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ZTA 2023-00008 Grading Standards and Steep Slopes Overlay District. To receive comments on proposed amendments to the following sections of the Albemarle County Code: Section 18-4.3.3 – to apply uniform design standards to any land disturbing activity either (i) to establish a use permitted by right or by special use permit in the Steep Slopes Overlay District or (ii) requiring a Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Program (VESCP) application plan and/or a Virginia Stormwater Management Program (VSMP) application plan, and to allow the Board of Supervisors to grant a special exception to the height of a retaining wall. Section 18-30.7.5 – to remove design standard requirements and replace them with the grading standards contained in 18-4.3.3. This change would increase the permitted retaining wall height in the Steep Slopes Overlay District from 6 (six) to 10 (ten) feet and allow the Board of Supervisors to grant a special exception to the height of a retaining wall.
- Committee
- Board of Supervisors
- Requested by
- Community Development
- Introduced
- July 1, 2024
- On agenda
- August 7, 2024