Roanoke City Council Roundup: Zoning Overhaul Unfinished, Tax Exemptions Approved

In the Roanoke Valley: Roanoke City Council to vote on rezoning and Evans Spring; Roanoke County to hold greenway ribbon-cutting and final housing study webinar

This week in the Roanoke Valley, the Roanoke City Council will consider changes to zoning and its plan for Evans Spring, a greenway ribbon-cutting will be held in Roanoke County, and the final public webinar will be held for a housing study in the county.  Here are some details on each of those items: Roanoke City Council On Monday, the Roanoke City Council will revisit its controversial 2024 citywide zoning amendments for the third time, as wel…

Roanoke City Council roundup: Zoning overhaul unfinished, tax exemptions approved

Roanoke City Council’s Monday meeting ran more than four hours and ended at 11 p.m. without action on a major zoning overhaul, leaving several speakers unheard and pushing decisions on housing rules, vape shops and data centers to a future date. A motion to extend the meeting failed because city code requires unanimous consent. The package under review would revisit parts of the city’s 2024 zoning update, including housing density rules, new lim…