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Council amends professional zoning to allow florist shops on review and grants special-use permit for Honeybees Florist at 2010 N. Augusta St.

3134881 · April 27, 2025
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Summary

Staunton City Council amended Title 18 professional (P-1) zoning to permit florist shops by special use permit and unanimously approved a special-use permit enabling Honeybees Florist (Melissa Swan) to relocate to 2010 North Augusta Street, subject to building and zoning code compliance.

Staunton City Council voted unanimously on April 24 to amend the city’s professional (P-1) zoning rules to allow florist shops as a use permitted on review, and then approved a special-use permit authorizing Melissa Swan to operate Honeybees Florist at 2010 North Augusta Street.

Planning Manager Tim Hartless explained the code change was limited to allowing “florist shops” as a use permitted on review rather than making the use permitted by right. Hartless said some P-1 districts are appropriate for retail uses while others — largely residential P-1 areas — are not, and the special-use permit (SUP)…

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