At a recent meeting that stretched nearly to 1 a.m., the Charlottesville Planning Commission moved forward a special-use permit for an apartment building and self-storage facility on a 2.2-acre lot at the corner of River Road and Belleview Avenue. The site plan by North Carolina-based Go Store It River LLC features a four-story apartment building […]
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Planning Commission sends CIP to City Council with $1 million affordable housing fund request
After about three hours of discussion largely centered on affordable housing, the Charlottesville Planning Commission on Tuesday endorsed the city’s five-year Capital Improvement Program budget in a 6-0 vote. The recommendation to the City Council included adding $1 million for the Charlottesville Affordable Housing Fund for fiscal year 2020, as that line item previously was […]
Public hearing on Emmet Streetscape set for Tuesday
In 2021, Charlottesville officials expect work on transforming the Emmet Street corridor between Ivy Road and Arlington Boulevard to begin. Before the final design process is conducted later this year, the conceptual plan is headed to the Planning Commission on Tuesday for a public hearing on its compatibility with the city’s Comprehensive Plan. The state […]
City Planning Commission gets look at proposed $35.3M CIP
If approved, about $10.3 million in housing projects, $9.8 million in transportation and access initiatives and $6.9 million for public safety will be funded in Charlottesville’s Capital Improvement Program for fiscal year 2020. The entire $35.3 million plan marks a 51 percent increase over the adopted amount in the current fiscal year. Earlier this month, […]
City commission seeks to complete work on Comprehensive Plan by June
The Charlottesville Planning Commission is hoping to conclude its work updating the city’s Comprehensive Plan by June, a deadline set by the previous City Council. “At some point, we’re just going to have to say we’re as ready as we’re going to be,” said Commissioner John Santoski. State law requires planning commissions to “prepare and […]
Council appoints two to Charlottesville Planning Commission; reappoints Keller
Charlottesville’s newest planning commissioners are a former candidate for the Commissioner of Revenue and an historic preservation architect at the University of Virginia. City Council appointed Taneia M. Dowell and Joseph “Jody” Lahendro to the seven-member commission Monday. They also reappointed Genevieve Keller In 2013, Dowell ran as an independent candidate for the Commissioner of […]