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Planning commission opens broad review of downtown rules; staff to study moving alcohol and other uses in Central Business District to conditional-use review
Summary
The Planning and Zoning Commission opened a study of downtown land-use controls after commissioners raised concerns about a growing concentration of alcohol-serving establishments and other retail types in the Central Business District.
The Planning and Zoning Commission held an extended discussion about land-use controls in Fredericksburg’s Historic Shopping District and Central Business District (CBD), focusing on alcohol-serving establishments, vape and smoke retailers, gaming-type uses and the overall commercial mix on Main Street.
Shelby (planning staff) outlined the current overlay tool (the Historic Shopping District), which overlays multiple underlying zoning districts and currently requires conditional-use permits mainly for standardized businesses. Shelby told the commission that the overlay itself does not negate the underlying zoning and that many uses allowed by the underlying zones (including several alcohol-related categories) remain permitted by right unless the zoning ordinance is amended.
The commission and staff discussed technical steps that could limit proliferation of…
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