The Danville Planning Commission on Monday will consider a special-use permit that would increase density for a planned subdivision development on Monument, Shelton, Cabell and Franklin streets in the city’s tobacco warehouse district.
The applicant, developer CCKW LLC, first submitted a planned unit development to the Danville City Council in December 2023, which the council approved.
In 2024, the council also approved a request from CCKW to amend which parcels were included in the project.
The development includes 30 single-family townhomes and 60 apartment units within three apartment buildings.
CCKW is now applying for an additional amendment to modify the unit layout for the part of the development that is on Franklin Street, according to the staff report in the meeting’s agenda packet. The planning commission will meet at 2 p.m. in city council chambers.
The amendment would replace the previously approved 10 single-family townhomes with 10 one-over-one style buildings. One-over-one units are duplex homes divided horizontally, with one unit directly above the other.
The permit would increase the number of units on Franklin Street from 10 to 20, increasing the density of the housing project, the staff report says.
City staff recommends approving the permit but limiting the number of one-over-one units to six instead of the requested 10.
“This limitation maintains an appropriate density and scale while providing the applicant flexibility to implement the desired design and construction standards,” the report says.
In the permit application, the developer wrote that it would still provide the required number of parking spaces without including on-street parking, even with the increased density.
Danville has been working to attract developers to build housing in the city as it faces an ongoing housing shortage. Lack of housing is often regarded as a major hindrance to economic growth.
Since a 2022 study identified a pent-up demand of 600 single-family homes and 700 apartment units in Danville, the city has worked with developers to add more than a dozen housing projects, which are in various stages of completion.
Single-family projects have been slower to materialize and harder to attract than multifamily developments.
This project would add both single-family and multifamily units to an area of the city that is adjacent to the River District.
Also meeting in Danville this week is the Danville-Pittsylvania Regional Industrial Facilities Authority at noon Monday, the industrial development authority at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday and the airport commission at 3 p.m. Tuesday.
In Pittsylvania County, the Staunton River Regional Industrial Facilities Authority will meet at 2 p.m. Monday and the library board of trustees at 3 p.m. Monday.