The next and possibly last meeting of the Charlottesville Planning Commission before the Zoning Rewrite is referred to City Council will take place on Wednesday, October 18, 2023, at 5:00pm, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 605 E Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902.

To attend virtually, register here.
Rules for commenting during the Planning Commission meeting:

Public comment will be accepted in writing at the meeting, or by emailing comments to creasym@charlottesville.gov during the meeting.
Relevant materials will be available for viewing on the City’s meeting page, or can be obtained, upon request, from the Department of Neighborhood Development Services, 2nd Floor of City Hall, 610 East Main Street.

Note: this post about upcoming Planning Commission and City Council meetings on the zoning rewrite has been adapted from an email from Cville Plans Together dated 9/29/23. Click here to receive emails from Cville Plans Together directly. 

Planning Commission Meetings

The Charlottesville Planning Commission has reserved the following dates — if the Commission requires additional deliberation before making a recommendation to City Council.

• October 4, 2023, at 5pm, at CitySpace, 100 5th St. NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902 (to attend virtually, register here)
• October 10, 2023, at 5:30pm, in the Council Chambers, 605 E Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902 (Regular Planning Commission meeting). A registration link for attending this meeting virtually is not yet available. It will be posted on this page when it becomes available.

Providing Comments During the Meetings

For October 4

Public comment will be accepted in writing at the meeting, or by emailing comments to creasym@charlottesville.gov during the meeting

For October 10 (if needed)

Public comments will be accepted during the “Matters from the Public” agenda item during the meeting
Relevant materials are available for viewing on the City’s meeting page, or can be obtained, upon request, from the Department of Neighborhood Development Services, 2nd Floor of City Hall, 610 East Main Street.

City Council Meetings

City Council will also be holding work sessions to discuss various aspects of the draft Development Code and Zoning Map.

The first work session was on September 27, 2023. Additional work sessions are currently scheduled for the following dates. Please see the website for more information about the meetings.

• October 3, 6pm, at CitySpace, 100 5th St. NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902 (to attend virtually, register here)
• October 11, 6pm, at CitySpace, 100 5th St. NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902 (to attend virtually, the registration link will be on this page closer to the meeting)

For more information about all meetings, and the the draft Charlottesville Development Code and Zoning Map, please visit cvilleplanstogether.com/draft-zoning/.

Note: The post was written by Sean Tubbs for his Charlottesville Community Engagement newsletter in advance of the public meeting on September 14 at 4pm. This article is reprinted here by the kind permission of the author.

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