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Norfolk council adopts zoning changes, bond authorizations and grant acceptance; confirms local emergency
Summary
At its Feb. 25 meeting the Norfolk City Council adopted a zoning text amendment removing short-term vacation rentals from West Freemason historic districts, rezoned a property on Kempsville Road to conditional community commercial, approved multiple bond resolutions and accepted a behavioral health grant; council also confirmed a local emergency.
Norfolk City Council on Feb. 25 adopted a package of ordinances and resolutions affecting zoning, capital financing and behavioral health funding and confirmed a local emergency declaration related to a winter storm.
Key actions taken included: removing short-term vacation rental use from the West Freemason Historic and Cultural Conservation (HCWF-1 and HCWF-2) zoning districts; rezoning 1421 Kempsville Road from SF-6 (single-family) to conditional community commercial (CC); authorizing up to $17 million in multifamily housing revenue bonds through the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority for Sykes Apartments; authorizing up to $14 million in revenue bonds through the Economic Development Authority for the Berry Art Museum expansion at Old Dominion University; accepting and appropriating up to $83,200 in grant funds from the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (through its fiscal agent, the Danville…
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