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Planning commission unanimously recommends zoning text amendment to update roadway setback rules
Summary
Commissioners voted 7-0 to recommend that City Council adopt a zoning text amendment (ZT20250001) updating setback requirements along key roadways to reserve future right‑of‑way for widening, sidewalks and bike lanes; staff cited additions and removals of specific corridors and higher right‑of‑way widths.
The Newport News Planning Commission unanimously recommended that City Council adopt a zoning text amendment (ZT20250001) to update special building setbacks along arterial and collector streets to reserve future right‑of‑way for transportation improvements.
Planning staff told commissioners the amendment would revise Article 28 (section cited in the presentation) to remove the CSX corridor (previously reserved for a fixed guideway transit project),…
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