Albemarle PC to take up Holly Hills rezoning 

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

There are three public hearings with the first being for a rezoning for several hundred places to live on 30.8 acres between Brookhill and Forest Lakes. The developers are Dominion Realty Partners and Stony Point Development Group. 

“The Project proposes a maximum of 410 residential units comprised of low-rise apartments, condominiums and townhouse units,” reads the narrative. “The Project also proposes amenities for residents, including a pool, clubhouse, fitness center, dog park, outdoor recreation areas, and green space surrounding the community.”

The project meets the requirements of existing rules that 15 percent of units in a project created by a rezoning be guaranteed as “affordable.” Supervisors adopted a housing policy in the summer of 2021 that pushed that expectation up to 20 percent but a package of incentives for  developers had not yet been adopted when this rezoning was filed. 

The narrative also states there will be “no negative impact on public facilities and public infrastructure.” 

The next two public hearings are related to the potential for a Tesla dealership at Stonefield. The zoning needs to be amended to allow for car sales and a special use permit is needed for outdoor storage and display. I wrote about this back in November 2023. (staff report for rezoning) 

I will note again that it’s possible to review the draft minutes of the Albemarle Planning Commission before they are adopted but not possible to review the draft minutes of Albemarle Supervisor meetings. The most recent minutes for Supervisors available are from May 25, 2022. Read through the minutes from the March 26, 2024 PC meeting for information about the zoning modernization underway. 

Before you go: The time to write and research of this article is covered by paid subscribers to Charlottesville Community Engagement. In fact, this particular installment is from the April 8, 2024 Week Ahead edition of the newsletter.