The Charlottesville community will have to wait a bit longer for clarity on the city’s zoning code, as a lawsuit that threw development in the city into chaos earlier this summer continues.
During the latest hearing in Charlottesville Circuit Court on Aug. 13, Judge Claude Worrell did not issue an opinion and instead gave the parties in the lawsuit additional time to continue their arguments.
The recent confusion over the city’s zoning laws started after a June 30 hearing when Worrell ordered the City of Charlottesville to toss out its zoning ordinance and revert back to its old rules. His decision was a default judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, a small group of Charlottesville residents who sued the city alleging that the ordinance is invalid…