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Council sends Allen Iverson-backed zoning application back to planning after developer apologizes
Summary
Newport News City Council voted 6-0 to reconsider and refer conditional zoning application Charlie Zulu-2024-001 back to the planning department after the applicant acknowledged shortcomings in community outreach and the council said the process needed work.
Mayor Jones and the Newport News City Council voted 6-0 on March 11 to reconsider item E-1—an ordinance adopting conditional zoning for application Charlie Zulu-2024-001—and to refer the matter back to the planning department for further work.
The question returned to the council after Mayor Jones said the city needed to improve its process and asked the applicant to speak. The applicant, identified in the meeting as Mr. Kiel, acknowledged shortcomings in how the project was presented to the public and apologized to the council for a rushed process. "I'll take full blame from the standpoint that the process could have been more transparent to the citizens," Mr. Kiel said. He told council members he would work with…
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