HomeMy WebLinkAboutSE202000022 Action Letter 2021-03-03COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
February 26, 2021
Valerie Long
Williams Mullen
321 E Main St, Ste 400
Charlottesville VA 22902
vlona(di7williamsmullen.com
RE: SE202000022 Animal Wellness Center Action Letter
Dear Ms. Long,
On February 3, 2021 the board of Supervisors took action on your Special Exception application on Tax Map
Parcel Number 056A2010000700 in the Whitehall District. The Special Exception was approved by the Board's
adoption of the attached resolution and conditions.
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 EXCEPTION;
• approval of and compliance with a SITE PLAN; and
• approval of a ZONING COMPLIANCE CLEARANCE.
Before beginning uses as allowed by this special use permit or if you have questions regarding the above -noted
action, please contact Rebecca Ragsdale at 434-296-5832 x3226 or email rraosdale(a)albemarle.oro.
Sincerely,
Andy Reitelbach
Senior Planner
Planning Division
cc: 1100 Crozet Avenue LLC
C/o Gwendolyn H Smith
1514 Ballard Drive
Crozet VA 22932
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE,
SE202000022 ANIMAL WELLNESS CENTER
NOW BE IT RESOLVED that, upon consideration of the staff reports prepared in conjunction with
the special exception request and the attachments thereto, including staffs supporting analysis, all of the
comments received, and all of the factors relevant to the special exception in Albemarle County Code §§ 18-
5.1.11 and 18-33.49, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors hereby approves SE202000020 Animal
Wellness Center to to allow the veterinary clinic and associated uses to be located less than 200 feet from a
residential property line, subject to the conditions attached hereto.
I, Claudette K. Borgersen, do hereby certify that the foregoing writing is a true, correct copy of a Resolution
duly adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, by a vote of six to zero, as
recorded below, at a regular meeting held on February 3, 2021.
Clerk, floard of County Sup 2POrs
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Mr. Gallaway
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Ms. LaPisto-Kirtley
Y
Ms. Mallek
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Ms. McKee]
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Ms. Palmer
Y
Ms. Price
Y
SE202000022 Animal Wellness Center Conditions
1. Development of the use must be in general accord (as determined by the Director of Planning
and the Zoning Administrator) with the concept plan entitled, "Special Use Permit SP2020-
00015, An Amendment to SP2008-009, Concept Plan, Animal Wellness Center, 56A2-01-00-7,"
prepared by Shimp Engineering, P.C., dated July 20, 2020, last revised January 15, 2021. To be
in general accord with the exhibit, development must reflect the following essential major
elements:
• Location ofthe existing building and its proposed additions
• Location of the proposed new building in the "future phase/development"
• Location of the parking areas
• Location of the outdoor animal exercise area
Minor modifications to the plan which do not conflict with the elements above may be made to
ensure compliance with the Zoning Ordinance.
2. The buildings used for the veterinary clinic and overnight animal boarding uses must be air-conditioned
and must be sound -proofed so that sound measured at the nearest agricultural or residential properly line
shall not exceed 55 decibels. Prior to the issuance of a building permit, the applicant must submit
information to the satisfaction of the County Engineer and the Zoning Administrator (or their designees)
that demonstrate that the sound attenuation qualities of the construction materials used in the renovation,
expansion, and/or construction of the veterinary clinic and overnight animal boarding service buildings
can reasonably meet the fifty-five (55) decibel sound limit in County Code § 18-5.1.1 1(b).