Chesterfield tweaks rules for multifamily development in Route 1 design district BizSense file) Developers now have a little more leeway when they build apartment projects in the local Route 1 corridor. A recently approved zoning code amendment tweaked Chesterfield County’s existing Route 1 Residential Overlay to allow apartment developments to be built further back from Jefferson Davis Highway, in addition to decreased balcony requirements and adjusted common area and architectural design guidelines. The Route 1 Residential Overlay, which runs along the Route 1 corridor from Osborne Road in Chester up to the Richmond city line, is within the Northern Jefferson Highway Design District. “The goal of the overlay was to increase investment opportunities in the corridor and meet the goals of the Northern Jefferson Davis Special Area Plan. This amendment we hope expands the attractiveness of, and expands opportunities, for that investment in the design district and overlay,” Chesterfield zoning administrator Ray Cash said in an email.