HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP202100003 Action Letter 2021-03-02Memorandum
County of Albemarle
Community Development
From: Lea Brumfield, Senior Planner II
To: Mariah Gleason, Senior Planner
Division: Zoning
Date: March 1, 2021
Subject: Zoning Comments for
SP202100003 - Caliber Collision
The following comments are provided as input from the Zoning Division regarding the above noted application
for a special use permit for a body shop at Tax Map Parcel 04500-00-00-10600.
1. Concept plan
a. Identify the outdoor lighting on the concept plan, with location, height, and lumens clearly labeled.
2. Conformity with the Zoning Ordinance
a. Lighting. Full cutoff luminaires are required for all lighting over 3,000lumens. Full cutoff luminaires
are defined as an outdoor light fixture shielded in such a manner that all light emitted by the
fixture, either directly from the lamp or indirectly from the fixture, is projected below the
horizontal plane. For equivalency of wattages, see section 4.17.4 of the Zoning Ordinance.
These requirements do not apply to security lighting controlled by sensors which provides
illumination for 15 minutes or less.
b. Noise. Per section 4.18.04, maximum sound levels for a commercial receiving zone is 65 dBA, both
during the daytime and at night. Noise from the repair services at the site may not exceed at dBA.
Additionally, noise levels at the nearest residential district boundary, at TMP 04500-00-00-
10100, to the rear of the site beyond the self-service storage facility, may not exceed 60 dBA
during the daytime and 55 dBA at night.
c. Parking. Parking requirements for automobile service stations are one space per employee plus
two spaces per each service stall. Your narrative has identified a total of up to 22 employees on
site, plus what appears to be 12 service stalls, for a total of 46 required parking spaces, but only
identifies 31 parking spaces. Please clarify in your narrative whether the 22 employees will not be
on site simultaneously.
Off -site parking is not permitted.
d. Supplementary regulations. Per section 5.1.31 "No vehicle awaiting repair shall be located on any
portion of the site so as to be visible from any public street or any residential property, and shall
be limited to locations designated on the approved site plan." Due to the topography of the site,
the applicant's proposed 6' tall wood fence on the southwestern border of the property, will
likely screen vehicles from Seminole Trail to the south of the property. However, the parking
spots in front of the property may not be used for vehicles awaiting repair.
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