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Residents and housing advocates urge council to tighten zoning, limit SROs in schools
Summary
During public comment, residents urged the council to prevent displacement by amending the core neighborhood corridor overlay (3 stories by right; 5 only with deep affordability), called for limits on school resource officers, and asked for stronger community input on development decisions.
Dozens of residents and local advocates used the council’s public-comment period to press elected officials on displacement, zoning and the role of school resource officers in Charlottesville schools.
Terry Tyree, who identified herself as a NAACP member and president of the Charlottesville Community Resilience Center, told council: “We are asking you to follow the recommendations of the Charlottesville Low Income Housing Coalition to prevent repeating historic wrongs.” Tyree proposed that core neighborhood corridor overlay districts allow three stories by right and permit up to five stories only if at least 20% of on-site units…
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