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Planning staff previews Hill Pointe townhomes proposal: 102 rental units, $1.5 million in school proffers
Summary
Planning staff presented a significant land-use application to rezone a 38-acre former studio site to RU (Residential Urban) for 102 rental townhomes; proffers described include school-capacity payments and traffic improvements, with the planning commission scheduled to hold a public hearing June 17.
City planning staff presented a proposed rezoning for 38 acres in Hill Pointe — the former New Dominion Pictures Studio site — that would allow construction of 102 rental townhomes. Kevin Wine said the applicant, Chesapeake Homes, seeks to rezone the parcels from M-1 (Light Industrial) to RU (Residential Urban) and has proffered measures including more than $1.5 million for elementary and high school capacity enhancements.
"The development goal in this case is to construct 102 for-rent townhomes," Wine told council. He said the proposal would produce a density of about 8.1 units per acre and would be accessed from Hill Pointe Boulevard and Film Way.
Wine said staff has received a proffer statement addressing the traffic impact assessment, which the applicant will follow, and that architectural materials proposed would be higher-grade. The staff report said an emergency access gate is proposed for Godwin Boulevard frontage.
The planning commission is scheduled to hear the application at its June 17 meeting; if it forwards a recommendation the item would go to council at its July meeting. Wine said limited development is planned for the front portion of the 38-acre parcel and that a Norfolk raw water main and other constraints hamper development of the rear portion of the site.
The presentation did not include a formal public hearing before council; staff asked council members to note the schedule and told them more detail will be posted on the city website and handled during the planning commission hearing.
