE, LIKE AN APPLICANT OR A CITIZEN WILL COME AND SAY, HEY, I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS WRITTEN.
I WANNA CHANGE THIS PORTION OF IT.
THE STATE CODE SAYS, AND AN APPLICATION FEE AND AN APPLICATION AND FORCE THE ISSUE.
AND IT JUST COMES STRAIGHT TO YOU GUYS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
AND YEAH, WHEN YOU LOOK UP AS, AS YOU PROVIDED THE MATERIAL, LOOK AT WHAT THE STATE LAW SAID AND IN THE PACKET THAT, UM, IT, IT, IT, IT DOESN'T MATCH.
IN FACT, THE COUNTY'S DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
I THINK I IT UP TO, THEY TALKED LAST NIGHT.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME, I WAS LISTENING.
WERE TALKING ABOUT ABANDONED, ABOUT TO TALK ABOUT, AMEN.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS COINCIDENTAL OR MAYBE TOO ON CALL I
BUT UM, ALTHOUGH THEY, THEY WERE HANDLED GOING ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, BUT THEY'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT TO JUST SEND IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THAT'S WHAT THEIR FAIR LEVEL WAS.
SO IN MY, IN MY, MY VIEW, THE PROPER PROCEDURE IS SIMPLY TO PETITION THE GOVERNING BODY
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PETITION, WHICH MEANS I GUESS PRESENT DRAFT RESOLUTION TO, TO THE GOVERNING BODY.AND WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE SOME SORT OF RULE.
HOW THEY WOULD GO ABOUT DOING THAT WOULD'VE TO BE DETERMINED.
WELL, I THINK THAT'S, DO YOU THINK IT CLEAR NOT, I THINK THAT'S IN THE YEAH, THEY ADOPT IT OR DENY IT.
OR DOES IT GO TO AN INDIVIDUAL? DOES IT GO THE CLERK? IT GOES TO THE BODY.
GOES TO THE BODY GOVERNING BODY.
AND THAT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE RIGHT UP FRONT WHETHER THIS IS GOING ANYWHERE.
IT'S, IF THE PETITION IS GRANTED, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY, THEN IT'S A REFERRAL TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO RIGHT NOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR TOWN COUNCIL CAN INITIATE THIS.
WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S STILL THE CASE.
I'M JUST SAYING RIGHT NOW AND, AND RIGHT NOW, UH, INDIVIDUAL CAN'T, BUT THIS WOULD REMOVE THAT.
SO THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PERMISSION PETITION ON MY PETITION ON.
SO IF I'M UNDER, WE'RE UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY AS WELL, THIS WOULD NOT ONLY BE ACTUAL TEXT AMENDMENTS, BUT IT WOULD ALSO REMOVE A LANDOWNER'S ABILITY, UH, TO DIRECTLY APPLY FOR A REZONING.
SO WHAT SECTION E WELL, YEAH, IT IN THE PACKET, IT, THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN, IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE THE ENTIRE SECTION ABOUT REZONING IS GONNA BE STRUCK.
THAT'S NOT, WE STILL HAVE THAT.
THAT'S NOT, THAT WAS THE INTENT IS TO ADD IT NOT SUBSTITUTED.
UM, I MEAN THAT'S A LITTLE BIT, I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT HOW HE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH AMENDMENTS.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S HERE.
IT'D BE JUST ADDING, AND THIS, IS THIS THE SPOT WHERE IT WOULD BE ADDED? UM, BUT NOT THIS WHAT'S IN THERE CURRENTLY.
IT'S NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S, THAT'S THE RIGHT TO APPLY FOR REZONING THAT STAYS.
AND I GUESS I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT HAS TO DO ANYTHING WITH DOMESTIC.
WELL, THE REZONING IS THE CHANGE OF THE ZONING DISTRICT ON THE MAP THOUGH.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE, AND THEN THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT.
SO YOU'VE GOT THE TWO PARTS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE ARE THE MAP AND THEN THE CODE.
SO ONE IS CHANGE THE MAP ONE'S CHANGED TO THE CODE.
SO THIS WOULD BE ADDED AS IN APP, IT WOULD REPLACE HE, RIGHT.
IT'S NOT E IT'S, IT'S JUST AN ADDITION.
I THOUGHT JUST ANOTHER PARAGRAPH E IS ANOTHER PARAGRAPH E, PARAGRAPH TWO.
YEAH, I THINK IT'S PART OF THE SAME PARAGRAPH.
AND I THINK THAT'S PREFERABLE TO KEEP IT AS THE SAME PARAGRAPH.
AND NOW WE'RE TO, AND NO, ACTUALLY I THINK WE CAN STRIKE VIRGINIA CODE 15 2, 2 2, 8 6.
AMEND THE TEXT OF THIS CHAPTER.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE PERIOD CHANGES, THEN WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT WE
SO THAT, THAT'S JUST WORTH SNIPING.
I, I, THAT'S EXTRANEOUS LANGUAGE.
SO JUST PUT THE PERIOD AFTER THIS CHAPTER? YES.
YOU LOOK AT THE NOTES, CONNIE.
THEN THAT'S, THAT'S AGAIN THAT SECTION.
NOW WE'RE INTO THE, UM, EXTRA PURPOSE, GENERAL PROVISIONS AUTHORITY.
WE'RE BACK INTO THE ZONING DOCUMENTS.
UH, WHAT I THOUGHT THE POINT I THOUGHT WE WERE WITH THIS WAS, UM, STAFF WAS GOING THROUGH THIS TO MARK UP, UH, FORMAT, DO THE LAST MINUTE MARKUPS, UM, CAPTURE ANY LAST MINUTE STUFF THAT WAS HAD OR FIND ERRORS AND THEN WAS GOING TO BRING IT BACK AS TOTAL AT THE END, UM, FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, SO I'M NOT SURE WE NEED TO REVIEW THIS TONIGHT OR NOT.
UH, THERE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT, UH, WERE MISSED BEING ADDED IN FOR AS ASSOCIATED MEETINGS.
AND THERE WAS SOME DOCUMENTS ARE THERE.
AND I, I WOULD RECOMMEND GETTING THOSE, ALL THAT INCORPORATED AND COME WITH A LIST OF THE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES AND THEN WE'LL PROVE THOSE ALL AT ONCE.
AND INCLUDING THE SIGNED ORDINANCE, I THINK IS, IS STILL HUNG OUT THERE A BIT, IF THAT SOUNDS GOOD.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION OF GEORGE WHILE HE'S HERE? UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN OUR, UH, ZONING ORDINANCE, WHENEVER A SECTION WAS CHANGED,
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WE HAVE THE DATE CHANGED, YOU KNOW, UNDERNEATH IT.DO ALL THOSE DATES NEED TO BE ADDED INTO THIS NEW DOCUMENT? OR DOES OR, UH, THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT.
THIS IS A REPEAL AND ADOPTION.
SO, SO I DON'T NEED THOSE OTHER DATES.
SO PLEASE START NEW ON THE DATE.
SO MAYBE WE COULD JUST TOUCH ON THAT EVENING.
THAT'S IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTION, RIGHT? UH, FOR, AFTER I READ THROUGH THIS FOR WHATEVER REASON, THAT'S WHERE WE PUT PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR URBAN AG.
SO, BUT THOSE, UH, A ONE FOR URBAN, FOR AGRICULTURE, THOSE WOULD ALREADY BE PERMITTED BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE LAND AREA FOR THAT.
SO AN URBAN AG PERFORMANCE STANDARDS TO ME, WOULD NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE AGRICULTURAL ZONING DISTRICT.
IF YOU SAY NEEDS, YOU NEED A DIFFERENT, WELL, THEY WOULDN'T SEE, THEY WOULDN'T NEED, THEY WOULDN'T NEED AN URBAN AG APPLICATION FOR, FOR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN THE A ONE ZONE BECAUSE, 'CAUSE IT'S GOTTA BE A MINIMUM OF 10 ACRES.
IT NEEDS THE THRESHOLD FOR ACREAGE.
WE'D HAVE TO FIND WHERE THIS WOULD NEED TO BE INCLUDED.
IT ISN'T IN A PERFORMANCE STANDARD SECTION.
SOMETHING, IT'S, IT'S IN THE WRONG PLACE.
PUT, PUT IT, WELL MOVE IT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
AND I, I DON'T KNOW, SOMEWHERE IN THE CUTTING AND PASTING OR WHAT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
OR, AND THAT, THAT'S PART OF THE CLEANUP YOU GUYS ARE GOING DOING.
I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION BECAUSE ABSOLUTELY.
TO ME IT SHOULDN'T BE IN THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR URBAN AG IN THE A ONE DISTRICT.
'CAUSE IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THOSE DISTRICTS.
IT WOULD BE, WE INCLUDE THAT AS A USE IN THE R ONE DISTRICT URBAN AGRICULTURE, AS LONG AS IT MEETS PERFORMANCE STANDARDS LISTED.
AND I KNOW THERE'S A FEW OTHER LITTLE THINGS IN THERE GOING, AND ALSO SOME THINGS HAVE POPPED UP EVEN SINCE WE'VE TURNED THIS IN THAT NEED TO BE APPROVED SEPARATELY.
WE BRING THOSE THINGS IN THE LIST AND CAN SWEEP THROUGH 'EM ALL AT ONCE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL DESTROYED.
LIKE, UH, THE THING THAT CAME UP WITH, UM, ABOUT THE HABITAT HUMANITY IN THOSE LINES, THERE'S THAT ONE LINE ENTRY THAT WOULD NEED TO BE APPROVED THERE, BUT
THAT WAS THE ONLY OTHER THING ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT, I THINK.
UH, COMP PLAN FOR MOVING DATA CENTER.
IS THAT IN HERE? THERE? WASN'T IT DOCUMENTATION? SO THAT'S JUST OUR, WE'LL JUST HAVE A QUICK DISCUSSION ON IT.
SO WITH COUNSEL PASSING THE TEXT AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT THEM AND DEFINE THE DATA CENTERS HAVE EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT.
IF THEY PASS AND APPROVE IT, UM, WE WILL NEED TO TAKE UP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE I THINK THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE COMP PLAN THAT TALKS ABOUT ADOPTING AND DEFINING REGULATIONS FOR DATA CENTERS.
LIKE WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE THE GUIDING DOCUMENT IN THE CODE THAT DON'T ALIGN AND THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.
SO WE NEED TO JUST, UH, STRIKE THE DATA CENTER SECTIONS FROM IT.
UM, THAT SHOULD BE A FAIRLY SIMPLE, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF PILOT DELETE, ESSENTIALLY.
PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PROBLEM.
GONNA BE MORE THAT WE ONLY HAVE LIKE A PDF VERSION OR IT WAS DONE IN BLUEBEAM, NOT IN WORDS.
I TURNED IT INTO A WORD VERSION AND GAVE IT TO YOU.
AGAIN, A LITTLE WONKY, BUT YEAH.
WE'LL, IF IT'S IN A P WELL, DEPENDING, SOME THINGS WE COULD REMOVE FROM PDF DF, IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW IT, I GOT A PROGRAM THAT DID THAT AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
SO YOU, YOU IT HAS TO BE CHECKED BECAUSE OCCASIONALLY IT'LL PUT AN ODD SYMBOL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE'S ODD SYMBOLS IN THE, WHAT I'M WORKING ON THE ZONING WEIRD STUFF.
LIKE ONE THING THAT HAD TO DO WITH YEAH.
UM, DEFINITION THE COUNCIL IS WORKING ON SOMETHING AND THE DEFINITION WE HAVE TO TAKE UP ANY ON ACTION ERROR OR NOT SLIP MY MIND.
UM, IT'S, IT'S IN THEIR AGENDA FOR, WE'LL WAIT AND SEE IF IT HAPPENS AND WE'LL ADDRESS IT.
THEN I SENT YOU, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
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OKAY.WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? JUST GO AROUND THE TABLE.
YOU LIKE ANY, SIR? YOU GOOD? GOOD, TERESA.
I'LL UM, MOVE FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN.