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Planning & Zoning Administration
Performs planning, zoning and environmental functions:
- Administers the zoning ordinance and manages land use applications by evaluating their consistency with adopted city policies
- Provides staff support to the Board of Zoning Appeals, Hampton Youth Commission, Planning Commission, and Wetlands Board
- Provides strategic master plans, the Hampton Community Plan (PDF), and policies to guide future development
- Contributes design assistance on development projects in special districts
- Contributes environmental expertise and reviews related to regulation and enforcement of Chesapeake Bay and wetlands protection requirements
- Coordinates with regional planning efforts
- Develops relationships with key stakeholder groups to build upon Hampton's historical strengths and assets to leverage new investment and partnerships
- Proposes amendments to codes and ordinances to comply with state law and ensures agreement with the Hampton Community Plan
- Tracks Census, demographic, and other community data measures and trends
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New ordinance requires minimum green area for street frontage yards of residences
Jan. 4, 2021 - Effective Dec. 9, a new city ordinance requires a minimum green area for street frontage yards of residential properties. Read on... -
Hampton fights flooding with Virginia’s first environmental impact bond
Dec 3, 2020 - Dec. 3, 2020 - Hampton has become the third municipality in the country to use an innovative form of financing to fund three major projects aimed at reducing flooding and pollution. Read on... -
Hampton, Bay Foundation announce partnership for projects
Dec. 19, 2018 - Hampton could be the first in Virginia to take on pioneering projects that reduce flooding and prevent pollution using environmental impact bonds, a funding tool leveraged through the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Quantified Ventures. See joint press release -
Hampton 2040: Help kick off a major update to the city's Community Plan on Oct. 30
Oct. 11, 2018 - Help kick off a major update to the city’s Community Plan. That plan — Hampton 2040 — will be a road map for the city’s future, and we need your perspective to set the right course. Read on...
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Terry O'Neill
Director of Community DevelopmentPhone: 757-727-6140
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FOIA
Fax: 757-728-2445
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Community Development
Physical Address
22 Lincoln Street
3rd and 5th Floors
Hampton, VA 23669
Phone: 757-727-6140Fax: 757-728-2449
Hours:
Monday - Friday
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Development Services Center Closed Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.