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Pursuant to Code of Virginia Sections 15.2-2204 and 15.2-1800, notice is given that the City Council of the City of Buena Vista will hold a public hearing to receive comment on the following matters. 1) Repeal of Chapter 20 Human Relations of the Code of the City of Buena Vista, for the purpose of repealing a local fair housing ordinance which is superseded by state and federal laws and regulations.
The Public Hearing will be held in Council Chambers, City Hall, 2039 Sycamore Ave, Buena Vista VA 24416. The meeting begins at 6:00 PM on Thursday, September 7th 2023. Staff reports for each matter, and a copy of the Comprehensive Plan, are available from the Director of Community Development, Thomas Roberts, 2039 Sycamore Avenue, Buena Vista VA 24416 or (540) 261-8607 or [email protected] or buenavistava.org/planning.
Willingness to Hold Public Hearing City of Buena Vista
Rt 60 Paving Project VDOT Project Number 0060 103-244 UPC 121158 The City of Buena Vista plans to mill and pave Route 60 (29th Street) from the intersection with Beech Avenue eastward to the East City Line. No additional right-of-way will be required and all paving will be within the existing roadway. The project will be funded through the Primary Extension State of Good Repair Program. Project documents are available at City Hall, 2039 Sycamore Avenue, Buena Vista VA 24416 or by email at [email protected].
Because this project does not change the location or design of the existing roadway, the City is not planning to hold a public hearing to solicit comment on whether to repave or not. However, the City is willing to hold a public hearing on this project if any person requests. This project is Federally funded and the public is provided an opportunity to request a public hearing on this project. To submit a request for a public hearing, please email [email protected], call (540) 261-8607, or send paper mail to Thomas Roberts, City of Buena Vista, 2039 Sycamore Ave, Buena Vista VA 24416.
The City of Buena Vista or any employee thereof will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, or disability.
CITY OF LEXINGTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW AN APPLICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE FIRST FLOOR OF AN EXISTING BUILDING AT 221 S. MAIN STREET TO BE USED AS A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNIT
A public hearing will be conducted by the Lexington City Council at 7:00 P.M. on Thursday, September 7, 2023 in the first floor meeting room of the Rockbridge County Administrative Offices, 150 South Main Street, to allow persons to appear and present their views in response to a Conditional Use Permit application submitted by Sarah Dudley. The application is a request for a Conditional Use Permit that would allow the first floor of an existing building in the C-1 Commercial District located at 221 South Main Street (Tax Map # 23-1-129) to be used as a residential dwelling unit. A copy of the application, case number CUP 2023-03 is available for public review and examination between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in the Planning and Development Department located on the second floor of Lexington City Hall, 300 East Washington Street.
Arne Glaeser Director of Planning and Development [email protected]
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given that the Board of Supervisors (the “Board”) of the County of Rockbridge, Virginia (the “County”), will hold a public hearing on September 11, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as may be heard to receive public comment regarding the County’s issuance of a maximum not to exceed $18,700,000 general obligation school bond, in one or more series (the “Bond”).
The proceeds of the Bond, together with any lawfully available funds to the extent appropriated, will be used by the School Board of the County to pay all or any portion of the costs to (a) acquire, construct, reconstruct, expand, and equip capital projects for school purposes in the County, including but not limited to construction, renovation, and equipping of the Rockbridge Innovation Center, formerly known as Floyd S. Kay Technical Education Center, and (b) pay costs of issuance in connection with related financing(s) (the “Project”). The Bond will be a general obligation bond secured by the full faith and credit pledge of the County.
The public hearing, which may be continued or adjourned, will be held in the Board Meeting Room, located on the 1st Floor of the Rockbridge County Administrative Office Building at 150 South Main Street, Lexington, Virginia 24450. All interested persons may attend the public hearing and may present their views on the proposed bond issuance, subject to the rules of the Board. Citizens may submit comments in writing: by U.S. Mail to Board of Supervisors, Citizen Comment, 150 South Main Street, Lexington, Virginia; by email to [email protected]; or by placing in the dropbox located at the entrances to the County Administrative Office Building.
COUNTY OF ROCKBRIDGE, VIRGINIA By Order of the Board of Supervisors of Rockbridge County, Virginia
THE CITY OF BUENA VISTA has 2 openings on the Planning Commission. Both terms will begin October 1, 2023, and end on September 30, 2027. If you are interested in serving on this board and are a citizen of Buena Vista, please visit www.buenavista.org or visit the municipal building for an application.
CITY OF LEXINGTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TO REVIEW APPLICATION APPEALING DECISION AND/ OR DETERMINATION OF THE ZONING ADMINISTRATOR PERTAINING TO 207 DIAMOND STREET
A public hearing will be conducted by the Lexington Board of Zoning Appeals at a meeting to begin at 6:00 P.M. on Monday, September 18, 2023 in the Second Floor Meeting Room of the Lexington City Hall, 300 East Washington Street, to allow persons to appear and present their views in response to an application to appeal certain decisions and/or determinations made by the Zoning Administrator, as made in a letter dated August 8, 2023, regarding 207 Diamond Street (TM# 17-61-20); it was the Zoning Administrator’s determination that a Short Term Rental Registration cannot be issued for the property because it is not the owners’ primary residence.
Copies of the application BZA 2023-01 are available for public review and examination between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in the Planning and Development Department located on the second floor of Lexington City Hall, 300 East Washington Street.
Arne Glaeser Director of Planning and Development
ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Notice is hereby given per Section 15.2-2204 of the Code of Virginia and Section 808 of the County of Rockbridge Land Development Regulations (the Regulations) that a public hearing will be held by the Rockbridge County Planning Commission on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at or after 7:00 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors Meeting Room in the County Administration Building, 150 South Main Street, Lexington, Virginia 24450 to consider the following application: 1) Rockbridge County, 150 South Main Street, Lexington, Virginia 24450, has made an application for a zoning text amendment to modify Section 603B.00: Agricultural Transitional (A-T) Zoning District of the Regulations. The proposed text amendments will provide for licensed preschool/childcare centers as Use by Special Exception in the A-T Zoning District. The full text of the draft amendments can be obtained by contacting the Office of Community Development (contact information below).
Information on this application is available in the Rockbridge County Office of Community Development, 150 South Main Street, Lexington, Virginia, by phone at 540-464-9662 or by email at cslaydon@rockbridgecountyva.
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