The Gloucester Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7 o’clock tonight in the colonial courthouse on the county-sponsored Glenns rezoning case.

Twenty-four parcels, totaling 152.69 acres, are proposed to be rezoned from Rural Business (B-4) (16 parcels) and Rural Countryside (RC-1) (seven parcels), as well as one split zoned property (B-4 and RC-1) to Business (B-1) in part or in whole.

According to planning and zoning documents, the purpose of this rezoning is to align the zoning at and near the intersection of George Washington Memorial Highway (Route 17) and Lewis B. Puller Memorial Highway (Route 33)/Glenns Road (Route 198) with other characteristics of this intersection and the surrounding area. Surrounding land uses include business, residential, timberland and vacant.

Other business

Planners will also receive a staff update on proposed criteria language for the public utility and public service corporation uses to be incorporated into the comprehensive plan. The language will be used at the commission’s discretion when reviewing public utility cases.

The commission will also review the zoning ordinance amendments rewrite pertaining to definitions on construction signs and electronic display/variable message board/ message center signs; use regulations for freight containers; and the B-2 district locations and regulations.