"Livable CVille" Pushed A New Zoning Ordinance; Now The NZO Has Replaced Fifeville’s Black History With Luxury UVA Student Apartments

Luxury High-Rises, Looted Heritage: How Charlottesville’s Zoning "Reform" Destroyed A Black Neighborhood

The “clearing of the path” for The Mark — a seven-story apartment complex in the Fifeville neighborhood — is the result of Charlottesville’s 2023 Development Code, which fundamentally changed how large-scale projects are approved.

By shifting from a political approval process to a technical one, the new code removed several traditional “roadblocks” that …