HomeMy WebLinkAboutLOD200300037 Letter of Determination 2003-01-06 (2)COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Building Code and Zoning Services
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
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January 6, 2003
Gate Pratt, Limehouse Architects L.C.
946 Grady Avenue #27
Charlottesville, VA 22903
RE: OFFICIAL DETERMINATION OF PARCELS AND DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS - Tax
Map 79, Parcel 12A (Property of Ray A. Graham III) Section 10.3.1
Dear Mr. Pratt:
The County Attorney and I have reviewed the title information for the above -noted
property. It is the County Attorney's advisory opinion and my official determination that
Tax Map 79, Parcel 12A is a single parcel of record, with five (5) development rights.
The basis for this determination is summarized as follows.
Our records indicate Tax Map 79, Parcel 12A contains 591.88 acres and one dwelling.
The property not in an Agricultural Forestal District. The most recent deed for this
property is recorded in Deed Book 1044, page 210.
The most recent instrument for this parcel recorded prior to the date of adoption of the
Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance, (December 10, 1980) is in Deed Book 375, page
200. This deed, dated January 5, 1962, conveyed 591.88 acres from William H. Gregory
and Eleanor D. Gregory to Ray A. Graham, III. The deed describes the property as, "all
that certain tract or parcel of land situated in the Rivanna Magisterial District of
Albemarle County, Virginia, on the northwesterly side of State Route 22, containing
591.88 acres, more or less, bounded according to plat made by William S. Roudabush,
Jr., and Associates, hereto attached and recorded with this deed, being the remainder
of the land conveyed by Deed Book 349, page 287, after the following conveyances off;
D.B. 352, p. 156, 16.85 acres; D.B. 352, p. 444, 6.72 acres; and DB.361, p. 62, 7.65
acres." The plat, dated November, 1961, is titled, "Composite Map of 591.88 +/- Acres."
The plat depicts Parcel 12A as a single lot, showing the perimeter metes and bounds of
the property, but not showing any former internal parcel boundaries. The plat contains a
note stating that the map was prepared from plats of record including the three above
referenced deeds as well as the plat recorded in Deed Book 340, page 599.
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Gate Pratt
January 6, 2003
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Copies: Ray A. Graham, III
P.O. Box 5
Keswick, VA 22947
Gay Carver, Real Estate Supervisor
Ella Washington -Cary, Clerk to the Board of Supervisors
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