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Blacksburg Planning Commission approves special exception to allow 17 front-of-building parking spaces for proposed Rugby Lane hotel

Blacksburg Planning Commission · April 8, 2026
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At its regular meeting the commission approved a special exception permitting 17 parking spaces in front of the building line for a proposed hotel at 1315 Rugby Lane. Staff and the applicant emphasized tree preservation and updated conditions to require evergreen species for replacement plantings.

At its regular meeting in the Roger E Hedgepath Chambers, the Blacksburg Planning Commission approved a special exception permitting 17 parking spaces in front of the front building line for a proposed hotel at 1315 Rugby Lane.

Planning staff Caroline Collins said the site is an approximately 1.7-acre flag lot and the hotel is permitted by right in the General Commercial district; the special exception request applies only to parking. "Out of the 102 total…

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