HomeMy WebLinkAboutZMA201800003 Resubmittal 2019-01-07 (2)Southwood Phase 1 Neighborhood Model
Context & History
Zoning Map Amendment 2018-003
Tax Map 90 + 76, Parcels 09000-00-00-001AO, 090A1-00-00-001E0, 07600-00-00-OS1AO
Submission Date: February 20, 2018
Revision #1: July 2, 2018
Revision #2: January 7, 2019
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION I / INTRODUCTION
SECTION II / HISTORY & PROCESS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
5
INTRODUCTION
Guiding Principles
5
Background + History
15
Non -Displacement
Redevelopment Core Values
15
Resident Ownership
New Story of Southwood
15
Healthy Housing
PubliclPrivate Partnership
16
Sense of Place
Action Plan
16
Safe Neighborhoods
Early Adopters
17
Cohesive Design
AFFORDABLE HOUSING
EVALUATION CRITERIA
9
Potential Product Solutions
18
Strategies for Shared Stormwater
10
Southwood AMI Data
18
Proposed Impact on Public Facilities and Infrastructure
10
Healthy Housing Ecosystem
19
Impact on Environmental Features
10
RESIDENT -DRIVEN DESIGN
PRELIMINARY STUDIES + ILLUSTRATIVE PLANS
Land Planning Workshops
20
Setback + Building Regulations Study
11
Resident Committees
21
Illustrative Concept Plan A.1
12
Community Guides
Illustrative Concept Plan A.2
13
Master Planning
Community Outreach
Rezoning Workshops 22
Where will Redevelopment Begin? 23
Market Day - Expanding Design Input 23
Design Development Workshops 24
Early Adopter Cohort Development 25
FUTURE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
Village by Village Approach 26
Rezoning Future Phases 26
Conceptual Community Master Plan Strategy 27
SOUTHWOOD RESIDENT WORKSHOP SUMMARY 28-9
Section I
Introduction
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville is implementing a national model, community -based redevelopment process at
Southwood Mobile Home Park. Southwood is currently home to 1,500 people in 341 trailers on 120 acres, and like many trailer
parks across the nation, aging infrastructure, tenure insecurity, severe development pressure and a housing stock that was largely
built prior to HUD safety standards, mean that this vibrant community of hard-working families was on the brink of permanent
erasure prior to Habitat's purchase of the property in 2007 Through the process of physical redevelopment, Southwood will
be transformed into a sustainable, mixed -income, mixed -use village without resident displacement, transferring physical and
emotional ownership of the neighborhood to the families and neighbors that call it home.
Southwood redevelopment begins with the strengths, dreams and aspirations of the existing community, building on their
vision for the future and focusing on amplifying the culture and community that exist today, while creating an environment
that welcomes new neighbors to the table. Central to the process at Southwood is authentic and intensive engagement with
residents to provide them with the necessary information to make intelligent decisions about the future of their community.
This focus on listening first requires putting aside assumptions and predetermined solutions for the neighborhood, approaching
master planning as a process rather than a product. Habitat is committed to continuing this resident -driven design process
on a village -by -village level, engaging with each new cohort of resident leaders to support them in the design of their own
neighborhood. Maintaining long-term flexibility to allow this multi -year project to develop in response to changing resident
aspirations is a critical component of its success.
Habitat has been working side -by -side with the residents on financial literacy, long-term planning, small business support,
and more, to facilitate the holistic transformation of the neighborhood to meet the vision of the community, and improve the
quality of life for all its residents. At full build out, Southwood will include amenities to support the community vision like parks,
community centers and affordable childcare, as well as ready access to additional jobs and support services. A range of housing
types available to individuals across the economic spectrum will ensure a diverse, sustainable neighborhood where community
members can move up without moving out. This application also takes into consideration the systems and amenities outside
the boundaries of Southwood, and is responsive to long range transportation goals, Albemarle County Comprehensive Plan,
This Zoning Map Amendment requests the rezoning of three contiguous properties (Parcels 76-51A, 90-1A, and 90A1-1E) on
33.96 acres from R-2 and NMD to Neighborhood Model District (NMD). With a maximum of 450 residential units and a focus
on providing a model for reinvesting in aging suburban neighborhoods, the community -generated design principles presented
in this zoning map amendment will create a mixed -income, mixed -use community catalyzing the non -displacement and
realization of secure tenure of the community that exists today.
Through intensive engagement with Southwood residents, the staff and leadership of both Albemarle County and Habitat, elected
and appointed local officials, and other community members, the following Guiding Principles for Southwood Redevelopment
were formed. These values have shaped the regulatory elements proposed in the Code of Development associated with this
request for a Zoning Map Amendment, and in addition to the guidelines provided by the NMD zoning designation and the
Comprehensive plan, these six Principles should be used as an evaluative tool to measure the success of rezoning application.
Southwood redevelopment should provide:
Non -Displacement
• Phased redevelopment approach
• Small business support
• Increased Density
Resident Ownership
• Resident leadership
• Village -by -Village design approach
• Flexibility
Healthy Housing
• Preserving housing choice
• Ladders of opportunity
• Mix of housing typologies
future development of Biscuit Run Park, and current plans to strengthen existing multi -modal trails and connections between Sense of Place
Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville.
This rezoning application focuses on the first phase of physical redevelopment only, an undeveloped greenfield adjacent to
Southwood that will allow residents to see the promise of non -displacement in action. Rehousing opportunities on this site
will allow the first cohort of residents to move from their current trailer in the developed portion of Southwood into their
new, sustainable housing solution with as little disruption as possible to their lives, ensuring the continuity and success of the
neighborhood. A future rezoning application for the remaining portion of Southwood will be designed alongside community
members and submitted to Albemarle County for approval in the coming years.
Approximately 20 million people live in trailers nationally, most of whom own their homes but not the land underneath them.
Southwood will provide a blueprint at an unprecedented scale for empowering residents to improve their long-term housing,
financial, and social conditions while achieving secure tenure. The unique non-profit/public partnership entered into by Habitat
and Albemarle County will be a model for how to achieve redevelopment equitably, sustainably and attractively, both here in
Central Virginia and nationwide.
• Distinct Character Areas
• Integrated trail system
• Natural Area amenity
Safe Neighborhoods
• Pedestrian oriented
• Traffic -calming road design
• Connection to area amenities
Cohesive Design
• Conceptual diagram
• Environmental Features study
• Neighborhood plan
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Guiding Principle 1
NON DISPLACEMENT
Beyond simply counting housing units, non -displacement is a principle that extends to the culture and community of the
Southwood neighborhood. While the built environment and physical systems at Southwood are unsustainable, the people are
strong and the community characterized by social cohesion. Through one-on-one counseling and affordable housing alternatives,
Habitat is committed to supporting the healthy rehousing choices of every current resident of Southwood.
• The phased redevelopment approach allows construction to begin on undeveloped land, demonstrating the intentions
of non -displacement and ensuring as little disruption as possible to residents' lives (p. 4, Code of Development, Applica-
tion Plan).
• Small business support through individualized counseling and the opportunity to create business incubation spaces will
ensure the continued economic vitality of Southwood, provide new opportunities for economic development, and sup-
port the creation of neighborhood centers that look and feel as diverse and vibrant as the people of Southwood.
• Increased density allows for necessary outparcel sales of market rate and non-residential land to help subsidize land de-
velopment costs, allowing the housing stock at Southwood to reach deeper into the housing affordability spectrum and
serve more low to moderate -income community members and further diversifying community opportunities.
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Guiding Principle 2
RESIDENT OWNERSHIP
Habitat is committed to a non -coercive approach to redevelopment, ensuring that, through open and transparent information
sharing, residents are equipped with the best information and tools to ensure a successful future for the community. This
investment and ownership of the process will ensure an engaged, active community in Southwood and beyond.
• Resident leadership has already resulted in 1,882 volunteer hours over the course of the last two years. Each family has
been interviewed and 51 families have already indicated their excitement to participate in the first phase of redevelop-
ment. Through peer -to -peer outreach and an approach that honors the knowledge and expertise of the community,
continued resident leadership has intensified. Over the next two years, more families will step forward to design and
move into Phase I. (p. 25, Early Adopter Cohort Development).
• A Village by Village design approach means that residents will be working in groups alongside architects and designers
to implement the flexible toolkit provided by this code of development (p. 26, Future Engagement Activities).
• Flexibility in the development of a regulatory framework both protects the integrity of the Southwood neighborhood and
is able to generate solutions that can respond to natural change over the lifetime of a community (p. 12-13, p. 5-7 Code
of Development, Character Areas).
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Guiding Principle 3
HEALTHY HO USING
A sustainable Southwood depends on a diversification of the housing stock. Today, trailers are the only housing typology
available, but the future of Southwood imagines a mix of use, type and affordability that will provide for a healthy and diverse
housing ecosystem. This will be accomplished through:
• Preserving housing choice by providing rental and ownership opportunities and the one-on-one housing counseling
support necessary to help each resident achieve their housing goals.
• Ladders of Opportunity will be provided through availability of market rate, work force and supported affordable housing
options that ensure community members can move up without having to move out.
• A mix of housing typologies from single family detached homes to innovative small footprint structures available to both
current Southwood residents and new neighbors will allow the community to grow and diversify without losing its core
character (p. 18-19, Potential Product Solutions).
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Guiding Principle 4
A SENSE OF PLACE
Phase I will serve as the gateway to a wholly new community, and as such, special attention has been paid to design elements
that both preserve the natural setting that community members value while ensuring an attractive and harmonious presence
along Old Lynchburg Road.
• Distinct character areas ensure an appropriate massing and scale of the various sections of the first phase of redevelop-
ment. This provides the highest intensity at the Hickory Street entrance and scaling down from there to meet the more
residential scale of the existing Southwood neighborhood, and the park -like setting that borders the community to the
south (p. 5, Code of Development, Character Areas)
• An Integrated trail system providing access to over 3,000 linear feet of walking and biking paths that will wind along the
edge of Phase I, allowing neighbors to choose between a variety of walking and biking experiences as they navigate their
community while also buffering Old Lynchburg Road and Biscuit Run Park from development impacts (p. 11, Code of
Development)
• A natural area amenity that bounds the South edge of Block A and provides eight acres of naturally wooded walking trails
that follow one of Southwood's many water features and could provide future pedestrian connections into Biscuit Run
Park, preserving the natural feel of the Southwood neighborhood (p. 10, Code of Development, Green Space)
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Guiding Principle 5
SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS
Southwood is a young community of families that value togetherness and connection. Providing adequate amenities to support
the lives of the residents and prioritizing safety are critical components of the regulatory framework.
• Pedestrian oriented design elements, such as minimized curb cuts along the entrance to the neighborhood and required
connective paths between the street edge and the trail areas ensure a pleasant and varied pedestrian experience
that will allow easy access from more residential areas of phase I to non-residential and amenity areas (p. 11, Code of
Development, Green Space and Amenity Definitions)
• Traffic -calming road design through the provision for lanes and yield streets as well as more traditional right of way
widths will allow framework streets to function appropriately to the scale of the neighborhood, slowing traffic and
prioritizing the safe movement of children and families over ease of vehicular access (p. 17, Code of Development)
• Connection to area amenities and the ability of the neighborhood to connect through trails to these and wider resources
will enable families to take advantage of future amenities like Biscuit Run Park and the ever-expanding bike and walking
systems developed by Albemarle County and the City of Charlottesville
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Guiding Principle 6
COHESIVE DESIGN
Though this first request for rezoning focuses on a phase of Southwood redevelopment, community members have been
working alongside designers to ensure that, at full build out, the neighborhood will function as a cohesive whole.
• A Conceptual diagram that employs principals from the resident -driven design work in phase I to the remainder of the
Southwood neighborhood is included in this document. This diagram finds commonalities in spaces throughout the
neighborhood and indicates the potential long-term development patterns in Southwood, ensuring that one village will
be compatible with the next (p. 27, Conceptual Southwood Master Plan Strategy)
• Environmental features study through work with an environmental engineer, three naturally occurring streams and
several wetlands areas have been identified throughout the Southwood property. These areas of environmental sensitiv-
ity have been mapped and provide a guide for a network of interconnected trails and green spaces that will encircle and
connect the fully developed Southwood neighborhood (p. 10, Existing Conditions Map)
• A Neighborhood Plan that takes a holistic approach to improved quality of life will be developed concurrently with
resident -driven site planning, producing a governing document not just for the physical elements of redevelopment, but
the aspects of the neighborhood necessary to ensure improved outcomes in health, education, safety, transportation,
etc. (see Diagram, p. 6). This same plan will be reviewed and updated every three to five years, to allow it to evolve and
change with the community and provide further support for redevelopment efforts
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EVALUATION CRITERIA
As envisioned in the purpose and intent of the Neighborhood Model District set forth in Chapter 18, section 20.A.1 of the Zoning
Ordinance, the Plan of Development for Southwood has been designed to further the following principles:
Pedestrian Orientation: This plan envisions sidewalks on all framework street as well as a roughly 3,200 foot trail running from
the entrance along Old Lynchburg Road at Block B through the 8.3 acre amenity area in Block A, providing pedestrians with
varied and secure options for mobility through all areas of Phase I. Because of this redundant system, there may be locations
where it would be appropriate to have sidewalk present on only one side of any framework street.
Neighborhood friendly streets and paths: Streets will be designed with traffic -calming techniques that will result in slow -
moving traffic and minimized road widths to the extent allowed. Building setbacks appropriate to building scale will create
a built form that addresses the street. The proposed path through the natural areas will increase the community's ability to
access existing natural resources.
Interconnected streets and transportation networks: The main road network proposed for Phase I sets a framework for developing
a modified grid that both adapts to, and preserves the landscape to the extent possible. It enables an interconnected street
system that will make travel intuitive. This network has been established with the opportunity for logical connections into
the future phases of Southwood redevelopment and to the future Biscuit Run Park. This plan prioritizes a continuation and
augmentation of the exiting transportation partnership between the City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County which
brings bus service to Southwood.
Parks and open space as amenities: This plan proposes the preservation of more than 9 acres of natural green space and
amenity areas made up of sensitive ecological zones such as floodplain, stream buffer and steep slopes, as well as newly
created parks and civic spaces, all to maintain the area's natural setting and feeling of tranquility in the future redevelopment.
Potential connections to future county and regional trails and the existing amenities in the Southwood community such as
trails, parks and sport courts will be able to provide multiple varied recreational opportunities to this development.
Neighborhood Centers: Character Area 5 bounds the area that fronts along Old Lynchburg Road. This area serves as the
entrance to the new Southwood, and as such is the most appropriate area for more intensive uses. Building regulations
at this area support an appropriate scale to create non-residential opportunities and an activated street edge. Block A also
provides opportunities for neighborhood commercial entities that would support the new neighborhood.
Buildings and spaces of human scale: Maximum building heights proposed in this rezoning enable an urban form at a pedestrian -
friendly scale. Pedestrian -centered street design and continuous sidewalks invite the neighborhood to engage with their
community and create a neighborhood with a strong sense of place. To provide visual variety along street edge and enhance
the pedestrian experience, a number of form -based code regulations have been incorporated into the Character Areas.
Relegated Parking: This plan envisions alleys in addition to main roads to allow for rear -loaded parking whenever appropriate,
feasible, and allowable, and to minimize curb cuts. Curb cut limits have been established for some Framework streets, and
no curb cuts are allowed along Hickory Street to Road 1A. The parking plan allows flexible solutions like surface lots, on -
street parking and shared driveways to allow for ample parking that can be responsive to exact site and conditions the
future development presents.
Mixture of uses and types: Phase I allows for a wide range of commercial and residential uses, with the most intensive uses
focused in Block B along Old Lynchburg Road, and less intensive uses in Block A. There are opportunities for commercial
uses that act primarily as support services to the residential development in Block A. The uses proposed in this Zoning
Map Amendment have been designated by community leaders and have been memorialized in the enclosed use tables.
Mixture of housing types and affordability: The Habitat homeownership model alongside innovative outside partnerships
will provide sustainable affordable products available to a wide range of area median incomes. There will be ownership or
rental structures to fit with the goals and aspirations of the community and the market. Proactive financial coaching has
already begun within the community to best prepare residents for their future housing goals.
Site planning that respects terrain: The team of landscape architects and environmental engineers that have been advising the
redevelopment of Southwood have taken into consideration the unique conditions and topography present on this site. The
road network's curvilinear design responds directly to existing grades and promotes the preservation of the natural areas at
the edges of the site. All development shall comply with Chapter 18 section 30.7 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance.
Clear boundaries with rural areas: Southwood is located at the southern edge of the growth area and is bordered to the south
by County -leased parkland, serving as a natural and abundant barrier between this residential urban development and the
rural areas to the south. The nearest rural areas are 0.5 miles to the west and 1.5 miles to the south. The Application Plan
includes a 30' wide trail buffer from Hickory Street south along Old Lynchburg Road.
Consistency with the Comprehensive plan: Southwood is part of Albemarle County's Southern and Western Development
Area, which calls for an Urban Density Residential development with up to 34DU/acre and mixed -income, mixed -use
development. The maximum density proposed in this rezoning application is 25DU/acre in the most dense section of Block
B, diminishing to a maximum of 11DU/acre in the more residential sections of Block A. The building regulations support the
creation of a Neighborhood Center as identified by the Comprehensive Plan, and the Trail Buffer Area along Old Lynchburg
Road supports the designation of a "greenway" in that area.
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Proposed Impact on Public Facilities and Infrastructure
The Phase I development of Southwood will connect to the existing internal road Hickory Street, connecting approximately
330' south of Hickory Street's intersection with Old Lynchburg Road. This first phase does not contemplate large improvements
at the intersection with Old Lynchburg Road, but does anticipate upgrading Hickory Street to the intersection for the entrance
to Phase 1. Future phases and rezonings will continue to analyze these areas for additional improvements. A traffic study has
contemplated total future build out to ensure long term development requirements are not missed during the early stages of
the development.
Both water and sanitary utilities are located in the area. The existing sanitary line, which follows the stream, along the south
end of the parcel, is well positioned to accept the flow from the first phase of development. Connection to the existing sanitary
line will need to be designed and constructed with care, as it is located in the Water Protection Ordinance buffer, however
connections of this type are allowed per the ordinance.
The existing waterline network that is located in Southwood runs to a master meter. It is anticipated that this project will transfer
this tap into the water main in Old Lynchburg Road, allowing a service to be brought in to feed the first phase of development.
The extension of this service will allow for individual meters to be set for each use, including both residential type units and
commercial spaces. Coordination with the Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority and Albemarle County Service Authority has
begun and will continue through the life of this project, including both during the rezoning application and the site plan/
subdivision plan submissions. Because Southwood has existing water and sewer users, it is anticipated that redevelopment will
be credited with an equal number of residential tap fees. Conversations have already begun with RWSA to coordinate through
the site planning phases to calculate for these tap fee credits.
The development of Southwood also allows for the potential to extend access to a trail system and/or what may be Biscuit Run
Park. This trail system will allow residents and the community to enjoy the natural areas and terrain, including the stream that
runs along the western and southern borders of Phase I.
Impact on Environmental Features
This site is surrounded by natural features, such as streams, small areas of wetlands, and steep slopes. Each of these features
defines this area and has become important to the resident community to be preserved and honored in the development of
this first phase. Members of the resident design team have walked the site and acknowledged the environmental features that
make it unique, focusing on ways to preserve and integrate each of these areas into the first phase of development.
The infrastructure and potential layouts carefully consider preserving these areas, while also making them accessible, allowing the
environmental features of the area to be available for resident enjoyment. This access will be through a trail network developed
in coordination with the Parks and Recreation department.
The streams and wetlands on the site will be preserved in a way to honor the natural habitats associated with each in partnership
with the County of Albemarle. Restoration of some of the streams is being contemplated. In addition, critical slopes are being
honored along the south end of the property.
Strategies for Shared Stormwater
Southwood redevelopment, in partnership with Albemarle County staff, is exploring a potential pilot project with the Department
of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to pursue stream restoration as an on -site stormwater quality and quantity best management
practice. However, as that is not yet an approved BMP, other options are also available and can be implemented if it is determined
that stream restoration does not meet the state requirements for water quality treatment. Preservation of wooded areas, along
with localized applications of BMPs such as swales and biofilters will assist in the needs for stormwater treatment. Additional
water quality needs may be addressed by the purchase of off site nutrient credits but will be limited to the quantity allowed per
state guidelines. Water quantity will be addressed at the Site Plan level as well, meeting all state requirements and codes.
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PRELIMINARY STUDIES + ILLUSTRATIVE PLANS
The Southwood Neighborhood Model Code of Development includes a variety of regulatory and dimensional requirements
that will guide the village by village redevelopment of Phase 1. The following pages contain preliminary volumetric studies
for each character area, as well as two illustrative plans, to better illustrate the varied quality of the Code's potential results.
As various iterations of these studies were developed during the planning and refinement of the Code of Development,
they provided the resident planners and consultant team with examples that informed modifications and adjustments to
the Code. By applying the regulations, requirements, and form based code elements to the site, we believe the efforts and
intentions of the resident -led process and many community meetings and discussions have been captured within the
regulations. The following images should be considered as illustrations, with the understanding the specific design and
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arrangement for the property will be provided in detail during the Site Plan process within the limits and characteristics of the
community defined by the resident planner's Code of Development.
Setbacks + Building Regulations Study
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Front Setback: 5' min
Building height: 3 stories max
Front Setback: 5' min
Street -facing building length: 300' max Front Setback: 5' min
Building plane variation: 4' min Street -facing building length: 240' max
Front Setback: 5' min
Street -facing building length: 200' max
Street -facing building length: 200' max
Building plane variation: 2' min
Street -facing building length: 200' max
Building plane variation: 2' min
Facade height variation: 7' max Building plane variation: 2' min
Facade height variation: 5' max
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Facade height variation: 4' max
Facade height variation: 3' max
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Illustrative Concept Plans
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Affordable Units (15%)
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Accessory Units
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Civic Space
0.60 Acres
Amenity Areas
2.37 Acres
Green Space
Total Green Space
8.3 Acres
11.27 Acres
Note: totals shown here are for illustrative purposes only and are not to be
interpreted as minimums or maximums. See Code of Development for all applicable
minimums and maximums.
Concept A.2
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Single -Family Attached
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Single -Family Detached
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Multi -Family
Total Units
Affordable Units (15%)
260
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12
Civic Space
0.6135 Acres
Amenity Areas
2.39 Acres
Green Space
Total Green Space
8.3 Acres
11.306 Acres
Note: totals shown here are for illustrative purposes only and are not to be
interpreted as minimums or maximums. See Code of Development for all applicable
minimums and maximums.
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Section II
History of the Partnership and Process with the Residents
INTRODUCTION
Background + History
The Southwood Mobile Home Park was built in the 1950s with just a few trailers around a single road. Over the last 60 years it
has expanded to include 341 homes, 26 roads, and two community centers.
In 2007, in the face of significant redevelopment pressure, failing infrastructure and the likelihood of catastrophic resident
displacement, Habitat purchased Southwood with the goal of redeveloping it as a mixed -income, sustainable neighborhood
without resident displacement.
During the past ten years, Habitat has focused on building trust, preserving the park for existing residents, addressing significant
deferred maintenance issues, creating capacity among residents to be community leaders and facilitating the provision of
social, educational and health services. To date, Habitat has invested more than 19 million dollars in operations and deferred
maintenance in the community and partnered with more than 30 social services providers.
Redevelopment Core Values
After completing Sunrise, the first transformation in the nation from trailer park into a mixed -income community without
resident displacement, and after stabilizing the physical conditions at Southwood, Habitat began the physical redevelopment
process in earnest in 2011 when its Board of Directors approved the following core value statement to guide redevelopment:
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Charlottesville is committed to redeveloping the Southwood Mobile Home Park
as a well -designed, sustainable, mixed income community of substantial benefit to the region guided by the
following core values:
Non displacement: Facilitating healthy rehousing choices for each current resident of the trailer park.
Net increase in affordable housing: Causing a significant increase in the overall local affordable housing stock, responsive
to the evolving regional need.
Community engagement: Creating a plan of development resulting from extensive interaction with Southwood residents -
taking into account their needs, desires and abilities - and other stakeholders in the community (surrounding neighbors,
County officials, etc.).
Asset -based approach: Building on existing community assets by being responsive to what's already good about Southwood,
both socially and physically.
Self-help model: Basing redevelopment strategies on Habitat's central belief that a "hand up" is better than a "hand out."
Redevelopment will include substantial opportunities for current residents and other low-income residents of the area to
earn the chance to build and purchase Habitat homes and/or otherwise participate in the rebuilding of the community.
Fiscal responsibility: Managing the redevelopment process in a financially sustainable way that allows Habitat to continue
with its core mission of building affordable homes into the future.
Southwood is a diverse community of 1,500 hard-working people. Family and education are deeply valued,
as well as the affordability of living at Southwood and the proximity to Charlottesville and its many resources.
We appreciate the peace and physical beauty of the park and there is a richness of culture, youth and
entrepreneurial spirit. We aspire to provide a better life for our children and a legacy for generations to come.
The Southwood neighborhood is a special place characterized by faith, resilience and hope. We are committed
to working hard, with neighbor helping neighbor, to build a stable, diverse and bright future for all members
of our community.
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Understanding the strengths and assets that we possess is an important first step in celebrating what's
great about our community and in planning for the eventual redevelopment of Southwood. Our story of
Southwood will serve as the foundation for a plan of redevelopment that honors what we currently value
about Southwood.
New Story of Southwood
Following an intensive survey and interview process with all 341 homes in Southwood in 2013, Habitat's Community Engagement
staff sat down for 158 one-on-one interviews with Southwood residents to document the New Story of their community - their
values, dreams and vision for their families and their future.
After hundreds of hours of in-depth conversation, the stories were gathered for common ideas, creating a list of nine repeating
themes. These themes were brought to a working group of residents who were asked to first verify that the information reflected
their own picture of the community and second, to prioritize and narrow down the list.
The working group agreed on the following guiding values and definitions:
Family: The priority and the thing that keeps us going; where you learn the purpose of life; the nucleus of society and the
foundation of everything
Affordable: A good price and you get more value for your money; within our means; more space for less money and closer
to things in the city
Education: Important for learning different skills for a better future and a better quality of life; founded in the family and
transmitted in schools and universities; an opportunity to develop new skills to get a better job
Community: Neighbors learning from one another, supporting each other, having fun together, and working together towards
a common goal; events when we all come together; when we collaborate with each other
Quiet: A country setting; quaint, with lots of trees and flowers; a peaceful place to live
Hard -Working: Our responsibility to support and care for family; working together and helping others; having goals in your
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In October of 2016, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors unanimously adopted a resolution supporting a collaborative
redevelopment process for the Southwood Community, setting in motion a unique private -public partnership that "could serve
as a blueprint for future revitalization and redevelopment of the County's aging suburban infrastructure." This partnership clearly
acknowledges that the success of sustainable, holistic redevelopment of Southwood depends on multi-sectoral coordination,
support and maximum flexibility.
Southwood redevelopment presents an opportunity for the Commonwealth, Albemarle County and other investors to receive
significant social and financial return on investment. A 2013 study by the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Center For Public
Service estimated that a redeveloped Southwood will generate 17x the tax revenue for Albemarle County than it does currently.
At build out, Southwood will include private investments - direct contribution of dollars into the local economy - of more than
$200MM. Once a multiplier is applied, the total economic impact will be significantly higher, likely approaching $1.5B.
Additionally, the study showed that Habitat's development of Southwood without resident displacement will provide significant
cost avoidance. According to the study, if Habitat were not able to redevelop the property and the resultant market forces
displaced the area's most vulnerable residents, the cost in rehousing assistance alone over a 4.5 year period using a formula
based on the Federal Relocation Act standard would be $21MM.
On top of the quantifiable financial benefits and savings attributable to housing improvement and expansion, successful
redevelopment at Southwood will address significant needs in such realms as education, social services, safety, land use,
transportation, economic development, recreation and access.
Action Plan
Since the passage of the resolution, County and Habitat officials, staff members and professional planners have been working
side -by -side with residents to understand the vision of the community, to develop a process for moving forward and to work
cooperatively toward improving the immediate and long term quality of life for all Southwood's residents. The complexity, scale
and vision of this project will require the investment of policy, planning, direct services, and financial resources to ensure success.
Subject matter experts and staff from both Habitat and the County have been tasked with putting resident voices at the center
of their work, seeking to find pathways to create the safe and inclusive neighborhood that Southwood desires.
In January of 2018, Habitat and the County jointly agreed to an Action Plan for accomplishing these goals and milestones over
the next few years. This plan outlined the formation of five distinct but interrelated teams [see diagram below] as well as near,
mid and long-term deliverables for each group.
The Action Plan outlined an expedited schedule for review of Phase I of Southwood redevelopment, projecting submission of
a zoning map amendment by February 2018 and a public hearing with the Board of Supervisors by December 2018. Staff from
both entities have been working together diligently to maintain momentum and achieve these project goals.
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Early Adopters
In 2014, Habitat's board voted to elevate the value of "resident readiness" as the single most important metric guiding the timing
of physical redevelopment. In order to move forward in partnership with residents, Habitat is pioneering the concept of Early
Adopters - asking people to "raise their hands" to participate when they are ready, and working with individual cohorts to plan
and design not only the master plan, but the villages they will live in.
In 2013, surveys and interviews were completed with representatives of every household in Southwood, during which each
family that participated was promised support in healthy rehousing. Then, during the summer of 2015, Habitat staff began to
work with Southwood residents to identify aspirations and values for the redevelopment of Southwood. Over the course of 108
interviews lasting on average 45 minutes each, staff had in-depth conversations with residents about what they valued about
their current housing situation, the spaces in the neighborhood they liked, the services they found supportive of their families
and their way of life, and the things they wanted to build on for the future. Transcripts of these conversations were combed for
repeating themes, the initial building blocks for an emerging set of values the community could establish and utilize to govern
the direction of their future.
Through that process, three categories rose to the top: housing, outdoor spaces, and businesses + amenities. In January of
2017, those themes were brought back to the community to verify, add, subtract and modify until they became an accurate
representation of general community aspirations. Eighty households read and responded to the priorities, kicking off the next
stage in community -driven redevelopment - the eventual identification and formation of the Early Adopter team.
This intensive process of listening, reflecting back, honoring the wishes of the community and following up with frank conversation
around constraints and opportunities is the foundation for the resident -driven design process outlined in the following sections.
Lessons learned from this process influenced the approach to physical redevelopment, locating the first phase on land where
no trailers exist in order to communicate clearly to residents that Habitat and the County are serious about engaging with
residents directly in this planning process that will determine their future and that neither entity will overlay its vision over top
of their existing neighborhood. Habitat and residents have agreed on a key principle - "nothing about you without you'.
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Potential Product Solutions
The first commitment the Board of Directors of Habitat made to the Southwood Community was to redevelop the neighborhood
as a well -designed, sustainable, mixed income community without resident displacement, placing a premium on creating
tenure security for existing residents. Through the years working side -by -side with Southwood families, that understanding of
non -displacement has expanded beyond a simple one -for -one replacement of housing units to a broader and more complex
concept of cultural, economic, and individual non -displacement. Southwood redevelopment has the opportunity to renovate
the infrastructure of the mobile home park without disrupting what makes this community great - the people that call it home.
Habitat's vision is a Greater Charlottesville community where everyone can find a decent place to live, and Southwood is a
model for how to counter severe displacement pressure in a manner responsive to the specific community under threat.
Data from Southwood families indicate that 98% of community members earn at or below 80% of the HUD -identified 2018
area median income for Charlottesville -Albemarle, qualifying them as extremely low to moderately low income households
[see table below]. It is important, then, that Habitat staff work one-on-one with families in housing and financial coaching to
facilitate healthy rehousing choices for each current resident of the park, and that the development provide a range of housing
products and ownership structures to meet family goals. The organization is committed to supporting housing choice on site
in the redeveloped Southwood as well as within the region, and will continue to build affordable homeownership opportunities
in our service area throughout the development of Southwood, providing greater housing options for Southwood residents
and the community as a whole.
Albemarle County's chapter on Housing in the adopted Comprehensive Plan identifies affordable housing as a main housing
objective, and provides guidance that, "at a minimum, 15% of all uunits developed under rezoning and special use permits are
affordable." This rezoning application therefore establishes a minimum threshold of 15% affordable housing units for all of Phase
I of Southwood redevelopment.
At full build out, it is the goal of Habitat that housing at Southwood will be responsive to the community it serves, and because
of this commitment to supporting the housing choice of current residents, it is likely that approximately 40-60% of the total
housing stock will be affordable to residents making 80% or less of area median income.
Southwood today is completely comprised of aging mobile homes with little opportunity within the community for family
growth and individual upward mobility. According to community surveys, the majority of residents enjoy living in Southwood,
largely because of the quality school district and proximity to economic opportunities. The choice to own their home - even
though trailers are considered personal property, are a negative asset and do not provide tenure security - is also almost always
a factor in a resident's decision to live in Southwood, highlighting the challenge of living in a region where homeownership is
primarily available to individuals at 120% or above of area median income. On the facing page are examples of housing types
and subsidy mechanisms that may exist in Southwood to make the shift from a homogeneous and physically degraded housing
stock that has largely exceeded its useful life to a healthy and diverse housing ecosystem.
In light of this, Habitat is pioneering its own model for affordable homeownership, exploring a tiered program that will allow
families greater agency and choice in housing product and cost and ensure a wider spectrum of affordable homeownership
options within a single community than ever before.
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RESIDENT -DRIVEN DESIGN
Land Planning Workshops
As the foundation for authentic, meaningful conversations about the community's aspirations for the future, this workshop series
served as a two-way transfer between resident leaders and professional planners of skills, information and values.
Community members learned about some of the constraints on land development like flood plain and steep slopes, availability
and accessibility of necessary infrastructure and the impact of density on the financial feasibility of redevelopment. Models and
interactive workshops gave community members the tools to begin translating their lived experience into two-dimensional
representations of their preferences, allowing them to communicate in the language architects, engineers and planners use to
discuss character and place.
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01. Land Use
02. Housing Typologies
03. Affordability
04. Yards + Parking
05. Roads + Infrastructure
06. Non -Residential Uses
07. Neighborhood Planning
Discussion about desired commercial and non-residential uses provided context as residents grappled with how to balance
community aspirations - such as a neighborhood with amenities that support the health and wellbeing of the whole family -
with personal aspirations of individuality and private space. Developing a common definition for affordable - no more than 30%
of a family's income being devoted to housing expenses - and understanding how incorporating a significant number of market
rate homes into the neighborhood created the opportunity for a wide range of housing products, while also subsidizing the
development of affordable lots, resulted in resident leaders advocating for well -designed higher density that allowed Southwood
to be financially viable, keeping intact the existing community while making space for new neighbors.
These community values of affordability and inclusivity inspired the resident cohort to begin thinking in terms of "we over me"
identifying that attached housing and smaller but meaningful open space resulted in greater access and opportunity for the
entire community.
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Resident Committees
After the initial Land Planning workshops, resident leaders continued their work by forming three redevelopment committees.
Committee groups met once a month to train for events and activities that occurred over the summer of 2017, reporting out
about their work to the wider community at monthly redevelopment meetings. Each committee was charged with different
tasks and each spoke to different skill sets the leaders possessed, allowing residents to deepen their knowledge and strengthen
the collective identity of the cohort, all while advancing the goals of redevelopment.
Community Guides
Community Guides honed their presentation skills, focusing on opportunities to bring updates and information about redevelopment
to outside audiences. They worked together to identify the key themes and lessons learned from the Land Planning workshops,
how to engage donors, interested community members and outside decision makers. Community Guides presented at various
events in the following months, including a State Leaders meeting hosted by Virginia House Delegates David Toscano and Criegh
Deeds and attended by 40 leaders from more than 15 state and local agencies with various ties to Southwood redevelopment.
This group pulled on the strengths of residents who felt called and able to share the story of Southwood in front of large
audiences, recognizing that when advocating for change in their community, no voices spoke more eloquently than those of
the community.
Master Planning
Master Planners continued to meet with architects, engineers and planners throughout the summer to hone the concepts
identified through the initial planning workshops and prepare for the development of the rezoning application. They worked
through various planning sketches to establish density goals for Block A, favoring higher density over less efficient land plans,
and developed overarching design principles for Block B that would guide conversations with potential developers.
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Resident planners felt motivated to learn more about the planning and design process, diving deeper into the intricate and
complicated world of land development. These community members saw the unprecedented opportunity to make sure the
future neighborhood of Southwood represented their aspirations, dreams and vision, and rose to the challenge.
Community Outreach
The Community Outreach committee focused on neighborhood -wide communications and inspiring others to feel as passionately
about redevelopment as they did. The Outreach Committee worked hard to increase knowledge about redevelopment among
Southwood community members. This peer -to -peer leadership style is integral to Habitat's approach to redevelopment,
understanding that a recommendation from a trusted friend and neighbor is more valuable than the endorsement of an outsider.
Outreach committee members received training on the specific skill of door knocking, learning the techniques necessary for
successful one-on-one interactions with friends and neighbors about sometimes difficult and complicated subjects. After training,
resident leaders divided into groups of two and advertised for various monthly community meetings in their neighborhood.
After these door knocking initiatives, redevelopment meeting attendance increased by 30% .
Being natural conveners, residents drawn to the Community Outreach committee were able to share their skills in motivation
and active listening with the larger community, reaching deeper into Southwood and expanding the capacity of Habitat to
engage directly with as many residents of the park as possible.
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Building on the vision, vocabulary and leadership skills established through the Land Planning workshop series and subsequent
committee development, these sessions first introduced the rezoning process to resident leaders, and then examined the various
elements of the application to ensure continuity between what was submitted and the goals of the community.
Rezoning was introduced as a process to establish new regulations that would provide a guide and framework for future
development of Phase I, and that these regulations would form the overall character and feel of their neighborhood. Important
decision points and opportunities for interacting with the community, like the public hearings with the Planning Commission
and Board of Supervisors were discussed, and the proactive public -private partnership between Southwood and the County
was highlighted.
Here, residents formalized their two -block approach, identifying the two distinct areas within Phase I. Block A, more internal to
the site, was desired to be more residential and neighborhood -focused in nature, while Block B, the neighborhood's primary
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entrance and frontage along Old Lynchburg Road, was more appropriate for more intensive uses. This rationale guided group
activities in which the community discussed various potential uses and their appropriateness for each block. The community's
work established the Use Matrix, with a wide range of residential uses in both Block A and Block B, but the majority of higher
intensity non-residential uses restricted to Block B.
Residents also expressed preference for an interconnected road network with a modified grid that respected the natural terrain
as much as possible while achieving density goals, as well as road section designs that prioritized traffic calming measures and
minimal right of way widths.
Moving from resident -derived concepts to technical drawings and regulatory tables without losing the sense of ownership
or ability for residents to see themselves reflected in this work has resulted in an informed and engaged community with a
sophisticated grasp of these development principles.
Rezoning Approvals
2017 . 2018
Site Planning
Rezoning Future Phases
Where will Redevelopment Begin?
Two key points became clear in talking with residents about the first phase of redevelopment. One, that the physical and
psychological benefits of starting construction on land not currently occupied by trailers would outweigh the added costs of
building the necessary infrastructure to access this greenfield; and two, that for many community members, inspiration and
belief in the possibility of the future would only come once there was a first village they could see and touch. Embracing these
concepts and honoring the community's insight has meant developing this Zoning Map Amendment request to focus first on
more than 30 undeveloped acres adjacent to the developed portion of Southwood, both to demonstrate Habitat's commitment
to non -displacement and to expedite a first phase of redevelopment.
Walking tours of this forested area equipped residents with an understanding of the land that influenced their approach to
neighborhood design, and brought abstract land development concepts into real, tangible terms. Knowing where redevelopment
will begin has further inspired the belief that this transformation is possible.
Market Day - Expanding Design Input
At the end of the first series of redevelopment workshops, a focus group of resident leaders continued meeting to develop
an activity that would demonstrate to the larger community the experience of planning their future neighborhood.
Building on the final workshop of the series, residents and architects developed an interactive activity for neighbors to design
their own neighborhood block. During Market Day, a spring health and wellness fair for the entire community, residents
lead their neighbors in this design exercise, resulting in 80 community members working in multiple teams to develop
conceptual design solutions for their future neighborhood. A sample of layouts from that design exercise are pictured on
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This series focused on further refinement and identification of critical design principles the community wanted to codify in the
request for rezoning. Here the neighborhood moved from an open framework to conceptual designs that will serve as guides
for the future development of individual neighborhoods.
This stage of design began with field trips, with community members visiting local neighborhoods, experiencing the architectural
and engineering concepts they had been discussing in previous workshops in person, evaluating how various design decisions
impacted the overall feel and character of a neighborhood. With these site visits in mind, residents came together for design
intensives, working in small groups to design and redesign areas of the first phase using color coded blocks and scaled model
props. Residents were asked to refine their designs while thinking about the overarching principles they were striving for, like
connectivity, amenities and a mix of housing types.
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Family -oriented designs and amenities, like parks or multi -modal paths, and special attention to accommodations for vulnerable
populations, like seniors and those with limited mobility, were interwoven with a wide rage of housing typologies from apartments
to affordable duplexes and townhomes to market rate single family detached options. Multiple groups highlighted the importance
of mixing housing typologies in the same phase, but not necessarily directly adjacent to each other, to promote the meshing
of a newly formed community that would be welcoming to people from all walks of life.
These concept models were then turned into the illustrative drawings and plans featured in this booklet. These are meant to serve
as a high-level guide for future development and future resident cohorts' designs for their neighborhoods, while maintaining the
overall flexibility that will result in an organic, vibrant neighborhood that is responsive to the values of each future resident cohort.
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After the initial submission of the rezoning application in February of 2018, resident leaders developed an agenda for a series of
redevelopment meetings that would provide an update and an opportunity for self -identification into the rapidly forming Early
Adopter cohort to the larger Southwood community. Residents identified that it was important to highlight key past milestones
that inspired confidence and faith in commitments to non -displacement and affordability. Residents celebrated the completion
of a Land Swap with the Commonwealth of Virginia which provided Habitat access to an additional 20 acres of undeveloped
land adjacent to Southwood. And they identified the importance of underwriting changes Habitat initiated that would allow
more community members to be able to take advantage of affordable homeownership opportunities. It was also critical to
community leaders to inspire a sense of the gathering momentum around redevelopment, pointing to the three to five year
time horizon by which the first Southwood community members could be moving into their new homes in the first phase of
redevelopment. Overwhelmingly, Southwood resident planners feel that building a First Model Village will be the catalytic event
that inspires future cohorts of Southwood residents to take proactive steps toward homeownership and toward joining their
neighbors in intensive block by block community planning.
Meetings were held on a variety of days at multiple times to provide opportunity to folks regardless of their work schedules
and commitments to learn more about redevelopment. During the two weeks these meetings were held, 80 families were
represented with almost half - 37 out of those that attended - self -identifying as interested in participating in the first phase of
Southwood redevelopment. By the time of this Submittal, some nine months later, an additional 14 families have come forward,
bringing the total number of families voicing interest in being part of the first phase of redevelopment to 51.
One-on-one outreach by Southwood's trained financial coaches and housing counselors began with those residents to better
understand families' housing aspirations and financial situations and to create individualized paths forward toward their family
goals. As future cohorts are established, the process will repeat itself with every family until Southwood redevelopment is complete.
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Beginning in the winter/spring of 2019, the Early Adopter cohort will come together to look at a higher level of detail at Block
A, identifying the exact location of the First Model Village, refining the appropriate housing types to suit the housing aspirations
of their specific design cohort, further developing road layouts and right of way design and developing the civic and amenity
components that will identify their neighborhood. This work will culminate in a submission of the first site plan and subdivision
plan for Phase I of Southwood redevelopment in 2019.
This process of resident -led site planning will happen for a minimum of two distinct neighborhoods in Block A of the first
phase of Southwood redevelopment, tying into overarching design principles and the framework established by the rezoning
application while allowing each neighborhood to develop organically with a specific resident group in mind. Moving forward,
each new block will set the context for future block development.
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Current conceptual timelines indicate that the rezoning of the next phase of Southwood redevelopment will occur as early
as 2020, building on the lessons learned from site planning and implementation of the first phase of redevelopment. Inspired
by the work of the Early Adopters, new resident cohorts will form and will engage in the same curriculum, first acquiring the
foundational understanding of the principles of land development, then building on these principles as they define the rules,
regulations and design characteristics of their own rezoning application and then turning these guiding principles into the exact
sites and subdivisions of their future neighborhoods. It will be critical to tap the wisdom and knowledge of the first cohort of Early
Adopters to help refine and market these new planning initiatives, as well as lead and train their peers in the work of land design.
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Redevelopment in each future phase will provide
the opportunity for residents to lead the design
process for their own neighborhoods. Similar
physical conditions to those of the Character Areas
developed for this Code of Development exist
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future phases will likely follow similar patterns
of development. The illustration of the overall
community of Southwood uses color to show
how similar neighborhoods will be redeveloped in
future phases-, edge neighborhoods are envisioned
to have similar characteristics throughout the entire
community. Internal neighborhoods are envisioned
to have similar characteristics throughout the
entire community. Hickory Road will always have
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Density will also vary throughout different sections of
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Southwood Phase 1 Neighborhood Model
Code of Development
Zoning Map Amendment 2018-003
Tax Map 90 + 76, Parcels 09000-00-00-001AO, 090A1-00-00-001E0, 07600-00-00-OS1AO
Submission Date: February 20, 2018
Revision #1: July 2, 2018
Revision #2: January 7, 2019
REZONING APPLICATION
Name of Project:
Southwood Phase I
TMPs:
090A1-00-00-001E0
09000-00-00-001A0
07600-00-00-OS1A0
Total Acreage:
33.96 acres
Block A:
20.98 acres
Block B:
12.98 acres
CODE OF DEVELOPMENT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 4
Application Plan
CHARACTER AREA + REGULATIONS 5
Character Areas
Character C-5
Character C-4
Character C-3
Character C-2
Character C-1
Characteristics of the Character Areas 6
Setbacks + Building Regulations 7
Building Regulations Definition Diagrams 8
GREEN SPACE 10
Green Space 10
Trail Buffer Area 10
Civic Area 10
Recreational Areas + Facilities 11
Recreational Facilities
Recreational Area
Conservation Area
Amenity -Oriented Lots 11
Neighborhood Amenity + Civic Areas by Character Area 11
Green Space + Amenity Definitions 11
Pedestrian Connection Area
Trail Buffer Area
BLOCK + USES 12
Density by Block 12
Affordable Housing 12
Residential Uses by Block 13
Non -Residential Uses by Block 14
STREETS + PARKING 16
Road Sections + Framework Streets 16-17
Parking 18
Curb Cuts 18
INTRODUCTION FRAMEWORK STREETS -
ADDITIONAL ROADS
Application Plan AND ALLEYS AT
APPROPRIATE SCALE
AND DIMENSION MAY
This mixed -income, mixed -use neighborhood is intended to be developed BE DEVELOPED IN SITE
PLANS TO CREATE
through intensive community engagement, reinvesting in defunct neighborhood MORE CONNECTION
AND ACCESS
infrastructure without erasing the vibrant culture that exists today. Because of the 8.3 ACRE AMENITY
AREA AND GREEN
SPACE W/ 10,000 SF
community -focused nature of the development, it is critical that the Application OF PRIMITIVE TRAIL
TO BE FIELD
Plan provided in this rezoning application retain the flexibility necessary for residents LOCATED
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GENERAL
to create responsive, sustainable neighborhoods on a village by village basis into LOCATION OF
PRIMITIVE TRAIL - J
the future. The Application Plan provides a framework for a two -block approach EXACT LOCATION
TO BE DETERMINED
to land use, five distinct character areas, an interconnected road and sidewalk 1
system, and future connectivity to the existing Southwood neighborhood. It also f� ', — ' .000
identifies key features of the development including green space and amenity areas.
The distance from the center of Block A to the center of Block B is 1,590 feet or 1
about a 15 minute walk. Many non-residential uses in Block B are allowed and \ roa
may support daily living needs of Block A. 1
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The streets shown in all plans in this Code of Development are framework .� 1opaQ
streets. Additional roads and alleys may be developed in site plans to create more
connection and access. 1
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FLOODPLAIN EXISTING BUILDINGS
.RAPHIC SCALE
RESIDENTIAL DENSITY BY BLOCK SUMMARY
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BLOCK ALLOWED TOTAL DEVELOPABLE MINIMUM MAXIMUM MAXIMUM GROSS MAXIMUM NET
USE ACREAGE ACREAGE DWELLING DWELLING UNITS DENSITY DENSITY
UNITS
per total acres per developable acres
BLOCK A MIXED USE 20.98 12.68 80 150 7.15 11.83
BLOCK B MIXED USE 12.98 11.92 70 300 23.11 25.17
SUBTOTAL MIXED USE 33.96 24.60 150 450 13.25 18.29
NOTE: 'Developable Acreage' excludes streams, stream buffers, preserved slopes, Trail Buffer Area and'Green Space identified on the plan
'Maximum Net Density' is the Maximum Dwelling Units per Developable Acreage.
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CHARACTER AREAS + REGULATIONS CHARACTER C-5 GREEN SPACE AND AMENITY AREA
old Lynchburg road
Character Areas CHARACTER C-4 TRAIL BUFFER AREA
CHARACTER C-3 -- BLOCK BOUNDARIES - L ---- T 2po_o
While the approach to land use and density in Southwood is governed by blocks, within CHARACTER C-2 /� c�Mgx ro
these two blocks there are a number of Character Areas, the design characteristics and CHARACTER C-1 i' a "oRrNPRoP '
regulations of which have been developed through design workshops and conversation �OV �� C-3 C_4 C_5 jo c_SMgXER��"F
a i' 7Zo , ` C-4
with resident planners. The exact dimensions of each Character Area are flexible, but the �o ' C _ 4 ' c,SM/n '20, 0^ -
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diagram on this page denotes the general area and location of these Character Areas. C, ---- "'"
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An internal Southwood Architectural Review Board will review individual submissions \� ,�� ■ wow Ow I
for new building or village's compliance with the Southwood Phase One Neighborhood �j ` I ERMA
Model Code of Development's architecture, landscaping, buffer, screening and other C-3 i ''
standards as set forth herein. The ARB's specific guidelines governing the quality and `' ' ` ✓
characteristics of the Character Areas will be determined, maintained, and periodically I
updated by the Southwood Architectural Review Board. .0000 �
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Character C-5 C-2 I 0010 Existing Southwood Neighborhood I,
Bordered by Old Lynchburg Road, Hickory Street and the existing Southwood Nowr No rezoning at this time
community, this area is the most appropriate location for the highest intensity uses, woo ow Ir
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as it is advantaged by the best visibility and accessibility on the property. A pattern of C_3 � ;00 000
buildings that address the human scale and activate the street edge, or civic spaces C-1 00�p 000 .00
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that welcome the pedestrian to engage with the built environment will be required C-3 0woo #N
by the internal ARB. Landscaping and signage may be particularly critical in this zone
to create a sense of place.
Character C-4 son"
Transitioning away from the highest intensity of Character C-5, the C-4 zone retains , - ' �� 0j ,� WNW
critical relationships with Old Lynchburg Road, Road 1A ,the existing Southwood ' �� 00.00000
community and the new residential area of Phase I. This area should contemplate the relationship the built edge will have with future development across Road 1A, scaling down any massing to address the likely scale of building in Phase II. Because it is more
internal to the site, this area is less appropriate for the highest intensity non-residential uses and may be more appropriate for office or other employment centers, or higher density residential such as multifamily.
Character C-3
These transect areas mediate intensity and provide connection. For example, in the northern -most C-3 character area in Block A, this area provides a transition from higher intensity of Block B to less intense residential uses in Block A. The C-3 area in Block B
provides a connection from the framework street network to the trail network, similar to the other C-3 character areas, while providing a distinct identity, achieved either through use, form, intensity, or as a place to gather and connect to the natural area and
trail amenity. The C-3 areas are intentional "place -making" reference points that suggest transition and connection while creating a rhythm of varied pedestrian experience or'nodes' along the framework streets
Character C-2
Clearly within the more residentially -focused Block A, this area allows for both density and flexibility in neighborhood design. This area will provide a mixture of housing types and allow for smaller residential groupings on public or private amenities or streets.
Alleys, greenways, and/or internal sidewalk connections between residences and public amenities are permitted.
Character C-1
This outside edge of Block A borders the 8 acre green space and amenity area and will be the lowest intensity character area. Topographical challenges and lot dimensions in this area will limit the range of housing typologies available to primarily single family
detached and single family units, with the potential for some small scale multifamily buildings. The primary use of this area is residential and, given adjacency to the green space and amenity area, this area should encourage some visual and physical connection
to the green space to preserve the natural character of the Southwood Neighborhood.
5
Characteristics of the Character Areas
CHARACTER AREAS QUALITIES
C-5
C-4
C-3
C-2
C-1
GREEN SPACE
CIVIC/
GATHERING, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE
GATHERING, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE
GATHERING, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE
GATHERING, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE RECREATIONAL
ACTIVE OR PASSIVE RECREATIONAL,
AMENITY
RECREATIONAL; MAY SUPPORT
RECREATIONAL
RECREATIONAL
RECREATIONAL, OR CONNECTIVE
OR CONNECTIVE
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE
SPACE, IF
NON-RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITIES AT
PROVIDED
HICKORY
PEDESTRIAN
ACTIVE AND WELCOMING; SENSE
TRAIL AND SIDEWALK
CONNECTIVE'NODE'- MUST
SAFE, INTERACTIVE, AND WALKABLE
SAFE, INTERACTIVE, AND WALKABLE
PASSIVE USE TRAIL AND NATURAL
EXPERIENCE
OF ENTRY TO SOUTHWOOD
CONNECTIONS BETWEEN
ENABLE CONNECTION TO NATURAL
NEIGHBORHOOD; PORCHES
NEIGHBORHOOD; PORCHES
AREA OR ACTIVE RECREATIONAL
NEIGHBORHOOD. CONNECTIVITY
HIGHER INTENSITY BLOCK B AND
AREA AND/OR TRAIL AMENITY;
AND STOOPS ON FRONTAGE
AND STOOPS ON FRONTAGE
TO LARGER PEDESTRIAN
RESIDENTIAL BLOCK A. PEDESTRIAN
GATHERING, ACTIVE OR PASSIVE
ENCOURAGED
ENCOURAGED
NETWORK BEYOND SOUTHWOOD
CONNECTION AREAS TO PROVIDE
RECREATIONAL USES ENCOURAGED.
COMMUNITY.
CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN STREET
NETWORK AND TRAIL NETWORK.
STREET EDGE
LARGELY CONTIGUOUS STREET
MOSTLY CONTIGUOUS STREET
DISTINCT IDENTITY AS CREATED
PERIODIC CIVIC/OPEN SPACES
STREET EDGE SHOULD ALLOW FOR
NATURAL OR WOODED AREA
EDGE TO PROVIDE A SENSE OF
EDGE; MAY BE LANDSCAPED
BY USE, CONNECTION, FORM,
Ft POCKET PARKS, RESIDENTIAL
PERIODIC VIEWS TO NATURAL AREA
ENCLOSURE ON THE STREET;
BUFFER. LIMITED CURB CUTS,
OR MATERIAL; A POINT OF
TYPOLOGIES CLOSE TO STREET
BEYOND
BUILDING FACADES SHOULD
UNINTERRUPTED CONTIGUOUS
GATHERING AND/OR CONNECTION
EDGE TO CREATE POSITIVE
VARY ALONG THE STREET FRONT;
BUILDING LENGTHS ARE LIMITED
TO THE NATURAL AREA; MAY BE
PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE
EXCEPTIONS FOR WOODED/
TO ENCOURAGE WALKABLE BLOCK
LANDSCAPED BUFFER
NATURAL AREAS AND OUTDOOR
LENGTHS ALONG FRAMEWORK
CIVIC SPACES
STREET
PARKING
ON -STREET OR RELEGATED
ON -STREET, OFF-STREET, OR
ON -STREET, OFF-STREET OR
ON -STREET, OFF-STREET PARKING
ON -STREET, OFF-STREET PARKING
PARKING LIMITED TO DESIGNATED
PARKING. NO CURB CUTS FROM
RELEGATED PARKING
RELEGATED PARKING
SHOULD BE RELEGATED WHERE
PERMITTED IN FRONT OR SIDE YARD
TRAIL OR RECREATIONAL ACCESS
HICKORY STREET.
POSSIBLE
AREA
NOTES
GROUND FLOOR OF MULTIFAMILY
FACADE HEIGHT IS LIMITED
MAY PROVIDE OR SHARE
WIDEST RANGE OF RESIDENTIAL
PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY
PARKING FOR ACCESS TO THE
AND MIXED -USE BUILDINGS
TOWARD FRAMEWORK STREETS TO
PARKING FOR TRAIL ACCESS, SEE
HOUSING TYPES POSSIBLE IN THIS
ATTACHED, DETACHED, TOWNHOME
TRAIL MAY BE PROVIDED IN OTHER
TO MEET STRUCTURAL OR
TRANSITION NEW BUILDING SCALE
PARKING SECTION FOR PARKING
AREA
OR ACCESSORY UNITS DUE TO
CHARACTER AREAS WITHIN
DIMENSIONAL STANDARDS FOR
AND EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
REQUIREMENTS
TOPOGRAPHY CONSTRAINTS,
BLOCK A; MAY PROVIDE BUILDINGS
NON-RESIDENTIAL USES AND TO
TOPOGRAPHY MAY NECESSITATE
BUT SOME MULTIFAMILY OR
ACCESSORY TO RECREATIONAL
HAVE ADEQUATE OPENINGS TO
ADDITIONAL GROUND FLOOR
CONDOMINIUM BUILDINGS MAY BE
NEEDS
PROVIDE VISUAL CONNECTION TO
'BASEMENT' LEVEL DWELLINGS
SUITABLE.
INTERIORS OF BUILDINGS
TOWARD OLD LYNCHBURG ROAD.
CONCEPTUAL
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CHARACTER AREA SETBACK + BUILDING REGULATIONS
ALL SETBACKS AND BUILDING REGULATIONS TO BE MEASURED FROM FRAMEWORK STREETS
REQUIREMENT
C-5
C-4
C-3
C-2 C-1
BUILDING HEIGHT
MINA
2 STORIES
NO MIN.
NO MINIMUM
4 STORIES B1
4 STORIES B2
3 STORIES
MAX
FRONT SETBACK G
MIN
10'
5'
5'
5'
MAX C
20' D
25' D
30'
40'
SIDE SETBACK
MIN G
NO MIN. E
NO MIN. E
3'E
3'F
MAX C
NO MAX.
15'
10'
NO MAX.
SIDE CORNER SETBACK
MIN G
NO MIN.
3'
3'
5'
MAX C
10' D
15' D
NO MAX.
NO MAX.
REAR SETBACK
MIN E,G
NO MIN.
5'
5'
5'
NO MIN.
MAX
NO MAX.
NO MAX. G
NO MAX.
NO MAX.
NO MAX.
PORCH / APPURTENANCE SETBACK
NO MIN.
NO MIN.
NO MIN.
1'
MIN
10'
15'
20'
30'
MAX
GARAGE SETBACK H
FRAMEWORK STREET FACING GARAGE OPENINGS AND/OR GARAGE DOORS ARE NOT
FRONT ACCESS
ALLOWED IN THESE CHARACTER AREAS. ALL GARAGE ACCESS MUST BE SIDE LOADED OR
18'/ NO MAX.
18'/ NO MAX.
MIN/ MAX
RELEGATED TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
SINGLE BUILDING FOOTPRINT
MAX NON-RESIDENTIAL
30,000 SF
20,000 SF
10,000 SF
5,000 SF
STREET FACING BUILDING LENGTH I
MIN
50'
NO MIN.
NO MIN.
NO MIN.
MAX
300'
240'
200'
200'
MIN PASSAGE WIDTH
20'
20'
15'
10'
BUILDING PLANE VARIATION J
MIN
2'
2'
2'
MAX
12'
20'
FACADE HEIGHT VARIATION K
150'
200'
200'
200'
APPLICABLE LENGTH
3'
2'
2'
1'
MIN
5'
4'
3'
MAX
During Site Plan review, a 5% deviation from all dimensions noted above will be allowed to accommodate variability in site conditions and final layout
GENERAL NOTES:
1. There is no Maximum building setback from Old Lynchburg Road property line.
2. All buildings adjacent to a Framework Street must have a minimum of one primary entrance facing the
Framework Street. Corner buildings (facing two Framework Streets) may choose which Framework Street
will receive the primary entrance.
3. Floor to Floor height for the ground floor spaces on Hickory Street as measured from the Finish Floor
Elevation facing Hickory Street, will be a minimum of 12'-0" regardless of use.
4. Parking levels partially or fully below grade and located under residential or
non-residential spaces in the C-5 Character area are not Stories and do not count
toward calculation of maximum building height.
REGULATION NOTES
A EXCEPTIONS TO THE MINIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT SHALL BE
CONSIDERED DURING THE SITE PLAN PROCESS PER INTERNAL ARB
REVIEW. MAXIMUM HEIGHT CAN BE INCREASED BY TACADE HEIGHT
VARIATION' REQUIREMENT WHEN APPLICABLE. MAX HEIGHT IS
CHANGED BY THE VARIATION DESCRIBED IN NOTE K BELOW.
B1 ANY PORTION OF A BUILDING OR GROUP OF BUILDINGS WITHIN
50' OF THE BACK OF CURB AT ROAD 1-A WILL BE LIMITED TO A
MAXIMUM OF 3 STORIES. IN A SINGLE BUILDING, THIS MAY BE
ACHIEVED BY A MINIMUM 10' STEPBACK.
B2 ON FACADE FACING FRAMEWORK STREET(S), THE MAXIMUM
FACADE HEIGHT IS 3 STORIES WHEN MEASURED FROM THE TOP OF
CURB AT CENTERLINE OF BUILDING FACADE. FACING FRAMEWORK
STREET
C EXCEPTIONS TO THE MAXIMUM SETBACKS SHALL BE CONSIDERED
DURING THE SITE PLAN PROCESS PER INTERNAL ARB REVIEW.
D UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 20' OF SETBACK MAY BE PROVIDED (NOT
REQUIRED) IF LANDSCAPING OR HARDSCAPING (OR COMBINATION)
IS PROVIDED OVER ENTIRE ADDITIONAL SETBACK AREA.
E SIDE AND REAR MINIMUM SETBACKS FOR ANY PRIMARY
STRUCTURE SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED AND SEPARATED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRENT EDITION OF THE BUILDING
CODE, SIDE SETBACKS FOR BUILDINGS THAT SHARE A COMMON
WALL MAY BE 0'.
F MINIMUM SIDE SETBACK DOES NOT APPLY TO ATTACHED UNITS
THAT SHARE A COMMON WALL.
G AT C-4 SOUTH OF HICKORY STREET AND C-3 CHARACTER AREA
IN BLOCK B ONLY, PROVIDE 50' MINIMUM BUILDING FOOTPRINT
SETBACK PARALLEL TO OLD LYNCHBURG ROAD (AMENITY/
OUTDOOR RECREATION STRUCTURES, SCREENING ELEMENTS AND
SURFACE PARKING LOTS ARE EXEMPTED.)
H THE WALL PLANE OF ALL STREET FACING GARAGES MUST BE SET
BACK A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF THREE FEET (3') FROM THE PRIMARY
STREET FACING BUILDING FACADE
I STREET FACING BUILDING LENGTH IS DEFINED AS THE SINGLE
OR AGGREGATE COMBINED LENGTH OF ANY BUILDINGS) FACING
A FRAMEWORK STREET WITHOUT A MINIMUM WIDTH OPEN AIR
PASSAGE TO THE REAR OF THE PARCEL OR A COURTYARD.
J FOR INDIVIDUAL OR CONTIGUOUS GROUP OF BUILDINGS
100 FEET OR MORE IN LENGTH, AT LEAST 2 PORTIONS OF THE
STREET -FACING BUILDING FACADE MUST HAVE A VARIATION IN
BUILDING FACADE SETBACK. THE COMBINATION OF THE REQUIRED
VARIATIONS IN BUILDING FACADE SETBACK MUST TOTAL NO LESS
THEN 25% OF THE LENGTH OF THE BUILDING(S).
K FACADE HEIGHT VARIATION IS REQUIRED FOR STREET -FACING
LENGTH OF AN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP OF CONTIGUOUS
BUILDINGS EXCEEDING THE APPLICABLE LENGTH. A MINIMUM OF
20% AND A MAXIMUM OF 50% OF THE AGGREGATE STREET -FACING
FACADE(S) MUST HAVE A VARIATION IN HEIGHT. THE REQUIRED
VARIATION MINIMUM/MAXIMUM DISTANCE IS NOTED FOR EACH
CHARACTER AREA. FOR CORNER LOCATIONS, A MINIMUM OF 33%
OF THE FACADE HEIGHT VARIATION MUST BE LOCATED ON THE
CORNER FACING FACADES.. IF APPLICABLE, THE FACADE HEIGHT
VARIATION INCREASES THE MAXIMUM BUILDING HEIGHT.
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Setbacks + Building Regulations Definition Diagrams
The Code of Development for Southwood Phase 1 Neighborhood Model
utilizes a variety of regulations and form based code elements to enhance the
pedestrian experience, transition scale between lower intensity areas and higher
intensity areas, and provide visual interest. When combined with the location of
the Character Areas shown on the Character Area Plan and the descriptions of
various elements within each Character Area, the dimensional regulations will
help create a distinct sense of place within each area.
On the previous pages, the dimensional qualities of these regulations were
summarized and will provide the regulatory framework for ensuring a consistent
and appropriate application of the neighborhood characteristics envisioned by
resident planners and intended for each Character Area. The following pages
provide visual / graphic references of each regulatory term to better describe
the application of each requirement.
BUILDING REGULATION DEFINITION DIAGRAMS
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GREEN SPACE
Green Space
Green space shall comply with Chapter 18 section 20A.9(a) such that green space shall
be at least 20% of the gross acreage of the area, to include amenity areas. Amenities
shall be 20% of the gross acreage of the area and shall include the pedestrian trail
described below.
An important amenity of this project is a pedestrian trail originating within the 8.3 acre
GENERAL
LOCATION OF
green space area of Block A and continuing within a 1.06 acre trail buffer along Old
PRIMATIVE
Lynchburg Road, which is to be used for recreational activity. The field -located trail
amenity is to be within a quarter -mile of any residential unit in Block A and Block B.
TRAIL - EXACT
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DETERMINED
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The trail may connect to any existing or future network of trails and sidewalks internal
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to the Southwood neighborhood and is intended to help complete and connect to /- Y
any potential future regional trails built by others in this southwestern area of the %
County. The trail network is to be consistent with the County's design standards for �� _ BLOCK A
a Class B type 1 primitive trail in Block A and Class B type 2 in Block B. The general
20.98 acres
location of the trail is shown on the Application Plan; however exact trail locations I
shall be determined by the Owner based on site conditions. 1,
Trail Buffer Area
This buffer area shall consist of a 30' wide section to include a variety of trees, shrubs, \
and trail surface at the boundary between Old Lynchburg Road and Southwood Phase-
1 as indicated on the map on the right and further described under Landscaping
Requirements "Trail Buffer Area" . The Trail Buffer Area will provide pedestrian -� -
connectivity from areas within Block B to the primitive trail and Green Space Amenity
area adjacent to Block A. As such, this area will provide required recreation area for
the residents (and visitors) of Block B. The Trail Buffer Area also provides landscaped \ ',
screening along the Old Lynchburg Road right of way to help reduce any perceived
visual impact of the new development in Block B.
Civic Area
Civic Area is defined as any combination of contiguous hadscaped surfaces, lawn,
grouping of trees, landscaped area, or other exterior features primarily open to public
that is accessible from Hickory Street by pedestrians and cyclists. This area may have a
variety of functions during any given day, week, season, or year and is intended to be
flexible to serve multiple purposes, which may include (but not limited to) commercial
activities, temporary markets, community gatherings, celebrations, private events,
recreation (either active or passive) or others to be determined.
DEVELOPMENT BY BLOCK SUMMARY
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BLOCK B
12.98 acres
I
ram-, 77� -.- ; - .
J—
i X GREEN SPACE AREA (8.3 ACRES)
AMENITY AREA 6.4 ACRES
- TRAIL BUFFER AREA
BLOCK
ALLOWED
TOTAL
GREEN SPACE/
GREEN SPACE/
NEIGHBORHOOD
GREENSPACE/
DEVELOPABLE
USES
ACREAGE
PRESERVED
AMENITY, TRAIL
AMENITY OR CIVIC
AMENITIY/ CIVIC
ACREAGE
SLOPES
BUFFER AREAS
SPACE
AREAS AS % OF
TOTAL ACREAGE
(minimum)
(minimum)
(minimum)
BLOCK A
MIXED USE
20.98
1.9
6.4
0.15
40%
12.68
BLOCK B
MIXED USE
12.98
0
1.06
0.32
11%
11.92
SUBTOTAL
MIXED USE
33.96
1.9
7.46
0.47
29%
24.60
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Recreational Areas + Facilities
Recreational Facilities
The project shall include two (2) field -located pedestrian trails. The trail in Block A will be consistent with the County's design
standards for a Class B type 1 primitive trail and will serve as a substitution for one (1) Tot Lot as defined in Chapter 18 Section 4.16.
The trail is intended to be at least 2,000 feet in length and approximately 10,000sf in area. The trail in Block B will be consistent
with the County's design standards for a Class B type 2 trail and will serve as a substitution for one (1) Tot Lot as defined in
Chapter 18 Section 4.16. All other recreational areas and facilities shall comply with Chapter 18 Section 4.16.
Recreational Area
The project shall comply with regulations per Chapter 18 section 4.16.
The application includes a waiver of the recreational requirements for a substitution in facilities.
Conservation Area
There are not any conservation areas in this project.
Amenity -Oriented Lots
Notwithstanding Chapter 18 sections 4.6.1 and 4.6.2 of the County Zoning Ordinance, attached and detached residential units
with the front of the lot facing a grass or hadscaped mall, park, green space, open space, garden, or any other similar amenity
area ("amenity") are permitted throughout the development, provided that the amenity must be at least thirty feet (30') in width,
and an open area, from face of building to face of building must remain at forty feet (40') in width. The lot frontage may be
obtained by the amenity rather than a public or private street. In addition, said lots shall be served by a public or private street
or alley such as street section 2 (alley) in this Code of Development.
Neighborhood Amenity + Civic Areas by Character Area
Minimum aggregate area requirements for sum of neighborhood amenity or civic areas by Character Area type are as follows:
Character Area C-5
6,500 square feet of contiguous Civic Space shall be located along Hickory Road, accessible by
pedestrians and cyclists from Hickory and available for active, passive or commercial activities.
Character Area C-4
3,000 square feet neighborhood amenity area plus three (3) Pedestrian Connection Areas to be
distributed across total C-4 character areas. Flexible locations of both amenity areas and Pedestrian
Connection Areas are allowed.
Character Area C-3
2,000 square feet neighborhood amenity area plus four (4) Pedestrian Connection Areas. Note: At
each Character Area C-3 shown, provide a minimum of 500 square feet neighborhood amenity area
plus one Pedestrian Connection Area to achieve the aggregate total.
Character Area C-2
2,000 square feet neighborhood amenity area. Flexible arrangement and location(s) will be allowed.
These spaces are to serve the needs of adjacent neighborhood and to be connected to sidewalk or
trail network.
Character Area C-1
Additional amenity area in Character Area C-1 is not required because of adjacency to 8.3 acre Green
Space Amenity area.
Green Space and Amenity Definitions
Pedestrian Connection Area
The Pedestrian Connection Area is a landscaped area with a minimum total width of 10' which must include a pedestrian and
cyclist path with a minimum travel width of 5'. The characteristics of this path will be equal to or better than 'Class B-type 2
high maintenance pedestrian path' as described by the Albemarle County Standard and Design Manual -Engineering (page 20,
year 2019) These areas will connect the Framework Street sidewalk network to either the Trail Buffer Area or the primitive trail
within the 8.3 acre Green Space Amenity. Pedestrian Connection Areas may be interupted by future roads, alleys, or parking
travelways and are not required to be continuous. The characteristics of the landscape plantings in the Pedestrian Connection
Area contain a mix of trees, shrubs, and ground cover. Within each 100 foot length of Pedestrian Connection Area, the planting
mix will contain a minimum quantity and variable locations/groupings of the following materials in addition to the trail surface:
4 flowering trees, 4 medium shrubs.
Trail Buffer Area
The Trail Buffer Area is a trail and landscaped area with a minimum width of 30', measured from the property line along Old
Lynchburg Road. The characteristics of the trail in this area will be equal to or better than 'Class B-type 2 high maintenance
pedestrian path' as described by the Albemarle County Standard and Design Manual -Engineering (page 20, year 2019)
The characteristics of the landscape plantings in the Trail Buffer Area contain a mix of trees, shrubs, and ground cover. Within
I. 4 large shrubs - approx. 5-10' tall / 50% evergreen
8 medium shrubs - approx. T-5tall / 50% evergreen
II. 1 large deciduous tree
III. 2 large evergreen trees
Option 1 100'
30'
30'
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BLOCK AND USES
Density by Block
Restrictions/Requirements Associated with Standards on the right:
(1) The total gross maximum square footage of commercial uses shall not exceed
50,000 square feet across the entire Southwood Phase 1 project. This calculation
shall exclude uses for utilities, stormwater, and/or any other uses that provide
infrastructure and shall exclude all outdoor recreational or agricultural uses, all of
which are not to be regulated by the maximum square footage provided in this table
(2) The actual commercial square footage and number of dwelling units in Block
B will not exceed a daily vehicle trip count of 5,000 for the entire Southwood
development, TMPs 90A1-1E, 90-1A, 76-51A, 90A1-1D, 90A-4, and 90A-1C
Affordable Housing
The Owner shall provide affordable housing equal or greater to fifteen percent (15%)
of the total number of residential dwelling units constructed on the Property, subject
to the following conditions:
a. These units may be created as for -sale or rental. The Owner reserves the right to
meet the affordable housing objective through a variety of housing types, including
but not limited to single family detached, single family attached, multifamily, accessory
units, carriage units and Flexible Units, ('Affordable Units").
b. "For -Sale Affordable Housing Units" shall be a residential unit offered for sale with
housing costs capped at 30% of the qualifying family's income. Qualifying families are
households with incomes less than eighty percent (80%) of the area median income.
For purposes of this definition, housing costs include principal, interest, real estate
taxes, and homeowners' insurance.
C. "For -Rent Affordable Housing Units" shall be a residential unit offered at an
initial rent that does not exceed the then -current and applicable maximum net rent
rate approved by the Albemarle County Housing Office. "Net Rent" is defined as the
amount of rent not including any tenant -paid utilities. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
the monthly Net Rent may be increased by three percent per year following the first
year of tenancy and still be deemed affordable. The designated affordable rental units
shall remain affordable for a minimum of 10 years after initial occupancy.
d. Affordable Units shall also be defined as any residential unit rented or sold to a
current resident of the existing Southwood community.
1 �
TRAIL BUFFER AREA i /!
(1.06 ACRES)
Y
\ BLOCK A
20.98 acres
i
i
GREEN SPACE AND
AMENITY AREA (8.3 ACRES)
,y.
OLD LYNCHBURG ROAD
BLOCK B
12.98 acres
MIN & MAX RESIDENTIAL / NON-RESIDENTIAL USES
BLOCK
MIN DWELLINGS
MAX DWELLINGS
MIN NON-RESIDENTIAL
MAX NON-RESIDENTIAL
SQUARE FOOTAGES
SQUARE FOOTAGES
BLOCK A
80
150
NO MIN
10,000
50,000 total for
both
BLOCK B
70
300
5,000
50,000
TOTAL
150
450
5,000
50,000
NOTE: AT THE MINIMUM OF 15% AFFORDABLE UNITS (SEE PAGE 12), PHASE 1 WILL PROVIDE 23 UNITS AT MINIMUM DENSITY FOR BOTH BLOCKS AND 68 UNITS AT MAXIMUM DENSITY FOR
BOTH BLOCKS.
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Residential Uses by Block
The table below establishes the permitted uses, special uses, and prohibited uses by block. The letter "P" symbolizes uses permitted
by -right. The letters "SP" symbolize uses allowed by special use permit only. The symbol "-" means that the use is prohibited in
the block and is shown in the table to be explicit about such prohibited uses.
All uses that reference a section of the Albemarle County Ordinance are to include all uses, definitions, and interpretations as
specified in the aforementioned ordinance reference unless a use, otherwise listed in the ordinance reference, is separately
and explicitly listed in the use tables within this Code of Development. In this case, the zoning administrator shall refer to the
separate listing in the table for this specific use.
The zoning administrator, after consultation with the director of planning and other appropriate officials, may permit as a use
by -right, a use not specifically permitted; provided that such use shall be similar to uses permitted by -right in general character
and more specifically, similar in terms of location requirements, operational characteristics, visual impact, and traffic generation.
RESIDENTIAL USES PERMITTED/PROHIBITED BY BLOCK
RESIDENTIAL USES
BLOCK A
BLOCK B
ACCESSORY APARTMENT (REF. 5.1.34) B
P
P
ACCESSORY USES AND BUILDINGS, INCLUDING STORAGE BUILDINGS
P
P
HOME OCCUPATION, CLASS A (REF 5.2) WHERE DISTRICT INCLUDES RESIDENTIAL USES
P
P
HOME OCC CLASS B (REF 5.2)
SP
SP
BOARDING HOUSE
P
P
CARRIAGE UNIT'
P
P
FLEXIBLE USE STRUCTURE C
P
P
DETACHED SINGLE-FAMILY
P
P
FAMILY DAY HOME (REF 5.1.56)
P
P
GROUP HOME (REF 5.1.07)
P
P
MULTIFAMILY
P
P
SEMI-DETACHED AND ATTACHED SINGLE-FAMILY INCLUDING DUPLEXES AND
TOWNHOMES
P
P
TOURIST LODGING (REF 5.1.17)
P
P
Restrictions/Requirements Associated with Standards above
(1) Mixed uses in a single building (residential and non-residential) are permitted in Block A and Block B.
(2) See the parking section of this Code of Development for allocation of and exceptions for parking requirements.
Definitions for Alternative Residential Uses
A Carriage units - A separate, independent, accessory dwelling unit detached from or attached by way of an unconditioned
breezeway, porch, or covered patio space, but located on the same parcel as the structure of and subordinate to a single-family
detached or single-family attached dwelling. Notwithstanding Chapter 18 section 5.1.34, carriage units shall be permitted on lots
comprised of detached single-family dwellings and attached or semi-detached single-family dwellings subject to the following:
The gross floor area of a carriage unit shall not be included in calculating the gross floor area of the main dwelling unit for
uses such as home occupations as provided in sections 5.2 and 5.2A and other similar uses whose area within a dwelling
unit is regulated. Gross floor area of carriage unit shall be limited to 50% of GFA of main dwelling unit.
All carriage units shall be located in the rear or side of the lot. Notwithstanding any other requirements of this Code of
Development, carriage unit setbacks shall be the same as for the principal building with which it shares a lot, except for the
rear or side yard setback, which shall be a minimum of (3) three feet.
Carriage units will not count against the overall dwelling unit allowances. Carriage units with 3 or more bedrooms will require
2 parking spaces.
B Accessory Apartments will also be allowed by -right in detached and attached dwelling units or on the same lot as detached
and attached dwelling units and will not count against overall dwelling unit allowances.
C Flexible Use Structure - A separate, independent, accessory structure detached from or attached by way of an unconditioned
breezeway, porch, or covered patio space, but located on the same parcel as the structure of and subordinate to a single-
family detached or single-family attached dwelling. Notwithstanding Chapter 18 section 5.1.34, Flexible Use Structures shall
be permitted on lots comprised of detached single-family dwellings and attached or semi-detached single-family dwellings
subject to the following:
The gross floor area of a Flexible Use Structure shall not be included in calculating the gross floor area of the main dwelling
unit for uses such as home occupations as provided in sections 5.2 and 5.2A and other similar uses whose area within a
dwelling unit is regulated. Gross floor area of Flexible Use Structure shall be limited to 1,000 sgft with a minimum of 200 sgft.
Maximum footprint area of Flexible Use Structure shall be limited to 1,000 sgft.
Minimum height of Flexible Use Structure shall be limited to 10 feet. Maximum height shall be limited to equal or less than
main building.
All Flexible Use Structure shall be located in the rear or side of the lot. Notwithstanding any other requirements of this Code of
Development, Flexible Use Structure setbacks shall be the same as for the principal building with which it shares a lot, except
for the rear or side yard setback, which shall be a minimum of (3) three feet.
Flexible Use Structure will not count against the overall dwelling unit allowances.
Flexible Use Structure may contain any use or combination of uses allowed by -right in Block A for any duration (temporary
or permanent) and may change to any other use allowed by -right in Block A at anytime.
Flexible Use Structure requires one dedicated parking space, regardless of use.
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Non -Residential Uses by Block
The table below establishes the permitted uses, special uses, and prohibited uses by block. The letter °P" symbolizes uses permitted
by -right. The letters "SP" symbolize uses allowed by special use permit only. The symbol "-" means that the use is prohibited in
the block and is included to be explicit about such prohibited uses.
All uses that reference a section of the Albemarle County Ordinance are to include all uses, definitions, and interpretations as
specified in the aforementioned ordinance reference unless a use, otherwise listed in the ordinance reference, is separately
and explicitly listed in the use tables within this Code of Development. In this case, the zoning administrator shall refer to the
separate listing in the table for this specific use.
The zoning administrator, after consultation with the director of planning and other appropriate officials, may permit as a use
by -right, a use not specifically permitted; provided that such use shall be similar to uses permitted by -right in general character
and more specifically, similar in terms of location requirements, operational characteristics, visual impact, and traffic generation.
NON-RESIDENTIAL USES PERMITTED/PROHIBITED BY BLOCK
USE
BLOCK A
BLOCK B
PRIVATE SCHOOL
PA
P
RETAIL STORE OR SERVICE (REF 22.2.1a AND 22.2.1b)
PB
P
FARMERS' MARKET (REF 5.1.47)
P
P
LAUNDROMAT
-
P
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
PA
P
MEDICAL OFFICE
PA
P
DAY CARE, CHILD CARE OR NURSERY FACILITIES (REF 5.1.06)
PA
P
DRIVE -THROUGH WINDOWS (REF 5.1.60)
-
-
EATING ESTABLISHMENT
PC
P
PROFESSIONAL OFFICES
PA
P
CLUBS AND LODGES (REF 5.1.02)
SP
P
LABORATORIES/RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT/EXPERIMENTAL TESTING
-
P
STORAGE YARD
SP
P
MANUFACTURING/PROCESSING/ASSEMBLY/FABRICATION
-
P
RELIGIOUS ASSEMBLY
P
P
PUBLIC USES
P
P
EVENT HALL (REF 5.1.27) D
-
P
COMMUNITY CENTER (REF 5.1.040 (REF 5.1.27) OR NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
P
P
Restrictions/Requirements Associated with Standards above:
(1) The gross square footage of non-residential use shall be limited as per minimum and maximum residential and commercial
uses table in this Code of Development, however, exceptions by net maximum square footages by establishment for each
block are listed below.
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NON-RESIDENTIAL USES PERMITTED/PROHIBITED BY BLOCK
USE
BLOCK A
BLOCK B
ELECTRIC, GAS, OIL AND COMMUNICATION FACILITIES, EXCLUDING TOWER
STRUCTURES, OWNED AND OPERATED BY A PUBLIC UTILITY
P
P
ASSISTED LIVING
SP
P
STAND-ALONE PARKING AND PARKING STRUCTURES (REF 4.12) (REF 5.1.41) (REF 5.1.42)E
P
P
TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION USES (REF 5.1.18)
P
P
USES PERMITTED BY -RIGHT WITHIN FLOODWAY FRINGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
30.3.05.1.2 OF ZONING ORDINANCE
P
P
STORMWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITIES
P
P
PUBLIC RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
P
P
TIER I AND TIER II PERSONAL WIRELESS SERVICE FACILITIES (REF 5.1.40)
P
P
USES PERMITTED BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT WITH THE FLOODWAY FRINGE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH 30.3.05.2.2 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE
SP
SP
PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS AND PARKS
P
P
INDOOR ATHLETIC FACILITIES
-
P
COMMERCIAL RECREATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT
-
P
URBAN AGRICULTURE F
P
-
COMMUNITY GARDEN G
P
P
FUNERAL HOME
-
P
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE STATION (REF 5.1.20)
-
P
AUTOMOBILE, TRUCK REPAIR SHOP
-
P
DRY CLEANERS
-
P
Restrictions/Requirements Associated with Standards above:
(1) The gross square footage of non-residential use shall be limited as per minimum and maximum residential and commercial
uses table in this Code of Development, however, exceptions by net maximum square footages by establishment for each block
are listed below.
Alterations to Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance Definitions of Size of / Definitions for Alternative Non-residential Uses:
A Use may be permitted in Character Areas C-3 of Block A.
B Retail store or service may be permitted in Block A is subject to the following:
The establishment shall be 3,000 square feet or less.
Parking in compliance with the Parking section of this Code of Development.
C Eating establishment may be permitted in Block A is subject to the following:
The establishment shall be 3,000 square feet or less including kitchen and indoor service areas and toilets but not
including outdoor seating.
Parking in compliance with the Parking section of this Code of Development.
D Event hall: A community space to be maintained by the neighborhood association or some other third party organization
or business that can accommodate a variety of special events, public assemblies, and celebrations open to rent to the
neighborhood and outside community. The event hall shall comply with minimum parking requirements for public assemblies
in compliance with the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance.
E Stand-alone parking must be accessory to a use in Block A or Block B. This use may be residential, in which case the parking
shall serve residential uses within the Southwood neighborhood. See parking section for regulations about the location of
stand-alone parking - it is not required that parking requirements be met on a parcel.
F Urban agriculture: An agricultural use as defined in Chapter 18 Section 3 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance
notwithstanding any accessory processing facilities other than allowable accessory units, structures, and/or sheds and
including the keeping of allowable animals as described below. An agricultural use shall be permitted on lots comprised of
detached single-family dwellings and attached or semi-detached single-family dwellings (duplexes and townhomes) subject
to the following:
The agricultural use may take place on a parcel subject to the following size requirements:
The side or rear yard ("yard") shall be at least 30% of the associated dwelling's footprint.
This yard space shall incorporate a chicken coop or other adequate covered structure and shall be fenced (ref. adequate
shelter Chapter 4 section 100 (5) of the Albemarle County Code).
Coops or structures must meet accessory structure setbacks.
The parcel shall have a fly -proof container for animal waste.
Hens or goats may be permitted on the parcel subject to the following:
No more than 7 hens.
No more than 2 goats.
Beekeeping is permitted per County Ordinance.
On -site slaughter of 1 of each animal type is permitted per calendar year.
Agricultural uses shall not require additional parking requirements beyond compliance with the parking regulations for
dwellings as described in this Code of Development.
G Community garden: A parcel on which gardening is the primary use.
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STREETS + PARKING `
Road Sections + Framework Streets 1` OLD LYNCHBURG ROAD
The street and pedestrian system for Phase 1 at Southwood is envisioned as the / ' — ' — • '
connective framework between the main entrance from Old Lynchburg Road at f BLOCK B
Hickory and the residential development of Block A south of the existing Southwood {
neighborhood. The main framework road system sets up the first Phase of a neighborhood FRAMEWORK road ta
_
STREETS.
center and 'main street' alongBlock B as it travels north to south toward Block A. ADDITIONAL ROADS ;' �\ • _ • _ • _ • _ , _ , _ . ' — ' — • — • — • — '
�a WON
AND ALLEYS MAY BE ` - �t I
�mood
1 DEVELOPED IN SITE /
The internal street system throughout Block A provides a safe neighborhood street '�, PLANS TO CREATE /
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system with a variety of on street parking options, with block dimensions that reinforce �' CONNECTION AND ! / �� `"ERNOi`" .,nE."U,
\ACCESS
the scale and configuration of the community. Associated with the street system is • I ' N
♦ s
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a system of sidewalks and pedestrian connection areas that separates pedestrians 1� ', — ' qll I °_ '
�� ` Existing Southwood '
I Community A
from vehicles (a fundamental value of the resident led design process). This system / lr '
I i ,------------- no rezoning at this time
provides safe and coherent connections between various areas of the community � � j� -�"� • ' ' /, $ i
and links the network of internal sidewalks to the trail system at specifically identified ; % •,='= �o°d,o B LO C K A i SECONDARY FIRE ACCESS — ICI ✓ I
- (APPROX. LOCATION) • .
pedestrian connection areas. The scale and configuration of road types varies in o '
relationship to the density of development. I I % SKec�3
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CONCEPTUAL CONNECTION TO
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Road Sections + Framework Streets
y,
CIL
18'-22 '* 18'-22, •'
(TRAVEL LANE (TRAVEL LANE
2.5' WITH PARKING) WITH PARKING) 2.5'
0.5' 0.5'
4-8 2'-6' (PLANTING STRIP)' 4-8
CONCRETE CONCRETE
(PLANTING STRIP)'
SIDEWALK' SIDEWALK*
RIGHT OF WAY
VARIES
NOTE:
WHERE PLANTING STRIP IS LESS THAN 4', TREE SHALL BE PLANTED AT THE BACK OF SIDEWALK AND MAY BE PLANTED OUTSIDE THE
RIGHT OF WAY.
BIKE LANES OPTIONAL. IF INCLUDED, TRAVEL LANE WOULD EXPAND 4' ON BOTH SIDES.
SIDEWALK SHALL BE REQUIRED ON THE SAME SIDE OF ALL ON -STREET PARKING AND/OR A MINIMUM OF ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
*SIDEWALK MAY BE PLACED AT THE BACK OF CURB LINE AND THE TREE/PLANTING STRIP SHALL BE MOVED OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF
WAY IN A LANDSCAPE EASEMENT.
**IF STREET PARKING IS NOT PROVIDED ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES, WIDTH SHALL BE REDUCED BY 8' ON EITHER SIDE.
1
SECTION 1 PARKING ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES
No Scale
2 SECS le 2
No Scale
WIDTH10'IMIN WIDTH FOR ONE WAY1
•R TWO WAY)
f,
18'-22'
(TRAVEL
LANE WITH
2.5' PARKING)** 2.5' f~
0.5' 2'_6' 0.5'
(PLANTING STRIP)' 4-8
CONCRETE 2 6 CONCRETE
SIDEWALK' (PLANTING STRIP)' SIDEWALK*
RIGHT OF WAY
VARIES
NOTE:
WHERE PLANTING STRIP IS LESS THAN 4', TREE SHALL BE PLANTED AT THE BACK OF SIDEWALK AND MAY BE PLANTED OUTSIDE THE
RIGHT OF WAY.
BIKE LANES OPTIONAL. IF INCLUDED, TRAVEL LANE WOULD EXPAND 4' ON BOTH SIDES.
SIDEWALK SHALL BE REQUIRED ON THE SAME SIDE OF ALL ON -STREET PARKING AND/OR A MINIMUM OF ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.
'SIDEWALK MAY BE PLACED AT THE BACK OF CURB LINE AND THE TREE/PLANTING STRIP SHALL BE MOVED OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF
WAY IN A LANDSCAPE EASEMENT.
**IF STREET PARKING IS NOT PROVIDED, WIDTH SHALL BE REDUCED BY 8%
3 SECTION 3 ONE WAY WITH PARKING ON ONE SIDE
No Scale
Road Matrix
SECTION
1
2
3
4
5
6
HICKORY
STREET
X
X
ROAD 1A*
X
X
X
X
ROAD 1 B
X
X
X
ROAD 1 C
X
X
X
X
ROAD 2
X
X
X
ROAD 3
X
X
X
ROAD 4
X
X
X
X
* SIDEWALK AND PLANTING ASSOCIATED
WITH THE SOUTH SIDE OF ROAD 1A MAY
BE CONSTRUCTED DURING THE
CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT
OF THE SECOND PHASE OF
SOUTHWOOD REDEVELOPMENT
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Parking
Curb Cuts
Parking areas with 5 or more spaces must be relegated from framework Streets and provided at rear of lots whenever possible.
At a minimum, parking areas with 5 or more spaces must be located behind the front building wall.
Requirements of Chapter 18 section 4.12 apply except for the following:
Alternative Location Requirements for Parking Spaces: The parking requirements for all residential and non-residential uses
may be met on -street, off-street, off an alley, in a parking lot, in a stand alone parking lot or in some similar parking situation
as described in the table below so long as the total number of required parking spaces for the total number of residential and
non-residential units are provided across the project. It is not required that parking requirements be met on a parcel. Calculations
shall be balanced at each subdivision plat submission and parking is to be within a 200' radius of the associated parcel as taken
from any point along the boundary line of the parcel.
Opportunities for stand alone parking (ref 4.12.11) accessory to a use in Block A or Block B shall be permitted for work or
supplementary vehicles to decrease the demand on on -street and off-street parking within a 1/4 mile of any lot it serves or be
located on a public transportation route.
Opportunities for shared parking (ref 4.17.10) and shared driveways shall be permitted.
As an aggregate total, the ratio of parking spaces to residential dwelling units (as determined by density count) for Block B will
be a minimum of 1.5 spaces per dwelling unit. This ratio applies to Block B only.
The application includes a waiver of parking standards for a substitution for parking location requirements for residential and
non-residential uses.
Alternative Location for parking as described in the table below.
PARKING SPACE LOCATIONS
UNIT TYPE
(PARKING REQUIREMENTS MAY BE MET IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING
LOCATIONS)
OFF-SITE
STAND
RELEGATED
ALLEY
STAND
ON OR
ALONE
PARKING
ON -SITE
PARKING
ON -
PARKING
LOT OR
ALONE
(OFF-
(INCLUDING
STREET
GARAGE
OFF -SITE
LOT OR
PARKING
PARKING
STREET)
SHARED
PARKING
PARKING
SHARED
BAY
BAY
LOT
OAOR
DRIVEWAY)
PARKING
SINGLE-FAMILY
DETACHED, CARRIAGE
HOUSES, DUPLEXES,
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
TOWNHOMES, AND
OTHER DETACHED AND
ATTACHED UNITS
APARTMENTS AND
MULTIFAMILY
X
X
I X
I X
X
X
TOURIST LODGING,
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
BOARDING HOUSE
NON-RESIDENTIAL
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
USES
In an effort to enhance the pedestrian experience and provide better connectivity between Block A and Block B, the number
of curb cuts along Road 1A and Hickory Street are limited as follows:
• There are no curb cuts for driveways, parking entrances, alleys or garages allowed on Hickory Road between the intersection
of Old Lynchburg Road and Road 1A.
• An aggregate maximum of 5 curb cuts are allowed for driveways, parking entrances, alleys or garages on the west side
of Road 1A to provide vehicular access to Character Areas C3, C4, and C5. (No limit to number of curb cuts on Road 1A to
access Character Areas C1 or C2.)
There is no restriction on the number of curb cuts in Character Area C-3, C-2 or C-1 along other framework streets.
There is no restriction on the number of curb cuts for future framework streets, roads, driveways, parking entrances, alleys or
garages on the east side of Road 1A from the existing Southwood community not included in Southwood Phase 1 Neighborhood
Model.
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