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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Zoning
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22901-4596
(804) 296-5875
December 15, 1988
The Kessler Group
P. O. Box 5207
Charlottesville, VA 22905
Re: Board of Zoning Appeals Action
VA-88-88, Tax Map 59, Parcels 23C, 23D, & 23F
Dear Sirs:
This letter is to inform you that on December 13 , 1988, during
the regular meeting of the Albemarle County Board of Zoning
Appeals, the Board ruled to grant your variance application.
This variance approval allows relief from Sections 26. 10. 2
and 26. 10. 3 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance to reduce the
parking area setback and buffer zone required from an adjacent
residential district from the minimum measurement of thirty (30)
feet to five (5) feet.
If you have any questions, please contact our office.
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Charles W. Burgess, Jr.
Zoning Administrator
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Planning Department
STAFF REPORT - VA-88-88
OWNER: J. W. Sieg Company
TAX MAP/PARCELS: 59/23C, 23D, and 23F
ZONING: Light Industry (LI)
LOCATION: North side of Route 250, +/- . 1 miles west of
its intersection with Ednam Drive
The applicant seeks a variance from Sections 26. 10. 2 and 26. 10. 3
of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance, which states:
"26. 10 MINIMUM YARD REQUIREMENTS
26. 10.2 Adjacent to residential districts: No portion of any
structure, except signs advertising sale or rental of
the property, shall be located closer than fifty (50)
feet to any rural areas or residential district and no
off-street parking space shall be closer than thirty
(30) feet to any rural areas or residential district
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26. 10. 3 Buffer zone adjacent to residential and rural areas
districts: No construction activity including grading
or clearing of vegetation shall occur closer than thirty
(30) feet to any residential or rural areas district.
Screening shall be provided as required in section
32 .8. "
The applicant proposes to construct new commercial/industrial
structures and seeks a variance to allow the off-street parking
lot areas to be located five (5) feet from the north property
line. The adjacent property is zoned Rural Areas. The applicant
is required to maintain a thirty (30) foot buffer and thirty
(30) foot parking area setback from the adjacent Rural Areas
property. The unique aspect of the applicant's predicament is
that the adjacent Rural Areas property is a railroad right-of-way
with a width of approximately seventy (70) feet. The property to
the north of the railroad tracks comprises a portion of the
Farmington Subdivision. The question is whether or not the
setback and buffer area is a relevant requirement when the
adjacent property contains a portion of an active railroad track
system. The staff believes that in this situation the setback and
buffer area requirements serve no practical purpose.
RECOMMENDATION
The application should be approved.