The Planning Commission accepted their staff’s recommendation to DENY the
application for the Lake District development project.
Several pros were presented by a representative of the developer, Boyd Homes of Virginia Beach, but to no avail.
The overriding factor that led to the staff’s recommendation and ultimately the Commissions approval of that recommendation was that the plan did not adhere to the
scope of what the Comprehensive Plan had indicated is the best use for that property – which is commercial development. The development contained too many residential units and not enough “serious” commercial development to qualify.
Richmond.com has a story posted here.