Planning Commission approves housing and infrastructure items
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The Planning Commission advanced several housing, land-use, and infrastructure measures, including new or expanded special-use approvals, a street closure, and funding for a fire training facility project.
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What this means
The commission recommended approval of several projects that could affect housing and public works in Richmond. Those included special-use requests for new dwellings, attached garages, and a day nursery, plus a request to close part of Lafayette Street. The commission also approved a public art work plan, sent two Shockoe Valley design reviews to other advisory bodies, and backed a $480,000 transfer for a fire training facility burn tower replacement.
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- Adopted the June 16, 2026 minutes.
- Continued ORD. 2026-093 about 3317 Rear Monument Avenue to the August 4, 2026 meeting.
- Recommended approval of ORD. 2026-152 to close an unimproved portion of Lafayette Street.
- Recommended approval of ORD. 2026-155 for up to six attached garages at 5 North Colonial Avenue Rear.
- Recommended approval of ORD. 2026-156 for up to six single-family detached dwellings at 5219, 5221, and 5221 1/2 Euclid Avenue.
- Recommended approval of ORD. 2026-157 to increase the allowed single-family attached dwellings from 65 to 73 at the Hull Street Road and Warwick Road properties.
- Recommended approval of ORD. 2026-161 to transfer and appropriate $480,000 for the Fire Training Facility Burn Tower Replacement project.
- Recommended approval of ORD. 2026-162 for property interests needed for the Hobby Hill Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project.
- Recommended approval of ORD. 2026-163 for property acquisition and easements for the CSO-012 Storage Tank project.
- Referred UDC 2026-07 to the Urban Design Committee and Public Art Commission.
- Referred UDC 2026-08 to the Urban Design Committee.
- Approved the Public Art Commission work plan for fiscal year 2027.
- Recommended approval of ORD. 2026-153 for a day nursery for up to 12 children at 2502 4th Avenue.
- Recommended approval of ORD. 2026-154 for up to two single-family detached dwellings at 1235 North 36th Street.
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