Planning staff previews 11 Jan. 20 items; council approves consent agenda and records closed‑session certification
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Summary
Planning staff briefed council on 11 planning items set for the Jan. 20 agenda — including conditional rezonings, CUPs for a self‑storage facility and temporary commercial parking — and council approved a multi‑item consent agenda and certified a closed session with recorded votes.
Planning staff presented an overview of 11 items scheduled for the council’s Jan. 20 meeting, including conditional rezonings and conditional‑use permits across multiple districts. The presenter (identified in the record as planning staff) said the list includes a conditional rezoning at 2597 Leroy Road to conditional R‑10 to create four single‑family lots; a conditional rezoning at 722 Newtown Road to conditional A‑18 for 18 multifamily units; and a conditional‑use request for a three‑story, approximately 150,000‑square‑foot self‑storage facility along 1st Colonial Road for which staff recommended denial due to comp‑plan incompatibility with the medical corridor vision.
Other items included conditional‑use requests for a home‑occupation repair shop at Back Bay Landing Road, an open‑air market/food‑truck CUP at Lynn Haven Parkway, a bulk‑storage yard at Viking Drive, a proposed temporary commercial parking lot at 2402 Pacific Avenue (said to serve iFly and public parking), short‑term‑rental CUPs at Pacific Place and Windward Way condominiums, and an ordinance to adopt the Park System Needs Assessment into the comprehensive plan. The planning presenter noted the applicant for the temporary parking lot submitted an updated concept plan and that staff recommended limiting temporary commercial parking approvals to three years consistent with the form‑based code.
After the briefings, the council moved, seconded and approved the consent agenda containing several ordinances, appropriations and grant acceptances. The clerk recorded the vote in the transcript as unanimous for the consent agenda. The council also made a motion to recess to closed session under Code of Virginia exemptions; the body certified the closed session by vote and later approved minutes with one abstention noted for the Dec. 9 minutes (Council member Cummings).
No final zoning decisions were made at the briefing; the items were presented as preview material for the formal Jan. 20 meeting, and several items were scheduled for Planning Commission consideration next week.
