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Neighbors and historians raise safety and preservation concerns during consent-agenda public comment

Richmond City Council · February 9, 2026
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Summary

Residents urged enforcement of the city's snow-removal code and raised safety concerns about a special-use permit that could eliminate alley turning radius; a researcher asked council to require a preservation survey for Plot 519 (Coliseum property) before excavation for underground parking.

During the council’s public-comment period, residents and researchers raised two distinct concerns tied to city planning and enforcement. Cora Hayes, a resident of the 5th District, asked the council to address routing errors in 311 that were delaying appropriate responses to snow- and ice-removal complaints and to enforce city code 24-24-34, which requires property owners to clear adjacent sidewalks within six hours after…

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