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Return to: . . . OVERVIEW (SaveOurCounty) . . . DETAILS (listener) . . .Report corrections, broken links to WEBMASTERGet email news about local issuesPLANNING, ZONINGJefferson County, West VirginiaComprehensive Plan infoCosts of GrowthImpact FeesSewers WaterBuilding CodesCounty Planning office webpageCommunity Impact Statements starting in 2007ZONING ( Zoning controls what may be built where. Subdivision rules cover procedures for approval; see below)Current Zoning OrdinanceSome previous versions:7/7/11 Ordinance, including Policy-neutral changes to 2009 zoning ordinance, in order to refer to 2008-10 subdivision ordinance make organizational changes (2009 zoning ordinance resulted from 2009 Supreme Court decision, see below)11/1/08 Zoning Ordinance and Map Not in effect since disapproved by voters 11/7/09Previous Ordinance and Map Includes full text as of 1/10/02, plus the following Amendments effective:8/8/02 (p.4 of those minutes reduced LESA range for intense growth from 0-60 to 0-55)11/7/02 (restrict adult businesses)5/1/03 (regulate adult businesses in industrial zones)4/8/05 (many changes, undone by local court in Feb 2008, redone by WV Supreme Court in Sep2009)10/3/05 (changing what is allowed in rural zone)9/1/06 (small changes in lot size setbacks)9/28/06 (more changes in rural uses)Buildout of 2008 Ordinance: homes people projected by Burke (or .xls which also has buildout of 2006 ordinance) To see density in each new district, use .xls table 4, or pages 34, 60, 82, 116, 123 of 2008 Zoning OrdinancePrevious 11/07 draft projections by County and Burke (or .xls)Alternative Plan B by Burke, intro revised 1/14/08 (with accompanying draft Subdivision Ordinance)Office organization proposed by Coakley 2/07 (.ppt viewer)Analysis of previous Zoning Ordinance by consultants 6/13/06: First goal is user-friendly for average citizens business people (Available here, but no longer on the County's website)Clarke county zoning ordinance VirginiaZoning ordinances around the country, National studiesOrganizations with info for local governmentsBasic Court case decisions:GENERAL MAPSRoads: traffic map other infoHazards (flood, subsidence, etc.)Planning Zoning Agenda, Legal ads Webcam Minutes since 2002, (before 2002) Bylaws 2006 draft bylaws/procedures supervision of staff charges against member BaldauJune 2004 Draft amendments Draft commentsLegal analyses of requiring developers to provide Public Services(alternative to impact fees) from Citizens for Jefferson's Future 1/3/01 from County 3/30/01Sprawlwatch.orgControlling Billboards putting wires undergroundSTATE LAWS on planning zoningBUILDING CODESState laws on Building codesActual building codeOrdinances adopting building code in County: 2001 2003SUBDIVISION RULES how subdivisions are reviewed (Zoning, above, controls what may be built where.)4/28/11 Subdivision Ordinance (for County)Previous Subdivision Ordinance in pdf or WordPerfectBolivar subdivision ordinanceShepherdstown draft subdivision ordinanceList size of subdivisions planned as of 7/03List size of subdivisions processed 7/98 to 7/02Hampshire county ordinances (click on info )COMPREHENSIVE PLANS2004 County Plan 4/26/04Draft 11/26/02 (1megabyte, 174 pages. Like other County files it seems to need Acrobat 4, not 5)Consultant's Reconnaissance Report 6/28/01Consultant's contract (1/11/01) List of neighborhood meetings 6/18 to 6/28/00Process for revising Comprehensive Plan, with public meetings 2/28 to 4/18/00Jefferson County Comprehensive Plan, 1994 on web or WordPerfectBurke proposal to plan for 12,000 more homes (June 2000)Burke proposal to allow medium density business housing (2,000 square feet per 6 acres) everywhereOTHER PLANS INFOBolivar plan ordinanceShepherdstown Draft Plan Vision 2020Ag Action PlanFrederick county plan, MarylandLoudoun county plan, VirginiaTale of 2 counties (fast slow growth)Plans for Job training (600k)Number location of 4-5,000 buildable lots in Jefferson County Download to diskUnreliability of soil samples

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Jefferson County is at the Eastern tip of West Virginia, including towns of Harpers Ferry, Shepherdstown & Charles Town. It is in, and subject to growth pressures from, the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area. Site has downloadable copies of Comprehensive Plan, Zoning, Subdivision, Building Permit, & Floodplain Ordinances. It also has links, a listserv, and buttons for writing public officials. akrubble

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