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City planning briefing outlines multiple rezoning and conditional use items, including an 80 MW battery storage request and a 365‑unit redevelopment

Virginia Beach City Council · June 25, 2025
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Summary

Planning staff previewed 14 items on the July 8 agenda covering zoning modifications, a conditional rezoning with a workforce housing overlay, a proposed 80 MW battery energy storage facility requiring rezoning and a street closure, Cypress Pointe redevelopment for about 365 residential units, childcare and adult day‑care CUPs, and short‑term rental CUPs.

Caitlin Alcock, planning staff, briefed council on 14 planning items slated for the July 8 agenda. Highlights included three interrelated items in District 2 (a modification of conditions for Turning Point Church; Keelingwood Apartments LLC modifications; and a Franklin Group conditional rezoning proposing workforce housing); a conditional rezoning and conditional use permit to allow an 80 megawatt alternating current battery energy storage system (BESS) on Dan Neck Road that would require rezoning to I‑1…

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