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Owner’s daughter asks Richmond commissioners to revert 312 High Street zoning to R-3
Summary
Ellen Benzing, power of attorney for her 87‑year‑old mother, asked the commission to revert 312 High Street from R-1C back to its long-standing R-3 zoning. The request was heard during the first reading of Ordinance 25-15 and will return for a later vote.
During the first reading of Ordinance 25-15, the Richmond City Board of Commissioners heard from Ellen Benzing, who identified herself as the power of attorney for her mother, Penny Benzing, the owner of 312 High Street. Benzing asked commissioners to revert the property’s zoning from R-1C back to R-3.
Benzing said her mother, now 87, owned the house since 1983 and was not aware of the rezoning that occurred in 2022. “My mother did not…
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