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To adopt an amendment to the Master Plan for the City of Richmond, adopted by the City Planning Commission on Nov. 6, 2000, and by the City Council by Ord. No. 2000-371-2001-11, adopted Jan. 8, 2001, as previously amended, to incorporate the Pulse Corridor Plan, applicable to certain areas from the City's corporate boundary on East Main Street to the intersection of East Main Street and North 14th Street and along East Broad Street to the City's corporate boundary along Staples Mill Road, as part of the Master Plan.
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O & R Request
DATE: May 17, 2017 EDITION:|910|
TO: The Honorable Members of City Council
THROUGH: The Honorable Levar M. Stoney, Mayor (by request)
THROUGH: Selena Cuffee Glenn, Chief Administrative Officer
THROUGH: Peter L. Downey, Jr., Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Economic Development and Planning
FROM: Mark A. Olinger, Director, Dept. of Planning and Development Review
RE: Request to amend the City's Master Plan to include the recommendations and results of the Pulse Corridor Plan to guide future transit-oriented development, public realm and infrastructure investment, and policy recommendations.
ORD. OR RES. No.
PURPOSE: To amend the City's Master Plan to include the recommendations and results of the Pulse Corridor Plan to guide future transit-oriented development, public realm and infrastructure investment, and policy recommendations in the neighborhoods and commercial corridors stretching from the eastern border with Henrico County on E Main Street, along E Main Street, up N 14th Street, and along Broad Street until the western border with Henrico County at Staples Mill Road focused around 14 Pulse BRT stations.
REASON: This ordinance would amend the City's Master Plan to include the recommendations and results of the recently-completed Pulse Corridor Plan. The Plan supports a walkable urban environment around soon-to-open Pulse BRT Stations through the adoption of principles, goals, and recomme...
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