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Town of Bedford, Virginia

Department of Planning & Community Development

215 E. Main Street

Bedford, VA 24523

(540) 587-6021 ● cjohnson@bedfordva.gov

CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION

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APPLICANT INFORMATION

Property Owner Name: ___________________________________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Phone: _________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________

Applicant Name:________________________________________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Phone: _________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________

Primary Contact: _______________________________________________________________________________

Address: ________________________________________________________________________________________

Phone: _________________________________ Email: ________________________________________________

PROPERTY INFORMATION

Location address: ________________________________________________________________________________

Business Name (current or future): _________________________________________________________________

Zoning District: ___________________________________________

Current Use of Property: _________________________________________________________________________

Tax Map Number: ______________________________ RPC Number: ________________________________

APPLICATION INFORMATION

What specific land use are you requesting from the Land Development Regulations / Zoning Ordinance?

________________________________________________________________________________________________

Please summarize the grounds upon which this request is based (attach additional sheets if necessary).

________________________________________________________________________________________________

For staff use

Date received:__________ Received by:____________

$150 Fee: __________ 2 Site plan copies:___________

Zoning District:_______________________

Owner’s Authority Letter if applicable:_____________

To evaluate the proposed conditional use, please address the following concerns:

1. List the effect of the proposed use on existing and projected traffic volumes and the increase of noise in the

neighborhood.

________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Will the conditional use affect the current and future need for the proposed use in the town and in the area?

________________________________________________________________________________________

3. How will this conditional use affect the character of the existing neighborhood and existing property values?

________________________________________________________________________________________

CERTIFICATION

I hereby certify that this application is complete and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I authorize staff for

the Town of Bedford to enter the property for purposes of reviewing this request and for placing a sign as notice

of public hearings. I have provided a site plan and the required application fee. I understand that I am responsible

for all advertising fees associated with placing required legal notices in newspapers or other media.

Applicant Signature:___________________________________________ Date:_________________________

Print Name: __________________________________________________

Staff Use Only:

Planning Commission meeting date(s) ___________________________________________________________

Recommendation from Planning Commission _____________________________________________________

Town Council public hearing date(s) ____________________________________________________________

Action taken by Town Council (Approval/ Denial)_________________________________________________

Were conditions placed on the Conditional Use? ___________________________________________________

Zoning permit issuance date_________________________________

Building permit issuance date________________________________

Business license issuance date if commercial_________________________________

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1002.03. Application procedure for a conditional use. Applications for a zoning permit for a conditional

use shall be submitted to the zoning administrator, who shall refer the application to the council for a

public hearing. Applications for zoning permits for conditional uses must be submitted in accordance

with the following procedures:

a. An application shall be accompanied with two copies of an acceptable site plan as specified

in section 1002.02.

b. Each application for a zoning permit for conditional use shall be accompanied by payment of a fee

to be determined by the council to help defray the cost publicizing and conducting the public

hearing. Such fee will be over and above any fees required by the council for application for a

zoning permit for a permitted use.

c. For applications concerning five parcels or less, the applicant shall post a sign, at least three

square feet in area, and approved by the zoning administrator, notifying the public of the requested

zoning change on the property for which zoning request has been received. A sign shall be placed

within ten feet of the property line at each street on which the property abuts. The sign shall be

posted for at least ten days prior to the required public hearing. The applicant must in all cases

notify the adjoining and adjacent property owners according to procedures outlined in the Code of

Virginia, as may be amended.

d. The application shall be sent to the commission for review and recommendation, and said

commission shall have 60 days within which to submit a report. If the commission fails to submit a

report within a 60 day period, it shall be deemed to have approved the proposed conditional use.

e. The council shall consider the proposed conditional use after notice and public hearing in

accordance with Code of Virginia, § 15.2-2204, and shall take action on the proposed conditional

use within 60 days from the date of the public hearing.

f. In evaluating the proposed conditional use, the council shall address the following concerns:

1. The effect of the proposed use on existing and projected traffic volumes and noise in the

neighborhood;

2. The current and future need for the proposed use in the town and in the area; and

3. The character of the existing neighborhood and the effect of the proposed use on existing

property values.

g. Conditions set forth in article VI for the various conditional uses are minimum. In approving a

proposed conditional use the council may stipulate such additional requirements as are necessary

to the public interest. The council may require the applicant to furnish to the governing body a

performance bond in an amount sufficient for and conditional upon the fulfilling of any and all

conditions and requirements stipulated by the council.

h. If the council approves the application for a zoning permit for a proposed conditional use, the

zoning administrator shall issue a zoning permit, indicating the conditional nature of the use, in

accordance with section 1002.028 of this ordinance.

i. If the council disapproves the application for a zoning permit for a proposed conditional use, the

council shall inform the applicant of the decision in writing within 60 days from the date of the public

hearing, stating the reasons for disapproval. The zoning administrator shall retain one copy of the

site plan, and two copies of the refusal, and shall keep them as a public record.

j. A property owner, or his appointed agent, shall not initiate action for a zoning permit relating to the

same conditional use affecting the same parcel of land more often than once every 12 months.

Such site plan shall include but not be limited to the following information:

1. The name of the owner, the name of the surveyor or engineer who prepared the plan; tax map

and parcel number; zoning, together with description of any variances; owner, zoning, tax map

and parcel number and present use of adjacent parcels; departing lot lines, minimum setback

lines, yard and building separation requirements; north point; scale; one datum reference for

elevation; the source of the topography; the source of the survey; sheet number and total

number of sheets; date of drawing; date and description of latest revision; vicinity map at a

scale of one inch equals 2,000 feet, and boundary dimensions.

2. Existing topography for the entire site and a minimum of 200 feet outside of the site unless

otherwise approved by the agent. Areas with up to 20 percent slope shall be shown with no

larger than five foot contours; areas with slopes over 20 percent slope shall be shown with no

larger than ten foot contours. Proposed grading (shown with no larger than five foot contours)

supplemented where necessary by spot elevations and indicating areas of the site where

existing slopes are 25 percent or greater.

3. Location and dimensions of all existing and proposed improvements including buildings

(maximum footprint and height) and other structures; walkways; fences; walls; trash

containers; outdoor lighting; parking lots and other paved areas, loading and service areas,

and signs.

4. One hundred year floodplain limits as shown on the official Flood Insurance Maps for the

Town of Bedford.

5. Location of existing and proposed streets and street right-of-ways; provision and schedule for

noise abatement in accordance with the standard of VDOT; ingress to and egress from the

site; utilities and utility easements; water, sewer and drainage facilities, and other facilities and

utilities on and adjacent to the site.

6. Provision and schedule for the adequate control of natural and stormwater, indicating the

location, size, type and grade of ditches, catchbasins, and pipes and connection to existing

drainage systems; provisions and schedule for the adequate control of erosion and

sedimentation.

7. Any other information regarding abutting property as directly affects this application.

b. Each application for a zoning permit shall be accompanied by payment of a fee, as established by

the council, to help defray expenses of administration.

c. If the proposed excavation, filling, construction, or movement set forth in said sketch or plan are in

conformity with the provisions set forth herein, and other appropriate codes and regulations of the

town then in effect, the zoning administrator shall sign and return one copy of the site plan to the

applicant and shall issue a zoning permit. The zoning administrator shall retain the application and

one copy of the site plan for his records.

d. If the application and site plan submitted described work which does not conform to the

requirements set forth herein, the zoning administrator shall not issue a zoning permit, but shall

return one copy of the site plan to the applicant along with a signed refusal in writing. Such refusal

shall state the reasons for refusal and shall cite the portions of this ordinance with which the

submitted site plan does not comply. The zoning administrator shall retain one copy of the site plan

and one copy of the refusal.

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