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Developer seeks rezoning for 750-unit Wigginton Road project; traffic proffers remain unclear
Summary
A petitioner is asking to amend Lynchburg's future land use map and rezone roughly 53 acres to allow up to 750 residential units; planning staff and commission cited required road improvements and said proffers lack clarity on timing and financial commitment.
City planning staff on Feb. 25 briefed council on a petition to amend the future land use map and rezone about 53 acres along Wigginton Road to permit up to 750 residential units in a development called the Village at West Point.
The petitioner originally requested R-3 medium-density residential zoning and later revised the request to R-2 (low-medium density) for one parcel and proposed a redeployment of other parcels; planning staff said planning commission recommended approval on Feb. 12 but conditioned that the city will need to address Wigginton Road improvements.
What the petition proposes: Planning staff described two conceptual plans that together would allow up to 750 units consisting of 600…
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