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Norfolk council allows installed windows at 119 E. Princess Anne despite planning commission denial
Summary
The City Council overturned a Planning Commission denial and approved an ordinance allowing the existing second- and third-floor windows at 119 East Princess Anne Road to remain, after the property owner and architect explained construction delays and changes during COVID.
The Norfolk City Council on Jan. 28 voted to approve an ordinance amending a previously granted development certificate for 119 East Princess Anne Road, allowing the windows already installed on the building's upper floors to remain.
The decision reversed a 3–4 denial by the City Planning Commission and followed presentations from the property owner and the project's architect. The owner, Joe Lofran Boyse (address given in the record as 7851 Is Agarden Road), and architect Robin Thomas told council members that the project—conversion of an old Frank Spicer Company building into mixed use with 14 apartments above and roughly 6,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor—had experienced prolonged delays and supply issues during the COVID-19 pandemic that prevented use of the originally specified windows.
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