On Tuesday, the Roanoke City Planning Commission will hold two public hearings for proposed rezonings, one off Stratford Park Drive and one on Valley View Boulevard.
The first application is filed by Paige Lester with CSW Associates Roanoke, a family-owned real estate business, according to its website.
The application requests making changes to the existing zoning code for about 28 acres of land at 3840 Stratford Park Drive S.W. and 0 Brandon Ave. S.W. to allow for a 195-unit community of townhomes, which the application refers to as the Brandon Station Community.
The two plots of land are currently undeveloped and are under the same ownership as the Brandon Point Apartments, according to agenda documents.
The applicant is asking to repeal conditions from a 1996 rezoning that stated that no more than 60 units could be built on the property, along with other conditions from a previous rezoning.
Lester has also requested to proffer new conditions that would allow for at least two access locations to the development, for public safety reasons, and for sidewalks that would connect to Brandon Avenue’s existing public right of way.
According to the agenda documents, the concept plan shows development on both sides of Barnhart Creek, with bridges crossing the creek on the north and south ends of the development.
A traffic study conducted stated that incremental traffic produced from the development “is minimal as compared to what would be permitted under the current zoning conditions,” the agenda documents read.
The second hearing on Tuesday pertains to a 2-acre plot of land at 5060 Valley View Blvd. N.W. The applicant, Justin Hayek with Mar Roanoke, a limited liability company registered in Florida, wishes to rezone the property from commercial-general district to institutional planned unit development district to allow for a residential substance-use and disorder treatment center, licensed by the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Development Services.
The city’s zoning code refers to this use as a “regional housing service,” which is only permitted in that zoning with a special exception.
Most recently, the building housed New Horizons Healthcare, which closed the location in August 2024. The building has been vacant since then, and the applicant intends to reuse the existing building, according to the agenda documents.
The center plans to offer inpatient rehabilitation services for up to 30 days and has proposed 80 beds, agenda reports read. Two treatment options will be offered: one less-intensive option and a more intensive option for detoxification care.
Those interested in reading more about these two proposed developments can find all published documents here.
The planning commission meeting will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the City Council Chamber on the fourth floor of the Noel C. Taylor Municipal Building, at 215 Church Ave. in Roanoke. For those who cannot attend the meeting in person, it will be livestreamed via YouTube.