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Council approved a conditional use permit to allow a small motor-vehicle repair facility on a 2.51-acre property at 15412 Wark Boulevard; an additional-use permit for Emmanuel Baptist Church to operate a community facility on a 9.7-acre parcel at 69 Saunders Road; two zoning-text amendments to define and regulate vape shops (including adding vape shops as a permitted use in the C-2 General Commercial district); updates to platting and site-review timelines to comply with recent changes from the Virginia General Assembly; multiple conveyances of city-owned real property to private developers; a utility-easement deed with Dominion Energy; and a second amendment to a Verizon lease for 200 square feet on Richneck Road in York County. The council also approved a $660,000 appropriation from FY2026 bond authorization for signal and pedestrian upgrades at Brierfield Road and Marshall Avenue.

Why it matters: The measures change zoning rules, authorize property transfers and clear funding for a transportation project near Heritage High School. The vape-shop regulations add new local operating limits and definitions; the timeline changes align city review procedures with state law; and the property conveyances and easement clear the way for private development and utility work on city-owned parcels.

Most significant votes

- Conditional use permit CU-2025-0006 (Martinez/Orlando Bolanos), 15412 Wark Boulevard — adopted (vote recorded: 6–0).

- Additional-use permit CU-2025-0007 (Emmanuel Baptist Church), 69 Saunders Road — adopted (6–0).

- Zoning text amendment ZT-2025-0004, definition and general regulations for \"vape shops\" (revised per planning commission recommendations) — adopted (6–0). The revision reduced a numeric threshold from 50% to 20% where it appears in the draft and added an hours-of-operation limit of 9 a.m.–9 p.m.

- Zoning text amendment ZT-2025-0005, adding \"vape shop\" to the summary of uses by district and allowing the use in the C-2 General Commercial district by right — adopted (6–0).

- City Code Appendix B amendments to platting procedures (timelines updated to match General Assembly changes) — adopted (6–0).

- Site regulations Chapter 33 amendments (failure-to-act timelines updated) — adopted (6–0).

- Conveyance authorizations: city-owned parcels at multiple Nineteenth Street addresses to Toby Holmes LLC; property at 711 Sixteenth Street to Innovative Development LLC; acceptance of 3303 Jefferson Avenue from the Economic Development Authority to the city — all adopted (each 6–0).

- Deed of utility easement with Dominion Energy for parcels at 3629 George Washington Memorial Highway and 100 Darby Road (York County) — adopted (6–0).

- Resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a second amendment to a Verizon lease (200 sq. ft., Richneck Road, York County) — approved (6–0).

- Consent agenda: minutes (Sept. 9 work session; Sept. regular meeting) and a resolution accepting donated services to develop a climate action plan — approved (6–0).

- Appropriation: $660,000 from FY2026 bond authorization (streets and bridges) for a project to upgrade a span-wire traffic signal to a mast-arm system and add pedestrian improvements at Brierfield Road and Marshall Avenue — approved (6–0).

Council procedure and turnout

All roll-call votes announced during the meeting showed unanimous support where recorded on the transcript. For most items the meeting record notes only the standard roll-call procedure (members answering with an oral \"yes\"), and the clerk announced \"motion carries\" or \"motion carried\" with the numeric tally printed as part of the record.

Key documents and identifiers referenced in the meeting record include conditional-use and zoning-text amendment case identifiers listed on the agenda (as read into the record), and multiple city-code sections amended to conform to changes by the General Assembly of Virginia.

Votes at a glance (full list)

- E1: CU (charlie Uniform-2025-0006) — adopt ordinance to allow motor-vehicle repair on 2.51-acre property at 15412 Wark Boulevard — adopted, 6–0.
- E2: CU (charlie Uniform-2025-0007) — Emmanuel Baptist Church, community facility on 9.7-acre parcel at 69 Saunders Road — adopted, 6–0.
- E3: Zoning text amendment (Zulu Tango-2025-0004) — define/regulate vape shops (revised: 20% threshold; 9 a.m.–9 p.m. hours) — adopted, 6–0.
- E4: Zoning text amendment (Zulu Tango-2025-0005) — add vape shops as permitted use in C-2 — adopted, 6–0.
- E5: City Code Appendix B (plats) — timelines updated to match the Code of Virginia — adopted, 6–0.
- E6: Chapter 33 (site regs) — failure-to-act timelines updated — adopted, 6–0.
- E7: Conveyance authorizations (multiple Nineteenth Street parcels to Toby Holmes LLC) — adopted, 6–0.
- E8: Conveyance (711 Sixteenth Street to Innovative Development LLC) — adopted, 6–0.
- E9: Utility easement deed with Dominion Energy (3629 G.W. Memorial Hwy and 100 Darby Road) — adopted, 6–0.
- E10: Resolution authorizing second amendment to Verizon lease (200 sq. ft., Richneck Road) — adopted, 6–0.
- Consent F1–F3: Minutes and climate action-plan donation resolution — adopted, 6–0.
- G1: Accept conveyance of 3303 Jefferson Ave from the Economic Development Authority — adopted, 6–0.
- G2: Resolution authorizing city manager to execute documents for purchase (transcript truncates details) — adopted, 6–0 (details not specified in the meeting transcript).
- H1: Appropriation of $660,000 from FY2026 bond authorization for signal/pedestrian improvements at Brierfield Rd & Marshall Ave — adopted, 6–0.

What the record does not show

The transcript indicates unanimous roll-call votes but does not record detailed recorded votes by individual councilmember for every item beyond the standard \"yes\" responses. Several ordinance and conveyance items include agenda codes read into the record; the transcript does not include formal ordinance numbers beyond the case-style identifiers used in the agenda text. Where agenda text was truncated in the transcript (for example G2), the record in the meeting transcript did not include full descriptive language; the council vote on that item was recorded as carried.

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Roberto Bridal said he has completed purchase of the old St. Paul Episcopal Church and invited Mayor Philip Jones and the council to the congregation’s first service on Oct. 5. He told the council that volunteers and contractors had been working to prepare the property for worship and community activities.

Alan Tanner, who spoke after Bridal, described the property’s historic significance and said he has begun establishing an assembly-hall program he described as the National Center for Social and Environmental Justice. Tanner said he approached a local community member, Matthew Stauberg, about naming the assembly hall after Stauberg’s parents (Isabel and Robert Stauberg); Stauberg preferred the space be used for a Center for Social Justice and for programming addressing homelessness and related community needs. Tanner said the center will bring charities, faith organizations and universities together to study and address local social and environmental justice issues.

Why it matters: The comments signal local nonprofit and faith-based redevelopment activity at a historic church property and outline plans for community programming that the speakers said are intended to address homelessness and broader social-justice issues. The council did not take formal action on the comments during the meeting.

What the meeting record shows

- Roberto Bridal (public commenter) stated he is the owner of the former St. Paul Episcopal Church and invited the mayor and council to the church’s first service on Oct. 5; he said contractors and members were preparing the property for worship.

- Alan Tanner (public commenter) described plans to establish the National Center for Social and Environmental Justice in the church’s assembly hall and discussed naming considerations involving Matthew Stauberg. Tanner described the center’s mission as bringing charities, faith groups and universities together to address homelessness and other social and environmental justice concerns.

- The council did not make any formal decisions or take action related to the property during the meeting; the remarks were recorded under citizen comments.

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The council voted to approve a revised draft of the ordinance that incorporated planning-commission recommendations. The revision reduced a numeric threshold in two places from 50% to 20% and added an hours-of-operation limit of 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. The council later approved a companion amendment to allow vape shops in the C-2 district by right.

Why it matters: City officials said the regulatory changes are intended to provide local standards for vape retailers where previously there was little or no local regulation, and council members tied the move to public-safety and youth-protection concerns.

What the meeting record shows

- The zoning text amendment was introduced as Zulu Tango-2025-0004 (definitions; general regulations) and Zulu Tango-2025-0005 (summary of uses by district). The planning commission recommended the specific revisions that were read into the record and adopted by council.

- The revision specifically changed a draft provision reading \"50%\" to \"20%\" (the meeting record reads that both places where the percentage appeared were amended). The revised ordinance also adds a clear hours-of-operation restriction: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

- The council thanked planning staff and the planning commission for their work; Mayor Philip Jones said, \"Once again, thank you to staff for all the hard work on that as well as, Councilman Coleman who leads our public safety committee.\" The ordinance passed on a unanimous vote as recorded in the meeting transcript.

Remaining details and implementation

The meeting record indicates staff will publish the revised ordinance language and update zoning materials. The transcript does not include subsequent details on enforcement procedures, buffer distances, or licensing; those elements, if present, will be reflected in the published ordinance text available from the city clerk’s office.

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