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Home My WebLink AboutVA199700015 Application 1997-07-31 11( County of Albemarle Department of Zoning 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902-4596 (804) 296-5875 FAX (804) 972-4060 VA- lri DATE: 1 `3I 917 FEE: $95. 00 Fri . woo STAFF: 5,eggrt- r VARIANCE APPLICATION 5( 6. 4r OWNER (as currently listed in Real Es ate) L0W� hu 5� � Cap $1 3q1 Name Lowe's Home Centers. Inc. Phone (910 ) 658 - 2153 Address P.O. Box 1111, North Wilkesboro, NC 28656-0001 APPLICANT (if different from above) Name Phone ( ) - Address CONTACT PERSON (if different from above) ,/0-695.2 - 0411 Name Tom Wilkinson Phone 610 ) 658 - 2153 Day Phone ( ) Address P.O. Box 1111, North Wilkesboro, NC 28656-0001 LOCATION: 1900 Seminole Trail Road PLEASE PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION AND JUSTIFICATION OF YOUR REQUEST ON THE BACK OF THIS SHEET. OFFICE USE ONLY TAX MAP Otq , PARCEL 1/;t1-; TM , P ; TM , P a 1' 3 3 cbott. ZONED: C- ORDINANCE SECTION: Board of Zoning Appeals Date: / a /el 7 ( ) Special Permit `)p- 11-�a 5 P �( ) Variance`veV -74° ( ) Proffers L,y )I - 17a BZA ACTION: 4/-1,13--r-ei )nt,5 tslAnAA- 5 n f �r e�'c�ct�s� � �-z- 7 7 K« q./a:-/ - 6 VA 97-15. (Signs #1 & 2)Lowe' s Home Centers, Inc. , owner/applicant. Property located in NW corner of inters of Rt. 29 and Woodbrook Dr. Tax map 45, parcel 93A, zoned HC, Highway ' Commercial. The two requests are: 1. increase the height of a wall sign from 20 to 28 feet, and, 2 . increase the allowable area on one wall from 200 to 288 square feet by reducing the allowable area on another wall. \qlr\ a DESCRIPTION OF REQUEST: Ste 4 ii-e.c_,Ae d., JUSTIFICATION SHALL BE BASED ON THESE THREE (3) CRITERIA: 1) That the strict application of this ordinance would produce undue hardship. See Attached 2) That such hardship is not shared generally by other properties in the same zoning district and the same vicinity. See Attached 3) That the authorization of such variance will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property and that the character of the district will not be changed by the granting of the variance. See Attached The application may be deferred by the staff or the Board of Zoning Appeals, if sufficient information necessary to this review has not be submitted by the deadline. I hereby certify that the information provided on this application and a ompanying in rmation is accurate, true and correct to the best of my knowledg nd belief. /i/h:// 7/3 ignature ate Receipt# Date LowE's REAL ESTATE - SITE ASSESSMENT - PERMITTING 1203 School Street Wilkesboro, N.C. 28697 910-658-4000 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Date cn"j Job No.I�"1 /-7 TO C O(,tn d c Pt 1 Oma Y I Attention C Lon;n J I� bl II ' M kOI -��1VQ I�D QJ-CL Recl 1(J,Y'U�PSU: 2.VI'tu Chat tu ecv:llc,i UA aag0Q-`+r31G GENTLEMEN: WE ARE SENDING YOU ( )Attached ( ) Under separate cover via the following items: ( ) Shop drawings ( ) Prints ( ) Plans ( ) Samples ( ) Specifications ( ) Copy of letter ( ) Change order ( ) COPIES DATE NO. DESCRIPTION THESE ARE TRANSMITTED as checked below: ( ) For approval ( ) Approved as submitted ( ) Resubmit copies for approval ( ) For your use ( ) Approved as noted ( ) Submit copies for distribution ( ) As requested ( ) Returned for corrections ( ) Return corrected prints ( ) For review and comment ( ) ( ) FOR BIDS DUE I 19 ( ) PRINTS RETURNED AFTER LOAN TO US i REMARKS f) �nu Y a\JP Q rlx I.lec1- 0is, peat Co-( • V COPY TO c; Ie. JMY1, /I ISIGNEQ: l'iJJ_Ltl1i)1DYl LCJ 98-1 (Rev.5/97) If enclosures are not as noted,kindly notify us at once. A Description of Request: Lowe's requests two variances to The County of Albemarle's land use sign code 4.15.12.6. Commercial (HC) and mixed Commercial (PD-SC and PD-MC) District 1. A variance in the maximum height of 20 feet below top of fuscia or mansard be granted to allow the sign placement as depicted on the attached application, and 2. That a portion of the allowable signage for the rear of our proposed facility be reallocated to the front fuscia. Lowe's proposes that 88 sq. ft. of the allowable signage (200 sq. ft.) on the rear of our facility be used on the front fuscia as a directional sign entitled"Indoor Lumber Yard". Attached is a proposed sign plan to better illustrate our proposal. 1. That the strict application of this ordinance would produce undue hardship. The strict application of this ordinance would produce undue hardship by not permitting Lowe's to properly identify and direct customers to their desired store location. This direction is essential to our customers due to the size of our facility and travel distances between the different sales departments. Imparticular, our lumber sales area is located on the left side of the building while our garden center sales area is located on the right side of the building. Allowing Lowe's to erect our"Indoor Lumber Yard Sign" will allow our customers entering the parking lot to make a decision on where to park, based on the product they intend to purchase, thus creating a more convenient shopping experience. 2. That such hardship is not shared generally by other properties in the same zoning district and the same vicinity. If Lowe's was considered a strip shopping center and consisted of four(4) retail facilities, the following calculations would be utilized to determine the wall signage: Land Use Code 4.15.12.6- 1.5 sq. ft. of signage per 1 linear ft. of building frontage. • Lowe's 550 linear ft. 825 sq. ft. (200 sq. ft. maximum) • A strip shopping center having 550 linear ft. of frontage with four(4) different uses of 135 sq. ft. each would be permitted 200 sq. ft. each(a total of 800 sq. ft.) Examples of an existing strip center can be identified adjacent to our store location. Further more, our proposed new Lowe's can be considered similar to a strip shopping center due to two conditions, 1) The size of the proposed Lowe's facility (approximately G:\RE\TWILKINS\CORRESP\VA\CHARLOT r\VARIANCE.DOC 164,000 sq. ft. with 550 linear feet of building frontage), and 2) Our store consists of a number of different departments and carry a wide variety of products. 3. That the authorization of such variance will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property and that the character of the district will not be changed by the granting of the variance. The authorization of this variance will not be of substantial detriment to adjacent property all that the character of the district will not be changed by granting of this variance because similar conditions occur at adjacent properties. G:UtE\TW ILKINS\CORRESP\VA\CHARLOT F\VARIANCE.DOC ALBEMARLE COUNTY ALBEMARLE COUNTY CERTIFICATION PLANNING GOMMISSION BOARD OF SUPERVISORS THIS IS A CORRECT AND p `/ _ ACCUR T� PLA CHAIRMAN �"""`" M""�A �"r�r upf Vr 1� �DESIGNATED AGEWT R EDWARDS DATE: 7/30, DATE: 7/. 4 LAND SURVEYOR OWNERS APPROVAL: THE DIVISION OF THE LAND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS WITH COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE THE FREE CONSENT AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIRE OF THE UNDERSIGNED OWNERS, PROPRIETORS AND/OR TRUSTEES. ANY REFERENCE TO FUTURE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS TO BE DEEMED STATE OF VIRGINIA TO WIT: AS THEORETICAL ONLY. ALL STATEMENTS AFFIXED TO THIS PLAT THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT WAS AR� T UE AND COR T THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE ME THIS lN}� •e c.— �� 1<f1 6 (L� /E =�1'S DAY OF j� _ 1995 BY . ' ' -,1— it , , AS OWNERS. PROPRIETORS AND/OR TRUSTEES, NOTE: THE LAND USE REGULATIONS LISTED HEREIN ARE IMPOSED . /, ( -;', PURSUANT TO THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE IN EFFECT NOTARY/PUBLIC ON THIS DATE ANO ARE SHOWN FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY, THEY ARE NOT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS RUNNING WITH THE LAND MY COMMISSION EXPIRES: : /-= �� AND THEIR APPEARANCE ON THIS PLAT IS NOT INTENDED TO IMPOSE THEM AS SUCH. COUNTY OF W 1 L K ES, STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA To WIT: THE FOREGOING INSTRUMENT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BEFORE ME THIS -fra,f PAY OF ;J 41. -- , 1996 BY GENERAL NOTES fro rru.,t. ,,,, ., ► �� r I-.J�).._: .Nor;) , L._/0 l ., 4 I 1 . PROPERTY STANDING IN THE NAME OF RIO ASSOCIATES LIMITED AS OWNERS, PROPRIETORS AND/OR PARTNERSHIP. D. B. 996-135. ( PARCEL 109 SHEET 45) TRUSTEES. 2. IRON PINS TO BE SET AT ALL NEW CORNERS BY JAN 1, 1996. 3. THERE IS AN ADEQUATE BUILDING SITE IN EXCESS OF 30, 000 S. F , t /Z r, / .- WITH A SLOPE OF LESS THAN 25% SITUATED ON THE PROPERTIES NOTARY PUBLIC SHOWN HEREON. --- . M otip q' .g4L` ' 4 . PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CHARLOTTESVILLE MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT . ' o � Ltti(3rvu:tLR f 1;--,s '' NOTAMPalig44.1HItiCM0i,k4A 5. PROPERTY SHOWN HEREON IS ZONED H. C . tK ,". ._ COUMYGF�alus 6. SITE IS TO BE SERVED BY PUBLIC WATER & SEWER. '�= ''� illyCa11nB1155m,tIpifW1il-art-21 i 7. THIS PRIVATE ROAD WILL PROVIDE REASONABLE ACCESS BY MOTOR VEHICLE AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 18-36 OF THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY BE MMApp. SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE . B. PARCEL A AND PARCEL B SHALL ACCESS THE ISr SITE STATE ROAD ONLY BY THE EASEMENT SHOWN. • / 9. rriuran 1 'r STANDING IN THE NAME OF LOWES INVESTMENT CORP. a o? �� QB. 996- 141 ( PARCEL 93 A SHEET 45 ) o so �� 10. PROPERTY STANDING IN THE NAME OF LOWES HOME CENTER, INC. a DB 1518- 224 ( PARCEL 109D SHEET 45 ) US pT , 29 II. THERE IS AN ADEQUATE BUILDING SITE ON PARCEL B AS PER SECTION 4.2.2.2 B OF THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE. VICINITY MAP �0- Ptsr to / / '1 ,?._A '-i t / 7<' Z ARTHUR F. EDWARDS + 1420B4. 4. 4. of 7/ /�� g' 1�>)51'1R\V--6,xx PLAT SHOWING DIVISION OF PARCEL, 109 AS SHOWN ON SHEET 45 COUNTY TAX MAPS SCALE: 1 " = 100 ' ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA DECEMBER 12, 1995 GRAPHIC SCALE 6n6n6nnnnimiiimmikdnn 0 100 200 300 B . AUBREY HUFFMAN & ASSOCIATES , LTD . CIVIL ENGINEERING - LAND SURVEYING - LAND PLANNING CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA SHET 1 O f 2 N,d DISK 102 B 1U4S-f09 C PARCEL I. -o • \ . ,s1:9- .9 3.05.E IRON So��s N37 5 SS IRON 388.01 ' v ✓✓ o S S. • vo vS �` — — -" ZS v S� ✓S. 0066 -3 •s.� 0 a a a a .a ,� -3 r1 (01)NM 0 p0 O . OWN— Z 33 ko mN �z�5. o 0 L.f) (�'l v A�CE ')- 01 SEWER ESMNT V Cn 1 r` SAN 755 tipof pC• Z� D.B. g73 rn �0 • �6 5 pC. 0 Ct m "�• w 1- Q o .8 IOIALl 00••E ' u, S54 •01 CL INEW 3B '43' 44'•w m 25.03. 0'' `'qa i1222-._-3 50---\- S51 '16' 16"E to W 0, .•O' p. 1 53B•43'44-11 25.00 m I 123.50' 7MNT `r o a 0 h. 1 N313•43'44 E \ SAN. 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SCALE: 1 ' = 100 ' ALBEMARLE COU NTY, VIRGINIA DECEMBER 12, 1995 GRAPHIC SCALE N 0 200 300 �o��dwb 0 10 O` B . AUBREY HUFFMAN & ASSOCIATES , LTD . CIVIL ENGINEERING - LAND SURVEYING - LAND PLANNING CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA SHEET 2 of 2 AGL 019( 102 B.T1445-1D9