Planning updates: ADU preapproved plans, CEQA changes and Transmontane environmental review delay
Jul 18, 2025
Acting Planning Manager Avery Stark briefed RNCC on the new IMS permitting portal, release of four preapproved ADU plan sets and toolkit, forthcoming safety/noise element updates, state CEQA changes (AB 130, SB 131) and that the Transmontane project’s initial study needs more VMT analysis before it proceeds to public review.
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Avery Stark, acting planning manager for the City of Richmond, told the RNCC on July 14 that the planning division and partner departments have moved into a new permitting system (IMS) that gives residents greater access to permit materials and neighborhood reports online.
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