Application filed for 500 more units on U.S. 29 near Hollymead

This afternoon, Albemarle County’s Community Development sent out a list of the latest round of applications for rezoning and special use permits. Comments for all of these are due back to each applicant by November 20. 

In one, more homes are planned for the Hollymead area. Dominion Realty Partners and the Stony Point Development Group have filed a rezoning for eight parcels totalling 30.821 acres from Residential-1 to Planned Residential Development. The property for the Holly Hills neighborhood is located at the southeast corner of U.S. 29 and South Hollymead Drive. 

“A maximum of 500 dwelling units is proposed, at a gross density of approximately 16 dwelling units/acre and a net density of approximately 24 dwelling units/acre,” reads the memo. “The dwelling units are proposed to be a mixture of single-family attached units and multi-family units.” (ZMA202300012)

The properties are designated as Urban Density Residential in the Comprehensive Plan. 

The applicant’s narrative indicates that they’ve met with representatives from Forest Lakes and Hollymead and may change the application accordingly. 

In another residential development across the street, Riverbend Development is working with the owners of a recently rezoned property on an amendment to change the allowed housing types.  (ZMA202300014)

The RST Residences project was approved by the Board of Supervisors in September 2021 on a 5-1 vote. 

“The concept plan layout for the Archer North application includes a portion of the previously zoned land and more specifically 13.2 acres of land, 222 proposed units with 15 percent of the total units as affordable,” reads the narrative. “Portions of the RST zoning on the eastern side of the property and adjacent to Forest Lakes will remain as zoned in ZMA202000007.”  

At the first hearing before the Planning Commission, the Forest Lakes Neighborhood Association mounted significant opposition to the project during a public hearing conducted in the Zoom era if you want to go back and listen to how that went. 

In two other items: 

• The owners of 4102 Dickerson Road seek a rezoning of 2.22 acres from Rural Areas to Light Industrial to allow for the construction of a 50 feet by 50 feet warehouse. (ZMA202300011)
• Haley, Chisholm, and Morris Contractors seek a rezoning and special use permit for an existing storage yard on Earlysville Road to become compliant. (ZMA202300013)

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