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Planning Commission backs rezoning to add eight lots to Pomeroy Park subdivision
Summary
The commission voted to forward a favorable recommendation to the Board of Supervisors for rezoning a 7.03-acre parcel at 4620 New Kent Highway from A-1 to R-1 to enable eight single-family lots consistent with the approved Pomeroy Park subdivision.
The New Kent County Planning Commission on Oct. 20, 2025, voted to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve a rezoning that would allow an adjacent 7.03-acre parcel to be incorporated into the approved Pomeroy Park subdivision as eight single-family lots.
"Staff is comfortable recommending approval of the rezoning request," Patrick Silva, principal planner, told commissioners, explaining that the parcel is surrounded on three sides by the Pomeroy Park subdivision, that lot sizes and density would be commensurate with the existing development, and that the rezoning would avoid a spot-zoning appearance. The request would rezone 4620 New Kent Highway from A-1 agricultural to R-1 single-family residential to enable subdivision into eight lots that would functionally be part of Pomeroy Park.
Nathena Hodges, project manager for Rogers Chenault Inc., said the parcel would retain an existing 75-foot natural buffer along most of its perimeter, dedicate a 35-foot right-of-way along New Kent Highway to match Section 1 of Pomeroy Park, and provide lots that mirror the adjacent development. "The density of the request is 1.14 units per acre for all eight lots," Hodges said.
Staff and VDOT analysis indicated that the additional lots would generate fewer than 100 daily vehicle trips and that transportation and water-availability concerns were manageable; the Department of Public Utilities asked that future development account for water availability because the area is served by county water and private septic systems. The Planning Commission discussed spot-zoning concerns and concluded that the rezoning would create a more unified community.
The commission moved and passed a motion to forward ZM-02-25 with a favorable recommendation (majority vote; one commissioner opposed and one abstained). The recommendation will now go to the Board of Supervisors for final action.
Vote at a glance: motion to forward ZM-02-25 to the Board of Supervisors with a favorable recommendation carried (Aye: Townsend, Johnson, Dombrowski, Thomas, Dr. Schmidt, Bennett, Rose, Reverend Hathaway, Davis; Nay: LaRochelle; Abstain: Moyer).
