Planning Commission Information

Sec. 19.1-180. Purpose and Intent of I-3 District.

A. The purpose and intent of a Heavy Industrial (I-3) District is to provide locations for intense manufacturing uses which process raw materials. This district should not be located adjacent to existing or proposed residential, office or commercial areas.

B. An I-3 District should generally be located in areas with access to arterial or collector roads and, where practical, in locations where rail and water access is available. This district should generally be buffered from residential, office or commercial districts by less intense uses. Sites should be designed to ensure maximum compatibility with, and minimal impact on, existing and future residential development in the area.

Visit the Pending Zoning Cases site - View county map with zoning cases. Transportation (roads, rail, etc) not specified here. We are waiting for county to share maps of road proposals.

All persons favoring, opposing or interested in a case may speak. Copies of requests are on file in the Planning Department at the Chesterfield County Community Development Building, 9800 Government Center Parkway, Chesterfield, Virginia and at the County Administrator’s Office (Room 504) at the Lane B. Ramsey Administration Building, for public examination during regular business hours, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. (Please check first with the Planning Dept.) More information about these requests can be found at www.chesterfield.gov/plan. Comments and/or recommendations on a case can be submitted to planning@chesterfield.gov

Public Speaking before a Board:

• · Address the commission or board, not the public.
• · Prepare, prepare, prepare! You’ll be most effective if you,
  • study the application,
  • back up your opinion with facts, purely emotional arguments won’t carry much weight, and
  • use concrete examples of how the decision will affect you personally (can be very persuasive).
• · Speak slowly and clearly and stay focused on 2 or 3 well thought out arguments.
• · Show you are familiar with the comprehensive plan and zoning ordinances
• · The most effective testimony addresses the criteria that the decision makers must apply in order to make a legal decision.

More rules for addressing the board:

1. Time your speech before the board meeting.

2. Be brief

3. Be courteous

4. Focus on primary issues

5. Provide meaningful facts

6. Respect others

7. Don’t repeat prior comments of other speakers