HomeMy WebLinkAboutZMA201800016 Review Comments Zoning Map Amendment 2019-01-16County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Cameron Langille, Senior Planner
From: Kevin McCollum, Planner and Amelia McCulley, Zoning Administrator
Division: Zoning
Date: 1 /15/2019
Subject: Preliminary Zoning Review Comments for Zoning Map Amendment
ZMA201800016 Chesterfield Landing Phase III TMP 56-37, and 37A
The following comments are provided as input from the Zoning Division regarding the above
noted mandatory pre -application meeting.
1. Proposal - ZMA from R-1 zoning to R-4 zoning district
a. Rezoning 10.47 acres in the aggregate (8.86 acres TMP 56-37 and 1.61 acres
TMP 56-37A) from R-1 to R-4 with cluster provisions to allow for 23 single family
detached units.
b. Detached single family houses are a by right use in the R-4 zoning district
c. Setbacks are established in Section 4.19 "Non-Infill Setbacks"
2. Application plan
a. The application plan shows road and lot layouts. It appears they are being
conscious of the preserved slopes and are maintaining a majority of those slopes
within the green space boundary. All building sites/parcels need to be in areas
outside of preserved slopes.
b. We are suggesting they redo their application plan to accommodate the 23 lots
proposed in the narrative.
3. Open Space (Section 2.2.3)
a. "a minimum of twenty-five (25) percent of the total land area of the cluster
development shall be in common open space, subject to section 4.7, regulations
governing open space"
b. They are proposing 6.35 acres of land as open space, however, 3.20 acres of
that are steep slopes. The actual amount of open space, therefore, is 3.15 acres.
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3.15 acres is just over 30% of the total land area of the site.
c. The entirety of the designated open space seems to fall in the floodplain buffer.
This may not meet the design standards in 4.7.c.
d. Need to see how much of the 3.15 acres of the designated open space that is out
of the preserved slopes area is actually land that is considered usable as open
space. Seems like a majority of this land is floodplain which wouldn't be counted
as open space in 4.7.
e. Additionally, need to show how the proposed open space is accessible and
usable.
4. Proffers
a. Should we proffer the application plan? Doesn't appear they intend to.