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Commission backs special‑use permit for infill housing on North 34th Street

Richmond Planning Commission · April 7, 2026
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Summary

The Planning Commission recommended City Council approve a special‑use permit allowing two duplexes, a single‑family dwelling and an apartment-over-garage at 1300/1302 North 34th Street (total up to five units on 0.18 acres); staff recommended approval after neighborhood outreach and a developer agreement to improve an alley curb per a nearby resident's request.

The Richmond Planning Commission voted to forward a special‑use permit recommendation to City Council for properties at 1300 and 1302 North 34th Street that would authorize two two‑family detached dwellings, two single‑family detached dwellings and one dwelling unit above a garage.

Principal Planner Jonathan Brown said the properties lie in the Church Hill North neighborhood and are designated neighborhood mixed use under the Richmond 300 master plan. Staff summarized the…

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