Intent of district.
Richmond, Va., City Code § 30-451.1
in effectSec. 30-451.1. - Intent of district.
Pursuant to the general purposes of this chapter, the intent of the RP Research Park District is to encourage development of an innovation district with mixed-uses including residential, ground floor activation, and unlimited height and density as envisioned in the City Center Innovation District Small Area Plan, approved by the Council by Ordinance No. 2022-010, adopted January 24, 2022. The area will become an engine for expanding life sciences industries within the Richmond-Petersburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. The district regulations are intended to create a place to live, learn, collaborate, innovate, and develop new life science businesses in a high density, walkable, urban, full-service environment that includes multi-modal transportation options to city and regional neighborhoods and job centers. The RP Research Park District is intended to promote an environment that is conducive to the expansion of research, development, and laboratory facilities related to the medical, biotechnology, and life sciences industries, and other uses that support innovation such as a mixed-use residential, hotel, walkable mixed-use built environment.
(Code 1993, § 32-451.1; Code 2004, § 114-451.1; Code 2015, § 30-451.1; Code 2020, § 30-451.1; Ord. No. 2022-245, § 1, 9-26-2022)
Source: City of Richmond, Virginia, Code (2026 recodification) and Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/va/richmond/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CH30ZO_ARTIVDIRE_DIV27.1RPREPADI_S30-451.1INDIFetched: 11/8/2026