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Council upholds Planning Commission denial of proposed emergency shelter at 20730 Seventh Street
Summary
After a multi-day Planning Commission review and a long public hearing, council denied an appeal and upheld the commission’s decision to deny a conditional use permit for a 25‑bed emergency shelter, citing parking, security and public‑health concerns.
Richmond City Council on March 4 denied an appeal and upheld the Planning Commission’s December decision to deny a conditional use permit for a proposed emergency shelter at 20730 Seventh Street in the Pullman neighborhood. The Planning Commission and council cited unresolved concerns about inadequate parking, security and public-health and safety conditions.
The project would have converted an existing office building in the T5MSO form-based-code zone into a 25-bed emergency shelter. Staff and the Richmond Police Department presented a crime-prevention-through-environmental-design (CPTED)…
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