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BRISTOL, Va. — The Bristol Virginia City Council wasted no time Tuesday in voting 4-0, with one abstention, to deny a controversial rezoning request.

The council acted, without discussion, to reject the request from Long Crescent LLC to rezone 19 acres on Long Crescent Road. The firm, which includes members of Councilman Kevin Wingard’s immediate family, purchased the hillside site last year with plans to develop an RV park and campground. Wingard again abstained from discussing or voting on the measure.

The request was to rezone the undeveloped site from R-1A residential to B-3 intermediate business. The property faces Interstate 81 just west of Exit 5, but the back portion of the site abuts a large residential neighborhood.

“I feel like there had been a lot of discussion, both in the community and among ourselves previously, so I didn’t feel like there was a lot that had to be rehashed again,” Mayor Neal Osborne said after the meeting. “We all know the facts about it, and we all know the opposition, so there wasn’t a lot that hadn’t been said already.”

Osborne opposed the plan but hopes Long Crescent LLC can “find another use” for the site.