…allowing the conditions agreed by the Louisa Industrial Development Authority for the the Cooke Industrial Park. They need to be updated to allow for a conditional use permit to be applied for a utility-scale solar facility. In the second, they…
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Week Ahead for September 13, 2021: Several hundred new housing units are on local government agendas this week
…updates on housing projects in Albemarle and the University of Virginia’s affordable housing initiative. (meeting info) The Fluvanna County Board of Supervisors has four public hearings, with one of the being on a zoning change for solar generation facilities. Their…
Week Ahead for January 17, 2022: Pivotal week for transit’s future; Scottsville Town Council holding public hearings on downtown development
…Louisa Board of Supervisors has a full meeting with a discussion of 2022 Smart Scale projects, the FY23 budget and capital plan, redistricting, and there are four public hearings. One is for a utility-scale solar facility. The packet is 508…
Week Ahead for February 7, 2022: Nassau rezoning returns to Charlottesville Council; Scottsville Town Council to discuss downtown density requests
…to Land Development Regulations related to small scale solar facilities. “A review of these applications reveal the need to increase the current generation cap from 15kW cap to 30kW; to modify the setback or yard text; and to change the…
2022-2024 Virginia Budget Priorities
…out to Director of State Policy Dan Holmes (dholmes@pecva.org) or Senior Policy Manager Adam Gillenwater (agillenwater@pecva.org) with any thoughts or questions related to state policy or PEC’s work in Richmond. Take action HB 206, legislation that would require utility-scale solar…
Week Ahead for March 7, 2022: Budget season begins in earnest; Charlottesville PC to revisit 28 unit development south of UVA
…(page 140). The fourth is related to small scale solar generation facilities (page 160). In other meetings: The Joint Airport Commission meets at 4 p.m. Visit the Charlottesville Regional Airport’s website to learn more about how to access the Zoom call. The…
Spring Renewal – Letter from PEC’s President
…thousands of acres of rural lands are increasingly threatened by the surge in speculative development proposals for dramatically more housing, data and distribution centers and utility-scale solar projects. And in recent months, we have seen the re-emergence of the “outer…
Week Ahead for July 18, 2022: Charlottesville Council to consider plastic bag tax; Albemarle may lease former J.C. Penney for public safety
…place in CitySpace. (meeting info) The consent agenda includes several items: The owners of a house on Park Street has a proposal for rooftop solar panels The new owners of the former Michie Hamlet space at 500 Court Square are…
Introducing PEC’s New Culpeper Land Use Field Representative & Invitation to Town Hall
…or historic resources. Unfortunately, there is now increasing pressure from developers to expand industrial development, like data centers and utility-scale solar, into rural areas of the County that aren’t planned for growth. If not done in a thoughtful, comprehensive, and…
Week Ahead for September 26, 2022: Albemarle Planning Commission to review equity framework for growth management policy; Charlottesville City Council to meet with PC on zoning rewrite next steps
…Clark Exploratory Center in Darden Towe Park. “This year’s conference includes speakers from the Weldon Cooper Center, Encore Renewable Energy, and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality,” reads the press release. “Sessions will focus on the topics of solar policy…