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Residents press for rental-inspection ordinance, transit shelters and cautious cannabis zoning
Summary
Public commenters urged the Land Use Committee to move the city’s rental inspection ordinance forward, requested a bench and shelter at a GRTC stop, and urged separation between cannabis storefronts and child‑centered spaces as state legalization approaches.
Speakers at the public-comment period urged the Land Use Committee to prioritize a rental inspection program, asked the city to add furniture and shelter at an identified bus stop, and weighed in on forthcoming local zoning for adult‑use cannabis.
A man identifying himself as a property owner in Richmond’s First District said he supports the rental inspection program and told the committee he had been advised the draft ordinance uses the term "blighted." He said "we'd like to ask council not to use that language because it's weighted," noting that "Virginia code allows for the use of either blighted or deteriorating." The speaker asked the…
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