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Virginia Beach planners defer decision on removing Nimmo Church historic overlay after church appeal
Summary
The Planning Commission on Jan. 14 voted to defer for 60 days a city-initiated ordinance that would remove the historic-and-cultural-district overlay from Nimmo United Methodist Church property after church leaders said overlay rules make required maintenance unaffordable and preservation boards opposed removal.
The Virginia Beach Planning Commission on Jan. 14 recommended a 60-day deferral on a city-initiated ordinance to remove the historic-and-cultural-district zoning overlay from the Nimmo Church properties at Princess Anne Road and General Booth Boulevard.
Planner Mark Reid told commissioners the district, created in 1980, covers two parcels: the church (including open space and a cemetery) and an adjacent commercial parcel with a Royal Farms convenience store. Reid said the church's oldest section dates to the 1790s and that state survey records and the Virginia Cultural…
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