Politics & Government

Board of County Supervisors to Vote on Wartime Museum Map and Chicken Zoning

Board meets this evening for two major votes and public hearings.

At tonight's Board of County Supervisors meeting two major community-driven issues will be on the docket, both are zoning issues.

After a back-and-forth process between the planning commission, a Board of County supervisors work session and several public hearings, the zoning amendment that would allow for chicken and other fowl in residential areas will be brought to a final public hearing and vote.

Officially, the zoning will apply to Title 15.2-2285 of the Code of Virginia and, -- if passed -- will amend the zoning ordinance to state that Section 32-300.02 can allow for the raising of chickens, pigeons, doves and other domestic fowl on lots of two acres or more on lots that are in agricultural A-1 or semi-rural SR zoning districts.

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Basically, if you do not live in the A-1 or SR districts, you will not be able to host chickens and other fowl on your property. If you do live in these districts, you will be allowed to have these chickens on lots two acres are more.

The much-anticipated outdoor Wartime Museum that is proposed for Dale City is facing an important public hearing tonight regarding rezonings needed for the museum grounds, an offsite warehouse, restoration shop and other areas. 

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All but two of these eleven proposed rezonings are in the Neabsco District, represented by John D. Jenkins, are slated to replace commercial, residential, open space and parkland areas displaced by the museum plans or to meet the needs of the Dale City Residential Planned Community (RPC).

In the Coles District, Marty Nohe's jurisdiction, acreage is slated to be moved from RPC elementary school and residential zoning and to RPC open space and parkland.

What this means for Woodbridge residents is that land proposed to be used for this outdoor museum will be appropriated throughout the community for other uses. In the past, community members have shown up to hearings in great force both for and opposed to the museum.

While some residents think that it would bring a much-needed tourism hub to Dale City, other residents are concerned with the amount of noise, traffic and other interruptions the museum may bring into resident's daily lives. 

Stay with Woodbridge Patch for the results of tonight's public hearings.


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