| | | | | | | | Spotsylvania County
Board of Supervisors Agenda
Executive Summary |
| | | | | | | | Meeting Date:
| September 10, 2019 |
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| | | | | | | | Title:
| Authorization for Public Hearing for Amendments to Chapter 23 of the County Code - Community Center and Place of Worship |
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| | | | | | | | Type:
| Action, Resolution, Ordinance |
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| | | | | | | | Agenda Title:
| Authorization for Public Hearing for Amendments to Chapter 23 of the County Code - Community Center and Place of Worship |
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| | | | | | | | Recommendation:
| Staff recommends that the Board of Supervisors adopt the attached resolution authorizing public hearing of the zoning ordinance amendments. |
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| | | | | | | | Non-Staff Name and Title of Presenters:
| A request to authorize public hearings to consider amendments to the Zoning Ordinance that will result in consistent zoning treatment between Place of Worship and Community Center, which is a use with similar characteristics. These changes are recommended to ensure compliance with provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). |
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| | | | | | | | Summary:
| The draft amendments attached modify Chapter 23, Zoning, to remove Community Center as a Permitted Use and make a Special Use in the Agricultural 2, Agricultural 3, Residential 1, Residential 2, Residential 3, Residential 12, Residential Resort, Rural, and Mixed Use 1 and 2 zoning districts; and to amend the Commercial 1 zoning district to remove Place of Worship as a Special Use and make a Permitted Use. The definition of Community Center is also amended to clarify its meaning. These changes are recommended to ensure compliance with provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA) by providing consistent zoning treatment between Place of Worship and Community Center, which is a use with similar characteristics. |
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| | | | | | | | Staff Contacts:
| Wanda Parrish, Director of Planning |
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| | | | | | | | Legal Counsel:
| Karl Holsten, County Attorney |
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| | | | | | | | Consequence of Denial/Inaction:
| The zoning ordinance will not be amended. |
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| | | | | | | | Talking Points:
| A request to authorize public hearings to consider amendments to the Zoning Ordinance that will result in consistent zoning treatment between Place of Worship and Community Center, which is a use with similar characteristics. These changes are recommended to ensure compliance with provisions of the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (RLUIPA). |
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