In yet another test of the city’s new zoning code, the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review has denied a necessary permit required for the current design of an apartment complex.
The December 16 vote against the certificate of appropriateness was 6 to 1. On December 31, an attorney for developer LCD Acquisitions filed for an appeal to City Council arguing the BAR’s decision was arbitrary and capricious and beyond its authority. That hearing has not yet been scheduled. City Council will have a work session to review zoning for student housing some time this month.
The proposed seven-story building, dubbed The Mark, had gone before the BAR for three preliminary reviews, but this was the first time one of its requests came up for a vote…