Windy Knoll – Now with Fewer Units?

From 22 units to 18 units in Windy Knoll? For some fun, click through and read some of the tweets from the June CCAC meeting.

From Charlottesville Community Engagement:
(in part)

Crozet has been one of Albemarle’s designated growth areas for over 40 years but much of the underlying zoning is such that developers have to seek adjustments to proceed with development.

In May, Shimp Engineering filed plans for a rezoning of 3.15 acres next to the Cory Farm development The request for the Windy Knoll development was to change the land from Residential-1 to Residential-10 to allow for construction of 22 townhome units.

That resulted in a density calculation of 7 units per acre, slightly higher than what the “neighborhood density residential” in the Crozet Master Plan would allow. After staff recommended the rezoning be for Residential-6, the applicants asked for a deferral to rework the project.

Now Shimp Engineering has returned with an application for Windy Knoll that does just that for a total of 18 units.

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All of the materials for this rezoning can be found on Albemarle County’s Civic Access portal. (bolding mine)

From the Crozet Gazette in August 2025

A request to rezone three acres of land on three parcels that sit between Cory Farm and Liberty Hall has been deferred by the applicant until January 15, 2026. The property owner, Edward Carrington VII, requested that Albemarle County rezone the parcels from R-1 Residential (one housing unit per acre) to R-10 Residential (ten units per acre) to construct 22 attached town homes or villas in six buildings on the site. The county’s planning staff issued review comments in a letter to project engineer Justin Shimp of Shimp Engineering on July 11, and recommended deferral so the applicant can resubmit his request addressing the county’s concerns.

More than 50 members of the public attended a hearing on the project held at the Crozet Community Advisory Committee meeting on June 11. Speakers expressed concerns about the proposal’s inconsistency with the density of adjacent neighborhoods, its site design, stormwater runoff issues, estimated student yields for schools, and road access. In the county staff report, planners requested more details on landscaping, ingress/egress points to the site, and water management.

One day, so many people will show up in support of something. Hopefully.