Committee of the Whole

The Thirty-Fifth Legislature will convene in a Committee of the Whole Hearing to receive testimony on the following CZM and zoning requests:

Bill No. 35-0199 An Act ratifying the Governor’s approval of Minor Coastal Zone Permit No. CZX-22-22W issued to Joel Ureta for the use and occupancy of submerged lands seaward of Heathen Cove, Chenay Bay, St. Croix, Virgin Islands and for the installation of a recreational buoy with a mooring

Invited Testifiers:
The Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Marlon Hibbert, Director of the Division of Coastal Zone Management, VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Joel Ureta, Applicant

Bill No. 35-0192 An Act amending Official Zoning Map No. SCZ-18, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, to allow for the rezoning of Plots No. 19 and 20 Prince Street, Town of Frederiksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands and Plots No. 50, 51 and 52 Hospital Street, Frederiksted Town, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, from R-4 (Residential-Medium Density) to R-3 (Residential-Medium Density)

Invited Testifiers:
The Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Leia LaPlace-Matthew, Territorial Planner, VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Clarence Browne, Representative

Bill No. 35-0213 An Act granting a conditional zoning use variance for Plots Nos. 219 and 220 Estate Morning Star, Queen Quarter, St. Croix, from the R-1(Residential-Low Density) zoning designation to allow for a restaurant and bar, amphitheater, retail, a barber or beauty salon, short-term rental/guesthouse, and event space rental/rental of commercial space

Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Leia LaPlace-Matthew, Territorial Planner, VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Positive T. A. Nelson, Applicant
Patricia Evans, Resident

Bill No. 35-0214 An Act granting a zoning use variance for Plot No. 246 Estate Glynn, Queen Quarter, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, from the A-2 (Agricultural Zone) to allow for the construction and operation of a guesthouse under a grouped development with no prohibition on short-term rental usage

Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Commissioner, VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Leia LaPlace-Matthew, Territorial Planner, VI Department of Planning and Natural Resources
Shekema George, Applicant

Bill No. 35-0210 An Act appropriating $2,500,000 for the purchase of Plot Nos. 53A, 53B, 54A
& 54B Kronprindsens Gade, Crown Prince Quarter, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, by and between the Government of the Virgin Islands, acting through the Department of Property and Procurement, and Conroy H. Watt and Kenneth I. Sweeney

Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Gary A. Molloy, Commissioner, V.I. Department of Labor
Honorable Lisa M. Alejandro, Commissioner, V.I. Department of Property and Procuremen