HomeMy WebLinkAboutZMA201900001 Review Comments Zoning Map Amendment 2019-04-05 (2)DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
�rRGINI°'
ACTION AFTER RECEIPT OF COMMENT LETTER
FIRST SET OF COMMENTS
Your project has been scheduled for a public hearing by the Planning Commission for May 7, 2019,
which is 90 days from the date your application was accepted for review. State Code requires a 90-day
review by the Planning Commission 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 Planning Commission.
If you need more time to make these changes, you must request deferral by April 11, 2019. If you
choose not to request deferral, staff will take your project to the Commission as originally submitted,
but without a recommendation of approval. Instructions for requesting a deferral are outlined below.
Please do one of the following on or before April 11, 2019:
(1) Request deferral, as required by Section 33.52, in these instances:
a. If this is an application with a submittal date on or after September 5, 2018 and
you have not deferred to date, and you would like to submit revised application
materials.
(2) Proceed to Planning Commission public hearing on May 7, 2019
(3) Withdraw your application
(1) Deferral Request and Resubmittal
To request deferral, you must submit a request in writing to defer action by the Planning 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 March 6, 2022. (This is based
on the Board of Supervisors' September 5, 2018 action.) However, all outstanding information
necessary for Commission action must be submitted on or before October 6, 2021 according to the
published schedule. (See Section 18-33.52 of the Albemarle County Code.)
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) Proceed to Planning Commission Public Hearing on May 7, 2019
At this time, you may request that your application proceed to public hearing with the Planning
Commission on May 7, 2019. With this option, staff will take your project to the Commission as
originally submitted, but without a recommendation of approval.
(3) Withdraw Your Application
If at any time you wish to withdraw your application, please provide your request in writing.
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.