Albemarle PC to review draft housing and economic development goals for new Comprehensive Plan 

The seven members of the Albemarle County Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. in Lane Auditorium of the county’s office building at 401 McIntire Road. (meeting info)

The meeting begins with a work session on the draft goals for housing and economic development in the draft Comprehensive Place. If I’m behind on Charlottesville’s Development Code, I don’t appear to be in the same universe as the AC44 process. But here’s one statement from the staff report. 

“According to the 2019 Regional Housing Needs Assessment published by the Central Virginia Regional Housing Partnership, Albemarle County needs to add approximately 10,070 affordable units to our housing stock by 2040 to ensure all current and future residents can enjoy a good quality of life in our community,” reads the staff report.

Yet many in the county as well as Charlottesville are not comfortable with additional density or have questions about whether the local governments can provide the infrastructure. Recall that the entire Village of Rivanna Community Advisory Committee quit in April 2022. Recall that the White Hall District Supervisor race in Albemarle was close in part because of this issue. 

There are two public hearings. The first is for an addition to the Evans Kinloch Agricultural-Forestal District and the second is for a rezoning for the Cornerstone Community Church for 3.578 acres from Residential to Commercial. 

“The subject parcel has long been a single family residential property owned by the Dettor family,” reads the narrative produced by the civil engineering firm Line and Grade. “Recently the church has put the property under contract for purchase as a part of the church’s intention to relocate their community’s primary place of congregation.” 

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