Top elected and appointed officials in Charlottesville continue to to spend time reviewing proposed new rules for building new structures that will allow significantly more residential density throughout the city as well as more commercial uses in residential neighborhoods.
Both the City Council and the Planning Commission continued their review of the Developer Code this past week with Commissioners taking some time on October 4. Chair Hosea Mitchell said at the beginning of the meeting that they would not be taking any action.
“We will not be in the position to make a recommendation today,” Mitchell said. “We are waiting for more feedback from all the legal entities regarding the anti-displacement language.”
Mitchell said he hoped that language would be ready before the Commission’s meeting on October 10 for their review. He said Neighborhood Development Services Director James Freas will circulate revisions for the Commission to review.
What might be in that language? Some clues may be in the set of deliberations that the Planning Commission had on September 19, 2023. You can read my story as I don’t think the minutes are available yet.
In addition, Council held a second discussion this past Tuesday which I hope to have a summary of in an upcoming edition of the newsletter.
I’ll have more details of the October 10 meeting of the Planning Commission in the next Week Ahead. There are two public hearings on that agenda for projects seeking development permission under the existing zoning code.
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