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Board approves Northpointe amendment to add housing units, relocate school site and reduce commercial footprint
Summary
The Albemarle Board approved the Northpointe rezoning amendment to increase the approved residential cap from 893 to 1,600 units, reduce nonresidential square footage to about 250,000, relocate and enlarge a school site and update affordable‑housing proffers to 15% with a 10‑year term; staff and the applicant noted Corps of Engineers wetlands constraints influenced the revised plan.
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously April 1 to approve an amendment to the Northpointe planned development that raises the total permitted residential units and reduces the commercial allocation while updating proffers for schools and affordable housing.
Rebecca Ragsdale of Community Development summarized the request: the developer seeks to amend the Northpointe application plan and proffers for roughly 152 undeveloped acres of the originally rezoned 269‑acre site. The amendment increases maximum residential units from 893 to 1,600, reduces non‑residential square footage to about 250,000, and relocates the previously‑proffered school site to a 13.5‑acre parcel the applicant can deliver with grading and utilities within the stated proffer timeline.
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