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Board adopts zoning change allowing project-level floor-area-ratio calculations
Summary
Goochland supervisors approved a zoning text amendment that lets floor-area ratio (FAR) be calculated on a project (master-plan) basis for certain commercial/industrial developments, giving developers flexibility while keeping FAR as a planning control.
The Goochland County Board of Supervisors on June 4 adopted an amendment to the county zoning ordinance (ZOA-2023-2) to allow floor-area ratio (FAR) to be calculated on a project basis where a proffered or conditioned master or conceptual plan has been approved. The change preserves FAR as a regulatory tool but permits averaging across a project area rather than strictly per recorded lot.
Planning staff and the applicant, Kerry Hutcherson, said the amendment responds to a…
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