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Planning commission backs zoning change to let ice vending units locate on smaller commercial sites

Newport News Planning Commission · November 5, 2025
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Summary

The commission voted 6‑0 to recommend a zoning text amendment (ZT2025Dash0006) reducing the minimum lot size for accessory self‑service ice vending units from two acres to three‑quarters of an acre and clarifying that such units must be accessory to a principal use.

The Newport News Planning Commission unanimously recommended on Nov. 5 that City Council adopt a zoning text amendment (ZT2025Dash0006) to revise standards for self‑service ice vending units. The amendment lowers the minimum lot size for those accessory units from two acres to three‑quarters of an acre and…

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