Fort Lee Joint Land Use Study Study Update & Initial Background Review
Schedule/Process April 2013 Nov/Dec Nov - Mar September 2013 May - June June – Aug October – December 2013
Initiation And Research Phase • Project Initiation with CPDC & Fort Lee staff • Identify and Collect Existing Documents • Policy & Technical Committee Meetings • Stakeholder Meetings/Interviews • Public Kick-Off Meeting • Initial Background Information Review
Stakeholder Interviews (3 days) • • Fort Lee Officials & Staff Colonial Heights Chamber of Commerce • Chesterfield County • Hopewell -Prince George Area • City of Colonial Heights Chamber of Commerce • Dinwiddie County • Petersburg Chamber of Commerce • City of Hopewell • Office of Congressman J. Randy • City of Petersburg Forbes • Prince George County • Office of Senator Mark R. Warner • Crater Planning District • Office of the Secretary of Veteran Commission Affairs & Homeland Security • Petersburg National Battlefield • Business leaders, major land • Virginia’s Gateway Region owners/developers • Virginia DOT • Friends of the Lower Appomattox • Homebuilders River • • Federal Corrections Complex Economic Development Directors • Hopewell Regional Wastewater
First Public Meeting • Format & Purpose • Potential Date - April 24 – 6:30 pm • Potential Location - Prince George Library • Notification Methods
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Schedule/Process April 2013 Nov/Dec Nov - Feb September 2013 May - June June – Aug October – December 2013
Schedule/Process April 2013 Nov/Dec Nov - Feb September 2013 May - June June – Aug October – December 2013
LAND USE ANALYSIS • Defined Land Use Focus Area • Generally 1 mile around Fort Lee, with some variation. • Digitized existing current general land use pattern from aerial photos, tax data and other sources. • Developed land placed in five categories based on use.
POPULATION DENSITY • Prepared data to use in change analysis between 2000 – 2010 decennial Census. • Utilized block level 100% count data. • Density quantified by Census block in population per acre.
RANGES / TRAINING AREAS • Identified active weapons ranges and training areas from data provided by Fort Lee: • 9 weapons ranges (small arms) • 33 training areas • Identified surface danger zones (SDZ) from data provided by Fort Lee.
SURFACE DANGER ZONES
NOISE IMPACTS • Prepared data for land use / noise impact analysis. • Small arms noise impact data provided by Fort Lee. • Two primary zones: • Zone 2 – 87-104 dBP (moderate complaint risk) • Zone 3 – 104+ dBP (high complaint risk)
LAND USE REGULATION OVERVIEW State Law What’s required, allowed, and prohibited. Existing Plans & Regulations What we have Today. Agreements with the Fort Recent history of formal Coordination.
THE LANDSCAPE Dillon’s Rule Powers are limited to those expressly granted or that are necessarily or fairly implied in order to exercise those expressly granted. Not a “Plan as Law” state Plan cannot be a basis for project denial, without basis in zoning or subdivision ordinance Plan is (only) a factor in legislative zoning decisions Plan does not trump zoning ordinance (as it can in “Plan as Law” states)
REQUIRED Comprehensive Plans That Zoning Ordinances be designed to give reasonable consideration to: protecting approach slopes and other safety areas of licensed airports, including United States government and military air facilities … providing reasonable protection against encroachment upon military bases, military installations, and military airports and their adjacent safety areas
REQUIRED (cont’d) For localities in, or in the approach slopes of, an installation, to regulate, by ordinance, the height of structures and natural growth to protect the safety of air navigation That cities, counties, and towns give 10-day, written notice, to the installation commander, of any parcel within 3,000 feet of the installation subject to: A proposed comprehensive plan or plan amendment A proposed change in zoning map classification A proposed special exception for a change in use
REQUIRED (cont’d) Written disclosure by landlords to the tenant if a rental property is located in an accident potential zone, noise zone, or both
REQUIRED (cont’d) Pending Changes – SB 1029: – Increases timeframe for notice to military installations to 30 days – Requires consultation with installations by local planning commissions – Revises intent of code to include consideration of military issues.
ALLOWED • To include in the comprehensive plan the location of military installations and their adjacent safety areas • For localities with installations in them or adjacent, to impose certain acoustical treatment measures for non-farm residential structures and certain non-residential uses • Interlocal agreements by cities, counties, and towns to exercise otherwise authorized powers jointly
PROHIBITED Structures that penetrate … military air facility's clear zone, approach zone, imaginary surface, obstruction clearance surface, obstruction clearance zone, or surface or zone, without a permit from the Virginia Aviation Board
LOCAL PLANNING • Prince George County (2012 update) • City of Hopewell (2001) • City of Petersburg (2011 Draft Plan) • Chesterfield County (2012) • City of Colonial Heights • Dinwiddie County (2006)
ZONING ADOPTED • Prince George County • City of Hopewell • City of Petersburg • Chesterfield County • City of Colonial Heights • Dinwiddie County
UTILITY AGREEMENTS • Fort Lee & Hopewell –Sewer Construction, Treatment, Maintenance –Originally entered in 1971 –Fort’s share of “reasonable operations & maintenance costs” = 18%
PROGRAMATIC AGREEMENT • US Army, Va SHPO, Petersburg National Battlefield, & Tribal HPO • Enacted on July 25, 2007 • Mitigate On-Post impacts on the Battlefield
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS • Water quality concerns: – Due to Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act (CBPA) regulations and Resource Protection Area (RPA) designations – Regulates stormwater runoff and other discharges • Wetlands: – 14% of overall installation property area – Virginia DCR designated 3 wetlands on base as wetland conservation zones – Blackwater Swamp has T&ES (black-banded sunfish)
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS • Stormwater runoff: – Threats to local watershed • Contamination of groundwater aquifers • Exacerbation of flooding during storms – New construction on Fort Lee has impacted Bailey Creek watershed resulting in severe erosion and sedimentation. – Low impact development designs have been recommended: • Detention ponds, rain gardens, swales, porous pavers
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