Charlottesville’s new Development Code has now been in effect for six months and the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development Services (NDS) is processing the first few examples of builders taking advantage of additional residential density.
One of them is a proposed 24 unit residential complex to be built on 0.83 acres on Barracks Road adjacent to the Meadowbrook Shopping Center. Greenshire Holdings purchased the undeveloped land for $581,500 on June 28 and have recently filed a major development plan with NDS.
The by-right proposal would be to subdivide the property into two lots and to build 12 units on each. The land is within the Residential-B district which allows up to six units per lot but an additional six can be built if they meet the city’s affordability guidelines.
“Any project with residential units is required to complete an Affordable Dwelling Unit Certification Application,” reads page seven of the city’s affordable dwelling unit manual.
That certification will be reviewed by the city’s Office of Community Solutions.
Unfortunately the developer was unable to upload the plan’s to the city’s website and that document is currently unavailable from public view through the portal.
The maximum building footprint on each lot is 3,500 square feet and according to the city’s development portal the total project would be 6,588 square feet.
Greenshire Holdings paid a $900 fee to have the major development plan processed.
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