The Albemarle County Planning Commission will meet at 6 p.m. in Lane Auditorium in the office building at 401 McIntire Road.
There are two public hearings. The first is for a rezoning required for a new educational institution to be built at Albemarle County Public Schools’ Lambs Lane Campus. A study conducted in 2022 identified this land as the ideal location for High School Center II rather than a site at Mill Creek near Monticello High School.
“Locating Center II on the campus addresses issues of logistics and student equity because of the property’s central location, adjacent to the County’s most densely populated neighborhoods, as well as the greatest numbers of low income residents,” reads the narrative.
The property is in the county’s rural area, as Hydraulic Road marks a hard edge of the growth area boundary. The request is to increase the zoning to R-10, though no homes will be built.
The second public hearing is for a request to rezoning 3.643 acres of land at 1906 Avon Street Extended from R-1 to R-10 to allow for the construction of up to 21 units. There are currently two structures across the three parcels of land under review and one of them will be incorporated into the development. The property is designated as Neighborhood Density Residential which calls for a range of 3 to 6 dwelling units per acre.
This project was last before the Planning Commission on February 14 but the applicant sought a deferral to further work on the plan after opposition from neighbors to a proposal that was sought a density of 11 units per acre.
Since that time, the number of dwellings has been reduced from 38 to 21 and maximum building heights of 40 feet for one block and 35 feet for the other block.
The plan is to build condominiums for sale rather than rent.
“When the owner acquired the property nearly 20 years ago, they always envisioned a creative housing development for the site and in recent years, they’ve seen an opportunity to create condominium housing that would appeal to residents, such as empty nesters or young professionals, that desired to own property without the same maintenance and costs of a detached home or townhome,” reads the narrative.
The Planning Commission will next meet on December 4 for a joint meeting with the Board of Supervisors on the AC44 process.
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