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RESOLUTION
2016 -04 -02
VIRGINIA: At the regular meeting of the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors held in the
General District Courtroom of the Edwin R. Shields Courthouse Addition in Chatham, Virginia
on Monday, April 4, 2016, the following resolution was presented and adopted:
WHEREAS, Section 33.1 -70.1 of the Code of Virginia, permits the hard surfacing of
certain unpaved roads deemed to qualify for designation as a Rural Rustic Road; and
WHEREAS, any such road must be located in a low- density development area and have
no more than 1,500 vehicles per day; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of Pittsylvania County, Virginia (`Board ") desires
to consider whether Route 644 (Cooksburg Road), From: Oxford Road/State Route 750 to a
point 2.29 miles west of Route 750 at the end of existing pavement, a distance of 2.29 miles;
should be designated a Rural Rustic Road; and
WHEREAS, the Board is unaware of pending development that will significantly affect
the existing traffic on this road; and
WHEREAS, the Board believes that this road should be so designated due to its
qualifying characteristics; and
WHEREAS, this road is in the Board's six -year plan for improvements to the secondary
system of state highways.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the Board requests that this road be hard
surfaced and, to the fullest extent prudent, be improved within the existing right -of -way and
ditch -lines to preserve as much as possible the adjacent trees, vegetation, side slopes, and rural
rustic character along the road in their current state.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this resolution be forwarded to
the Virginia Department of Transportation Residency Administrator.
Recorded Vote
Moved By: Elton W. Blackstock, Jr
Seconded By: Tim R. Barber
Yeas: 7
Nays: 0
Copy Teste:
Signed
Printed Name Clarence C. M# du
Title Clerk