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Public Hearing: Regulations for Permanent Campgrounds and Temporary Camping Text Amendment
- Date: 09/25/2024 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
- Location: Berryville-Clarke County Government Center
101 Chalmers Ct
Berryville, Virginia 22611
Berryville-Clarke County Government Center
second floor, Main meeting room
101 Chalmers Ct., Berryville VA
(End time is approximate.)
The Clarke County Board of Supervisors will conduct three public hearings in the Berryville Clarke County Government Center Main Meeting Room, 101 Chalmers Court, 2nd Floor, Berryville, VA, on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 6:30 pm, or as soon thereafter as the matters may be heard, to hear public comment on the following:
PH2024-15: TA-23-01, Regulations for Permanent Campgrounds and Temporary Camping. The Clarke County Board of Supervisors intends to adopt a proposed text amendment to add a new permanent use, “primitive campground,” to Zoning Ordinance Section 5.2D (Recreation/Education/Assembly Uses); to add a new temporary use, “temporary camping,” to Section 5.4 (Uses, Definitions, and Use Regulations – Temporary Uses); and to delete “campground” and “summer camp” uses from Section 5.2D. The purpose is to limit permanent campgrounds operated as a business or by a non-profit or not-for-profit organization to primitive camping only -- overnight stays by patrons using their own tents and subject to use regulations – in order to mitigate impact on surrounding properties and the environment. The text amendment also establishes regulations for the maximum duration of camping activities, the long-term lease of a lot for camping, and temporary event camping. Primitive campgrounds would be allowed with a special use permit in the AOC and FOC Districts subject to use regulations. Temporary camping would be allowed by-right in the AOC, FOC, and ITL Districts subject to use regulations.
