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Fredericksburg Planning Commission recommends repeal of Railroad Station Overlay District after divided debate
Summary
The Planning Commission voted 4–2 to recommend that City Council repeal the Railroad Station Overlay District, a move staff says will enable modest infill around the train station while residents warned it risks neighborhood character, parking and safety.
The Fredericksburg Planning Commission voted 4–2 on Dec. 11 to recommend that City Council repeal the Railroad Station Overlay District (RSO), a zoning overlay staff said has limited housing around the train station and that the commission should remove to enable modest, transit-supportive infill.
Bailey Thompson, a community development planner, told commissioners the RSO’s historic intent was to spur infill near the train station but that recent adaptive‑reuse projects show the overlay has become a barrier to the kind of housing the city’s Area 7 plan envisions. "It is our recommendation ... to recommend approval to the city council, the zoning map, as well as the unified development text or repealing RSO," Thompson said during the staff presentation.
Thompson presented a parcels‑by‑parcels analysis showing roughly 13 parcels —…
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