Manchester Rezoning

Next Meeting
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Sacred Heart Center
1400 Perry Street
Informal Open House -- 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
City Staff Presentation -- 6:30 pm

To continue the implementation of the Richmond Downtown Plan, the City of Richmond is pleased to announce the second meeting for a potential rezoning of the Manchester Area.

 Click here for the meeting flyer.
 Click here for a map of the study area.

On Saturday, June 27, the DCD staff hosted a public meeting on rezoning in Manchester. Director Rachel Flynn and more than a dozen staff members met at the Sacred Heart Center on Perry St. to discuss future zoning regulations with more than 70 residents, business owners, and interested citizens.

After a brief overview of the Downtown Plan, small group discussions were held to help narrow discussion on the broad development objectives within the Downtown Plan into specific recommendations on a block-by-block basis throughout Manchester.

 Downtown Plan Manchester
 Manchester 06-2009

That feedback and individual participant surveys gathered during the meeting will help shape recommendations for the rezoning. Areas of discussion included such items as character of development, intensity of development, use type, circulation patterns, parking, and view corridors.

 Manchester Previously Proposed Zoning Map 6-27-09
 Manchester Recent Rezoning Map 6-27-09
 Blackwell Rezoning 2006
 Manchester Map 1
 Manchester Map 2
 Manchester Map 3
 Manchester Map 4
 Manchester Map 5
 Manchester Map 6
 Manchester Map 7
 Manchester Map 8

Working Group Meeting
City staff hosted a working group meeting on Thursday, October 8, 2009 at the Blackwell Community Center. As was discussed during the kickoff session, the intent of the working group meeting was to refine the general recommendations laid out by the community at the outset in order to bring a specific proposal back to the larger community, so only those citizens that participated in the kickoff meeting were directly invited to the working group meeting (area civic associations were also notified and the meeting appeared in the departmental newsletter).

At the meeting, staff summarized the feedback received at the kickoff meeting, reviewed a draft map of the rezoning proposal, and described the proposed new zoning districts that could be mapped in the area (R-8 and B-7). Participants then broke out into smaller groups to review the proposal in detail and give staff feedback. The proposal was very well-received and only two minor map adjustments were recommended as a part of the discussion. Approximately 25 citizens attended the meeting.

 Working Group Presentation 1
 Working Group Presentation 2

Future meetings and community engagement are planned through the summer and fall of 2009 and anyone interested in becoming a part of the ongoing process or receiving updates on future meetings should email dcdnews@richmondgov.com or call 804-646-6310.