Arlington to appeal judicial ruling invalidating middle missing zoning
Among other things, Plaintiffs argued that Arlington had not sufficiently studied whether the county could handle the additional residential density.
Among other things, Plaintiffs argued that Arlington had not sufficiently studied whether the county could handle the additional residential density.
Judge Worrell did not provide a final answer in the ruling and there will be at least one more hearing.
There’s still no ruling from a Charlottesville Circuit Court judge about whether a similar lawsuit against the city’s new code will go to trial
The U.S. Fourth Court of Appeals will continue to review the case but the U.S. Supreme Court’s action blocks an injunction against the program put into place by Executive Order #35
The U.S. Supreme Court has until 3 p.m. Tuesday to respond to the request.
Executive Order #39 is the latest in a series of efforts by the Youngkin administration to make state government agency more efficient.
At issue in the case is whether the City of Charlottesville needed to have performed a more rigorous analysis of the effects of the new Development Code on the city’s transportation infrastructure capacity. But first, Judge Worrell has to decide if the plaintiffs have the right to bring the case.
This is a tale of two Dewberries. Two Dewberry’s? Either way, the U.S. Supreme Court this fall will take up how the $43 million dollars was calculated
A hearing will be scheduled later this spring to determine how the case will proceed.
The lawsuit argues the city did not following state requirements to plan for transportation improvements to address additional residential density.