The 150-page document in the works since 2020 aims to balance development and preservation interests as a supplement to the citywide Richmond 300 plan.
Reworked rules meant to permit short-term home rentals in Richmond while preserving the city’s available housing stock are heading to City Council for potential adoption Monday.
The years-in-the-making project from developers Michael Hallmark and Susan Eastridge was OK’d at Monday's meeting and now goes to City Council for a deciding vote.
The reductions followed complaints from developers and other applicants about slow turnaround times in permitting and inspections and costs of outsourcing reviews to third parties.
“I’ve got too much going on, I don’t need to be put on that blacklist,” said a builder, one of many BizSense sources who asked not to be named in articles.