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Norfolk planning staff recommends conditional waterfront rezoning for River Road shipyard site

City Council of Norfolk (work session) · October 28, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff briefed council on a request to reclassify a River Road shipyard parcel from Planned Development (multifamily) to conditional Industrial Deep Waterfront (IDW). The site is currently used for temporary parking and storage; no new buildings are proposed at this time. The Planning Commission recommended approval 6-1.

Planning staff on the Norfolk work session agenda summarized a conditional rezoning request for a River Road parcel currently used by a shipyard as a temporary parking and storage area.

The planning director said the application seeks to change the sitedesignation from a Planned Development called "River's Edge" that the city assigned in 2016 for a proposed multifamily project,…

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