Planning Commission
5th Floor Conference Room
Agenda — 25 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:
- 2 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.
- 3 Public Access Instructions - 2026
- 4 Call To Order
- 5 Roll Call
- 6 Chair's Comments
- 7 Approval of Minutes
- 1. City Planning Commission Minutes - October 6, 2026
- 9 Director's Report
- 2. The Fan District Design Overlay Update
- 11 Consideration of Continuances and Deletions from Agenda
- 12 Consent Agenda
- 13 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.
- 3. To declare a public necessity for and to authorize the acquisition by gift, purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, certain temporary construction easements, permanent retaining wall maintenance easements, and permanent utility easements for the public purpose of facilitating the construction and maintenance of the Lombardy Street CSX Bridge Replacement project.
- 4. To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1620 North 27th Street and 1622 North 27th Street for the purpose of up to four single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (7th District)
- 5. To authorize the special use of the properties known as 1509 North 35th Street and 1511 North 35th Street for the purpose of up to two two-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (7th District)
- 6. To authorize the special use of the property known as 511 North Meadow Street for the purpose of a ground floor retail use, upon certain terms and conditions. (2nd District)
- 7. UDC 2026-18 CONCEPT Location, Character, Extent review for proposed weekly pedestrianization of streets in the Shockoe neighborhood via installation of removable bollards, located along the blocks around East Franklin Street between North 17th Street and North 18th Street.
- 8. TO ADOPT THE JACKSON WARD COMMUNITY PLAN AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE RICHMOND 300: A GUIDE FOR GROWTH MASTER PLAN
- 20 Regular Agenda
- 9. To authorize the special use of the property known as 3407 Lawson Street, for the purpose of up to two two-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (5th District)
- 10. To authorize the special use of the property known as 5706 York Road for the purpose of up to eight single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (1st District)
- 11. To authorize the special use of the property known as 1209 Overbrook Road for the purpose of a multifamily dwelling containing up to 100 dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. (3rd District)
- 24 Council Action Update and Upcoming Items
- 25 Adjournment
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