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Council tables vote on 750 Leesville Road rezoning and conditional-use permit after resident concerns
Summary
Council voted to table three related land-use measures for 750 Leesville Road — a future land-use map amendment, rezoning to R-3, and a conditional-use permit for 88 townhomes — to the first council meeting in February after public testimony on traffic, stormwater and neighborhood impacts.
The Lynchburg City Council voted to table three related land-use matters involving 750 Leesville Road — an amendment to the future land use map, a rezoning from R-1 to R-3, and a conditional-use permit (CUP) to allow 88 townhomes — until the council’s first meeting in February 2025.
Staff presentation: Rachel Freischhuysen, planning staff, said the 11.73-acre property is currently zoned R-1 (low-density residential). The petitioner asked to amend the Future Land Use Map to medium-density residential and to rezone the site so it could be developed as an 88-unit townhome project. Freischhuysen said the Planning Commission recommended approval on Oct. 9 and that the city’s transportation engineer concurred with the petitioner’s traffic analysis, which concluded a dedicated left/right turn lane was not required but a right-turn taper was warranted.
Developer presentation and mitigation…
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