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Planning staff seek technical zoning 'cleanup' and report expanded inspection teams
Summary
Norfolk planning staff presented a seven‑item zoning text amendment described as technical cleanup and updated council on the return and reorganization of zoning inspections to the Planning Department, including formation of business compliance and residential inspection teams.
Bobby Tahan, Norfolk’s director of planning, briefed council on a Planning Commission recommendation to approve a set of technical corrections and clarifications to the city’s zoning ordinance and described organizational changes in zoning inspections.
Tahan said the proposed zoning text amendments contain no significant policy changes; they clarify how required ground‑floor uses are measured in downtown (measured by building frontage, not full first‑floor area), add common synonyms to use definitions (for example adding “thrift stores” to used‑merchandise…
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