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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
December 17, 2018
Valerie Wagner Long
321 East Main St. Suite 400
Charlottesville, VA 22902
vlongkwilliamsmullen.com / (434)-951-5709
Elise Cruz
PO Box 400218
Charlottesville, VA 22904
ecruz&uvafoundation.com / (434)-982-924-2365
RE: Review Comment Letter #1 / ZMA-2018-00014 (Birdwood Mansion and Grounds)
Mrs. Long and Mrs. Cruz:
Members of Albemarle County staff and our partner agencies have reviewed your application
materials for Zoning Map Amendment ZMA-2018-00014, which is a request to rezone an
approximately 18-acre portion of the 544-acre property identified as Tax Map Parcel #75-63 from
Residential R-1 to Highway Commercial (HQ, with proffers, to allow for the renovation of the
Birdwood Mansion, dependencies, and grounds for use as a special events venue that includes
overnight lodging.
Review comments are provided below, organized by Department, Division, or agency. Community
Development Department (CDD) staff believe the various review comments should be addressed
through a resubmittal of application materials, prior to scheduling a public hearing with the
Planning Commission. However, you have the right to request a public hearing without revision
and resubmittal, or to otherwise determine your course of action (please see the attached "Action
After Receipt of Comment Letter" document for detailed information).
As always, CDD staff remain available to provide assistance and discuss this comment letter, and
any other aspect(s) of your applications, at your request.
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The following CDD-Planning review comments are organized as follows:
• How the proposal relates to the Comprehensive Plan
• The Neighborhood Model analysis
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• Additional Planning comments
Comprehensive Plan:
Comments on how your project conforms to the Comprehensive Plan will be provided to the
Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors as part of the staff report that will be prepared for
the work session or public hearing. The comments below are in preparation for the Planning
Commission review, and may change based on direction from the Commission and/or with
subsequent submittals.
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The property is located on Tax Map Parcel #75-63, which is within Neighborhood 6 Comprehensive
Plan Area (Western Urban Neighborhood) within the Development Area.
The portion of the Birdwood property involved in this proposal is designated for "Institutional" uses
(shown in blue) on the Future Land Use Map in the Southern and Western Urban Neighborhoods
Master Plan (S+W Master Plan). The Birdwood property is also located within Area B, and is
therefore subject to a three -party collaborative planning agreement with the University of Virginia,
County of Albemarle, and City of Charlottesville (Planning and Coordination Council/PACC).
As discussed prior to the submittal of ZMA-2018-00014, the proposal is not consistent with the
Future Land Use language that is currently in the S+W Master Plan. Specifically, the S+W Master
Plan identifies the Birdwood property as an "Area of Importance" and states the following:
"In the future, this large property may serve a more intensive function than it does presently.
Possible considerations include, but are not limited to, a mixed -use area near the entrance...
Before further development of the property occurs, an amendment to the Future Land Use
Plan for the Southern and Western Neighborhoods will be needed. " (S+W. 44)
Regarding the need to amend the Future Land Use Plan for the Birdwood property before further
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development or more intensive use, CDD staff have coordinated closely with UVAF on the
Foundation's development of a Birdwood Master Plan / Area B Study. This Area B Study addresses
several proposed future land uses and further development of the Birdwood property, as called for in
the current S+W Master Plan. The concepts contained in the Birdwood Area B Study were endorsed
by members of PACC at the quarterly PACC meeting on 9/20/2018; those concepts were previously
endorsed by PACC-Tech.
The PACC-endorsed Birdwood Area B Study is now being used as the basis of a Comprehensive
Plan Amendment (CPA) process (CPA-2018-00006) with the County, which intends to update the
Future Land Use Plan and other portions of the S+W Master Plan relating to the Birdwood property.
The following (draft) language excerpted from the proposed amendments contained in CPA-2018-
00006 attempts to address the Future Land Use issues identified above:
"The Birdwood property also includes the historic Birdwood Mansion, which is listed on
the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register. This 14-acre
historic site includes the Birdwood Mansion, several contributing dependencies, and the
surrounding historic landscape. In the past, the mansion has provided a venue for small
University related events. The historic mansion, the surrounding historic landscape, and
important dependencies should be carefully retained in any future development.
The PACC-endorsed Birdwood Area B Study includes near future plans for the Birdwood
Mansion, dependencies, and surrounding grounds to be rehabilitated and repurposed for
University -related events, other special events associated with the adjoining Boar's Head
Resort, and other hospitality and short-term lodging uses. Such planned reuse of the
Birdwood Mansion would bring a new era of utility and vitality to this historic site that is
currently vacant, provided that it is done in a context -sensitive way that does not
compromise the historic integrity of the buildings or landscape, and does not jeopardize
it's listing on the state or national register. "
In summary, although the current language in the S+W Master Plan indicates that this proposal is not
appropriate without an amendment to the Future Land Use Plan, the Foundation and County staff
have worked together on an Area B Study which was recently endorsed by PACC — and CDD staff
are now undertaking a CPA process (CPA-2018-00006) to update the Future Land Use Plan for this
"Area of Importance."
In addition to consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, please also be advised that all zoning map
amendment applications are evaluated relative to the "factors to be considered" specified in County
Code § 18-33.27(B).
Neighborhood Model:
In 2001, the County adopted the Neighborhood Model (NM), which consists of twelve different
recommended characteristics to guide the form of proposed development projects within the
Development Areas.
General comments on how well the proposed development meets the principles of the
Neighborhood Model are provided below, to the extent that NM analysis can be conducted at this
time with the materials provided to date. More detailed comments will be provided at a later date
after more detailed conceptual plans are provided and/or if changes are made to the proposal.
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Pedestrian
Evaluation pending.
Orientation
Mixture of Uses
Evaluation pending.
Neighborhood
Evaluation pending.
Centers
Mixture of Housing
Principle is not applicable.
Types and
Affordability
Interconnected
Evaluation pending.
Streets and
Transportation
Networks
Multi -modal
Proposal includes partial reliance on shuttling guests to the Birdwood Mansion from
Transportation
the Boar's Head Resort and the Birdwood Golf Clubhouse parking lot. Information
Opportunities
submitted with previously -approved SP-2017-00032, described in previous
community meetings, and contained within the Birdwood Area B Study suggests that
the Birdwood property will contain a network of non -vehicular connections (golf cart
paths and walking trails) which would provide access throughout the Birdwood
property and which would provide for some connectivity with surrounding
residential neighborhoods and the designated "Center" at Boar's Head.
However, the application materials do not contain any information about these types
of non -vehicular connections. The proposal also does not appear to contain any
information about the proposed Three Notch'd Trail, a planned greenway that will
connect Crozet and Charlottesville and which is proposed to have a general alignment
along the 250 / Ivy Road corridor.
Principle is partially met, further evaluation pending.
Parks, Recreational
Evaluation pending.
Amenities, and Open
Space
Buildings and Space
Evaluation pending.
of Human Scale
Relegated Parking
Evaluation pending.
Redevelopment
The proposed rehabilitation and reuse of the Birdwood Mansion would end an era of
disuse and thereby prevent further deterioration of this historic resource, and would
bring a currently underutilized structure into a new era of functionality and use. The
proposal would also partially utilize existing transportation infrastructure.
Principle is met.
Respecting Terrain
Evaluation pending.
and Careful Grading
and Re -grading of
Terrain
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Clear Boundaries The portion of the Birdwood property which adjoins the Rural Areas, and which is
with the Rural Area designated as Parks and Green Systems on the Future Land Use Plan, would remain
undeveloped forested foothills in this proposal.
Principle is met.
Additional Planning Comments:
Comprehensive Plan / CPA-2018-00006: As described in more detail above, the proposal is not
consistent with the language that currently exists in the Comprehensive Plan (S+W Master
Plan). However, staff acknowledges the ongoing CPA (CPA-2018-00006) which proposes to
amend the "future Land Use" recommendations for the Birdwood property. The following
(tentative) schedule has been identified for the ongoing CPA process:
■ Planning Commission Work Session: November 14, 2018
■ Board of Supervisors Work Session: January 16, 2018
■ Planning Commission Public Hearing: February 19, 2019
■ Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: March 13, 2019
2. Conceptual Plan: The conceptual plan does not provide sufficient information.
a. Please provide a revised conceptual plan that provides more detail (scale). It may be most
effective to provide two conceptual plans at two different scales — such as a conceptual
plan showing the entire vicinity of the proposed HC district, and a detail plan showing the
mansion site at a more detailed scale. It may also be helpful to compose the plans at 11" x
17" format if possible.
b. Please provide more information on all existing structures, improvements, features, and
uses. It may be helpful to include labels or notes which reference the previously -approved
special use permits for the Birdwood property, due to the substantial number of
conditions of approval which are in effect for some of the areas, uses, and improvements
shown on the conceptual plan.
c. Please provide more information about proposed uses/improvements. Showing and
labeling "bubbles" or "envelopes" for different proposed uses and improvements is
acceptable. The approximate location of a future permanent accessory structure (or
temporary event tent) is not shown; and the conceptual plan indicates such
uses/improvements could be located anywhere within the 18.26-acre area proposed for
HC zoning.
d. Please also see review comments from CDD-Zoning staff and CDD-ARB staff.
3. Proposed District Boundaries: The proposed HC district boundaries include a small portion of
the 18-hole Birdwood Golf Course. The 18-hole Birdwood Golf Course (located in the R1
Residential District and permissible pursuant to SP-1996-53, as amended) would not be a
permissible use in the HC district. Therefore, the survey showing the proposed boundaries of
the HC district should be revised to exclude all Birdwood Golf Course tees, fairways, bunkers,
greens, and similar features of play from the proposed HC district.
4. Proffer Statement: Staff acknowledges and affirms the apparent intent of proposed proffer #5
to ensure compliance with previously -established special use permit (SP) conditions of
approval in all applicable areas of the Birdwood property. However, staff believe the current
language in proffer #5 may be problematic — and may benefit from modifications that would
maintain the intended commitment to compliance with existing SP conditions of approval, and
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which would also eliminate the specific reference to "Birdwood Golf Course ... within the
Property" (as the existing golf course use would not be permissible in the HC district).
a. Note: Improvements associated with previously -permitted golf uses on TMP #75-63
— such as parking lots and travelways to the west and southwest of the Birdwood
Mansion, golf cart paths, walking paths, or similar improvements — would be
permissible in the HC district. However, the primary golf uses (such as the
Birdwood Golf Course tees, fairways, bunkers, greens, and similar features of play)
would not be permissible in the HC district.
5. ZMA Review Process: Staff believes the questions, issues, and concerns identified in this
comment letter should be addressed through revision and resubmittal of the application
materials, including (but not necessarily limited to) the conceptual plan and project narrative, as
well as the survey of proposed HC district boundaries.
CDD-Zoning:
Written review comments (dated 12/12/2018) from Lea Brumfield, Senior Planner / CDD-Zoning,
are attached to this letter.
CDD-ARB / Design Planning:
Written review comments (dated 12/07/2018) from Margaret Maliszewski, Principal Planner /
CDD-ARB, are attached to this letter.
CDD-Engineering:
Written review comments have not been received from the County Engineer. Any/all review
comments will be promptly forwarded upon receipt from CDD-Engineering.
Frank Pohl, County Engineer / CDD-Engineering, has explained during interdivisional meetings
that VSMP permitting would be required for the proposed project [through the preparation and
submittal of a Water Protection Ordinance (WPO) Plan application, separate from the Site
Development Plan application]. This would be done through the submittal of an application for a
new WPO Plan utilizing the "Common Plan of Development" framework (in the context of the
other approved or active WPO Plans for TMP #75-63).
Albemarle County Service Authority (ACSA):
Written review comments have not been received from the ACSA. Any/all review comments will
be promptly forwarded upon receipt from ACSA.
Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority:
The following comments (below) have been provided by Victoria Fort on 11 /21 /2018:
1. Capacity issues for sewer that may affect this proposal : None Known
2. Requires Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority Capacity Certification: Yes X No
3. Water flow or pressure issues that may affect this proposal: None Known
4. "Red Flags" regarding service provision (Use attachments if necessary): None Known
Albemarle County Fire & Rescue:
The following comments (below) have been provided by Deputy Fire Marshall Shawn Maddox on
11 /28/2018:
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■ Fire Rescue has no objections to the special use permit application as submitted.
Action after Receipt of Comments:
After you have read this letter, please take one of the actions identified on the following pages
titled "Action After Receipt of Comment Letter."
Resubmittal:
If you choose to resubmit, please submit revised application materials on one of the formal
resubmittal dates. There is no fee for the first resubmittal. The resubmittal date schedule for 2019
will be available in the immediate near future.
Notification and Advertisement Fees:
Prior to scheduling a public hearing with the Planning Commission:
$ 392.00 = Cost for newspaper advertisement
$ 215.00 = Cost for notification of adjoining owners (minimum $200 + actual postage/$1 per owner
after 50 adjoining owners)
$ 607.00 = Total amount due prior to Planning Commission public hearing
Prior to the Board of Supervisor's public hearing, payment of the newspaper advertisement for the
Board hearing needed.
$ 392.00 = Additional amount due prior to Board of Supervisors public hearing
$ 999.00 = Total amount for all notifications. Fees may be paid in advance. Payment for both the
Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors public hearings may be paid at the same time.
Additional notification fees will not be required unless a deferral takes place and adjoining owners
need to be notified of a new date.
Please contact me if you would like to set up a meeting to discuss this comment letter or any other
aspect of your proposed project, or to share any questions or requests for assistance you may have.
My phone number is (434) 296-5832, x. 3088, and my email address is tpadalino(ae,albemarle.org.
Sincerely,
Tim Padalino, AICP
Senior Planner
Planning Services
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ACTION AFTER RECEIPT OF COMMENT LETTER
FIRST SET OF COMMENTS
Your project has been scheduled for a public hearing by the Planning Commission (PC) for January
15, 2019, which is 90 days from the date your application was accepted for review. State Code
requires a 90-day review by the PC unless the applicant requests deferral. As you will read in this
comment letter, staff recommends changes to your project to help you achieve approval.
Without these changes, staff cannot recommend approval to the PC.
If you would like to address the comments you must request deferral by Friday, December 21
(deadline moved up due to holidays). If you choose not to request deferral, staff will take your
project to the Planning Commission as originally submitted, but without a recommendation of
approval. Instructions for requesting a deferral are outlined below.
Please note that you can submit revisions, and continue to receive review comments from
County staff, even if you defer your application.
No later than Friday, December 21, 2018, please do one of the following:
(1) Resubmit in response to review comments by the date noted above
(2) Request deferral, as required by Section 33.52, in these instances:
a. If this is a resubmittal after September 5, 2018 and you have not deferred -to date.
(3) Proceed to Planning Commission public hearing on January 15, 2019
(4) Withdraw your application
(1) Resubmittal in Response to Review Comments
Due to the 90-day review by the Planning Commission as required by State Code, there is not a
resubmittal date available between the date of this letter and the date of the January 15, 2019 PC
Public Hearing.
If you choose to defer and resubmit (see option (2), below) please be sure to include the
resubmittal form on the last Dane of vour comment letter with vour submittal.
The application fee which you paid covers staff review of the initial submittal and one
resubmittal. Each subsequent resubmittal requires an additional fee. (See attached Fee
Schedule.)
(2) Deferral requested
To request deferral, you must submit a request in writing to defer action by the Planning
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Commission and Board of Supervisors. The request may be made by email. You may request a
deferral for up to 36 months from the date your application was accepted for review, which is
October 30, 2021. (This is based on the Board of Supervisors' September 5, 2018 action.)
However, all outstanding information necessary for PC action must be submitted no later than
June 30, 2021, according to the published schedule. (See Section 18-33.52 of the Albemarle
County Code.)
(3) Proceed to Planning Commission Public Hearing on January 15, 2019
At this time, you may request that your application proceed to public hearing with the Planning
Commission on January 15, 2019. With this option, staff will take your project to the PC as
originally submitted, but without a recommendation of approval.
(4) Withdraw Your Application
If at any time you wish to withdraw your application, please provide your request in writing.
Resubmittals
As stated above, a deferral does not preclude you from resubmitting the application to address
changes based upon the comments. If you would like to resubmit after you defer, you may do so
following the resubmittal schedule. Be sure to include the resubmittal form on the last page of
your comment letter with your submittal.
The application fee which you paid covers staff review of the initial submittal and one
resubmittal. Each subsequent resubmittal requires an additional fee. (See attached Fee
Schedule.)
Failure to Respond
An application shall be deemed to be voluntarily withdrawn if the applicant requests deferral
pursuant to subsection 33.52(A) and fails to provide within 90 days before the end of the deferral
period all of the information required to allow the Board to act on the application, or fails to
request a deferral as provided in subsection 33.52(B) or (C).
Fee Payment
Fees paid in cash or by check must be paid at the Community Development Intake
Counter. Make checks payable to the County of Albemarle. Do not send checks directly to the
Review Coordinator. Fees may also be paid by credit card using the secure online payment
system, accessed at
http://www.albemarle.org/department.asp?department=cdd&relpage=21685.
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FOR OFFICE USE ONLY SP # or ZMA #
Fee Amount $ Date Paid By who? Receipt # Ck# By:
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Resubmittal fees for Special Use Permit -- original Special Use Permit fee of $1,075
❑ First resubmission
FREE
❑ Each additional resubmission
5538
Resubmittal fees for original Special Use Permit fee of $2,150
❑ First resubmission
FREE
❑ Each additional resubmission
$1,075
Resubmittal fees for original Zoning Map Amendment fee of $2,688
ff First resubmission
FREE
❑ Each additional resubmission
$1,344
Resubmittal fees for original Zoning Map Amendment fee of $3,763
❑ First resubmission
FREE
❑ Each additional resubmission
$1,881
❑ Deferral of scheduled public hearing at applicant's request — Add'1 notice fees will be required
$194
To be paid after staff review for public notice:
Most applications for Special Use Permits and Zoning Map Amendment require at least one public hearing by the Planning Commission
and one public hearing by the Board of Supervisors. Virginia State Code requires that notice for public hearings be made by publishing
a legal advertisement in the newspaper and by mailing letters to adjacent property owners. Therefore, at least two fees for public notice
are required before a Zoning Map Amendment may be heard by the Board of Supervisors. The total fee for public notice will be
provided to the applicant after the final cost is determined and must be paid before the application is heard by a public body.
MAKE CHECKS TO COUNTY OF ALBEMARLElPAYMENT AT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNTER
➢ Preparing and mailing or delivering up to fifty (50) notices
$215 + actual cost of first-class postage
➢
$1.00 for each additional notice + actualcost
Preparing and mailing or delivering each notice after fifty (50)
of first-class postage
➢ Legal advertisement (published twice in the newspaper for each public hearing)
Actual cost
(minimum of $280 for total of 4publications)
County of Albemarle Department of Community Development
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Review Comments for ZMA201800014 -
Project Name: Birdood Mansion and Grounds
Date Completed: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 DepartmentlDi+visionlAgency: Review Sys:
Reviewer: Leah Brumfield 91 CDD Zoning I Requested Changes
DDD-Zoning Review Comments for ZMA201800014 (dated 1211212018) are available in Las erfiche-1 see Review Comments
document dated 1211i12018_
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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To:
Tim Padalino, Senior Planner
From:
Leah Brumfield, Senior Planner
Division:
Zoning
Date:
12/12/18
Subject: Comments for ZMA201800014 Birdwood Mansion and Grounds
The following comments are provided regarding the above noted zoning map amendment:
1. The boundaries of the proposed area for rezoning on the Rezoning Conceptual Plan, dated
10/29/2018, shows a portion of the golf course use overlapping with the proposed area for
rezoning. Adjust the boundaries of the golf facility or the proposed area for rezoning, as golf
facilities are not a permitted use per proffer #2. If the proposed area for rezoning is reduced
to avoid changes to the golf course, the boundaries of the area removed from the rezoning
may be noted in this application, and if the area is removed a revised acreage of the
rezoned land will be required before final action by the Board of Supervisors.
2. Provide detailed plans similar to those provided for ZMA200400015. This should include a
plan labeling all existing structures, roads, and parking areas. Notably, the tower at
Birdwood is missing from all submitted surveys and concept plans. If space limits labeling all
structures on a single plan, submit larger scale map sections showing sections of interest,
including the historical structures contributing to the property's historic status, the proposed
events space discussed in prior meetings, and parking areas.
3. The location of the event tent/structure was discussed extensively in previous meetings with
the applicant, but the proposed Conceptual Plan as submitted allows accessory structures
or temporary event tents anywhere in the rezoned 18.26 acres. The location discussed as
the preferred location for an event tent/structure is not labeled on the plan but does show a
structure or surface of some kind. A bubble plan of general events areas on the proposed
Conceptual Plan is acceptable. However, as the events area is a major element of the
applicant's proposed use of the property it must be addressed in the narrative and noted on
the Conceptual Plan.
Per previous discussions, the structure may be addressed as part of a phasing plan, moving
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from a tent to a potential permanent structure at a later date, but both potential phases must
be addressed in both the narrative and on the Conceptual Plan.
4. The proposed rezoning the portion of tax map parcel 07500-00-00-06300 provides proffers
copied from ZMA 2004-15, of tax map parcels 059D2-01-00-00200 and 059D2-01-00-
01500. However, some of the uses remaining in proffer #2 are inappropriate for a smaller
area as proposed, and the traffic, parking, and other impacts of those uses are not
addressed. As an example, restaurants and indoor athletic facilities remain permitted uses
on the portion of tax map parcel 07500-00-00-06300. If those uses are intended to be
permitted uses, the application must address their potential impacts to the site, surrounding
parcels, and infrastructure.
For example, the traffic study provided by VHB, dated October 26, 2018, anticipates 96
weekday business related gatherings. Please indicate in your narrative whether these
business related gatherings would be related to a restaurant use on the property, or whether
these might be in addition to a restaurant use.
The applicant should note that catering associated with the events described in the ZMA
narrative does not constitute a restaurant use, and would be permitted without a restaurant
use.
5. Proffer #3 lists a commitment by the owner to provide "adequate event parking on the
Property or the adjacent Boar's Head property." As the Birdwood and Boar's Head
properties are owned by different legal entities, the commitment to provide adequate parking
must be maintained by a legal instrument between the two legal entities.
6. Per comment #1, the language of proffer #5 indicates the use of a golf facility on the
Birdwood Property, which is not permitted in the proposed rezoning. This should be revised
to clarify the intention of this proffer.
7. Noise
Regardless of whether the events space will be a tent or a structure, zoning requests a
sound study to provide strategies for sound attenuation and management. For Zoning to
potentially recommend approval of this rezoning, the results of the sound study, the
recommended sound attenuation strategies, and a demonstration of commitment to
implement sound attenuation strategies must be included in the project proposal.
Review Comments for ZMA201800014 -
Project Name: Birdood Mansion and Grounds
Date Completed: Friday, December 07, 2018 DepartmentlDi+visionlAgency: Review Sys:
Reviewer: Margaret Maliszewski CDDARB Requested Changes
DDD-ARB staff review Comments for ZMA201800014 (dated 12l0712018) are available in Las erfiche; see Review Comments
document dated 12I1i12018_
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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
MEMORANDUM
TO: Tim Padalino
FROM: Margaret Maliszewski
RE: ZMA-2018-14: Birdwood Mansion and Grounds
DATE: December 7, 2018
I have the following comments on the above -referenced application:
1. The proposed allowed uses are broad and many are beyond the scope of special events with overnight
lodging. Further reduction of uses is recommended.
2. Provide a larger concept plan that clearly identifies existing structures and site elements (mansion,
dependencies, water tower, entrance drive, garden, etc.) as well as proposed improvements (tent,
parking, travelways, new structures, building additions, etc.).
3. It is recommended that new intrusions in the landscape be minimized.
4. Re -use of all existing historic outbuildings is recommended before construction of new buildings on
site.
5. Provide for review a preservation plan for the historic outbuildings.
6. The applicant previously indicated that renovation and additions to the mansion are necessary to
accommodate the proposed use. Such work should be completed without compromising the historic
and architectural significance of the resource. Provide documentation showing that the Virginia
Department of Historic Resources has approved or supports the work as currently proposed.
7. It is recommended that the Virginia Department of Historic Resources Part 2 tax credit certification of
the proposed rehabilitation/renovation work be submitted following the rezoning approval, but prior
to any additional plan or permit approvals.
8. ARB review/approval will be required for any work visible from the EC prior to site plan and
building permit approvals.
Review Comments for ZMA201800014 -
Project Name: Birdood Mansion and Grounds
Date Completed: Wednesday, November 28, 018 DepartmentlDi+visionlAgency: Review Sys:
Reviewer: Lshawn Maddox -::3 Fire Rescue I No Objection
Fire Rescue has no objections to the special use permit application as submitted_
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Review Comments for ZMA201800014 -
Project Name: Birdood Mansion and Grounds
Date Completed: Wednesday, November 21, 2018 DepartmentlDi+visionlAgency: Review Sys:
Reviewer: Victoria Fort --F-] RWSA No Objection
To be filled out by RWAfor ZMA's and S P's
1_ Capacity issues for sewer that may affect this proposal None Known
_ Requires Rivanna Water and SewerALithority Capacity Certification Yes X No
3_ Water flow or pressure issues that may affect this proposal None Known
4_ "Red Flags" regarding service provision (Use attachments if necessary) None Known
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