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Council tables Wards Ferry townhome rezoning amid traffic safety concerns
Summary
Lynchburg City Council voted to table a rezoning and conditional‑use request for 18 townhomes and one duplex at Wards Ferry Road for two months so the petitioner, staff and concerned neighbors can review traffic concerns; several residents urged a comprehensive traffic study.
Lynchburg City Council voted to table consideration of a rezoning, future land use map amendment and conditional‑use permit for 18 townhomes and one duplex at 3142–3150 Wards Ferry Road, directing the petitioner and staff to meet with concerned neighbors and return in two months.
Rachel Fleschhausen, planning staff, told council the developer had earlier sought apartments and then townhomes; the board of zoning appeals granted a variance to reduce a two‑acre minimum for townhome development. She said the transportation engineer recommended limiting access to the site from Copely Place to a right‑in, right‑out movement due to unsafe left‑turn geometry.
Norm Walton, representing…
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