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Richmond adds "social assembly" conditional uses; commissioners urge caution on wedding venues and shooting-range placement
Summary
On second reading the Richmond Board of Commissioners amended the zoning and development ordinance to add "social assembly" as a conditional use across many zones and allow indoor shooting ranges in limited non-core zones; commissioners asked staff to monitor parking, noise and neighborhood impacts.
The Richmond City Board of Commissioners on Sept. 23 adopted Ordinance 25-24 to amend the city's zoning and development ordinance. The adopted changes list "social assembly" as a conditional use in multiple residential and business zones and allow indoor shooting ranges as a conditional use in AG, B-3, I-1 and I-2 zones.
Commissioner Goebel raised concerns about wedding venues and other large social gatherings in older residential neighborhoods. "I just... would like to encourage us as a city to closely monitor where we approve those wedding venues to be at in residential developments," Goebel said during the second-reading discussion, citing parking shortages and the practical difficulty residents already face when on-street parking fills.…
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