William Taylor Plaza Petition

Enough is enough. We have plenty of hotels within blocks of this unnecessary addition.

We do not want or need another hotel chain to homogenize this historic neighborhood and undermine the family friendliness created by Tonsler Park in this corridor. Please also think about the chaos this would create on the already congested Cherry Avenue, especially during rush hour.

I may not live in the Ridge Street Neighborhood, but the writing is on the wall and has been for sometime now. Vinegar Hill is happening all over again, but very plain this time. -- no hiding its' agenda. Before long, Blacks will have no history to talk about or remember if this keep happening. The Planning Commission is playing favoritism or who you know --- OPEN YOUR EYES PEOPLE. Who is benefitting?????? NO more hotels needed. Affordable housing required.

No!!! this would be a terrible idea for that neighborhood!

The community does not need to pay the penalty of developing a property inappropriately. The Flats was approved for tax revenue. Let's not sell out another important corridor. One Faustian bargain is enough already.

Placing a hotel on this corner would be an insult to the neighborhood folks, to say nothing of the lamentable loss of yet another tract of cityspace woodland. Another concern to me is what placing a hotel there will do to the already problematic traffic in that portion of the city. Please do not allow this development.

Just as 1800 Jefferson Park AV marked the destruction of many of the beautiful, but not historically designated, homes on that street over 50 years ago, this development will spur the redevelopment of Ridge Street which was begun in the 1950's. Its current historic designation effectively means that an apartment building can replace homes by simply waiting a year before it is torn down. Mr. Huja's support for this current proposal is somewhat surprising since he actively promoted the establishment of the Ridge Street Historic District while an employee of the City.

This location makes little sense for a hotel. It won't fit with the historic architecture of the neighborhood. And it will bring more traffic, which will contribute to an area that is already plagued with congestion.

Charlottesville is selling its soul. Stop and think before we all regret this.

I am not in favor of this proposed development.

Enough with the hotels and condos and fancy restaurants. Shame on Council for continually voting to do everything possible to make this a town which people who live here can barely afford any more.

This is an African American burial ground, and should be respected. There should be transparent investigation so that everyone can be informed with the right information and not leaning on hears say but leaning on the true facts.

We need to change just one council person's mind otherwise it will be possible for a chain Fairfield Inn to rip down all those trees on the very corner of an historic district...how do they not see the problem with this??? Chain hotels belong near the highway. This is a ridiculous plan for that space. City council, have you kept your promise to interact and engage the neighborhood in these decisions? Anyone from the neighborhood, were you contacted? I would say no given the large amount of distress and helplessness I am hearing from neighbors. Bulldozing this decision through will do nothing to earn trust or approval in this neighborhood, quite the opposite. Please consider how you would react to an inappropriate chain hotel going on the same block as your graceful historic home, especially after a much more elegant solution was agreed to previously.Just one councilor needs to change their mind to honor what the planning commission unanimously decided. No changes to the current PUD. Make Southern Development honor what WAS agreed to or sell it.

The city's Planning Commission raised the appropriate concerns and objections to Southern Development's (revised) plan. The petitioner should revise again, submit again, and keep going until it fits the scope of the neighborhood.

It's a shame that the city council thinks that they're playing monopoly. Not every empty property has to have a hotel. Perhaps the council should look at that other hotel downtown under construction.

inappropriate location given residential housing, historic area, and traffic issues.

There is no consideration for the additional infrastructure & utilities required of a project this size, nor relief from the increased traffic at Elliot-Ridge (currently in critical condition and worse when the Southern Development housing on Elliot is completed). Impact studies required!

While I do believe that Charlottesville could use another centrally located hotel, I believe that this area, which is residential and historic in nature, is the wrong site for such a building. In addition to concerns over the general atmosphere should the hotel be built, there are significant potential traffic, parking, and use issues that could lead to the eventual loss or deterioration of one of Charlottesville's charming older neighborhoods. We have many mixed use areas near downtown where a hotel makes more sense both for residents and tourists (pedestrian proximity to restaurants, transportation, sites, etc.) - let's find another use for this area that retains the more residential, community-oriented lifestyle of the Ridge Street neighborhood. After all - if we allow rampant, poorly planned, non-local development to overtake central Charlottesville, what will be left for those potential hotel-stayers to come and see in our wonderful city?

Why not build affordable housing, either SRO or tiny apartments?

This development does not support the neighborhood surrounding it. It is inappropriate.