Commission debates when projects should require professional plans and DRB review

Sep 3, 2026

Members debated numeric triggers — including 20,000 sq ft of disturbed land, 10,000 sq ft of new impervious surface, and newly created slopes of 20–35% — that would require a professionally designed plan and DRB review; commissioners disagreed on whether many slope cases should remain administrative.

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A central question at the Sept. 2 Richmond Planning Commission meeting was which projects should require both a professionally designed site plan and review by the Development Review Board.

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