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Commission recommends rezoning on Notch Road to allow two Habitat for Humanity affordable homes
Summary
The Albemarle Planning Commission recommended rezoning a 0.603-acre Crozet parcel from R-2 to R-4 to allow two fee‑simple duplex units to be sold at restricted affordability; Habitat for Humanity and staff said both units would be affordable but for 30 years (staff noted Housing Albemarle recommends 40 years), and commissioners urged zoning code modernization to expand small-scale options countywide.
The Albemarle County Planning Commission voted to recommend rezoning a 0.603-acre Crozet parcel on 3 Notch Road from R‑2 to R‑4, clearing the way for two for‑sale duplex units proposed by Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville.
Principal planner Cameron Landgel told commissioners the Crozet master plan recommends neighborhood density residential (3–6 units per acre) and that the applicant’s conceptual plan would produce two units outside the mapped stream buffer. Landgel said staff found the request consistent with the master plan and recommended approval, but noted Housing Albemarle’s preference that for‑sale…
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