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Home My WebLink AboutVA198700017 Public Notification 1987-03-31 • 1Y OF A L BEL. G OF R. Y , hRG r%P DEPARTMENT OF ZONING 401 MCINTIRE ROAD CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. 22901.4596 (804) 296-5875 March 31 , 1987 Condon, Wm. F. , etal Raintree of Albemarle Nuckols, C. Wayne or Lethia M. Steiner, Cecile L. Bivens, Henry K. Or Carol G. Michael Land Trust Robb, David M. & Beverly Dear Ladies and Gentlemen: This letter is to notify you, as adjoining property owners, that Roy Lee Yancey property described as Tax Map 46A2, Parcel (s) 01-5 , Zoned R-2 , has made application for VA-87-17 , requesting relief from Section (s) 14. 3 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance, as follows: The applicant seeks a variance from section 14. 3 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance to reduce the side setback measurement from the required 10 feet to 3 feet to allow construction of an • attached garage. A public hearing will be held by the Board of Zoning Appeals on - April 14 10:187 , at 3:00 p.m. , in Meeting Room #7, Second Floor, County'Office Building, 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville, Virginia. This application is made available for your review in the Albemarle County Zoning Office, 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville , Virginia. Sincerely , Charles W. Burgess Zoning Administrator CWB/mlm cc: yA-87-17 0 April 14 , 1987 Mr. Charles W. Burgess Zoning Administrator County of Albemarle Department of Zoning 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22901-4596 Dear Mr. Burgess: Thank you so very much for the time you spent with me last week explaining exactly what my neighbor, Roy Yancey, has requested by seeking a variance from Section 14.3 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance. I do not know what all of my rights are as an adjoining property owner other than that the law states he cannot build within the required 10 ft. of my property line, and I request that the Board honor this. I have submitted to you a copy of my plot plan, which as you can see, is more or less a pie shape. There are already 3 sheds abutting my property in a very small area of my back yard; one belongs to Mr. Yancey (and I believe that it is closer to my line than it should be) ; one is to the rear of my property approximately 20 ft. from my deck and is considerably larger than most and placed broad side; and another to the right of my property by the Kyles. All views are restricted to sheds with the exception of an angle to the left, which is where Mr. Yancey wishes to erect a garage. This will then create the fourth building and will encroach upon my land by 7 ft. I might add that I have no storage shed and have refrained from erecting one because I thought the property would look like I was selling storage sheds. Can you imagine all of these buildings within a small circumference of land? Raintree, thus far, with the exception of my property, is quite pretty, which is why I purchased my home. The area has grown in value and is in demand. My home, however , is less desirable and has not grown in value with my neighbors because of the buildings mentioned above. This variance would add to the problem which already exists. I have contacted a real estate agent who has confirmed these facts and who will either appear before you or write a letter to that effect. When I originally moved to Raintree my intentions were to have good relationships with my neighbors as I had previously in Hollymead and so when I felt that Mr. Yancey's shed was too close to my property, I mentioned it to him, but he said it was erected by a previous owner. I did nothing further as I didn't feel I wanted to cause a problem over it. However, one day I came home for lunch when Mr. Wayne Nuckols was building his with his father and was caught by surprise to see how close he was putting it. I spoke to him about it, he called the Zoning Office (I believe) , and moved it over a few feet. Since then he stores bags of fertilizer and his trash dumpster on my side so that I can look at it from my patio door and deck. He also has a garage. It is quite apparent that my neighbors are trying to increase the value of their property while mine is decreasing. I hope that we can find an amicable solution to this ever increasing problem. If I can assist you with any other information to aid you in your decision, please let me know. This has been a cause of great concern to me and I look to you for whatever relieif is in your power. Sincerely yours, Cecile L. Steiner 1515 Shadow Oaks Place Charlottesville, VA 22901 P. S. It would be interesting to know if all of these buildings received permits , are the correct amount of footage from property lines , and if they were approved by the Architectural Review Committee of Raintree. y 4 "� t t B ILO APR 14 1981 9 i l.J 2 l r i IOnIUV MANLEY ASSOCIATES, INC. 1709 Emmet Street Charlottesville, Virginia 22901 April 14 , 1987 (804)977-7300 Mr. Charles H. Burgess - Albemarle County Zoning Dept . 401 McIntire Rd. Charlottesville , Va. 22901 Dear Mr. Burgess : I have carefully reviewed the property at 1515 Shadow Oaks place , Raintree Subdivision, for Ms . Ceil Steiner and it is my .opirion ;.that any variances awarded to the adjoining property owners due to the size of the lots would block the views , fur- ther conjest her area and possibly affect the value and saleability of her property that already has three storage sheds to the rear of her backyard. Since ely Forrest G. Hyre , Realtor riekre* APR 14 1981 I t Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated REALTOR® v��Y OF AL8Ei iakGO �pFA gA h� \ U e M • pia DEPARTMENT OF ZONING 401 MCINTIRE ROAD CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. 22901-4596 (804) 296-5875 March 25, 1987 Mr. Roy Lee Yancey 1521 Shadow Oaks Place Charlottesville, Va. 22901 Dear Mr. Yancey: This letter is to inform you that your variance application, VA-g7-17 , will be heard during the public hearing by the Board of Zoning Appeals on April 14, 1987 , at 3 : 00 p .m. , Second Floor , County Office Building, 401 McIntire Road , Char- lottesville, Virginia . It will be necessary for someone to be present to speak for the variance application . If you have any questions , please contact our office . Respectfully, • Charles W. Burgess Zoning Administrator CB/ cc : File # VA-87-17 I I ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER LIST Case No . Y 4 1 l-\� Owner ' s Name � \--AckPr\f Tax Map 14`p a Parcel 11611 TAX MAP PARCEL NO . PROPERTY OWNER ADDRESS L 17 ` ''•-' � e - 1ST` (Af:i.fi"E.A.r 0 G.R.Ca, PJ cFcF.. C V 1 Vc.Y P Lis �- , , a1�`� t ,c . �cIR6-C.i ..„ 70t _,.. 31 . 1 k- . 901 y I hereby certify that I have on this , day of A , 1987 , mailed a copy of the attached letter to each of the adjacent property owners Given under my hand this \ day of , 1987 . ALBEMARLE COUN ZONING DEPARTMENT