Trial date set for lawsuit seeking to overturn Charlottesville’s zoning code

Trial date set for lawsuit seeking to overturn Charlottesville’s zoning code

Charlottesville’s new zoning code has been in place now for about a year and a half and many land use changes have been granted under rules that are still subject to a legal challenge. A new trial date has been set for White v. Charlottesville that will give a group of city property owners the ability to explain in court their claim that the city did not comply with state law. Plaintiffs argue that the zoning code as well as the Comprehensive Pl…