Land Use, Housing and Transportation summary
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The committee forwarded four items to the June 22 Council meeting with recommendations to approve (a VDOT paving agreement and three street-designation ordinances) and continued two items — a vegetation code amendment and a Westwood neighborhood land-use study — to the July 21 standing committee meeting.
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What this means
The committee recommended approval of a state-funded paving agreement for Chamberlayne Avenue and three ceremonial street-designations, so those items will go to City Council for final action. Two items were delayed: a proposed change to the city vegetation code that would create exemptions for Virginia Friendly Landscapes, and a request to have the Planning and Development Review department work with Westwood residents on land-use and design guidance. "Continued" means those two items were postponed for further review and will return to the committee on July 21.
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- ORD. 2026-125: Forwarded to the June 22, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve — authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to execute a Standard Project Administration Agreement with the Virginia Department of Transportation for funding the Chamberlayne Avenue Paving Project.
- ORD. 2026-126: Forwarded to the June 22, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve — designate the 6300 Block of Hull Street Road in honor of Eugene and Vivian Mason.
- ORD. 2026-145: Forwarded to the June 22, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve — designate the 1000 block of North Lombardy Street in honor of Coach Howard D. Hopkins.
- ORD. 2026-146: Forwarded to the June 22, 2026 Council meeting with recommendation to approve — designate the 2800 block of Fendall Avenue in honor of Reverend A. Lincoln James, Jr.
- ORD. 2026-113: Continued to the July 21, 2026 Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee — proposed amendments to City Code concerning weeds and other vegetation, including exemptions for Virginia Friendly Landscapes.
- RES. 2026-R024: Continued to the July 21, 2026 Land Use, Housing and Transportation Standing Committee — request that the Chief Administrative Officer direct the Department of Planning and Development Review to collaborate with Westwood residents and stakeholders on land use, zoning, policy tools, and community-informed design guidelines, and to provide a written report.
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