Chesapeake City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday to approve a rezoning request of nearly 132 acres of agricultural zoned land for a planned unit development. The vote, which Vice Mayor John de Triquet and council member Debbie Ritter opposed, also extends the city's public utilities to the project.
CHESAPEAKE — A mixed-use development with nearly 400 homes on more than 100 acres is on the way to the Great Bridge area. City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday to approve a rezoning request of nearly 132 acres of agricultural zoned land for a “planned unit development,” which is a site-specific zoning designation for major development projects. The vote, which Vice Mayor John de Triquet and Council .
The goal of the plan is to guide future projects that leverage the city's waterfront as a regional asset, better connect communities to the waterfront, make infrastructure improvements to mitigate flooding and other climate-related impacts, develop more mixed-use waterfront hubs and conserve existing shoreline and ecological hubs.
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