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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4012
September 22, 2006
Erik Wilke
Jones & Green, LLP
917 E. Jefferson Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: SP -2006-015 Monticello Memorial Gardens Expansion (Signs #33,38)
Tax Map 77, Parcels 32B, 37, 34, 38C, 37A, 36, 36B, 36A, 35, portion of 32A
Dear Mr. Wilke:
On September 6, 2006, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors took action on SP -2006-015
Monticello Memorial Gardens Expansion to allow expansion of an existing, operating cemetery; an
additional road network; and demolition of four existing cottages on Tax Map 77, Parcels 37, 34,
38C, 37A, 36, 36A, 36B, 35, 32A, 32B, and 33 in the Scottsville Magisterial District. This special use
permit was approved based on the following conditions:
Special Use Permit 2006-15 shall be developed in general accord with the concept plan revised
July 12, 2006, prepared by Thomas B. Lincoln Land Surveyor, Inc. and titled "Monticello
Memorial Gardens Expansion Concept Plan" (Attachment A) in conjunction with Attachments
A.1, A.2, and A.3;
2. The operating hours of the cemetery shall be limited to 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. seven (7) days a
week;
3. Employees shall be limited to eleven (11);
4. A minimum of eleven (11) parking spaces shall be provided for employees;
5. A twenty-five (25) foot wooded buffer shall be maintained on the property along the full length of
1-64 that abuts the property. The twenty-five (25) foot buffer shall consist of existing wooded
areas, which shall remain without disturbance, and currently unwooded areas that shall be
planted with a mix of evergreen screening trees, staggered at fifteen (15) feet on center,
minimum six (6) feet in height at planting;
6. There shall be no disturbance of critical slopes;
7. All indigenous trees twelve (12) inch caliper and above shall remain only within the areas of
critical slopes defined by the shaded (cross hatched) areas in Attachment 2. Tree protection,
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September 22, 2006
as defined by the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook, shall be in place before any
disturbance of the site adjacent to an area of critical slopes;
8. All exterior parcel boundaries shall include a twenty-five (25) foot setback for internment areas;
9. The entrance improvements shall be included as described in Attachment 3, pages 1 and 2,
with the first phase of construction;
10. The driveway pavement in the area labeled, "section of pavement to be removed" on the
concept plan (Attachment A) on Jefferson Lake Drive between the access road for TMP 77-22
and the cemetery shall be removed with the beginning of the first phase of development and
replaced with topsoil and seeded with grass or turf grass;
11. All internal access ways shall be designed according to the minimum standards listed below:
Primary Access way
Pavement Width:
18 ft.
Shoulder Width:
4 ft.
Grade:
less than 12% preferred, 16% max
Design Speed:
20 mph
Centerline Radius:
120 ft.
Sight Distance: Stopping: 125 ft. Intersection: 200 ft.
Minor Access way
14 ft. (2 -way), ft. (1 -way)
4 ft.
less than 12% preferred, 6% max.
10 mph
50 ft. or more (usually dictated by
sight distance)
Stopping: 85 ft. Intersection: 100 ft.
12. County approval of a plat consolidating all parcels into one when the use begins.
Please be advised that although the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors took action on
the project noted above, no uses on the property as approved above may lawfully begin until
all applicable approvals have been received and conditions have been met. This includes:
compliance with conditions of the SPECIAL USE PERMIT;
approval of and compliance with a SITE PLAN; and
approval of a ZONING COMPLIANCE CLEARANCE.
In the event that the use, structure or activity for which this special use permit is issued is not
commenced within twenty-four (24) months from the date of Board approval, it shall be deemed
abandoned and the permit terminated. The term "commenced" means "construction of any structure
necessary to the use of the permit."
If you have questions or comments regarding the above -noted action, please do not hesitate to
contact Sherri Proctor at 296-5832.
Sincerely,
V. Wayne Cilimberg
Director of Planning
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VWC/aer
Cc: S.E. Cemeteries of Virginia, Inc.
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Inc Attn: CFO
Amelia McCulley
Tex Weaver
Chuck Proctor
Sherri Proctor