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To amend Res. No. 2022-R015, adopted Mar. 28, 2022, to direct the City Planning Commission to prepare, submit to public hearing, and adopt an amendment to the Master Plan making certain changes to the Master Plan for the inclusion of Creighton Court, Fairfield Court, Gilpin Court, Hillside Court, Mosby Court North, Mosby Court South, and Whitcomb Court as priority investment neighborhoods on the nodes map instead of priority growth nodes, and to extend the timeframe within which the City Planning Commission is directed to complete these actions.
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WHEREAS, in response to the City Council’s adoption of Resolution No. 2022-R015 on March 28, 2022, the City Planning Commission adopted a resolution on May 16, 2022, to designate Creighton Court, Fairfield Court, Gilpin Court, Hillside Court, Mosby Court North, Mosby Court South, Whitcomb Court, and their surrounding communities as priority investment neighborhoods on the nodes map, and the Council is of the consensus that Resolution No. 2022-R015, adopted March 28, 2022, should be amended to acknowledge the City Planning Commission’s designation and to extend the timeframe within which the City Planning Commission must act to comply with section 15.2-2229 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, and Resolution No. 2022-R015, adopted March 28, 2022, to allow sufficient time for the City Planning Commission to prepare the amendment recommended in the City Planning Commission’s resolution adopted on May 16, 2022;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND:
I. That Resolution No. 2022-R015, adopted March 28, 2022, be and hereby is amended as follows:
WHEREAS, pursuant to section 17.06 of the Charter of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended, the City Planning Commission by resolution dated October 5, 2020, adopted a new master plan for the City of Richmond, and the City Council by Ordinance No. 2020-236, adopted December 14, 2020, approved the master plan adopted by the City Planning Commission (hereinafter the “Master Plan”); and
WHEREAS, although the Council recognizes that the Master Plan guides but legally does not regulate the use of land in the city, the Council desires that the Master Plan accurately indicate the Council’s intended considerations when the Council adopts zoning ordinances to legally regulate the use of land in the city; and
WHEREAS, it is the consensus of the Council that it should direct the City Planning Commission to prepare, hold a public hearing on, and adopt an amendment to the Master Plan to include Creighton Court, Fairfield Court, Gilpin Court, Hillside Court, Mosby Court North, Mosby Court South, and Whitcomb Court as priority [growth] investment neighborhoods on the nodes map in accordance with section 17.06 of the Charter of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended, and section 15.2-2229 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended;
NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND:
That, in accordance with section 17.06 of the Charter of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended, and section 15.2-2229 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, the City Planning Commission is hereby directed to (i) prepare an amendment to the Master Plan that identifies the Creighton Court, Fairfield Court, Gilpin Court, Hillside Court, Mosby Court North, Mosby Court South, and Whitcomb Court neighborhoods as priority [growth] investment neighborhoods on the nodes map by including those neighborhoods in the appropriate maps and lists [of priority growth nodes on pages 24, 25, 87, 187, C-1 and C-2] of the Master Plan, (ii) submit such amendment to public hearing and conduct all other proceedings as may be required by law within [the 60-day timeframe specified by section 15.2-2229 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended] 120 days from the date on which this amendatory resolution is adopted, and (iii) adopt and certify to the City Council the requisite resolution to adopt such amendment in accordance with section 17.06 of the Charter of the City of Richmond (2020), as amended, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the required public hearing.
II. This amendatory resolution shall be in force and effect upon adoption.