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Lynchburg debate centers on zoning approach to abortion clinics as ordinance heads to public hearing
Summary
Planning staff presented a draft ordinance to define and restrict abortion clinics by zoning district and setback, prompting a heated council debate over legal defensibility, intent and whether to broaden regulation to all outpatient medical clinics; the item is scheduled for public hearing Jan. 27.
City planning staff presented a draft ordinance on Jan. 13 intended to regulate abortion clinics’ location through zoning definitions, conditional‑use requirements and setback standards. Tom Martin, the planning lead on the item, said the draft was shaped to improve enforceability and legal defensibility and that it would require a public hearing before council on Jan. 27.
Martin said staff’s amendments would remove Institutional‑1 (IN‑1) from CUP treatment because those districts are primarily residential or adjacent to residential areas, expand the proposed CUP requirement to…
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