The Richmond City Planning Commission voted Oct. 7 to amend its advisory committee structure for the citywide zoning ordinance revision by adding four seats to the Zoning Ordinance Revision Advisory Committee.

Commission leadership said the expansion is intended to improve geographic representation: some council districts that previously had representatives were left without active participants after early attrition, and several districts had only a single representative. The additional appointees will be chosen from the pool of applicants who previously sought appointment to the committee, staff said, and the resolution does not change the advisory role of the committee.

Joe Gelbak of RVA YIMBY addressed the commission in support of the resolution, saying broader district representation is appropriate to ensure public processes represent neighbors across the city.

The commission adopted the resolution by unanimous vote and will implement the committee changes through its existing appointment procedures.