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Critical slopes are hillsides protected from development under zoning ordinances in both Charlottesville and Albemarle County. The planning commissions in both communities are charged with granting waivers to projects.
Albemarle County
Charlottesville
The Planning Commission has considered 22 waivers since the ordinance was adopted in May 2006[citation needed], approving 19 of them[1].
The Southern Environmental Law Center has been leading the charge to rewrite the ordinance in order to make it more stringent. Former Kay Slaughter has appeared before the Charlottesville Planning Commission and the City Council with her suggestions[2].
Notes
- ↑ Dixit, Rachana. "City Developers on a Slippery Slope? | Charlottesville Daily Progress." Charlottesville News, Sports, Business, Events and Jobs | Charlottesville Daily Progress. 21 June 2010. Web. 21 June 2010. <http://www2.dailyprogress.com/cdp/news/local/article/city_developers_on_a_slippery_slope/57425/>.
- ↑ Tubbs, Sean. "Environmental Community Demands Strengthening of City’s Slopes Ordinance." Charlottesville Tomorrow News Center. 15 June 2010. Web. 21 June 2010. <http://cvilletomorrow.typepad.com/charlottesville_tomorrow_/2010/06/steep-slopes.html>.