The Cavalier daily :: Wednesday, January 6, 1971 :: University of Virginia Library

The master plan includes an economic
survey and plans for future land uses,
public facilities, transportation, and
commercial, residential and industrial
growth. The plan is being published for
public scrutiny so that hearings on the
plan can begin as soon as possible.

In a related development, the
Charlottesville City Council Monday
night said that they "desire" to annex about
11.3 square miles of Albemarle County into the
city.

The City Council took its first formal step
toward launching an annexation suit by holding
the first of two required readings of an
ordinance which, if passed on Friday as
expected, would allow city officials to file suit
in Albemarle County Court.

The master plan for Albemarle County
makes no reference to this proposed annexation
by the city and the plan includes development
for those areas that are wanted by the city.

Rosser H. Payne Jr. of Warrenton presented
the final version of the master plan flanked by a
large map for the development of Albemarle
and by maps projecting the growth of five
major "cluster communities."

The five cluster communities that Mr. Payne
envisions for the county are Scottsville, Ivy,
Crozet, Earlysville or North Rivanna and
Shadwell-Keswick.

The master plan also includes four major
sources of water supply, a regional plan for
sewer service, eleven flood control watershed
projects and 14 related villages near the cluster
communities.

Mr. Payne said that he developed the plan
after a thorough evaluation of the county's
aims and goals. Eliminating such approaches as
the concentric ring of the new town type of
development, Mr. Payne said that he chose the
cluster concept to make use of the existing and
proposed transportation patterns.

Growth Factor

According to Mr. Payne, 164 will continue
to be a growth factor in the county with
industrial impact expected at the interchanges
east and west of Charlottesville. He also
suggested that a major collector road be devised
making use of existing primary and secondary
roads and providing a ready means of moving
from one cluster community to another.

The planning consultant said that he
anticipates that the population would reach the
185,000 mark in the next 30 years. He added
that this growth will require 65 new schools
and that the county must prepare to meet this
major expense.

The cluster communities would range in size
from 10,000 population at Scottsville to a
projected 20,000 at Crozet, with each to have a
central business district, supplementary
shopping areas, a variety of residential housing
closely tied to a business or industry of some
size.

Little Opposition

Mr. Payne concluded by noting that he
neither saw a great deal of opposition
developing to the plan nor a lot of support for
it.

"The toughest nut to crack," he said, "will
be to revise the zoning ordinance to fit the
master plan."

This is the first time in Albemarle's history
that a master plan has been developed for
future use. The city of Charlottesville has had a
comprehensive plan since 1931.