10-11-2023 Joint Meeting - Planning and BZA - FINAL
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’
JOINT MEETING WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND BOARD OF
ZONING APPEALS
October 11, 2023
VIRGINIA: The Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors’ (“Board”) Joint Meeting was
held on October 11, 2023, in the Board Meeting Room, 39 Bank Street, SE, Chatham, Virginia
24531.
CALL TO ORDER (5:30 PM)
Dalton called the Meeting to Order at 5:30 PM.
ROLL CALL
The following Board Members were present:
Darrell W. Dalton - Chairman, Callands-Gretna District
Timothy W. Dudley - Vice-Chairman, Staunton River District
Nancy K. Eanes - Dan River District
William V. (“Vic”) Ingram - Tunstall District
Ronald S. Scearce - Westover District; and
Robert (“Bob”) W. Warren - Chatham-Blairs District
Robert M. Tucker, Jr. - Banister District joined the Meeting at 5:48 PM.
The following Planning Commission Members were present:
Fred Webb
Janet Mease
Colette Henderson
Richard Waters
The were no Board of Zoning Appeals Members present.
AGENDA ITEMS TO BE ADDED
Motion to add the following Closed Session to the end of the Agenda:
Discussion concerning a prospective business or industry or the expansion of an existing business
or industry where no previous announcement has been made of the business' or industry's interest
in locating or expanding its facilities in the community.
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(5)
Subject Matters: Project Diesel
Purpose: Economic Development Updates on Unannounced Project,
Business, or Industry
RESULT: 6-0 (APPROVE)
MOVER: Warren
SECONDER: Dudley
AYES: Dalton, Warren, Scearce, Dudley, Ingram, Eanes
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: None
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Motion to approve Agenda.
RESULT: 6-0 (APPROVE)
MOVER: Ingram
SECONDER: Warren
AYES: Dalton, Warren, Scearce, Dudley, Ingram, Eanes
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: None
PRESENTATIONS
a. Zoning Ordinance Update Presentation (Staff Contact: Emily S. Ragsdale);
(Presenter: The Berkley Group)
Caroline Vanterve, Planner, The Berkley Group, reviewed the County’s Zoning Ordinance Update
with the Board, Planning Commission, and the Board of Zoning Appeals. Her presentation can be
found on the County’s website at www.pittsylvaniacountyva.gov.
ADJOURNMENT OF PLANNING COMMISSION AND BZA
Dalton adjourned the Meeting with the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals at
6:42 PM.
CLOSED SESSION
Motion to enter Closed Session.
The Board entered Closed Session at 6:43 PM.
RESULT: 7-0 (Approved)
MOVER: Warren
SECONDER: Dudley
AYES: Dalton, Tucker, Warren, Scearce, Dudley, Ingram, Eanes
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: None
Discussion concerning a prospective business or industry or the expansion of an existing
business or industry where no previous announcement has been made of the business' or
industry's interest in locating or expanding its facilities in the community.
(1) Legal Authority: Virginia Code § 2.2-3711(A)(5)
Subject Matters: Projects Diesel
Purpose: Economic Development Updates on Unannounced Project,
Business, or Industry
RETURN TO OPEN SESSION & CLOSED SESSION CERTIFICATION
The Board returned to Open Session at 7:03 PM and the following Certification was recorded:
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS’
CLOSED MEETING CERTIFICATION
BE IT RESOLVED that at the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors’ (“Board”)
Meeting on October 11, 2023, the Board hereby certifies by a recorded vote that to the best of
each Board Member’s knowledge only public business matters lawfully exempted from the Open
Meeting requirements of the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (“Act”) and identified in the
Motion authorizing the Closed Meeting were heard, discussed, or considered in the Closed
Meeting. If any Board Member believes that there was a departure from the requirements of the
Act, he shall so state prior to the vote indicating the substance of the departure. The Statement
shall be recorded in the Board's Minutes.
Vote
Nancy K. Eanes Yes
William V. (“Vic”) Ingram Yes
Ronald S. Scearce Yes
Robert M. Tucker, Jr. Yes
Robert (“Bob”) W. Warren Yes
Timothy W. Dudley Yes
Darrell W. Dalton Yes
ADJOURNMENT
Dalton adjourned the Meeting at 7:05 PM.