Charlottesville City Council will likely vote on a new zoning ordinance tonight, Dec. 18.
“Barring a snag,” the council will vote, Mayor Lloyd Snook told Charlottesville Tomorrow Monday morning.
If Council votes to adopt a new ordinance, it would conclude a yearslong process.
Council’s business session begins at 6:30 p.m., and the ordinance is on the “action items” agenda. (View it here.) The meeting will be held in City Council chambers at 605 E. Main Street, and streamed online. Anyone wishing to make a public comment must attend in person.
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More about Charlottesville’s draft zoning ordinance
After hearing from nearly 100 people on Charlottesville’s proposed zoning ordinance Tuesday, Council decides to continue deliberating
Council will host a work session Wednesday to discuss the ordinance — and might vote at the end of it.
Heading to Tuesday night’s public hearing on the proposed new zoning code? Watch out for these two last-minute additions
Among them are two zoning districts intended to ease displacement of low-income and longtime residents in certain areas of the city.
The next draft of Charlottesville’s zoning ordinance includes a new type of residential district
City Council had a work session on the draft Wednesday, but hasn’t set a date to hear comments or vote.
Charlottesville shares updated draft zoning ordinance. It’s 400 pages long.
Community members can comment on it during a Sept. 14 Planning Commission meeting.
After six years of work, Charlottesville’s proposed new zoning ordinance is about to be reviewed by the Planning Commission
This is the final step before the controversial new ordinance, which massively increases allowable housing density, goes before City Council.
City Council Voter Guide: Charlottesville candidates lay out their stances on zoning, transportation, taxation, and public safety.
The democratic primary election is June 20. The three candidates who win the primary will likely go on to take the open Council seats.
Charlottesville officials have started work on the city’s massive rezoning project with the goal of increasing housing density
The city expects to finish a draft ordinance and begin soliciting public comment by April.
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