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Home My WebLink AboutSE202000025 Application 2021-01-29Homestay Zoning Waiver Application Parcel: 26-20B To: Rebecca Ragsdale, Principal Planner, Community Development 11/16/2020 Dear Rebecca, Greetings, I hope all is well with you and the team. We are writing to apply for a zoning waiver for home stay application HS201900033. Our follow up was delayed for many months due to family issues related to the COVID-19 outbreak. We have pre existing conditions related to the outbreak and are remote schooling our two young children while continuing to both work at our jobs. We ask for your support in these trying times. We occasionally share space in our house on Airbnb while we are on site (residential). This is an important source of revenue that helps us pay the bills for us and our two kids. We want to work with you to make sure that we are in compliance to all regulations and very much support this process. Please find below our application for the zoning waiver. Sincerely, Mark & Kirste 525 frefHeart Rd Crozet, VA 22932 1 Homestay Zoning Waiver Application Parcel:26-20B Summary Community development colleagues contacted us to advise that our homestay requires an additional zoning variance to proceed. Based on the County's GIS mapping, it appears that the house does not meet the required 125' to all property lines. The map below describes the setbacks. We would like to apply for a zoning waiver for the setback requirements due to the private nature of our home, the support of our neighbors, and the fact that our hosting is safe, and provides benefits to the Albemarle economy through additional tax revenue to the county and support to local businesses. Thank you for your review and support. .;: B FS" ,62'A We are sending this application to request a reduced setback through a special E exception that will be reviewed and approved by the Board of Supervisors. There are several extenuating circumstances that make our property unique. Please find below a detailed explanation of the factors to be considered in review of the special exception request: We recognize that special exceptions may be granted after notice to abutting property owners upon consideration of the following: (i) There is no detriment to any abutting lot Our home stands on 3.5 acres of property in western Albemarle county. We love our home and are grateful for the chance to live in such a beautiful location. As someone born and raised in Albemarle county, it was an obvious choice to choose this location to start a family and build a house. Due to our financial situation, we were not able to purchase a larger parcel that would allow for greater setbacks. Due to the existing property size and V shape, there is no location on the property that would comply with the 125 foot setback. We recognize that larger and more recently arrived landowners in the county might have this luxury, but we do not enjoy enough acreage to make that possible. Despite our small property size, the location is secluded and has minimal impact on its surroundings. The property itself is mostly forested with mixed evergreen and deciduous trees, providing our house a year-round private feeling and protected feeling. The abbutting properties are also wooded with occasional meadows. These neighboring properties are large tracts of land. There are no visible houses from our house, and likewise our neighbors do not have sightlines to our property. This provides full privacy that is much more significant and meaningful then what a standard 125 foot setback might provide. We are on great terms with our neighbors in the abbutting lots, and have never received a complaint or any negative feedback on our house location or any guests. (ii) There is no harm to the public health, safety, or welfare. We have great respect for the Albemarle county Community Development team and relevant regulations. We know that we all share common interests in protecting and managing the county for ourselves and future generations. Our house and property is safe, and complies with all public health, safety and welfare concerns for our family, neighbors and wider community. We take our responsibility as Albemarle County residents seriously, and hosting occasional guests at our house causes no harm to our surroundings. 3 In fact, we have seen the immense benefit that hosting guests in our house has provided to the local farms, national park, local wineries, restaurants and other businesses, as well as contribution to increasing tax revenue for Albemarle County. We feel lucky to be a part of helping people experience what makes our shared area so special and unique. We happily play a role in supporting those local businesses. Thank you for your review and consideration. We respectfully request a zoning waiver to complete our homestay application process. Sincerely, Mark & Kirsten 5525 Break Heart Rd Crozet, VA 22932 2 APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION QJ Request fipr a waiver, modification, dadation ❑ Variation to a previously approved Planned or substitution permitted by Chaps 18 = S457 Development rezoning application plan or Code of Development = S457 OR B'&ef from a condition of approval = $457 Provide tie fdlowing la 3 copies of a written request specifying the section or sectiom being requested to be waived, modified, varied or substiMed, and any other exhibit documents stating the reasons for the request and addressing the applicable fiodmgs of the seztion authaiaed to be waived, modem, armed or substituted_ Pro -tide the Mowing m 3 copies of the aristing approved plan illrnhating the area where the change is requested or the applicable swfi*s) or the Code of Development. Provide a graphic representation of the requested change- 14 1 copy of a written request specifying the provision of the plan, code or staoda for which the variation is sought, and sjate the reason for the requested criatiom Project Name : Hmnanay Applieaboa wrwr HS201900033 Current Assi¢ed Appheadon Number (SDP, SP or Tax map and parcel(s): giant; Contact Person Address 5525 Brat Haan Rd 25 20B Mark Skaak city crozat State VA gip MU Daytime PbonL* ( 540 ) e5a-4na Fos# (�) Email mdozskGhobnal-a Ovrner of Record Mark Seazak and KnM C ladad Address 5525 Break Haas Rd City Goal State VA gip 22932 DaytimePhoneg( 5eo ) 4544226 Fast(_) Email rrstazak&ftorrai.o Comte of Abemarle C"esonuntty 1perdopmeat 401 h1claPae Road Cbarloetesnll& VA `W2 Voice: (434) 296-4832 F= (434) 97.2 4L`6 APPLICATION SIGNATURE PAGE If the pets® ageing the apphabm is someanr other tbmm the owner of record, thm a agned copy of the "CERTIFICATION THAT NOTICE OF THE APPLICATION Ii4S BEEN PROAMED TO THE L.NMOR\IR" farm must be ptmqded m ad&bm to the ag®g the Wheahm bdm (page 3) Owner/Applicant Must Read and Sign By *gong this appMentim, I hereby cerVA- that Iowa the subject property, or have the legal power to act on bebWof the owner of dw subject parccl(s) fisted m Cmaty Records. 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