Amy,
I forwarded your message below to Winchester City Planning Director Tim Youmans who commented as follows --
"I tend to agree with the position stated below regarding the retention of working papers subsequent to an approved and permanently filed site plan with the exception of “working plans/documents” that were made an official part of a Planning Commission or other board’s official minutes (e.g. a draft proffer statement, subdivision covenant). We tend to keep these drafts in the permanent case file anyway.
Tim"
Clowe C. Nicholson
City of Winchester
15 North Cameron Street
Winchester, VA 22601
Phone: (540) 667-1815
Fax: (540) 723-0238
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From: "Amy Judd" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 5:19 PM
Subject: Two Land Use records questions
Questions about GS-6 were raised by a locality and I would like to get a few
folks to weigh in on the matter.
1) GS-06 #4: Working papers and documents
Plats/plans as they relate to Planning and Development only, not to Public
Works.
Once a locality has an approved site plan, the final version and accompanying
documents (any comments, the application, engineering folder, etc) are part
of the permanent file. Therefore, what purpose is served by retaining the
working papers/drafts for a subsequent 5 years after approval?
2) Violations to Zoning Ordinance
I do not see any series on any general schedule that truly addresses violations
to zoning ordinances. There are a few options that might work, but a
dedicated series would be useful to eliminate any doubts. Some zoning
ordinance complaints are being filed as Citizen Complaints (1 yr retention),
others as Inspections (3 yr retention), and others still as "legal" or potential
litigation (5 yr retention).
Does this set of records merit its own series on the retention schedule to
cover complaints called in by citizens, violations noticed by a Zoning
Inspector, and the results generated by the subsequent investigation?
I appreciate any input the list members may offer as a revision to GS-06 may
be in order.
Sincerely,
Amy Judd
Library of Virginia
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