This meeting will be held in-person in the 5th Floor Conference Room of City Hall at 900 East Broad Street in Richmond, Virginia 23219. While all Planning Commissioners and staff will attend the meeting in-person, citizens may participate in the meeting virtually.
Special Guidelines for Public Access and Citizen Participation:
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CPC Public Access Participation Instructions - 2025
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Call To Order
Roll Call
Chair's Comments
Approval of Minutes
Director's Report
Consideration of Continuances and Deletions from Agenda
To authorize the special use of the property known as 3618 Hawthorne Avenue for the purpose of a four-unit multifamily dwelling and six single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions.
(3rd District)
Subdivision Exception for 3618 Hawthorne Avenue, per Sec. 25-219 of the Subdivision Ordinance.
To authorize the special use of the properties known as 5009 Rear Snead Road, 5015 Snead Road, and 5015 Rear Snead Road for the purpose of up to 180 multifamily dwelling units and a clubhouse, upon certain terms and conditions. (As Amended) (9th District)
Consent Agenda
The Consent Agenda items will be considered by the Commission as a group, and there will be a single combined staff presentation and a single combined public hearing held for all items listed on the Consent Agenda.
To authorize the special use of the property known as 112 Carnation Street for the purpose of the assembly and storage of modular dwelling units, upon certain terms and conditions. (9th District)
To authorize the special use of the properties known as 6415 Glenway Drive and 6419 Glenway Drive for the purpose of up to three single-family detached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (9th District)
UDC 2025-08 - CONCEPTUAL - Location, Character, and Extent review of The Shockoe Project: Master Plan in Shockoe Valley
UDC 2025-09 - CONCEPTUAL Location Character and Extent Review of the Shockoe Project: Lumpkin's Slave Jail Pavilion
UDC 2025-10 - CONCEPTUAL - Location, Character, and Extent review of A Path Forward at Amelia Street School, located at 1821 Amelia Street.
Richmond Connects: Lighter/Quicker/Cheaper Road Mural at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School
Regular Agenda
Presentation on FY 2026 - 2030 Capital Improvement Plan
To amend Ord. No. 2008-270-261, adopted Nov. 10, 2008, which amended Ord. No. 2003-296-255, adopted Sep. 8, 2003, which authorized a Community Unit Plan at 1300 Westwood Avenue for a mixed-use development consisting of a maximum of one hundred forty residential units, a community center with reception facility and non-medical office, a preventative healthcare facility, two private schools, and a fifty unit dormitory, and modified the plan for the fence required between the subject property and 1409 Palmyra Avenue, to modify the Community Unit Plan to allow for the development of tennis courts. (As Amended) (3rd District)
CPCR 2025.006: RESOLUTION OF THE RICHMOND CITY PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE PRELIMINARY COMMUNITY UNIT PLAN LOCATED AT 1300 WESTWOOD AVENUE AND A FINAL PLAN, TO AMEND THE USE OF THE PARCEL KNOWN AS 1402 WESTWOOD AVENUE TO AUTHORIZE THE DEVELOPMENT OF TENNIS COURTS.
To authorize the special use of the property known as 2701 Garland Avenue for the purpose of adult transitional housing, under certain terms and conditions, and to repeal Ord. No. 97-174-190, adopted Jun. 9, 1997, and all amendatory ordinances thereto. (3rd District)
To authorize the special use of the property known as 2700 North Avenue for the purpose of an outpatient professional office building, upon certain terms and conditions, and to repeal Ord. No. 97-174-190, adopted June 9, 1997, and all amendatory ordinances thereto. (3rd District)
To authorize the special use of the property known as 3122 2nd Avenue for the purpose of up to three single-family detached dwellings and two single-family attached dwellings, upon certain terms and conditions. (6th District)
Council Action Update and Upcoming Items
Adjournment