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The Planning Commission reviewed proposed updates to Fredericksburg’s Unified Development Ordinance to address new Virginia requirements for manufactured homes, temporary wireless facilities, solar and battery storage, data centers, and parking. Proposed data-center site assessments would examine sound impacts on residences and schools within 500 feet, as well as effects on water, parks, historic sites, and other resources.
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The proposed code changes would make manufactured homes subject to similar rules as site-built single-family homes in qualifying situations, while preserving an exemption for historic districts. They would also establish rules for temporary wireless structures, allow battery storage as an accessory to approved solar projects under specified limits, and require more information before certain high-energy facilities are approved. The provided excerpts do not identify a final vote or recommendation by the Commission.
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