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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP201800015 Application 2018-08-20R O v r E 219 N/ ;C��''a`;'• 1560 1562 = . Insurance Lane Proposed Montessori School w� IO' a1'i • aRer0& _ rr•rr r r r[, P . ,' ; 1550, 1552, 1554 " Insurance Lane • �' :_ : ' �;'• r ;• `; Montessori Children s Communities . Of Virginia a ,r i 00 at $r/p.J rrrsp. g7-- r p rar.r/ r.,ar,a/ 1 N S U R A N C E L A N E .� ra, rrr ap pf/f ►.,... m/ - . 4,a,aa .• Cw,ur r-r, rJ,. rrr J..ar rrr J-i PLAN sCALE= Cpplprl fpf p/ r p! •/ Albemarle Montessori School Narrative of Project Proposal Albemarle Montessori School (AMS) seeks to use the space at 1562 Insurance Lane as an elementary school using the Montessori method of education. The space would contain one classroom, two bathrooms, and four office/storage areas. The classroom would hold up to 36 students and three staff eventually, but in the 2018-19 academic year, we anticipate 5-6 students and one teacher. The classroom would eventually hold children in grades one through sisy is this current year, it would hold first and second graders. There would be one part-time staff member using one of the office spaces. In other words, the character of the zoning district would not be chaaged by the proposed special use. I CaV i oA,,,-J AMS is adjacent to 1550-1554 Insurance Lane, w rently holds Albemarle Montessori Chiidren's Community (AMCC), a state -licensed da are which is facili Vby:-0ZRht use according to the County's Zoning Ordinance. The space between the two buildings serves as the fenc -in playground for AMCC. We would propose that this same playground serve as the primary playground for the elementary children at AMS. The Association Montessori Internationale currendy accredits AMCC at its primary level; we would seek to extend that accreditation to the elementary program. There is currently a tenant in 1560 Insurance Lane (representing the rest of the building that would house AMS), but that tenant is terminating its lease on August 31, 2018. The school will be open for the same hours of operation as the current, adjacent daycare center, 7:45 am to 5:45 pm, Monday through Friday. Parents drop off students between 7:45 and 9 am, and they pick up their children between 12 ,noon and 5:45 pm. 60% of the school's students in its first year are siblings of students currently attending the adjacent daycare facility. The benefit of this school to Albemarle County is severalfold: By matriculating students who otherwise would go primarily to County schools, AMS is relieving the burden on County school classroom and bus over -capacity. Second, there is no other AMI accredited school in Central Virginia. By allowing AMS to operate, there would be another high -duality educational option for families on the north side of the County, thereby enhancing the richness of educational opportunities for County citizens. Finally, as 'the County seeks -to enhance the amenities for the County citizens in the northern part of the County (example: the recent County exploration of a natural area along the Rivanna River along Rio Milts Road), the establishment of an elementary Montessori school in the area enhances the cultural identity of the northern Albemarle community. White there is no reference in Section 5 of the Zoning Ordinance to private schools, AMS would adhere to the same level of standards from state and local regulatory agencies as the AMCC daycare facility doe's. AMS would conduct fire evacuation drills and annual fire inspection as prescribed by the County Fire Marshall, an annual inspection by the Thomas Jefferson District Health Department, and all requirements of the Virginia Department of Education and the County Superintendent of Public Schools. Albemarle Montessori School Narrative on Consistency with County Comprehensive Plan The County's 2012 Comprehensive Plan speaks to the importance of careful use of land in the County. AMS is located in the Places 29 Development Area. In the Compre hea dw Plan, the farstgoal x the Suwmary is that `Detslopmeat Areas =11 be attra&x, vdbraat arras for irside>fr and b=msses, stppotred by services, fadhkks, and inf mtme "Anothergoal in the Summary speaks to `Albenrarle's economy will be duress, stmxg and sxstaisabk, crud nfaff aad boenefzt Coursty dit! xrw .. " AMS provides a clean business that provides a service to residents primarily in the same development area, thereby enhancing the quality of life in those neighborhoods. Currently in the adjacent AMCC preschool, roughly two-thirds of our families either live or work in the Places 29 Development Area. This represents forty families currently. In the Comprehexs w Plan section on DemlopmentAreae, the goal states that `Albemark's Dewlopmeut.Arsas wall be xbrantplaces with atiizrcdve xdi hbmhoods, hkgh-quality, mixed -use areas... all supported by senvices, i frastmaw... eta Strategy 2e promotes mixed,rse deraelopmext that prnmotes a 16aendly bkxd of �1 sm icrr "It also states that ` wbad-trse can occur within brdh6gs... " Sirategy 2f states that the Corary wall %antume to promote axters as focal points for =ghborhoods and places of one eggagemea AI Moreomr, "a crater may be a school orpark... " AMS will not make any changes to the exterior of the building, thus maintaining the profile of the current surroundings. AMS is providing an important service to the County by matriculating students who otherwise would go primarily to County schools; thus, AMS is relieving the burden on County school classroom and bus over- capacity. By allowing AMS to operate, there would be another high -quality, accredited educational option for families on the north side of the County, thereby enhancing the richness of educational opportunities for County citizens. Finally, as the County seeks to enhance the amenities for the County citizens in the northern part of the County, the establishment of an elementary Montessori school in the area enhances the cultural identity and richness of the Places 29 Development Area. Albemarle Montessori School Narrative on Projeces Impact on Public Facilities and Infrastructure Albemarle Montessori School will have very little impact on the community. The school -rill consist of one classroom that will use a current building without any exterior modification of the physical space or architectural style. T' 15 The school will be open for the same hours of operation as the current, adjacent daycare center, ; am to 5:45 pm, Monday through Friday. Parents would drop off students between 7.45 and 9 am, and pick up their children between 12 noon and 5:45 pm. Many of the students at AMS would be part of car trips currently counted for the AMCC daycare center. In other words, 60% of the school's students in its first year are siblings of students currently attending the adjacent daycare facility. The amount of car trips per day are substantially less than other by right uses for this property. The school will explore coordinating with the daycare center to establish a traffic pattern that allows circulation around the building in the morning instead of parking. Staff would operi Bach family's car door at a designated curbside, and the child would walk into the building to class. This arrangement has not been used to date out of respect of the tenant in the adjacent office space, but that tenant is ending its lease on August 31. There are ten parking spaces adjacent to the school and access to additional, nearby spaces. The access to Insurance Lane is from North Hollymead Drive, which accesses Route 29 by a traffic light, and South Hollymead Drive, which only has right -turn access to/from Route 29 North. AMS would use the current playground. To mitigate noise, the daycare center and the school wou3Rmitplayground access at any given time to only a portion of the total student population. AMCC also erected a shigh wall to block sound to the office building that is adjacent to the playground. 4" 402-0i Proposed Montessori School 15f - `} 01 4 4632^0.1"-20 ~ �F 1 i, 1624. °. 46 B2-fl --2C t. os 0C?� n�essor 46132-01--2 . 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