Plaintiffs in one of two suits against the city of Roanoke regarding last year’s citywide rezoning dropped their suit Tuesday, with the other suit expected to see no further action.
But the zoning conversation isn’t finished, as Roanoke City Council members Nick Hagen and Peter Volosin will work with the community over the next month to bring to the council a list of recommended amendments to last year’s mass rezoning.
At an Aug. 4 council meeting, Hagen proposed a study to look into the effects of altering the zoning changes. After Volosin expressed that he thought the proposal was too “vague,” Mayor Joe Cobb suggested that the two work together to come up with a proposal with recommended changes to the zoning code, to bring to the council in late September or early October…