Pine Valley Blog

 

Pine Valley Property Owners, 

After working with a certified community planner for several months, we have completed the draft of a proposed Pine Valley Overlay Zone. As you might remember from our community meetings, an overlay zone superimposes additional requirements upon existing zoning regulations and primarily affects future construction and land development. Existing homes and building lots would be grandfathered.  

This process was started in April, when surveys to determine what characteristics were most important, were emailed to the 391 property owners for whom we had email addresses.  The survey was also posted on NextDoor and the Pine Valley Blog.  Nearly 200 surveys came back and we used that feedback to develop the following mission goal:

"To guide future development in a way that maintains the rural, historical and mountain village characteristics of Pine Valley and to preserve the open meadows, agricultural lands and scenic vistas."

In June, we scheduled four community meetings on various days and times. This time, with postal addresses provided by the County, we were able to mail invitations to all 694 Pine Valley property owners. The invitation was again posted on NextDoor and the Pine Valley Blog.  We had 160 in attendance with another 40 providing feedback electronically.  At these meetings, we asked for feedback on whether an overlay zone was the best way to achieve our goals; the answer was an overwhelming yes. In each meeting, we then brainstormed to decide how to codify our goals. Afterwards, a committee of community members overseeing the process raised funds to hire a certified community planner who has now developed a draft for the proposal based on your input. 

Our next steps are:   

• Provide Pine Valley property owners with the draft of the Overlay Zone. We are doing that in this communication by sending to our most current email list. The link will also be placed on NextDoor and the Pine Valley Blog.  You can click here to see the complete document. 
• Work with County staff, to review and incorporate any feedback
• Work with County staff to schedule a Public hearing before the Planning Commission, who will in turn provide a recommendation to the County Commission
• Meet with the County Commission for final decision

We greatly appreciate all that you have contributed through the process and will keep you posted as we proceed.  

The Pine Valley Preservation Committee