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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 by Ord. No. 2017-148, adopted Sept. 25, 2017, to incorporate the James River Park System Master Plan: Final - 16 October 2019 with the Richmond Riverfront Plan Amendment 1: Downriver Update 2017, applicable to the downriver area along the James River identified in the Richmond Riverfront Plan, to include the area from Huguenot Flatwater Park east to the border with Henrico County as part of the Master Plan.
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WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission approved and certified a Master Plan for the City of Richmond on November 6, 2000; and
WHEREAS, by Ordinance No. 2000-371-2001-11, adopted January 8, 2001, the Council of the City of Richmond approved a Master Plan for the City of Richmond pursuant to a request by the City Planning Commission that the Council adopt a Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the City Planning Commission adopted the Richmond Riverfront Plan on September 4, 2012, and the Council of the City of Richmond approved the Richmond Riverfront Plan by Ordinance No. 2012-202-190, adopted on November 26, 2012, as an amendment to the Master Plan, as previously amended by Ord. No. 2017-148, adopted Sept. 25, 2017; and
WHEREAS, by a resolution dated July 17, 2017, the City Planning Commission adopted the proposed amendment to incorporate the Richmond Riverfront Plan Amendment 1: Downriver Update 2017 as part of the Master Plan; and
WHEREAS, the original James River Park Master Plan was developed in 1968 and since that time the park has grown in size and visitation beyond what was original conceived; and
WHEREAS, the updated James River Park Master Plan provides complimentary long-range policy direction to the Richmond Riverfront Plan by the addition of territory from Huguenot Flatwater Park to Great Ship...
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