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Isle of Wight supervisors table Route 17 rezoning after residents warn Brittway cut‑through would endanger Ashby neighborhood
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing and detailed staff presentation on traffic, schools and environmental impacts, the board of supervisors voted to table a conditional rezoning that would allow 147 townhomes and 1.5 acres of commercial on Route 17 until its August meeting to allow further work with VDOT and staff.
Amy Ring, the county’s community development director, opened the public hearing on July 10 with a staff summary of a conditional rezoning request to change two parcels at the intersection of Deep Bottom Drive and Carrollton Boulevard to a conditional planned development‑mixed use (PDMX) district. Ring said the application would allow “up to 147 townhomes and 1.5 acres of commercial” and that staff’s traffic analysis estimated the new plan would generate about 2,137 daily trips and 43 new students for local schools, which schools said they can accommodate under current enrollment.
The applicant’s team said the project reduces density compared with an earlier approval and increases preserved open…
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