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Planning commission backs Neighborhood Design District rezoning, asks staff to protect existing M‑1 businesses
Summary
The Planning Commission voted to recommend approval of two rezoning ordinances creating Neighborhood Design District (NDD) zoning for several northern Winchester neighborhoods and directed staff to revise the NDD text to preserve expansion rights for existing M‑1 industrial users.
The Winchester City Planning Commission voted to recommend two rezoning ordinances—one covering parcels in the Cedar Valley area and another covering the Cider Hill/North Cameron/Fairmont area—to reclassify those parcels into a Neighborhood Design District (NDD) zoning designation and forwarded both items to city council. Commissioners also accepted a friendly amendment directing staff to amend the NDD text to allow expansion of existing M‑1 uses consistent with what is allowed in the M‑1 zoning district.
Planning staff presented the rezoning as the implementation step following a neighborhood design district committee, a comprehensive plan amendment and prior zoning text changes. The Cedar Valley rezoning affects a block of parcels along Valley Avenue, Cedar Creek Grade and Williams Lane; the other rezoning covers larger industrial and…
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