Planning commission deadlocks on Harborview rezoning after debate over housing, master plan

The Suffolk City Planning Commission was tied 4–4 on Monday on a rezoning request to convert about 18.95 acres at 7250 Harbour Town Parkway from the MUD (Mixed Use Development) overlay to RU‑24 (Residential Urban 24), a change the applicant said would create a mix of townhouses and multifamily units and provide new housing choices near Harborview Station.

Staff planner Gonzalo Borges told the commission that the request, RZN2024‑014, proposes a maximum of 344 total residential units — 288 multifamily apartments and 56 townhouses — and that staff finds the rezoning “does not meet the intent of the provisions of the 2045 comprehensive plan and the Unified Development Ordinance,” in part because it would alter the Harborview Station master plan and reduce the property’s planned commercial/medical…