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Saturday, January 18, 2014

City Planning Commission recommends new homes along Water Street extended

City of Charlottesville
“A plan to build two dozen homes between downtown Charlottesville and Carlton Avenue along Water Street Extended received support from the Charlottesville Planning Commission. If a rezoning is granted for the Water Street Promenade by the City Council, Riverbend Development would be able to build nine more homes than the 15 allowed by-right.

'We tried to design this to look something like the Fan in Richmond and not have a suburban product,' said Riverbend’s president, Alan Taylor. 'The lot width in the [current zoning] is 50 feet. These lot widths are going to be between 35 to 38 feet, and we just thought it was a more urban product.'

Plans for the site include 24 three-story houses, each with a basement and garage, the donation of the historic Coal Tower to the city, and public open space surrounding the tower.”
~Writes Effie Nicholaou of Charlottesville Tomorrow


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