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Planning commission defers decision on West Petersburg rezoning to allow applicant to consider voluntary proffers
Summary
The commission deferred action on rezoning 22 West Petersburg lots to Residential Urban, asking the applicant to consider voluntary proffers on lot groupings (setbacks/spacing, stormwater help) after residents raised concerns over density, flooding and narrow streets.
The Dinwiddie County Planning Commission on Oct. 8 deferred consideration of rezoning case P‑25‑13, which would reclassify 22 small lots in the West Petersburg neighborhood from R‑1 (Residential Limited) and B‑2 (Business General) to RU (Residential Urban).
Why it mattered: the rezoning would allow development of single‑family homes on the narrow, historic lots in West Petersburg and is intended by the applicant to enable more homeownership and renovation in an older neighborhood. Dozens of neighbors attended and urged caution, citing existing flooding, narrow streets, crowded lot patterns and the appearance and siting of recently built homes.
What the proposal would do: the applicant, a developer who has renovated a nearby West Petersburg house, said the RU zoning would permit houses sized and sited to fit the…
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