The Diamond District site consists of 67 acres bordered by Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Hermitage Road, the interstate and the railroad tracks. (BizSense file image)
Diamond District update on City Council agenda Monday
The Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with an informal session at 4 p.m. Agendas available here.
Business on the informal meeting agenda includes an update from staff on the Diamond District redevelopment project. Administrators have said they planned to announce their pick for a development team for the project by the end of this month.
The council will also meet in closed session on a personnel matter relating to a prospective city attorney and consultation with legal counsel about probable litigation.
Business on the 6 p.m. regular meeting agenda includes a request from property owner Richard Westbrook to rezone a roughly half-acre parcel at 500 Maury St. in Manchester from heavy industrial use to TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District.
TOD-1 zoning also is sought for a 2-acre warehouse property at 807 Oliver Hill Way. An LLC tied to Ivor Massey owns the property, and Lory Markham of Markham Planning is representing the applicant.
Richmond Hill Design + Build seeks to amend its plan to replace six homes in the 500 block of Westview Avenue with new home clusters. The amendment would reduce the number of new homes from 12 to 10.
Level 2 Development and SJG Properties seek a special-use permit to allow street-fronting structured parking and a drop-off and pick-up area for their planned Leigh Addition mixed-use development at 1117-1201 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd.
The regular agenda includes a request to amend the Stratford Hills Community Unit Plan. The amendment would increase the plan area by 2.85 acres to 67.4 acres to accommodate Harper Associates’ plan to develop a Chipotle restaurant and 6,500-square-foot retail outparcel and up to 36 townhomes on the east side of the site.
1,400-acre solar farm up for a vote in Chesterfield
Chesterfield supervisors meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. Public hearing items include a conditional-use request from 360 Solar Center LLC to permit a large-scale solar facility on 1,400 acres of a 1,930-acre site south of Hull Street Road at Deer Range Road. C. James Williams III seeks a conditional-use permit for a 6,000-square-foot restaurant fronting Swift Creek Reservoir on 3.7 acres at 14801 Genito Road.
Full agenda available here.
Projects detailed for $511M bond referendum in Henrico
Henrico voters can learn more about projects included in the county’s $511 million bond referendum that will appear on the 2022 general election ballot this fall. The referendum will appear as four questions on the ballot, with a separate question for each project category: schools; recreation and parks; fire stations and public safety facilities; and stormwater drainage.
Click here to see the project category pages for the referendum questions as they will appear on the ballot, as well as the proposed projects and their funding amounts (only the questions will appear on the ballot). Absentee voting, including in-person, will begin on Sept. 23. Election Day is Nov. 8.
The Diamond District site consists of 67 acres bordered by Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Hermitage Road, the interstate and the railroad tracks. (BizSense file image)
Diamond District update on City Council agenda Monday
The Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with an informal session at 4 p.m. Agendas available here.
Business on the informal meeting agenda includes an update from staff on the Diamond District redevelopment project. Administrators have said they planned to announce their pick for a development team for the project by the end of this month.
The council will also meet in closed session on a personnel matter relating to a prospective city attorney and consultation with legal counsel about probable litigation.
Business on the 6 p.m. regular meeting agenda includes a request from property owner Richard Westbrook to rezone a roughly half-acre parcel at 500 Maury St. in Manchester from heavy industrial use to TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District.
TOD-1 zoning also is sought for a 2-acre warehouse property at 807 Oliver Hill Way. An LLC tied to Ivor Massey owns the property, and Lory Markham of Markham Planning is representing the applicant.
Richmond Hill Design + Build seeks to amend its plan to replace six homes in the 500 block of Westview Avenue with new home clusters. The amendment would reduce the number of new homes from 12 to 10.
Level 2 Development and SJG Properties seek a special-use permit to allow street-fronting structured parking and a drop-off and pick-up area for their planned Leigh Addition mixed-use development at 1117-1201 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd.
The regular agenda includes a request to amend the Stratford Hills Community Unit Plan. The amendment would increase the plan area by 2.85 acres to 67.4 acres to accommodate Harper Associates’ plan to develop a Chipotle restaurant and 6,500-square-foot retail outparcel and up to 36 townhomes on the east side of the site.
1,400-acre solar farm up for a vote in Chesterfield
Chesterfield supervisors meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. Public hearing items include a conditional-use request from 360 Solar Center LLC to permit a large-scale solar facility on 1,400 acres of a 1,930-acre site south of Hull Street Road at Deer Range Road. C. James Williams III seeks a conditional-use permit for a 6,000-square-foot restaurant fronting Swift Creek Reservoir on 3.7 acres at 14801 Genito Road.
Full agenda available here.
Projects detailed for $511M bond referendum in Henrico
Henrico voters can learn more about projects included in the county’s $511 million bond referendum that will appear on the 2022 general election ballot this fall. The referendum will appear as four questions on the ballot, with a separate question for each project category: schools; recreation and parks; fire stations and public safety facilities; and stormwater drainage.
Click here to see the project category pages for the referendum questions as they will appear on the ballot, as well as the proposed projects and their funding amounts (only the questions will appear on the ballot). Absentee voting, including in-person, will begin on Sept. 23. Election Day is Nov. 8.