Rezoning filed for 22 units in Crozet

Plans have been filed to rezone 3.15 acres in Crozet from R-1 Residential to R-10 Residential in Crozet to allow for a 22-unit development.

“The Property offers the ideal opportunity to realize an infill development directly consistent with recommendations put forth in the Crozet Master Plan,” reads a narrative for the project written by Shimp Engineering.

The density of the Windy Knoll development would be seven units per acre according to the narrative. That’s just above the three to six unit range called for in the Neighborhood Residential designation in the Crozet Master Plan.

“Windy Knoll will also provide affordable housing units, consistent with Albemarle County’s Housing Policy, by designating 20 percent of units built as affordable to households making 60 percent of the area median income (AMI) for rental units and 80% of the AMI for for-sale units,” the narrative continues.

The document said people who live in the development would be able to walk to the Harris Teeter and other commercial areas on U.S. 250. A portion of the property would be reserved to support the construction of Eastern Avenue.

“The preliminary conceptual design plans prepared for Eastern Avenue show a permanent slope and drainage easement on the Property and the approximate area of that easement is proposed to be dedicated to Albemarle County,” reads the narrative.

There would be no vehicular access to Eastern Avenue, however. That would come through a private road connection to Colony Drive in the Cory Farm community.

A community meeting for the project will be held June 11 as part of the Crozet Community Advisory Committee meeting at 7 p.m. in the Crozet Library. (agenda)

The only other pending rezoning in Crozet is a 134 unit proposal known as Oak Bluff. However, the county’s Civic Access portal shows that as being deferred indefinitely. That project is also the subject of a lawsuit filed by adjacent property owners.

Before you move your screen elsewhere: This story was first sent out in the June 9, 2025 edition of Charlottesville Community Engagement. This particular story should have been in the Week Ahead on Sunday, but for some reason I neglected to put it in there. In any case, this is an imperfect publication with stories written and produced in imperfect times.