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At a glance: Chesapeake City Council votes (June 17) — rezonings, uses and text amendments
Summary
Summary of formal council actions taken June 17, 2025: agenda approval, several conditional-use permits and zoning text amendments, a time-extension approval, and denials of two contested rezonings (VNG compressor station and Etheridge Lakes data center).
This is a concise summary of formal votes recorded during the Chesapeake City Council meeting on June 17, 2025.
Votes recorded in the meeting transcript (key items):
- Proposed agenda: Motion to approve the proposed agenda adopted 8–0.
- PLNREZ2024-019 (B & G compressor station, Virginia Natural Gas): Motion to continue to July 15 failed on a 4–4 tie; motion to deny the rezoning was adopted by a 5–3 vote (denial).
- PLNREZ2025-002 (Etheridge Lakes Data Center, Emerald Lake Estates 1, Inc.): Applicant requested a continuance to Aug. 19; council declined to continue and subsequently adopted a motion to deny the rezoning (council recorded the denial as adopted by participating members; one council member was recused). The transcript records the denial as adopted by seven participating members.
- PLN Use 2025-006 (Triumph International Ministries; conditional use to operate a church/worship outreach center at 2711 Camus Stella Road): Council approved with stipulations by an 8–0 vote.
- PLN Use 2025-007 (Great Bridge Pumpkin Patch; seasonal outdoor recreational use): Approved with stipulations by an 8–0 vote.
- PLN Use 2025-008 (Euphoric Moments event venue): Approved with stipulations by a 7–1 vote.
- PLN Text 2025-001 (zoning code amendments to permitted/conditional uses in business, industrial, and office/institutional zones; several sections amended): Approved, version dated 04/21/2025, adopted 8–0.
- PLN Text 2025-002 (sign regulations in the Fentress Airfield Overlay District, article 12): Council approved an amendment (reduced nonresidential freestanding sign height to 6 feet) and adopted the text amendment, 8–0.
- PLN Use SW2018-001 (Hampton Roads Integrated Bioenergy Complex #1): Council approved a time-extension request to 07/16/2026, 8–0.
Other actions recorded included routine procedural votes (roll call, minutes/agenda approval). Several items (noted above) were the subject of longer public hearings or briefings.
Ending: The council took a mix of routine approvals and two high-profile denials (the VNG compressor rezoning and Etheridge Lakes data-center rezoning). The denials will stop those applications in their current forms; applicants may pursue alternate options or revised applications.
