Planning commission recommends denial of two proposed addiction treatment/outpatient sites on Garland and North avenues after strong neighborhood opposition

The Richmond City Planning Commission voted to recommend denial of two companion special‑use requests: an application to authorize adult transitional housing at 2701 Garland Avenue (Ordinance 2025‑048) and an application to authorize an outpatient professional office building at 2700 North Avenue (Ordinance 2025‑055). The items were presented together and considered during the same public hearing; the commission recorded motions to deny both requests and forwarded the recommendations to City Council.

The applicant represented the residential treatment operator as Hyde Council Services (presentation led by Kenny Anderson, identified as COO). Anderson said the proposed residential program would be a licensed, ASAM 3.5 level of care facility (a medically‑oriented, 24‑hour, high‑intensity residential treatment model) with voluntary admission, medical and psychiatric oversight, integrated behavioral health services and an average stay in the presented model of roughly 30 days. Anderson said the provider holds state licensure for other…