About 100 people attended the joint public hearing held by the Appomattox County Board of Supervisors and the Appomattox County Planning Commission on Monday night to discuss the commission’s plans to change the county’s zoning ordinance.
Ten people spoke at the hearing, the majority of whom expressed concern about how the commission’s proposed amendments would affect the value and use of their property.
The bulk of their concerns stemmed from a specific revision within the drafted ordinance that would increase minimum lot size requirement for agricultural land from one to three acres.
Other revisions called for by the commission include the creation of a Rural Residential Zoning District and a Corridor Overlay Zoning District on what is now mostly agricultural land.
Appomattox resident Bob McClenny questioned whether increasing the minimum lot size would preserve the county’s rural areas, as is the commission’s intention.
“As you increase the minimum lot size, it will eat up the agricultural land at a faster rate. Three acres of land is more than any owner needs,” McClenny said.
Another resident, Andy Carroll, urged the board to better disseminate information about the amended ordinance to county residents so they could understand how the changes would affect their property.
“I think you really need to make the effort to communicate with the affected landowners about this rezoning,” Carroll said.
Following the hearing, supervisor Sam Carter said the board would thoroughly consider the changes and their potential effects before taking action.
“This is something that really needs to be looked at in depth,” he said.
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