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18. 21-403 ZMA201900008 Rio Point (formerly Parkway Place) Zoning Map Amendment. PROJECT: ZMA201900008 Rio Point (formerly known as Parkway Place) MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT: Rio TAX MAP/PARCEL(S): 06100000016700, 061000000167C0 LOCATION: 878 E. Rio Road PROPOSAL: Proposal to rezone two properties for up to 328 residential dwelling units PETITION: Rezone a total of approximately 27.31 acres from the R4 Zoning District, which allows residential uses at densities up to 4 units/acre to Planned Residential Development (PRD), which allows residential (3 - 34 units/acre) with limited commercial uses. A maximum of 328 multifamily residential units are proposed along with approximately 13 acres of both public and private open space at a net density of 16.17 units/acre, and a gross density of 12.01 units/acre. Request for a substitution of recreation facilities in accordance with 18-4.16.2. ZONING: R-4 Residential - 4 units/acre OVERLAY DISTRICT(S): AIA - Airport Impact Area Overlay, EC - Entrance Corridor, FH - Flood Hazard Overlay, Managed and Preserved Steep Slopes Steep Slopes PROFFERS: Yes COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Neighborhood Service Center - commercial, retail, and employment uses with supporting residential (3-20 units/acre); Urban Mixed Use (in Centers) - retail, residential, commercial, employment, office, institutional, and open space; Urban Density Residential - residential (6.01 - 34 units/ acre); supporting uses such as religious institutions, schools, commercial, office and service uses; Public Open Space - recreation and open space uses; and Privately Owned Open Space, Environmental Features - privately owned recreational amenities and open space; floodplains, steep slopes, wetlands, and other environmental features in Neighborhood 2 of the Places29 Comprehensive Plan Area.
Please accept my support for approval of Rio Point. I believe the proposed plan includes consideration of the Corridor Study and a roundabout, is mostly consistent with Places 29 Master Plan, is consistent with neighborhood model principles, provides a public park trailhead, provides affordable housing, provides a transit element, includes turn lanes and widening in Rio Road, and a cash proffer for a roundabout. The plan does not include mixed uses; however, Gasoline Alley stores, Pen Park, and Greenberry’s Coffee and Grill at Belvedere are within a 10-minute to 20-minute walk.
The citizens of Albemarle County are not asking for much; we ask only that the Board honor the spirit of the Places 29 Plan and the Comprehensive Plan, that you abide by your own minimum standards for affordable housing, and that you adhere to the Zoning Ordinances set by the County itself. Approving this rezoning request will accomplish none of these things. Rio Point will NOT serve the interests of the voting residents of Albemarle county. The only purpose it will serve is to enable yet another developer to maximize their profits by turning more green space into more concrete monoliths, all at the expense of the taxpaying citizens of Albemarle County. The County already has some 12,000 new apartment units built or in the pipeline, which largely meets the projected needs for the next 40 years. We urge the Board to step back, take a deep breath, and consider whether or not you truly want to turn this County into another Northern Virginia.
Please accept my support for approval of Rio Point. I believe the proposed plan includes consideration of the Corridor Study and a roundabout, is mostly consistent with Places 29 Master Plan, is consistent with neighborhood model principles, provides a public park trailhead, provides affordable housing, provides a transit element, includes turn lanes and widening in Rio Road, and a cash proffer for a roundabout. The plan does not include mixed uses; however, Gasoline Alley stores, Pen Park, and Greenberry’s Coffee and Grill at Belvedere are within a 10-minute to 20-minute walk.
The citizens of Albemarle County are not asking for much; we ask only that the Board honor the spirit of the Places 29 Plan and the Comprehensive Plan, that you abide by your own minimum standards for affordable housing, and that you adhere to the Zoning Ordinances set by the County itself. Approving this rezoning request will accomplish none of these things. Rio Point will NOT serve the interests of the voting residents of Albemarle county. The only purpose it will serve is to enable yet another developer to maximize their profits by turning more green space into more concrete monoliths, all at the expense of the taxpaying citizens of Albemarle County. The County already has some 12,000 new apartment units built or in the pipeline, which largely meets the projected needs for the next 40 years. We urge the Board to step back, take a deep breath, and consider whether or not you truly want to turn this County into another Northern Virginia.