Comments on: Planning Commission : Minutes : 8.25.10 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2010/08/26/planning-commission-minutes-8-25-10/ Nelson County Life Magazine : Your Source for Everything Nelson Sat, 19 May 2012 19:51:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Marilyn Shifflett http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/2010/08/26/planning-commission-minutes-8-25-10/comment-page-1/#comment-9193 Marilyn Shifflett Mon, 06 Sep 2010 11:15:09 +0000 http://www.nelsoncountylife.com/?p=31872#comment-9193 On Sept. 14th, the Nelson County Supervisors will hear a request for rezoning on property just north of Tuckahoe Antique Mall. New VDOT regulations will require the entrance for the proposed brewery to fall just south of the dangerous Rodes Farm, 151 intersection. At the planning commission meeting on Aug. 25th, the dangers of such an entrance were discussed and one commission member asked if “the county could be liable for these safety issues”. Once answered, the commission voted unanimously to approve this request. The Board of Supervisors’ mission statement reads in part “to maintain Nelson County as a beautiful, safe, healthy, and prosperous rural county”. The proposed brewery owner’s website logo includes the word “community”. VDOT tells me that the safety issue of this access entrance rests with our county government. I’ve been told that if the property zoning does not change the entrance can remain where it is. Liability aside, what about responsibility and accountability? Should our supervisors approve rezoning when the planning commission acknowledges the dangers of such an entrance? Should a business owner be mindful of highway danger, noise issues, and property values of the nearby “community”? Will our Sheriff’s department be able to monitor a third brewery served by 151? Should more “roadside memorials” on this ten-mile stretch of highway be risked? Lack of liability for the county, the business owner, and the State will be little comfort to our “community” if a tragedy occurs as a result of approving this rezoning. On Sept. 14th, the Nelson County Supervisors will hear a request for rezoning on property just north of Tuckahoe Antique Mall. New VDOT regulations will require the entrance for the proposed brewery to fall just south of the dangerous Rodes Farm, 151 intersection. At the planning commission meeting on Aug. 25th, the dangers of such an entrance were discussed and one commission member asked if “the county could be liable for these safety issues”. Once answered, the commission voted unanimously to approve this request. The Board of Supervisors’ mission statement reads in part “to maintain Nelson County as a beautiful, safe, healthy, and prosperous rural county”. The proposed brewery owner’s website logo includes the word “community”. VDOT tells me that the safety issue of this access entrance rests with our county government. I’ve been told that if the property zoning does not change the entrance can remain where it is.

Liability aside, what about responsibility and accountability? Should our supervisors approve rezoning when the planning commission acknowledges the dangers of such an entrance? Should a business owner be mindful of highway danger, noise issues, and property values of the nearby “community”? Will our Sheriff’s department be able to monitor a third brewery served by 151? Should more “roadside memorials” on this ten-mile stretch of highway be risked? Lack of liability for the county, the business owner, and the State will be little comfort to our “community” if a tragedy occurs as a result of approving this rezoning.

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