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RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION INITIATING
A TEXT AMENDMENT TO
ARTICLE 4, PART 3
SECTION 4-301 OF THE
FAUQUIER COUNTY ZONING
ORDINANCE TO CLARIFY
THAT THE PROVISIONS OF
THE ZONING ORDINANCE’S
HISTORIC AREA DISTRICT
DO NOT APPLY TO RURAL
HISTORIC DISTRICTS
DESIGNATED ON THE
HISTORIC REGISTERS OF
THE COMMONWEALTH OF
VIRGINIA OR THE U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF THE
INTERIOR
WHEREAS, the County
of Fauquier has endorsed applications to the Commonwealth of Virginia
and the U.S. Department of the Interior for the designation of certain
rural areas of the County as “Rural Historic Districts”; WHEREAS,
concerns have been raised by
citizens that such a designation would lead to the adoption under
Article 4, Part 3 of the Fauquier County Zoning Ordinance of
architectural review requirements within such Rural Historic Districts;
WHEREAS, the
Board of Supervisors wishes to make it expressly clear that the
provisions of Article 4, Part, 3 related to Historic Area Districts do
not apply to Rural Historic Districts so designated by the Commonwealth
of Virginia or the U.S. Department of the Interior; now, therefore, be
it
RESOLVED by the
Board of Supervisors of Fauquier County, this 13th day of
August, 2009 that a text amendment to Article 4, Part 3, Section 4-301
of the Fauquier County Zoning Ordinance be and is hereby initiated and
referred to the Fauquier County Planning Commission, said amendment to
be added as the last sentence of Section 4-301 of the Fauquier County
Zoning Ordinance and to read as follows:
No provision of
this Part 3, of Article 4 shall apply to any Rural Historic District as
designated by the Commonwealth of Virginia or the U.S Department of
Interior. |