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Planning commission backs rezoning to add 40 housing units at Hollymeade Town Center Area C
Summary
The commission recommended approval of ZMA 2025-6 to reallocate units within Hollymeade Town Center Area C, increase maximum units by 40 and remove a minimum nonresidential square-foot requirement for one block; staff and applicant said the change would add affordable units under current housing policy.
The Albemarle County Planning Commission on Oct. 14 voted to recommend approval of ZMA 2025-6, a rezoning and code-of-development amendment for Hollymeade Town Center Area C behind the Target on Route 29. Staff said the amendment would permit 40 additional dwelling units in Area C (raising the total from 370 to 410) by reallocating units between Block 7 and Block 9 and would remove a previously required 20,000-square-foot minimum nonresidential requirement in Block 9.
Staff analysis and affordable-housing requirements: Planner J.T. Newberry told the commission “Area C is a section of Hollymeade Town Center that's located behind the target on Route 29 North.” He summarized that six of the nine blocks in Area C are fully developed, two are partially developed and two blocks (Block 7 and Block 9) include vacant parcels under…
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