Blacksburg Planning Commission Work Session and Regular Meeting, May 7, 2024
Blacksburg Planning Commission Work Session and Regular Meeting, May 7, 2024
The Blacksburg Planning Commission held a work session from 5:00–6:20 pm and a regular meeting from 6:30–6:40 pm on May 7, 2024. The work session featured a presentation on the Toms Creek Basin Planning Study. The regular meeting approved a seven-item consent agenda, including scheduling public hearings for June 4, 2024, and canceling several hearings. One citizen spoke during the citizen comment period.
Work Session: Toms Creek Basin Planning Study
- The commission held a work session at 5:00 pm in the Blacksburg Motor Company conference room with a presentation from Development Strategies, the consultant team, on the Toms Creek Basin Planning Study. No action was taken.
Consent Calendar
- Approved the April 2, 2024, Planning Commission minutes (6-0 vote).
- RZN-24-1/ORD 2051: Scheduled a public hearing for June 4, 2024, on an amendment to the previous rezoning at the former Old Blacksburg High School site (33.87 acres at 520 Patrick Henry Drive).
- CUP-24-1: Scheduled a public hearing for June 4, 2024, on a conditional use permit for a drive-in restaurant at 1421 South Main Street (1.02 acres, GC district).
- ROW-24-1/ORD 2055: Scheduled a public hearing for June 4, 2024, on a request to vacate approximately 114,464 square feet of unbuilt right-of-way at the end of Progress Street. (Note: The transcript reported 11,464 square feet, but the agenda and minutes state 114,464 square feet.)
- ZOA #61: Canceled the May 7 public hearing and rescheduled it for June 4, 2024, for an amendment to create a Small Lot Development Option in the R-4 district.
- AFD 24-1/ORD 2052: Canceled the May 7 public hearing on a request to withdraw 3.036 acres from the Agricultural and Forestal District at 701 Bishop Road.
- CUP-23-4: Canceled the May 7 public hearing on a conditional use permit for multi-family residential use on the ground floor at 203 Country Club Drive SW (3.94 acres of an 8.44-acre parcel, GC district).
Public Comments
- Zachary Weiss of 1003 South Main Street addressed the commission. He urged the town to double the time between mowing on town-owned properties to reduce emissions, benefit wildlife, and allow more time for litter pickup. He also requested that the Planning Commission ask Town Council to pass a ceasefire resolution for Palestine. The assistant planning director noted that his comments would be passed to public works staff.
Key Outcomes
- The consent agenda was approved unanimously (6-0).
- Three public hearings were canceled (ZOA #61, AFD 24-1, CUP-23-4) and three were scheduled for June 4, 2024 (RZN-24-1, CUP-24-1, ROW-24-1).
- No other business was conducted; the meeting adjourned at 6:40 pm.
Meeting Transcript
Welcome to the uh regular plan uh regular meeting of the planning commission here at the uh Hedge Path Chambers of the Blacksburg Municipal Building at 300 South Main Street. Meetings are held the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Citizens may address the planning commission during specified times on the agenda and are requested to adhere to the following. Please speak at the podium, please state your name and address, direct comments only to the commission, please limit speaking time to a maximum of three minutes, and speak only once during a specific hearing or comment period. Please silence all cell phones, show respect for all speakers, and allow all opinions to be expressed in a tolerant atmosphere. With that, we'll call the meeting to order. May we have a roll call, please? Mr. Britt. Mr. Ehrman? Mr. Ford. Mr. Herbine, here, Ms. Jones, Mr. Cassoff. President. Ms. Reinhardt. Here. Ms. Walker. Here. And here we have a quorum. Thank you. Tonight's consent agenda is rather lengthy. We have seven items. I will read through them. The first item is the approval of the planning commission minutes from April 2nd. The action is to approve. The second is rezoning 2401 ordinance 2051, which is a request for an amendment to previous rezoning on three point on 33.87 acres at the former old Blacksburg High School site, which is on Patrick Henry Drive. And it's being brought forward by Bolzer Associates for HS Development, HS Development LLC, in the town of Blacksburg, who are the property owners. And the action is to schedule a public hearing for June 4th. Second item is C UP 241, conditional use permit request for a drive-in restaurant in the GC General Commercial Zoning District on 1.02 acres at 1421 South Main Street. And the action there is to schedule a public hearing for June 4th. Fourth item is right-of-way or ROW 2401 ordinance 2055, which is a request to vacate approximately 11,464 square feet of unbuilt right-of-way at the end of Progress Street by James Taylor of Balzer Associates, the applicant, on behalf of SNS Construction, LLC, and CC and B development. And the action is to schedule a public hearing for June 4th. Fifth item is zoning ordinance amendment ZOA61, an amendment to the Town of Blacksburg zoning ordinance to create a new small lot development option in the R4 low residential, low density residential zoning district to allow for smaller lot sizes. The sixth item is AFD 271 ordinance 2052, which is a request to withdraw 3.036 acres from the agricultural and forestal district at 701 Bishop Road. And the action there is to cancel the May 7th public hearing. Do we have a motion? I move Planning Commission approve the consent agenda as presented. Second. All those in favor? Moving on to our public hearings. The public hearings tonight are simply the three that were identified in the consent agenda that had their public hearings canceled for tonight, which are zoning ordinance 0161, also AFD 24 ordinance 2052, and CUP 234, the conditional use permit request for multifamily residential on the ground floor of general commercial. Would anyone like to address the commission on any of those public hearings? Hearing none. Moving on.
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