HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB200600265 Staff Report 2006-10-24COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
PLANNING STAFF REPORT SUMMARY
Project Name: SUB 2006 — 265 Wickham
Staff: David Pennock
Pond — Two Lot (with Private Street Waiver)
Public Hearing: October 24, 2006
Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: (not
applicable)
Owners: Barnes - Crozet, LLC
Applicant: Frank Pohl (Weather Hill
Development)
Acreage: 19.69 acres
Rezone from: NA
Special Use Permit for: NA
TMP: 56 -91
By -right use: NMD, Neighborhood Model
Location: On the south side of Route 250
District - residential (3 - 34 units /acre) mixed
west behind the Greenwood Motel.
with commercial, service and industrial uses;
EC, Entrance Corridor
Magisterial District: Whitehall
Proffers /Conditions:
Proposal: Request for preliminary
Requested # of Dwelling Units: 2 lots are
subdivision plat approval to create 2 lots on
proposed. No dwelling units are proposed at
19.69 acres.
this time.
A private road waiver is needed to support
this proposal because it is a two -lot division in
the Development Areas.
RA (Rural Area): DA - Yes
Comprehensive Plan Designation: Crozet
Community - CT1, CT2, CT3, and CT4
Character of Property: Undeveloped with a
Use of Surrounding Properties: Open
mix of open meadow, grassed lawn, and
undeveloped field, Wickham Pond Phase I, The
woodland.
Highlands subdivision, and single family
residences.
Factors Favorable:
Factors Unfavorable:
RECOMMENDATION: Based on staff's analysis, which indicates that the proposal is in accord
with the approved application plan for Wickham Pond, Phase 2, staff recommends approval of
the private street. The preliminary plat will be approved administratively if the private street is
approved.
PLANNING AND ZONING HISTORY: ZMA 05 -18 Wickham Pond — Phase II was
approved on this property at the September 13, 2006 Board of Supervisors meeting. The
plan included a Code of Development and an Application Plan.
ANALYSIS OF SUBDIVISION REQUEST:
Staff review of this subdivision included an analysis of the plat to ensure that nothing
recorded via this plat would prohibit the future development of Wickham Pond, Phase II.
The proposed lot line is in the approximate location of the phase line shown on the
application plan (Attachment C). Thus, the rights -of -way, easements, and reservations
indicated on the plat are in place to allow these lots to be developed in phases if
necessary.
The applicant has indicated that this subdivision is a preliminary step in the process of
development of Wickham Pond, Phase II. Had the applicant applied for preliminary site
plan approval on the property, this street could have been approved administratively.
However, with the subdivision first, these lots must meet the requirements of the Zoning
and Subdivision Ordinances as functional lots. As such, Planning Commission approval of
the private street is required as listed below:
14 -233 When private streets in development areas may be authorized
A private street may be authorized in the development areas under the following circumstances, provided
that the findings required by section 14- 234(C) are made:
A. By the commission. The commission may authorize a subdivision to be developed with one (1) or more
new private streets in the following circumstances:
2. Two -lot subdivision. The proposed private street(s) would be within a two -lot subdivision.
COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 14 -234C.
The Commission must determine if the requirements of Chapter 14, Section 234C have
been met for this request. The commission may authorize private streets if it determines
that:
14 -234 Procedure to authorize private street and related matters.
C. The agent and the commission may authorize one or more private streets in a subdivision if it finds that
one or more of the circumstances described in sections 14 -232 or 14 -233 exist and it determines that:
1. The private street will be adequate to carry the traffic volume which may be reasonably expected to be
generated by the subdivision.
No traffic is anticipated with this division. However, the 30 -foot private access easement
meets the standards required for two -lot subdivision.
2. The comprehensive plan does not provide for a public street in the approximate location of the proposed
private street;
The proposed private street is in the approximate location of the public streets anticipated
by the approved application plan for Wickham Pond, Phase II.
3. The fee of the private street will be owned by the owner of each lot abutting the right -of -way thereof or by
an association composed of the owners of all lots in the subdivision, subject in either case to any easement
for the benefit of all lots served by the street;
A maintenance agreement will be required.
4. Except where required by the commission to serve a specific public purpose, the private street will not
serve through traffic nor intersect the state highway system in more than one location; and
This requirement has been met.
S. If applicable, the private street has been approved in accordance with section 30.3, flood hazard overlay
district, of the zoning ordinance and other applicable law.
This requirement has been met.
RECOMMENDATION:
Based on staff's analysis, which indicates that the proposal is in accord with the approved
application plan for Wickham Pond, Phase 2, staff recommends approval of the private street. The
preliminary plat will be approved administratively if the private street is approved.
ATTACHMENTS:
A. Vicinity Map
B. Preliminary Subdivision Plat (or Reduction)
C. ZMA 05 -18 application plan reduction