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Planning Commission reviews pump-station upgrade, multiple conditional-use permit requests and zoning text amendment
Summary
The commission heard presentations and staff recommendations on Pump Station 129, restaurant and retail conditional-use permits, a text amendment to require CUPs for self-storage, rezoning and several short-term rental renewals; no final commission votes are recorded in the transcript.
Staff and applicants presented a broad set of land-use items to the Norfolk Planning Commission, including an ARB-backed utility upgrade, a proposed zoning text amendment, multiple conditional-use permit (CUP) applications for restaurants and retail, several rezoning and conditional rezoning requests, and multiple short-term rental (STR) renewals.
Pump Station 129: A staff presenter described an upgrade at Pump Station 129 on Park Avenue to accommodate additional flows tied to a nearby development (the casino project). The Architectural Review Board recommended the station addition unanimously on the consent agenda; the proposed new structure is approximately 14.5 by 18 feet and about 18 feet tall and would remove two parking spaces from an existing lot, staff said.
Zoning text amendment: Staff sought the commission's input on a proposed text amendment to require a conditional-use permit for self-storage in all districts where it is now allowed by right. The planning division said self-storage uses occupy large land areas and produce limited employment, and that a CUP would allow site-specific impact analysis; economic development staff supports the change.
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