A site plan shows the four development bays for Sauer Properties’ project, with industrial buildings at the top and residential and mixed-use buildings toward the bottom. (Henrico County documents)
Ukrop’s mixed-use project, Sauer VCC rezoning on Henrico agenda
Henrico supervisors meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. Full agenda here.
Public hearing items include a permit request for the Ukrop family’s plan for a mixed-use infill and partial redevelopment at 2000 Westmoreland St., where their Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods bakery and catering businesses are based. The multi-phased project could ultimately consist of 1,000 multifamily residential units, along with a mix of retail, restaurant, office and hotel uses.
Deferred from January are rezoning and permit requests for a proposed a six-story building with four levels of apartments above structured parking at 4909-4911 Augusta Ave. The 1-acre property is on the east side of Willow Lawn.
Also on the agenda is Sauer Properties’ plan for a development with industrial, office and retail uses and 780 residential units on 93 acres along Jeb Stuart Parkway south of Virginia Center Commons.
Solar-powered apartment project on former Chamberlayne hotel site advances
The Henrico County Planning Commission last week supported a proposal from Spy Rock Real Estate Group and Crescent Development for a 186-unit apartment complex and accessory solar use on 8 acres at 5701 Chamberlayne Road and 5700 Crenshaw Road, adjacent to the existing Ashley Terrace Apartments. The case now goes to the Board of Supervisors for a final vote.
The commission deferred to its April 13 meeting a rezoning request from Canterbury Development Group LLC for a 48-unit townhome development on 5 acres on the east side of Walnut Avenue at its intersection with Ratcliffe Avenue near Richmond Raceway.
Chesterfield budget proposal includes tax relief measures, pay raises
Chesterfield officials last week shared a proposed $1.9 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The proposed FY24 budget would be 9.4 percent larger than the current FY23 budget. The proposed spending plan includes an increase of the gross receipts threshold for the business professional and occupational license tax (BPOL) to $500,000, as well as a 1 cent cut to the real estate tax rate (which would make Chesterfield’s real estate tax 91 cents per $100 of assessed value).
The proposed budget features multiple pay bumps for the county workforce. Those pay increases include a 10 percent increase to the starting salaries of first responders and a 7 percent raise for teachers.
Chesterfield would earmark $153.9 million for a Powhite Parkway extension to Woolridge Road as part of the county’s five-year capital projects plan.
The Board of Supervisors is expected to consider adoption of the budget in early April.
Chesterfield supervisors approve zoning request tied to soccer complex
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors voted last week to approve a zoning request related to FC Richmond’s proposed soccer complex in the western part of the county.
The youth soccer club’s complex is currently planned to include five full-sized soccer fields, several smaller fields, a training area, offices and an eatery, among other features.
Proposed Byrd Park restaurant, personnel matter on City Council agendas
A rendering of the outdoor patio at the planned restaurant. (City documents)
The Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with a budget workshop at 12:30 p.m., followed by an informal meeting at 4 to discuss a personnel matter in closed session.
Business on the 6 p.m. regular agenda includes a special-use request for 401 S. Stafford Ave., where the owners of New York Deli in Carytown are planning to open a sandwich shop. The request was deferred at the council’s previous meeting.
Full agendas for the meetings can be found here.
$3B budget plan for Richmond includes pay hikes, schools funding
Mayor Levar Stoney presented his $3 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2024. The plan would hold the line on current tax rates while increasing the general fund budget to nearly $949 million, a 13 percent jump from the current fiscal year budget.
The jump in spending is driven by anticipated increases in tax collections, including a 22.5 percent increase in sales tax, a 19.2 percent increase in prepared meals tax and a 7.7 percent increase in real estate tax, which remains based on the current real estate tax rate of $1.20 per $100 of assessed value.
The budget would fund an 8 percent salary increase for most city employees and a step increase and plan adjustment that would see most sworn police officers and firefighters receive pay hikes of at least 5 percent. The adjustments would increase the city’s minimum wage to $18 an hour.
The full budget proposal can be viewed on the city’s website. The City Council will review the document in depth over the next several weeks in a series of workshops, leading up to an initial public hearing March 27. Initial amendments from the council are due March 29, and final amendments would be introduced at the April 24 regular meeting, setting the stage for a second public hearing May 8.
A site plan shows the four development bays for Sauer Properties’ project, with industrial buildings at the top and residential and mixed-use buildings toward the bottom. (Henrico County documents)
Ukrop’s mixed-use project, Sauer VCC rezoning on Henrico agenda
Henrico supervisors meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. Full agenda here.
Public hearing items include a permit request for the Ukrop family’s plan for a mixed-use infill and partial redevelopment at 2000 Westmoreland St., where their Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods bakery and catering businesses are based. The multi-phased project could ultimately consist of 1,000 multifamily residential units, along with a mix of retail, restaurant, office and hotel uses.
Deferred from January are rezoning and permit requests for a proposed a six-story building with four levels of apartments above structured parking at 4909-4911 Augusta Ave. The 1-acre property is on the east side of Willow Lawn.
Also on the agenda is Sauer Properties’ plan for a development with industrial, office and retail uses and 780 residential units on 93 acres along Jeb Stuart Parkway south of Virginia Center Commons.
Solar-powered apartment project on former Chamberlayne hotel site advances
The Henrico County Planning Commission last week supported a proposal from Spy Rock Real Estate Group and Crescent Development for a 186-unit apartment complex and accessory solar use on 8 acres at 5701 Chamberlayne Road and 5700 Crenshaw Road, adjacent to the existing Ashley Terrace Apartments. The case now goes to the Board of Supervisors for a final vote.
The commission deferred to its April 13 meeting a rezoning request from Canterbury Development Group LLC for a 48-unit townhome development on 5 acres on the east side of Walnut Avenue at its intersection with Ratcliffe Avenue near Richmond Raceway.
Chesterfield budget proposal includes tax relief measures, pay raises
Chesterfield officials last week shared a proposed $1.9 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year.
The proposed FY24 budget would be 9.4 percent larger than the current FY23 budget. The proposed spending plan includes an increase of the gross receipts threshold for the business professional and occupational license tax (BPOL) to $500,000, as well as a 1 cent cut to the real estate tax rate (which would make Chesterfield’s real estate tax 91 cents per $100 of assessed value).
The proposed budget features multiple pay bumps for the county workforce. Those pay increases include a 10 percent increase to the starting salaries of first responders and a 7 percent raise for teachers.
Chesterfield would earmark $153.9 million for a Powhite Parkway extension to Woolridge Road as part of the county’s five-year capital projects plan.
The Board of Supervisors is expected to consider adoption of the budget in early April.
Chesterfield supervisors approve zoning request tied to soccer complex
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors voted last week to approve a zoning request related to FC Richmond’s proposed soccer complex in the western part of the county.
The youth soccer club’s complex is currently planned to include five full-sized soccer fields, several smaller fields, a training area, offices and an eatery, among other features.
Proposed Byrd Park restaurant, personnel matter on City Council agendas
A rendering of the outdoor patio at the planned restaurant. (City documents)
The Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with a budget workshop at 12:30 p.m., followed by an informal meeting at 4 to discuss a personnel matter in closed session.
Business on the 6 p.m. regular agenda includes a special-use request for 401 S. Stafford Ave., where the owners of New York Deli in Carytown are planning to open a sandwich shop. The request was deferred at the council’s previous meeting.
Full agendas for the meetings can be found here.
$3B budget plan for Richmond includes pay hikes, schools funding
Mayor Levar Stoney presented his $3 billion budget proposal for fiscal year 2024. The plan would hold the line on current tax rates while increasing the general fund budget to nearly $949 million, a 13 percent jump from the current fiscal year budget.
The jump in spending is driven by anticipated increases in tax collections, including a 22.5 percent increase in sales tax, a 19.2 percent increase in prepared meals tax and a 7.7 percent increase in real estate tax, which remains based on the current real estate tax rate of $1.20 per $100 of assessed value.
The budget would fund an 8 percent salary increase for most city employees and a step increase and plan adjustment that would see most sworn police officers and firefighters receive pay hikes of at least 5 percent. The adjustments would increase the city’s minimum wage to $18 an hour.
The full budget proposal can be viewed on the city’s website. The City Council will review the document in depth over the next several weeks in a series of workshops, leading up to an initial public hearing March 27. Initial amendments from the council are due March 29, and final amendments would be introduced at the April 24 regular meeting, setting the stage for a second public hearing May 8.