The Urban Design Committee (UDC) is an advisory board to the Planning Commission that reviews development on public property or in the public right-of-way. In their work, the UDC encourages high standards of urban design and an improved community appearance. Additionally, the UDC evaluates and recommends design overlay districts proposed by neighborhood groups.
The Richmond Urban Design Committee (UDC) is a ten member advisory committee created by City Council in 1968. Its purpose is to advise the City Planning Commission (CPC) on the design of City projects. The UDC reviews projects for appropriateness in "location, character and extent" and for consistency with the City's Master Plan and forwards recommendations to the CPC. The UDC also advises the Department of Public Works in regards to private encroachments in the public right-of-way.
Regular meetings are scheduled for the Thursday after the first Monday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the fifth floor conference room of City Hall. Special meetings are scheduled as needed. The regular deadline for filing new applications may be adjusted to accommodate holidays[1]-5.
Membership Composition
The UDC is composed of a registered architect, a representative from the field of static arts, a faculty member from the arts division of a local college, a registered engineer, a business representative, a landscape architect, a member of the Planning Commission, a member of the Commission of Architectural Review, and two citizens at large.
The current members are
- Hampton Carver, Citizen-at-Large
- Paul Di Pasquale, Static Arts
- Sarah Shields Driggs, Citizen-at-Large
- Bryan Clark Green, Commission of Architectural Review Representative
- William Hutchins, Planning Commission Representative
- Andrea Levine, GRI, ABR, ECOBROKER, Business Executive
- Luigi Mignardi, Landscape Architect
- Rab McClure, Arts Faculty
- Jill Nolt, A.I.A., Architect
- Claire Shirley, Engineer
For more information about the members or their terms, contact the Secretary to the Urban Design Committee.
Meetings
Regular meetings of the UDC are scheduled for the Thursday after the first Monday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the fifth floor conference
room of Richmond City Hall. The submission deadlines for each meeting are shown in the second column. The anticipated dates of Planning
Commission consideration, of location, character, and extent items, are shown in the third column.
| UDC Meeting Dates | Submittal Deadline | Planning Commission
Consideration of Items |
|---|
| December 8, 2011 | November 16, 2011 | January 3, 2012 | |
| January 5, 2012 | December 16, 2011 | January 17, 2012 | |
| February 9, 2012 | January 20, 2012 | February 21, 2012 | |
| March 8, 2012 | February 17, 2012 | March 19, 2012 | |
| April 5, 2012 | March 16, 2012 | April 16, 2012 |
| May 10, 2012 | April 20, 2012 | May 21, 2012 |
| June 7, 2012 | May 18, 2012 | June 18, 2012 |
| July 5, 2012 | June 15, 2012 | July 16, 2012 |
| August 9, 2012 | July 20, 2012 | August 20, 2012 |
| September 6, 2012 | August 17, 2012 | September 17, 2012 |
| October 4, 2012 | September 14, 2012 | October 15, 2012 |
| November 8, 2012 | October 19, 2012 | November 19, 2012 |
| December 6, 2012 | November 16, 2012 | January 7, 2013 |
Regular meetings are scheduled for the Thursday after the first Monday of each month at 10:00 a.m. in the fifth floor conference room of
City Hall. Special meetings are scheduled as needed. The regular deadline for filing new applications may be adjusted to accommodate
holidays.
For additional information, please contact the Planning and Preservation Division staff at (804) 646-6335.
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