LAND USE
A Richmond City Council committee advanced a measure Thursday that could create a $10.1 million pool of loan funding to aid economic development, create affordable housing and alleviate blight, among other projects….The committee also continued a perennially delayed proposed ordinance that would give the council more authority over city contracts and change orders…. timesdispatch.com
Re: Food Truck Court
Dear Honorable Mayor,
About the same time as the Art 180 Project controversy, “food trucks” began the widely publicized activity of selling products in the Virginia Historical Society parking lot. The property is zoned R-6 – Residential (Single Family Attached), which does not list the activity as an allowed use.
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….Preservationists are girding themselves for another fight over the site….residents have reported seeing the project’s developers and Peter Chapman, the city’s deputy chief administrative officer for economic development, meeting in Libby Hill Park…. styleweekly.com
City of Richmond Planning Commission
Dear Members of the Commission,
I am opposed to the property owner’s request to keep an illegal sign at 5711 Grove Avenue. There is no need for excessive signage, the owner has already been given two grace periods, and it is not good city planning to allow the sign. Read the rest of this entry »
When it comes to the City Code, former treasury secretary John Snow apparently thinks rules are for the little people. timesdispatch.com
…they carefully researched whether any houses could be built that would block the view. The city’s answer, John George said, was no….City Council member Bruce W. Tyler said the Snows’ request is “not unreasonable,”….”It is unreasonable for anybody to ever think that something is going to stay static.”…. timesdispatch.com
The City of Richmond Charter special use permit allows council to waive zoning laws for constituents. Council uses it dozens of times each year and grants extreme waivers, such as allowing multi-family residences in an industrial zone. Map … More
From the city website:
Chickens as pets have become a hot topic in urban parts of Richmond, because there are ordinances people must follow… nbc12.com
The City of Richmond has 2,200 vacant buildings, the majority of which are single-family houses. Some are well-maintained and secured by their owners, but a substantial number of these vacant houses — by some estimates as many as 800 — are blighted: chronically vacant, with repeated code violations… timesdispatch.com
From Monument Avenue to City Hall: Why does Richmond continue to stifle artistic expression?
Kowtowing to angry Monument Avenue residents or a simple City Hall screw-up? Behind Art 180’s now-infamous permit revocation. styleweekly.com