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Council delays zoning ordinance amendments after members and staff raise concerns
Summary
The Virginia City Council moved to table proposed chapter 11 zoning changes — including expanded mixed-use and multi-family permissions — to the next committee of the whole after councilors and staff said the package needs more review and clearer public notice.
The Virginia City Council on Tuesday voted to table proposed amendments to chapter 11 of the city zoning ordinance, sending the package back to the committee of the whole for further review.
Councilor Melissa Paulson said the proposed changes would “fundamentally overhaul” long-standing residential and downtown business zoning and that property owners and residents lacked adequate notice of the breadth of the revisions. "I have concerns about buildings combining residential and nonresidential uses," Paulson said, specifically noting changes that would allow conversions of single-family homes to up to four units in R-1 and R-2 zones and conditional multifamily allowances in areas that previously prohibited them.
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