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Residents urge Richmond council to revoke SUP for 615 Maple; raise concerns about VMFA site acquisitions
Summary
Neighbors asked council to revoke Ordinance 2023-283 and to enforce zoning after alleged as-built and setback violations at 615 Maple; a second speaker asked the city to enforce older ordinances to prevent a VMFA-related warehouse on residential land in the Museum District.
Two public commenters told Richmond City Council the city should enforce existing zoning rules and consider revoking a special-use permit (SUP) ordinance related to a residential project, and they urged greater transparency in the permitting process.
Paige Pruitt said she lives at 614 Arley Street and asked the council to revoke Ordinance 2023-283, which she said derived from an SUP at 615 Maple. "I'm here to ask city council to revoke ordinance 2023 dash 283," Pruitt said, and she told council members the ordinance’s Section 5(e) allows revocation. Pruitt told the council she and neighbors had new evidence from ongoing enforcement and consent processes, including an existing…
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