04-28-1943 MinutesVIRGINIA: At an adjourned meeting of
the Board of Supervisors of
Chesterfield County, held
at the Courthouse on April2~
1943, at 10:00 o'clock A.M.
Present:
H. L. Chelkley, Chairman
H. T. Goyne
'~,. A. Hornet
T. D. Watkins
Absent: J. G. Hening
p. W. Covington
This being the day and time set for public hearing before the Board of ~pervisor~
on the proposed Zoning Ordinance for Chesterfield County, there appeared before
the Board a number of interested citizens, namely; Mr. R. R. Parrish, Atty.,
representing Mr. Millhizer; Mr. J. T. Moore and Mr. W. C. Shawen, who stated
that they felt the Zoning 0ommissien had presented to the Board of Supervisors
an excellent ordinance and that due to the expected expansion in Chesterfield
following the present emergency felt that it was necessary and expedient that the
Ordinance be passed by the Board of Supervisors in its present form.
There also appeared Mr. Charles Maurice, representing the General Outdoor
~dvertising Company; Mr. W. M. Mayes, Coca-Cola Bottling Company; Mr. D. S. Beasle
Mr. V. I. Burgess, Mr. B. W. Burgess, Mr. Chas. Flippo, Mr. A. T.Ourtis, and
Mr. E. A. Kyhn, of the Virginia Petroleum Industries, who felt that there was a
need for a Zoning Ordinance in Chesterfield County but stated that they felt
the present Ordinance should be revised and amended to eliminate certain restricti.
particularly those pertaining to business and industrial uses of property.
There also appeared Mr. H. T. Goyne, member of the Board of Supervisors, who
requested that he be considered as a private citizen and not as a member of the
Board and as such stated that he felt that the Zoning Ordinance in its present
form would w6rk a considerable hardship on him personally and numerous other
property owners particularly adjacent to U. S. Route ~l.
There was also present Mr. Ravee Norris, Chairman of the Zoning Commission, who
informed the meeting that the Zoning Commission had given long and earnest
thought to a Zoning Ordinance for Chesterfield County and had presented to the
Board what they felt was the proper ordinance for Chesterfield County at this
time, and offered his services for any future consideration of zoning in
Chesterfield County.
There also appeared Mr. Sutherland of the State Planning Board who stated that
in comparison with Zoning Ordinances from many cities and counties in the United
States he felt that the Ordinance as presented to the Board of Supervisors was
a fair and Just ordinance and com~nded the honing Commission for their work.
Now, Therefore, it appearing that more time should be afforde~ the citizens of
Chesterfield County for study of the proposed Ordinance before any ~ction was tak~
by the Board of Supervisors. and upon motion of W. A. Horner, it is resolve~
that the fourth Wednesday of May, June and July, 1943, be set as dates for future
hearings on the proposed Ordinance, at which times the Board of Supervisors
will study the ordinance and hear such criticisms as may be brought to it by the
citizens of Chesterfield County.
And be it further resolved that on the fourth Wednesday in July, 1943, action sba1
be taken by the Board of Supervisc~s upon the Zoning Ordinance as presented and
amended.
Mr. H. T. Goyne voted "No" on this matter and asked that his vote be so recorded.
Be it Resolved by the Board of Supervisors of Chesterfield County, Virginia, in
an adjourned meeting assembled:
That Defense Plant Corporation, a corporation conhrolled by ~he United
S~ates of America and created by Reconstruction Finance Corporation pursuant to
~ection 5d of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation Act, as amended, its
successors and assigns, be, and it is hereby permitted, to construct, maintain,
operate, alter, repair, remove, change ~he size of and replace and l-l/2" water
pipe line, under, upon, over and through a certain 30' street or read in Bellwood
Farm, a Subdivision situate between the Petersburg and the James River in Bermuda
Magisterial District in Chesterfield County, Virginia, known and designated in
the plan of said Bellwood Farm, of record in Plat Book 3, pages 186 and 187,
in the Clerk's Office in said County, as a 30' roadway, for a distance of
apprcmimately 55 feet as appears on a plat attached thereto; said street or
road being within the Jurisdiction of the said Board of Supervisors. The said
Corporatiom, its successors and assigns, shall have ingress and egress to and
from the said street or road for any and all purposes aforesaid; and shall be
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permitted and have the right to construct, maintain, operate, alter, repair,
remove and replace, at any time, additiomal lines of pipe and adjacent to and
parallel with the line above mentioned. It is provided that all pip~ lines
constructed under this permit shall be confined to a strip of ground thirty
feet in width, the center line of which shall be the center line ~f t~e first
pipe line hereafter installed by the Corporation, its successors'and assigns.
This permit shall remain in full force and effect so long as a pipe
line is maintained thereon.
This Corporation, its successors and assigns, by the acceptance hereof
agrees to restore and leave in substantially the same as at the then present
the said street or road after the construction and laying of the said pipe line,
subject to inspection of the County Engineer, if desired.
The Corporation, its successors and assigns, will assume all liability
for injuries to all persons whomsoever and damage to property caused by the
construction, maintenance and operation of said pipe line or lines, except for
such injuries and damages caused by the sole negligence of their persons, and
shall save and held harmless the Board of Supervisors and/or the County of
Chesterfield from any such liability, including costs and expenses of suits in
connection with such injuries or damages.
BE IT FURTHER RL~0LVED that four copies of the above and foregoing
resulution be provided Defense Plant Corporation.
Resolved and passed in open meeting, this 28th day of April, 1943.
This day the terms and conditions of an Ordinance in effect in Chesterfield
County knov~ as the "Pig" Ordinance was called to the attention of the Board, an~
request was made that some of the terms be modified. On motion of W. A. Horne~
it is resolved that the provisions in the Ordinance prohibiting the raising
of pings in any sanitary district in Chesterfield County and/or within a distance
of 1/4 of a mile from the limits of any city having a population of 30,000
or more, be stricken from the Ordinance.
~d be it further resolved that the Com~onwealth's Attorney be and he hereby is
requested to prepare for publication and advertisement the proper revision in
this Ordinance.
Ordered that the meeting be now adjourned until 10:00 a.m. Eay ll, 1943.
Executive Secretary