[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Virginia Beach buys land

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

News Release
City of Virginia Beach, Virginia
October 28, 2011

City Buys 18-Acre Commerce Center to Protect Oceana

The City of Virginia Beach on Thursday purchased the 18-acre London  
Bridge Commerce Center to protect Naval Air Station Oceana from  
incompatible business development.

This is an important acquisition for the city’s APZ-1 purchase  
program because the site has three commercial buildings with multiple  
tenants, many of which are incompatible with the city's zoning  
ordinance. The property is in Oceana’s Accident Potential Zone 1  
(APZ-1) on London Bridge Road, between Potters Road and Virginia  
Beach Boulevard.  The property is also encumbered by Navy restrictive  
easements.

With this acquisition, the city will continue to reduce the number of  
nonconforming commercial uses in APZ-1. Ultimately, the city plans to  
redevelop the site for new uses compatible with the Navy easements  
and the city’s APZ-1 Ordinance.

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For the entire release, see
http://www.vbgov.com/news/Pages/selected.aspx?release=430

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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