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memo
ZMA 2020-00057
Original Submission Date: September 21, 2020
To: Tori Kanellopoulos
County of Albemarle— Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: Premier Apartments Zoning Map Amendment— Waiver Request for Recreational Facilities and Areas
Requirements
Project: Premier Apartments
Applicant Name: Piedmont Housing Alliance
Representatives: Lori Schweller (Williams Mullen), Whitney McDermott (brwarchitects)
With this letter, we would like to formally request a waiver to the County Ordinance requirements for
recreational facilities, described in the Zoning Ordinance Section 4.16, for the proposed development.
This project intends to provide amenity and recreational facilities appropriate to more elderly and
special needs demographics by providing outdoor spaces that encourage gathering and solitude, as well
as recreation and rest. Considering the demographic, amenity objectives, and limited space as an infill
project within the Urban Development Area, this project intends to meet all greenspace and amenity
requirements of the NMD by requesting a substitution for recreational facilities and a reduction in total
recreational area required per Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance Section 4.16. This Project provides
amenity and recreational facilities as specified in section IV Table D of the Code of Development and as
summarized in the table below:
SUMMARY OF TABLES C & D: AMENITY & RECREATIONAL FACILITY REQUIREMENTS PER THE COD IN
COMPARISON TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF 18-4.16
AMENITY AMOUNT AND
RECREATIONAL SUBSTITUTION
IN SUBSITUTION FOR:
DISCRIPTION PER COD (IN
AMOUNT AND FACILITY
MIN. FACILITY AREA
COMPLIANCE W/ NMD)
DESCRIPTION REQUESTED COD
PER 4.16
TOTAL PER
10% of total project area
One (1) 2,000 sf contiguous
• one 2,000 sf tot lot
PROJECT
devoted to amenity areas
community garden space per
for the first 30
such as:
each residential multifamily
units and for each
courtyards, plazas with
building constructed.
additional 50 units
seating, lawn/park space,
(2 max required)
(3 max required)
meditation gardens
one % court
baseketball court
per 100 units (1
max required)
Thankyour 1T
Whitney McDermott, AIA
Architect