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Board reinstates River Ridge entitlements and approves related MPD modifications to make DRI rescission paperwork consistent
Summary
The board approved a compact set of comprehensive-plan and MPD fixes to reinstate entitlements that were rescinded when the River Ridge DRI was wound down; the changes are largely administrative and meant to preserve previously approved commercial and residential entitlements on three parcels within the River Ridge MPD.
The Board of County Commissioners on Aug. 19 approved comprehensive-plan and MPD changes to reconcile entitlements after a 2024 decision rescinded parts of the River Ridge DRI. The actions restore previously approved commercial and residential entitlements on three parcels so owners can pursue development consistent with the River Ridge MPD.
Planning staff presented the small-scale comprehensive-plan amendment and companion MPD substantial modification as a paperwork "cleanup" to reinstate entitlements that predated the DRI rescission. The amendment converts three parcels from various residential future-land-use categories to PD (plan development) to align the comprehensive plan with the MPD entitlements. Staff described the changes as required to "make whole" previously approved entitlements and avoid unintended conflicts created by the DRI rescission.
The parcels involved include a K-3 parcel that will have commercial entitlements increased from approximately 64,285 square feet to about 125,000 square feet after the modification; parcel I-2 sees a modest change (a small reduction in commercial entitlements) and parcel P-2 retains its MPD entitlements but will carry a height limit adjustment and MPD conditions. The applicant’s representative said the amendments are intended to make previously approved rights usable and to encourage development of vacant parcels within the River Ridge MPD.
Board members asked whether proposed residential parcels would be limited to particular housing programs. Staff and the applicant said that one parcel under contract to Dominion would be restricted from "live local" uses by condition and that Dominion was planning an affordable housing proposal; staff confirmed those contractual/condition commitments would be carried into the MPD conditions.
No members of the public spoke against the items at the time of the hearing. The board approved the plan amendment and the MPD modification by roll call vote. Staff will record the ordinance amendments and the clerk will transmit the ordinance to the Department of State.
The action is administrative in nature according to staff: it does not create new, unvetted entitlements but reaffirms entitlements that existed before the DRI rescission to support redevelopment and completion of the River Ridge MPD.
