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T I M M O N S GROUP suit00 Preston Avenue F 434.295.8317
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September 21, 2020
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: Premier Apartments — Waiver Request from Section 4.12.16
To Whom It May Concern:
With this letter, we would like to formally request a waiver to the County code requirements for
parking, described in Section 4.12.6 for Bock 2 of the proposed development. Block 2 consists of two
different multi -family apartment buildings with unique parking requirements as described in the sections
below.
The 80-unit building in Block 2 will be managed by Virginia Supportive Housing (VSH) and will be made
up of units 500 sf or less intended to provide transitional housing for those who would otherwise be
homeless. Per Albemarle County Code Section 4.12.6 Multi -family units 500 square feet or less require
1.25 parking spaces per unit, which would require a total of 100 spaces for the 80 Units (VSH) building.
Based on VSH's experience on other properties and buildings that they own and operate, their studies
have shown a maximum of 0.35 parking spaces are required per unit. Per the data in Table 1 below you
can see these numbers hold true in both urban and suburban settings for units of this type serving this
population. With this information, we are requesting that this development only provide 0.35 parking
spaces per unit less than 500 square feet. Based on this the VSH building will require 28 parking spaces.
Virginia Supporting Housing Parking Data Summary - Table 1
Parking Analysis Conducted in May 2011 on 3 Facilities with 3 Counts per day for a Full Week
Property
Locality
Average # of
Spaces Used
# of
Units
Space Used
per Unit
Gosnold
Norfolk- Urban
9.6
60
0.16
Cloverleaf
Virginia Beach -Suburban
10
60
0.17
South Bay
Portsmouth -Suburban
10.2
60
0.17
Information from Parking Study of Facilities Residence and Staff on # of Parking Spaces Regularly
Needed
Property
Locality
# of Spaces
Needed
# of
Units
Space Used
per Unit
New Clay House
City of Richmond- Urban
11
47
0.23
Studios & South Richmond
City of Richmond- Suburban
17
60
0.28
Heron'sLanding
Chesapeake -Suburban
19
60
0.32
The Crossings
Charlottesville- Urban
1 21
1 60
1 0.35
CIVIL ENGINEERING I ENVIRONMENTAL I SURVEYING I GIs I LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE I CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
The 60-unit building in Block 2 will be managed by Piedmont Housing Alliance (PHA) as an Affordable
Housing apartment building, made up of one and two -bedroom units. Per Albemarle County Code
Section 4.12.6 Multi -family one -bedroom units require 1.5 parking spaces and two -bedroom units
required 2 parking spaces. With the estimated future break down of 10% to 20% one -bedroom units and
the remaining two -bedroom units, this would require about 115 parking spaces.
The ITE Parking Generation Manual (5"' Generation) provides the following recommendations for
Affordable Housing Units (LU 223):
0.7 Spaces per Bedroom
1.3 Spaces per Dwelling Unit
Based on this data we request a waiver to provide 1.3 spaces per unit for a total of 78 parking spaces for
the 60 units.
In total, based on the currently proposed units, a total of 106 parking spaces would be constructed for
both buildings in Block 2.
For Block 1 the intention is to provide the required parking in accordance with Albemarle County code
requirement, described in Section 4.12.6 "Offices, business, administrative and professional (including
medical offices but not dental clinics): one space per 200 square feet of net office floor area. The term
"net office floor area" shall be deemed to be: (1) 80 percent of the gross floor area;" The proposed office
in Block 1 consists of 15,000 sf of gross office space. The total amount of office required for Block 1 will
be 60 spaces. At least 60 spaces will be provided for Block 1 meeting the requirements of Section
4.12.6. Therefore, no waiver is being requested in association with Block 1
We appreciate your considerations for the proposed exception request. If you have any questions or
comments, please feel free to give me a call at 434.327.1681.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Showalter, PE
Project Manager