Little High Neighborhood Association

Information for and about the Little High Neighborhood in Charlottesville, VA

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Little High Neighborhood Picnic

double rainbowOn Sunday, Oct. 10th, 4-6pm, we will gather at Meade Park pavillion. Food and drinks provided. This is a great opportunity to hang out with your neighbors and meet some new ones! And it’s a great opportunity to meet and talk with your Neighborhood Association Board!

Everyone is welcome! Help spread the word!

Masking and social distancing policy will follow CDC and Virginia Department of Health guidelines. Because these are subject to change in response to circumstances, we  will announce what those are sometime during the week preceding the picnic.

Key Changes to Residential Area Category Definitions

Note: the following material below is excerpted from the detailed agenda for August 31, 2021.

CATEGORY DESCRIPTION CHANGES HIGHLIGHTED IN RED

GENERAL RESIDENTIAL

Form/Use: Up to 3-unit dwellings including existing single-family splits, accessory dwelling units (ADUs). Allow up to 4-unit dwellings if the fourth unit is affordable. Zoning tools will regulate affordability and maximum allowable development. Limited commercial uses allowed. Height: Up to 3.5 2.5 stories.

MEDIUM INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL

Form/Use: Small, “house-sized” multi-unit buildings (4- up to 12 units), accessory dwelling units (ADUs), cottage courts, rowhouses, townhouses. Zoning tools will regulate maximum allowable development including units per lot. Limited commercial uses allowed. Affordability requirements may be established for Sensitive Communities and will be considered for other areas in the city to address housing goals.

Height: 3 stories average. Up to 3 stories. Up to 4.5 4 stories allowed at sites with appropriate depth, where compatible with existing residential uses and mixed-use development, and where additional uses meet affordability goals. Zoning tools will regulate affordability and maximum allowable development.

Additional information can be found in the detailed agenda for the meeting on August 31, 2021. For more about this meeting, see Cville Plans Together Work Session with the City Planning Commission

Cville Plans Together Work Session with the City Planning Commission

Date/Time • August 31, 2021 • 5:30 PM, on Zoom.
Attendees can register to join here.

Materials

The materials that will be used in this meeting include the Planning Commission Work Session document (which includes some helpful explanations of the changes since May 2021) and the recently revised version of the Future Land Use Map (version completed 8/24/21).

Meeting Purpose

This Planning Commission Work Session will be an opportunity for the Cville Plans Together Consultant Team to speak with Commission members about proposed revisions to the draft Future Land Use Map and the draft Land Use, Urban Form, and Historic & Cultural Preservation Chapter and obtain feedback from Commissioners.

Agenda (quick overview)

  1. Opening Remarks from Chair Mitchell
  2. Brief reminder: Summary of May-June 2021 Engagement Activities
  3. Schedule updates
  4. Overview: Land Use, Urban Form, and Historic & Cultural Preservation Chapter revisions
  5. Revised Draft Future Land Use Map
  6. Next Steps
  7. Questions & Comments from Community Member Attendees
    • Up to 3 minutes per speaker
    • The timing for this item may shift
  8. Planning Commission Discussion

Upcoming Zoning Meetings

Cville Plans Together and the Charlottesville Planning Commission are working toward finalizing its drafts of the Comprehensive Plan and the Future Land Use Map (the binding framework upon which more detailed zoning rules will be applied) for final hearings and a City Council vote sometime this October or November. If you want to follow or comment on these issues, there are three upcoming meetings (Aug 31, Sept 1, and Sept 14) you may want to attend. [Read more…]

Neighborhood Concert August 26

Neighborhood concert Thursday, August 26, 7pm

Featuring:

The Herb & Sumner Experience

Herb & Sumner will lead a sing along of popular tunes! Fun for the whole family.

Owen Brennan

Accomplished musician Owen Brennan will sing some songs he likes that were written by other people.

Jon Rice

Jon Rice will have his guitar out at the beginning of the show while people are hopefully not paying attention. He may pull out a few instrumental pieces from the pre-verbal American Primitive Guitar catalog.

Admission

While admission to all neighborhood concerts is FREE and open to everyone, our neighborhood has made an ongoing commitment to helping support the Haven, the downtown multi-resource day shelter. We will pass the hat for cash donations to the Haven during this event. If you prefer, you can donate to the Haven online.

 

New Dominion Bookshop

New Dominion Bookshop, Charlottesville, Va

New Dominion Bookshop is an independent bookshop located on the Charlottesville Downtown Mall at 404 East Main St. We are an all-new bookstore, and we host events featuring renowned authors and local writers. To place a book order, to receive personalized book recommendations, or to purchase a gift card, please visit our contact page to speak with our staff.

 

Carpe Donut

Carpe DonutCarpe Donut is a locally owned and operated maker of exquisite organic donuts since 2007.  The only ingredients in our donuts are: organic flour, organic eggs, organic apple cider, organic spices, pure organic sugar, and non-aluminated baking powder. We cook all our donuts in 100% pure soybean oil. No hydrogenation, no trans-fats, no shortening. Continue…