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Council clears rezoning and future land‑use change for two historic warehouses to allow 28 apartments
Summary
Lynchburg City Council approved an amendment to the future land‑use map and rezoning for properties at 609 Dunbar Drive and 612 12th Street to permit adaptive reuse of two historic warehouses into roughly 28 residential units; the FLUM amendment passed unanimously while the rezoning passed 6–1 after council discussion about conditional use alternatives.
Rachel Freshdesen, the city planner, told council the petition seeks to amend the future land use from neighborhood commercial to downtown and to rezone two historic warehouse buildings from B-5 to B-4, enabling adaptive reuse into approximately 28 apartment units with 28 proposed parking spaces. Planning Commission recommended approval following a March 11 hearing.
Casey Service, the project architect, said the buildings total roughly 20,000 square feet on…
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