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APPLICATION FOR VARIANCE
Zoning Department
414 E. Market Street
Charlottesville, VA 22901
County of Albemarle
296-5832
Date of Application March 28 , 1977
OWNER OF PROPERTY OCCUPANT (If other than owner)
Name: Village Green Offices, Inc. Name: Polly McGavock & Blue Ridge Travel
Address: Ednam Forest Address: Ednam Forest
Telephone: 977-1890 Telephone:
Location of Property: on the south side of Route 250 West at the entrance to
Ednam Forest on Ednam Drive, adjacent to the existing office building
Tax Map 59D(2) Parcel 3 Acreage 1.041
Existing Zoning B-1 District Samuel Miller
Existing Use: office building
Variance sought (describe briefly relief sought) :
requests a 27 ft. variance from the required 50 ft. setback requirement for parking
within the scenic highway designation
I hereby certify that the foregoing information is true and correct to the best of my
knowledge and belief and that I am the owner named above.
App scant 4 / Date
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Zoning Administrator has/has not rendered a decision. If so, state substance of decision:
Date of Hearing: 12, 1977 Final Decision Made:
The variance sought was denied/approved with the following conditions:
Special Use Permit# BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
Sign Permit# BY:
Date
Building Permit#
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STAFF REPORT
VA-77-18 Village Green Officies, Inc.
by Polly McGavock & Blue Ridge Travel
Tax Map: 59D(2)-3
Zoning: B-1
Acreage: 1.041
Existing Use: Office Buildings
Existing Activity
There is an office building located on parcel 3, which is located at the
entrance to Ednam Forest on Ednam Drive at its intersection with Route 250
West. The existing structure is a two story building with parking facilities
on both the west and the south sides of the building. The present building
houses an insurance agency in the basement level, travel and real estate
agencies on the main floor as well as the insurance agency is occupying the
attic. Also, some evergreens exist between the highway and the office build-
ing for the purpose of some screening. (Evergreens are approximately three
to a group, approximately 20-30 feet apart.) The building site sits about
14 feet below the highway.
Village Green Offices, Inc. , made application in January 1977 for a variance
from the scenic highway setback requirements. The Board granted a variance
which wauld allow them to locate the proposed building "in line with the
existing building". VA-76-23 was relinquished.
Proposed Variance
The applicant requests a 27 foot variance from the required 50 foot setback
requirement for parking within the scenic highway designation. The proposed
parking spaces are to be located to the west of the proposed building (see
plan dated February 28, 1977 by Stewart R. Whitehurst, Jr.)
Zoning Ordinance Requirements
Section 18-3-7 of the Zoning Ordinance reads as follows, "in order to permit
adequate screening, no parking shall be allowed within fifty feet of the
right-of-way of any designated scenic highway or Virginia byway on land
zoned commercial".
Staff Comment
On drafting the proposed building, the planner feels the parking
arrangement is the only feasible one in order to meet the variance
requested earlier and approved by the Board. If the Board should
choose to grant the variance, the Staff recommend adequate screening
for promotion of the scenic highway.
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