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Planning commission approves permanent permit for four modular classrooms at Virginia University of Lynchburg
Summary
The Lynchburg Planning Commission approved a conditional use permit allowing four modular classrooms that have been on campus since August 2024 to remain permanently at 2057 Garfield Avenue; staff recommended approval, citing no enrollment increase and site-plan conditions including stormwater review.
The Lynchburg Planning Commission voted to approve a conditional use permit allowing four modular classroom buildings to remain permanently on the Virginia University of Lynchburg campus at 2057 Garfield Avenue.
Planning staff summarized the petition and recommended approval, saying the approximately 6-acre property is shown as institutional on the city's future land-use map while retaining R-3 medium-density residential zoning. "The classrooms have been in place on a temporary basis since August 2024," planning staff said, adding that, according to the petitioner, the units "did not increase student enrollment" and that impacts on surrounding properties should be limited.…
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