Angelica Ramos
Contributing Writer
CHRISTIANSBURG- The Christiansburg Town Council voted on the subdivision amendment from their prior June 25, 2024 meeting on Tuesday, July 23, 2024.
The amendment from June 24, 2024 states, “The town council may appoint an agent to administer this chapter. The agent shall review subdivision plats as described in this section Final approval of disapproval shall be made by the town council through the agent of the planning commission, unless otherwise stated in this chapter. The agent or planning commission may approve lot line revisions, lot line vacations, and accept on the behalf of the town publicly dedicated easements including, but not limited to, utility, access, and drainage easements.”
The amendment allows an agent or ordinance to approve the subdivision of plats, utility access and division of plots without having to go through the traditional process. This would still be public information and still shared with the council. The idea is that this will help the process for residents moving forward.
“I know we talked about this,” Council Member Tanya Hockett said, “and I just want to reaffirm that this doesn’t change anything about public hearings. This is one small piece of an administrative process to adjust lot lines and easement accesses. The Street Committee has asked that a policy be written that complements this and the policy would include the option for property owners, if they would like to go through the traditional process that we’ve had in the past, to take their lot lines to the Street Committee and to council for review and approval, they absolutely can request that.”
The Subdivisions Amendment was approved with two council members opposed and the other five in approval with the changes requested.