Planning Commission
5th Floor Conference Room
Agenda — 35 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 This meeting was held in-person in the 5th Floor Conference Room of City Hall at 900 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia 23219.
- 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
- - Election of Officers
- 8 Approval of Minutes
- 9 Director's Report
- 10 Consideration of Continuances and Deletions from Agenda
- 11 Consent Agenda
- 12 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.
- 2. To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to accept funds in the total amount of $1,148,000.00 from the Virginia Department of Transportation and to amend Ord. No. 2024-100, adopted May 13, 2024, which accepted a program of proposed Capital Improvement Projects for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and the four fiscal years thereafter, adopted a Capital Budget for Fiscal Year 2024-2025, and determined a means of financing the same, by (i) establishing a new project for the Department of Public Works in the Transportation category called the “Richmond Signal System Smart City Traffic Signal Controllers” project and (ii) increasing estimated revenues from the funds received from the Virginia Department of Transportation and the amount appropriated to the new Department of Public Works’ “Richmond Signal System Smart City Traffic Signal Controllers” project in the Transportation category by $1,148,000.00, for the purpose of funding the implementation of a Richmond Signal System Smart City Traffic Signal Controllers program.
- 3. To authorize the special use of the property known as 1800 North 27th Street for the purpose of one single-family detached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. (7th District)
- 4. To authorize the special use of the property known as 2501 Dana Street for the purpose of up to three single-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (8th District)
- 5. Subdivision Exception for 2501 Dana Street, per Sec. 25-9(2) of the Subdivision Ordinance.
- 6. To authorize the special use of the property known as 3401 Decatur Street for the purpose of two single-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (8th District)
- 7. To authorize the special use of the property known as 618 South Laurel Street for the purpose of an accessory dwelling unit located on the same lot as a two-family dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. (5th District)
- 8. To authorize the special use of the property known as 501 South Pine Street for the purpose of an outdoor storage area accessory to a restaurant, upon certain terms and conditions. (5th District)
- 9. To authorize the special use of the property known as 3316 Q Street for the purpose of two two-family detached dwellings and one single family attached dwelling, upon certain terms and conditions. (7th District)
- 10. To authorize the special use of the property known as 207 Reveille Street for the purpose of a single-family detached dwelling with an accessory dwelling unit, upon certain terms and conditions. (1st District)
- 11. To declare a public necessity for and to authorize the acquisition of the parcels of real property owned by the Capital Region Land Conservancy, Inc., located at 1401 Brander Street and 1421 Brander Street for the purpose of maintaining such properties as public greenspace and enhancing connectivity for the Richmond Slave Trail within the James River Park System. (6th District)
- 12. To grant a conservation and open-space easement on the property known as 1401 Brander Street and 1421 Brander Street to the Capital Region Land Conservancy, Inc. and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. (6th District)
- 13. UDC 2025-03 POLICE PRECINCT 1 - Location, Character, Extent review for the installation of parking canopies in the secured parking area of the First Police Precinct, located at 1701 Fairfield Way.
- 25 Regular Agenda
- 14. To amend Ord. No. 2021-277, adopted Nov. 8, 2021, which authorized the special use of the property known as 3401 Patterson Avenue for the purpose of a restaurant, tea room, café, delicatessen, ice cream parlor, or similar food service establishment, upon certain terms and conditions, and repealed Ord. No. 90-142-117, adopted May 14, 1990, to authorize a mobile food truck use and to revise the plans, upon certain terms and conditions. (1st District)
- 15. To authorize the special use of the properties known as 5728 Patterson Avenue and 805 Libbie Avenue for the purpose of a mixed-use building, including commercial space, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (1st District)
- 16. To authorize the special use of the properties known as 2526 Floyd Avenue and 105 North Robinson Street to allow for certain uses permitted in the R-63 Multifamily Urban Residential District, upon certain terms and conditions, and to repeal Ord. No. 88-92-99, adopted Apr. 25, 1988, as amended by Ord. No. 89-41-46, adopted Mar. 13, 1989, as amended by Ord. No. 94-195-188, adopted Sept. 15, 1994, as amended by Ord. No. 99-196-208, adopted Jul. 12, 1999. (2nd District)
- 17. 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)
- 18. To authorize the special use of the property known as 3308 East Marshall Street for the purpose of a mixed-use building with outdoor dining, upon certain terms and conditions. (7th District)
- 19. UDC 2024-45 Location, Character, and Extent review of a proposed bus platform, located within the right-of-way on the southeast corner of Brauers Lane and Mechanicsville Turnpike.
- 20. Presentation on Richmond INSPIRE
- 33 Council Action Update and Upcoming Items
- 34 Adjournment