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Home My WebLink About11 24 1992 PC Minutes11-24-92 1 NOVEMBER 24, 1992 The Albemarle County Planning Commission held a public hearing on Tuesday, November 24, 1992, Meeting Room 7, County Office Building, Charlottesville, Virginia. Those members present were: Mr. Phil Grimm, Chairman; Johnson, Vice Chairman; Mr. William Nitchmann; Mr. Tom Jenkins; Mr. Tom Blue; Ms. Ellen Andersen; and Ms. Babs Huckle. Other officials present were: Mr. Wayne Cilimberg, Director of Planning and Community Development; and Mr. Rich Tarbell, Senior Planner. Absent: Commission Johnson and Mr. Jim Bowling, Deputy County Attorney. The Chairman called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. and established that a quorum was present. Mr. Cilimberg briefly reviewed actions taken at the November 18, 1992 Board of Supervisors meeting. ZMA-90-17 Hydraulic Sand Com an - The applicant is requesting that 2.377 acres be rezoned from R-1 Residential to HC, Highway Commercial (Proffered). Property, described as Tax Map 90, Parcel 35D is located on the east side of Rt. 742 approximately 0.93 miles north of its intersection with Rt. 20 in the Scottsville Magisterial District. This site is located within a designated growth area (Neighborhood 4). Staff was requesting indefinite deferral. Mr. Jenkins moved, seconded by Ms. Huckle, that the item be indefinitely deferred. The motion passed unanimously. SP-92-58 Keswick Acquisition Corporation - The applicant petitions the Board of Supervisors to amend SP-85-53 to allow the subdivision of 280.2 acres, which is comprised of 30 parcels of record, into 75 residential lots with an average size of 3.3 acres to be served by private roads. The property is described as Tax Map 80, Parcels 8, 8F, 8D4, 8D2, 8J, 8C, 8D3, 8T, 8Z (part), 21A, 27, 29, 31, 41, 41A, 43, 60, 60A, 62, 70, 69, 70A, 61, 96, 97, 100, 109A, 106 and Tax Map 94, Parcel 42A. The property is bounded by the CSX Railroad to the north, Black Cat Road (Route 616) to the east, Interstate 64 to the south, and Hacktown Road (Route 744) and Keswick Road (Route 731) to the west. Zoned RA, Rural Areas and EC, Entrance Corridor Overlay District in the Rivanna Magisterial District. This site is not located in a designated growth area (Rural Area 2). AND X-10 11-24-92 2 SP-92-57 Keswick Acquisition Corporation - The applicant petitions the Board of Supervisors to allow two floodplain crossings [Section 30.3] of Carroll Creek for private road construction. Property, described as Tax Map 80, Parcel 9 (east), 8F, and 109A, is located in the Keswick Country Club development and east of Fairway Drive. Zoned RA, Rural Areas in the Rivanna Magisterial District. This site is not located in a designated growth area (Rural Area 2). AND SP-92-59 Keswick Acquisition Corporation - The applicant petitions the Board of Supervisors to allow expansion of the golf course from 18 to 27 holes [Section 10.2.2(4)] within the Keswick Country Club development. The property, described as Tax Map 80, Parcels 8, 8C, 8D2, 8D3, 8D4, 8J, 8Z (part), 9, 9A, 29, 31, 41, 41A, 43, 60, 60A, 61, 62, 69, 70 and 70A. The property is bounded by the existing golf course and Club Drive to the north, Black Cat Road (Rt. 616) to the east, Interstate 64 to the south, and Hacktown Road (Rt. 744) and Keswick Road (Rt. 731) to the west. Zoned RA, Rural Areas and EC, Entrance Corridor overlay District in the Rivanna Magisterial District. This site is not located in a designated growth area (Rural Area 2). The applicant was requesting deferral of all three items. Mr. Nitchmann moved, seconded by Ms. Andersen, that the items be deferred to December 15, 1992. The motion passed (4:2) with Commissioners Huckle and Blue casting the dissenting votes. Later in the meeting, after the applicant had left, Mr. Cilimberg explained that the request for deferral was a "response to some citizen concerns in that area, people that they (the applicant) have been attempting to work with for some time." He stated the applicant felt "they need to take the extra time to address those concerns and this extra time would allow that." He stated this had not been "something that came up for them on their own" but rather was the result of a general concern and the applicant felt "they needed to have all matters addressed when they came before you." Mr. Blue stated he did not "blame the applicant for this deferral." He expressed anger at the reason for deferral which he had become aware of when the applicant was speaking with the Chairman prior to the meeting. He suggested that the public should be made aware of the reason for deferral, i.e. the "leader of the group that was responsible for the applicant requesting deferral." He felt the public had a right to know. (Mr. Cilimberg stated he would leave that up to the applicant.) Mr. Blue also felt those members of the public present should have been given the opportunity to /3/ 11-24-92 3 speak. Ms. Huckle agreed. He expressed concern about "one group which seems to run the County." A member of the public, Ms. Katherine Imhoff, addressed the Commission. (Note: Though Ms. Imhoff was out of order, the Chairman allowed her to speak.) She expressed concern about what she believed to be an "unfair" interpretation of the situation on the part of some Commissioners and the belief that "one group is running it." She stated she had attended a meeting (on Saturday) which included a lot of different people who were interested in trying to come up with a solution and not being in a position to have to fight this project. Mr. Cilimberg stated that staff was not anticipating any new information from the applicant, but that possibility could not be ruled out entirely. Glenmore - Mr. Tarbell asked that staff be granted administrative approval of a current request (for 6 lots) and future requests for divisions which are in accord with the approved PRD and are consistent with the Master Plan. He explained that staff anticipated no problems because the Master Plan had been very detailed. Mr. Jenkins moved that staff be granted administrative approval of the 6 lot division, and any future divisions, "as long as that development is consistent with the original Master Plan." Mr. Nitchaann seconded the motion which passed unanimously. Mr. Tarbell confirmed that any significant deviation from the Master Plan would be brought to the Commission. MISECLLANEOUS General discussion at the end of the meeting included the following items: --The Chairman reported that he had met with the Chairman of the City Planning Commission and it had been decided that the topic for discussion at the next joint meeting would be Transportation Issues. It was a consensus that the meeting should be set for February 4, 1993. --In response to Mr. Nitchmann's request, it was decided the Commission would be provided with Display Ad information (showing upcoming items and agenda dates) and a calendar (showing meeting dates of various committees, etc.). Mr. Nitchamnn felt the Commission should have a role in setting agendas. (It was explained that some items must be scheduled at certain times, based on the dates of their submittal.) %g 11-24-92 4 --Mr. Nitchmann expressed concern about dealing with several different issues at the same time, e.g. working on the Historic Preservation proposal before completion of the Affordable Housing issues. He felt the Affordable Housing subject should have a much higher priority than the Historic Preservation proposal. (Mr. Blue and Mr. Grimm agreed.) --Ms. Andersen expressed concern about receiving some staff reports at the same time the item is to be discussed, thereby making it impossible to adequately absorb the materials. --Mr. Nitchmann reported on the progress of the Fiscal Impact Committee. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m. a: