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Planning commission continues Hanover/Reveille special-use permit after large neighborhood protest
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The City of Richmond Planning Commission on Monday continued consideration of a special-use permit for 3801 and 3803 Hanover Avenue after neighbors delivered lengthy public opposition and commissioners requested a lower-density alternative.
The City of Richmond Planning Commission on Monday continued consideration of a special-use permit for 3801 and 3803 Hanover Avenue after more than an hour of public testimony opposing the proposal.
Cheyenne Trump, a planner with the Department of Planning and Development, presented an amended application by Baker Development Resources that would retain two existing single-family houses on the Hanover frontage and add six new single-family detached dwellings on the rear of the combined parcels. Trump said the applicant had withdrawn an earlier plan for eight attached homes and submitted new elevations and landscaping. Staff recommended approval, finding the proposal consistent with the Richmond 300 master plan’s guidance for denser development near mixed-use streets and noting required sidewalks and new street trees in the plan.
The application prompted extensive public comment. Dozens of residents and nearby property owners said the scale…
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