The Augusta County Board of Supervisors will conduct Public Hearings during the regular meeting on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at 7 p.m., in the Board Meeting Room, Augusta County Government Center, 18 Government Center Lane, Verona, Virginia, to consider the following:

1. A request to rezone from General Agriculture to General Business approximately 2.515 acres owned by Zachary Dean (TMP 039 61A) located at 3840 East Side Highway near Harriston in the Middle River Magisterial District. The property is located in a Rural Conservation Area of the Comprehensive Plan, planned for Agriculture. The purpose of the rezoning is to expand a storage and sales lot, add a shop, and to keep a shipping container on the property of a current towing business.
2. A request by Augusta Solar LLC for a Special Use Permit to construct and operate a Large Solar Energy System (90 MWac) on property owned by the following landowners: Waynesboro Nurseries, Inc. (TMPs 076-44A, 085-8, 085-9, 085-24, 085-25, 085-34, 085-35, 085-58, 085-58A); East, Robert E. Jr. Revocable Trust (TMP 084-87); Martin, Gary E. 50% & Dale L. 50% (TMPs 084-106, 084-107, 084-108, 084-108A, 084-108B, 084-108E, 084-108J); Boxley, Alphonso P. III Trustee & Dale S. Boxley, Trustee (TMP 085-61); Hunter, Lyle Walton (TMP 085-4); Kiser, Orvin H., Jr., & Trustee (TMP 085-62); Brenneman, James & Magdalene F. (TMPs 085-63D and 085-63E). A general description of the location of the properties is as follows: south of the Norfolk Southern Railroad (paralleling Wayne Avenue) and west of Patton Farm Road; along Lyndhurst Road and east of Schages Lane; south of Shalom Road; and at 270 Hall School Road. All parcels are located in either Stuarts Draft or Lyndhurst in the South River Magisterial District. The total parcel acreage is approximately 1,693.10 acres, and the proposed acreage to be developed is approximately 470 acres within the fenced project area. The parcels included in this request are located in either an Urban Service Area or a Community Development Area of the Comprehensive Plan and are  planned for Industrial, Planned Residential, Low Density Residential, or Medium Density Residential. 

Copies of the full texts of the ordinances (with proposed changes) are on file in the office of the County Administrator and, once published, can be found with the agenda materials on the Meetings and Agenda webpage.  Questions concerning the proposed changes should be directed to County Administration at (540) 245-5610 or coadmin@co.augusta.va.us. 

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