Planning Commission
5th Floor Conference Room
Agenda — 39 items
- 1 This meeting will be held in-person in the 5th Floor Conference Room of City Hall at 900 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia 23219. While all Planning Commissioners and staff will attend the meeting in-person, citizens may participate in the meeting virtually. Special Guidelines for Public Access and Citizen Participation: To access or participate, or both, in this Planning Commission meeting you have several options outlined in the following document:
- 1. CPC Public Access Participation Instructions - 2025
- 3 Citizens may elect to provide their comments in writing to PDRLandUseAdmin@rva.gov in lieu of speaking through audio or video means during the meeting. All written comments received via email prior to 12:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting were provided to all members of the Planning Commission prior to the beginning of the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting.
- 4 Call To Order
- 5 Roll Call
- 6 Chair's Comments
- 7 Approval of Minutes
- 8 Director's Report
- 9 Consideration of Continuances and Deletions from Agenda
- 2. To authorize the special use of the property known as 3618 Hawthorne Avenue for the purpose of a four-unit multifamily dwelling and six single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (3rd District)
- 3. Subdivision Exception for 3618 Hawthorne Avenue, per Sec. 25-219 of the Subdivision Ordinance.
- 4. To authorize the special use of the properties known as 5009 Rear Snead Road, 5015 Snead Road, and 5015 Rear Snead Road for the purpose of up to 180 multifamily dwelling units and a clubhouse, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (9th District)
- 5. To authorize the special use of the property known as 2618 Rear West Main Street for the purpose of a multifamily dwelling containing up to [four] three dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (2nd District)
- 6. To authorize the special use of the property known as 3200 2nd Avenue for the purpose of up to [one] two single-family detached [dwelling] dwellings, [two] one two-family detached [dwellings] dwelling, and four single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (6th District)
- 7. To authorize the special use of the property known as 3923 Grove Avenue for the purpose of [a] five single-family detached [dwelling] dwellings and [16] six single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (1st District)
- 16 Consent Agenda
- 17 The Consent Agenda items will be considered by the Commission as a group, and there will be a single combined staff presentation and a single combined public hearing held for all items listed on the Consent Agenda.
- 8. To authorize the special use of the property known as 3103 2nd Avenue for the purpose of one two-family detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. (6th District)
- 9. To authorize the special use of the property known as 1720 North 29th Street for the purpose of one two-family detached dwelling and one dwelling unit within an accessory structure, upon certain terms and conditions. (7th District)
- 10. To authorize the special use of the property known as 1114 Hull Street for the purpose of a six-story mixed-use building, upon certain terms and conditions. (6th District)
- 11. To authorize the special use of the property known as 2300 Ingram Avenue for the purpose of up to seven single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (8th District)
- 12. To authorize the special use of the property known as 304 Oak Lane for the purpose of an accessory structure, upon certain terms and conditions. (1st District)
- 13. To amend and reordain Ord. No. 75-309-302, adopted Dec. 15, 1975, as most recently amended by Ord. No. 2024-182, adopted July 22, 2024, pertaining to the “Stony Point Community Unit Plan,” for the purpose of amending the development standards as they pertain to Map Section K of the Northern Portion of the Plan, regarding permitted principal and accessory uses, signage, hours of operation, and developable building area, to amend the development standards as they pertain to Map Section F of the Southern Portion of the Plan, to allow a commissary kitchen as a permitted use on the property known as 9221 Forest Hill Avenue.
- 14. To authorize the conditional use of the property known as 505 West Leigh Street for the purpose of a lodginghouse, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (2nd District)
- 15. To rezone the properties known as 1220 Ingram Avenue and 1260 Ingram Avenue from the M-1 Light Industrial District to the TOD-1 Transit Oriented Nodal District and the B-5 Central Business District. (6th District)
- 16. To grant a conservation and open-space easement on the property known as 501 South 14th Street, 501 1R South 14th Street, 505 South 14th Street, 508 South 14th Street, and a portion of 503 South 14th Street, each a portion of the property known as Mayo’s Island, to the Capital Region Land Conservancy, Inc. and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation.
- 17. UDC 2025-19 CONCEPT Location, Character, Extent review for the renovation of the Holly Street Playground, located at 819 Holly Street.
- 18. UDC 2025-20 CONCEPT Location, Character, Extent review for the reconstruction of the bridge over CSX on Arthur Ashe Blvd., located between Norfolk Street and Boulevard West.
- 19. UDC 2025-21 FINAL Location, Character, and Extent review of the Greening Richmond Public Libraries: Belmont Branch project, located at 3100 Ellwood Avenue
- 20. UDC 2025-22 FINAL Location, Character, and Extent review of the Greening Richmond Public Libraries: Hull Street Branch project, located at 1400 Hull Street.
- 21. UDC 2025-23 SIGNAGE PACKAGE for the separately approved renovation of Browns Island, located at 500 Tredegar St.
- 32 Regular Agenda
- 22. To authorize the special use of the property known as 7100 Jahnke Road for the purpose of a [mixed-use] multifamily building containing up to [14] 17 dwelling units, with off-street parking, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (4th District)
- 23. To authorize the special use of the properties known as 3801 Hanover Avenue and 3803 Hanover Avenue for the purpose of up to two single-family detached dwellings and [eight] four single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (1st District)
- 24. To amend City Code §§ 30-433.3, 30-433.11.1, 30-436.2, 30-438.2, 30-440.2, 30-442.1:1, 30-444.2:1, 30-447.2:1, 30-447.11:1, 30-448.3, 30-449.4, 30-451.2:1, 30-452.1:1, all concerning principal uses permitted by conditional use permit, 30-454.1 concerning permitted principal and accessory uses, 30-1045.6, concerning specific conditions applicable to particular uses, and 30-1220, concerning definitions, for the purpose of establishing “retail sales of tobacco and hemp” as a defined use in the City’s zoning ordinance and regulating where such uses can occur.
- 25. UDC 2025-24 FINAL Location, Character, Extent review of a proposed bridge replacement and pedestrian and bike improvements; located along Lombardy Street between Admiral Street and West Leigh Street.
- 26. Richmond Connects: Lighter/Quicker/Cheaper – Asphalt Art at Mechanicsville Turnpike and Brauers Lane
- 38 Council Action Update and Upcoming Items
- 39 Adjournment