[Amended 9-13-2016 by Ord. No. 16-18]
A. Administrative review fees for all permits and procedures specified
in this Chapter shall be as follows:
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Permit or Procedure
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Fee Amount
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Rezoning/Comprehensive Plan change
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$1,500
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Special exception permit
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$1,500
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Site plan: preliminary
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$500
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Site plan: final
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First submittal
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$750 + $35 per acre not to exceed $1,100
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Second submittal
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No charge
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Third and subsequent submittals
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$250 per submittal
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Variance
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$1,000
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Fence
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$50
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Sign: permanent, per sign
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$75
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Sign: temporary, 45 days
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$50
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Sign: temporary, 180 days per year
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$60
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Wetland development
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$350
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Zoning opinion
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$100
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Certificate of zoning compliance
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$100
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Zoning permit
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$50
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B. The administrative review fee for a special use permit application
submitted pursuant to § 17.11-1 of the Colonial Heights
City Charter shall be $1,500.
[Amended 6-12-2018 by Ord. No. 18-4]
A. The BZA shall have the power and duty:
(1)
To hear and decide appeals from any written order, requirement,
decision, or determination made by any administrative officer in the
administration or enforcement of this chapter. No such appeal shall
be heard except after notice and hearing as provided by § 15.2-2204
of the Code of Virginia.
(2)
To grant upon appeal or original application in specific cases, a variance as defined in State Code § 15.2-2201, provided that the burden of proof shall be on the applicant to prove by a preponderance of the evidence that his application meets the standard for a variance as defined in § 15.2-2201 and the criteria set out in this section. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, general or special, a variance shall be granted if the evidence shows that the strict application of the terms of the ordinance would unreasonably restrict the utilization of the property or that the granting of the variance would alleviate a hardship due to a physical condition relating to the property or improvements thereon at the time of the effective date of the ordinance, and (a) the property interest for which the variance is being requested was acquired in good faith and any hardship was not created by the applicant for the variance; (b) the granting of the variance will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent and nearby properties in the proximity of that geographical area; (c) the condition or situation of the property concerned is not of so general or recurring a nature as to make reasonably practicable the formulation of a general regulation to be adopted as an amendment to this chapter; (d) the granting of the variance does not result in a use that is not otherwise permitted on such property or a change in the zoning classification of the property; and (e) the relief or remedy sought by the variance application is not available through a special exception process that is authorized in this chapter or the process for seeking a variance pursuant to Subsection
C of §
286-602 of this chapter.
B. No variance request shall be evaluated by the BZA until after notice
and hearing as provided by § 15.2-2204 of the Code of Virginia.
C. In granting a variance, the BZA may impose such conditions regarding
the location, character and other features of the proposed structure
or use as it may deem necessary in the public interest, and may require
a guarantee or bond to ensure that the conditions imposed are being
and will continue to be complied with.
D. The BZA shall have the power and duty to hear and decide appeals
from any written decision of the Administrator. No such appeal shall
be heard except after notice and hearing as provided by § 15.2-2204
of the Code of Virginia.
E. The BZA shall have the power and duty to hear and decide applications
for interpretation of the official Zoning Map where the Administrator
believes there is uncertainty as to the location of a district boundary.
No such determination shall be made except after notice and hearing
as provided by § 15.2-2204 of the Code of Virginia.
F. Any property owner affected by a determination of the location of
the boundary must be notified by first class mail prior to any such
determination. After notice and hearing the BZA may interpret the
map in such a way to carry out the intent and purpose of this chapter.
However, the BZA shall not have the power to change substantially
the locations of the district boundaries as established by this chapter.
This authority of the BZA to determine the location of district boundaries
shall not be construed as the power to rezone property.