In front of a full house, Lynchburg City Council voted Tuesday to table a decision to rezone 47 acres of nonprofit HumanKind’s 166 acre-property from residential to institutional for a meeting in the coming weeks.
If City Council chooses to follow the Lynchburg Planning Commission’s recommendation to rezone the parcel, HumanKind no longer would need to seek council approval through conditional use permits for future expansion if adequate water, sewer and traffic infrastructure are present, but the nonprofit would need to submit a two-year plan to the city every two years outlining possible developments.
This controversial zoning request worries neighbors and the nearby retirement and rehabilitation community Westminster Canterbury due to concerns the change would allow HumanKind to grow unchecked without the ability for the city to intervene, add traffic to V.E.S. Road and add disruptive lights and noise to the area.
