HomeMy WebLinkAboutSE202000003 Action Letter 2021-10-27County of Albemarle
Community Development Department - Planning
October 27, 2021
Valerie Long
Williams Mullen
321 East Main Stir, Suite 400
Charlottesville VA 22902
vlong@williamsmullen.com
RE: SE202000003 RST Residences Action Letter
Dear Ms. Long,
Andy Reitelbach
areitelbach@albemarle.org
Telephone: (434) 296-5832 ext. 3261.
On September 15, 2021, the Board of Supervisors took action on the above noted Special Exception on Tax Map Parcel
Numbers 04600000010800 and 04600000010900 in the Rivanna 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 may lawfully begin until all applicable approvals have been received and
conditions have been met. This includes:
• compliance with the approved SPECIAL EXCEPTION;
• approval of and compliance with a SITE PLAN; and
• approval of a ZONING COMPLIANCE CLEARANCE.
Should you have questions regarding the above -noted action, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Andy Reitelbach
Senior Planner
Cc. Seminole Lane C/o RST Development LLC
168 Business Park Dr, Ste 200
Virginia Beach VA 23462
scott@rstdevelopment.com
WWW.ALBEMARLE.ORG
401 McIntire Road, North Wing, I Charlottesville, VA 22902-4579
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE A SPECIAL EXCEPTION
FOR SE2020-00003 RST RESIDENCES
WHEREAS, upon consideration of the Transmittal Summary and Planning Commission Staff
Report prepared in conjunction with the SE2020-00003 RST Residences application, which was filed in
connection with ZMA2020-00007 RST Residences, and the attachments thereto, including staffs supporting
analysis, any comments received, and all of the factors relevant.to the special exception in Albemarle County
Code §§ 18-4.19(5) and 18-33.9, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors hereby finds that the requested
special exception:
(i) is consistent with the intent and purposes of the planned development district under the
particular circumstances, and satisfies all other applicable requirements of County Code
§ 18-8;
(ii) is consistent with planned development design principles;
(iii) would not adversely affect the public health, safety or general welfare; and
(iv) would satisfy the public purposes of the original regulation to at least an equivalent degree
by the modification.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in association with SE2020-00003 RST
Residences, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors hereby approves the special exception to modify the
stepback requirements for buildings in the development, 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 five to one, as
recorded below, at a regular meeting held on September 15, 2021.
Clerk, Board of County Supe2ro6rs
Ave Nay
Mr. Gallaway
Y
Ms. LaPisto-Kirtley
N
Ms. Mallek
Y
Ms. McKeel
Y
Ms. Palmer
Y
Ms. Price
Y
SE 2020-00003 RST Residences Special Exception Conditions
1. Development of the use must be in general accord (as determined by the Director of Planning and the
Zoning Administrator) with the application plan entitled, "ZMA2020- 00007 Zoning Map
Amendment for RST Residences," prepared by Boller, dated May 18, 2020, last revised June 1,
2021.
2. The stepback requirement is waived for the fourth story of each of the six townhouse structures as
shown on the plan and identified in the special exception request and narrative, entitled "RST
Residences, Special Exception Application Narrative, SE2020- 00003," dated May 18, 2020, last
revised June E 2021.
3. The stepback requirement is waived for the fourth story of each of the multi -family apartment
buildings identified as Buildings 2, 3, and 4 on the plan and in the special exception request and
narrative, entitled "RST Residences, Special Exception Application Narrative, SE2020-00003,"
dated May 18, 2020, last revised June 1, 2021.
4. The stepback requirement is waived for the fourth story of each of the two wings of the central
multi -family building identified as Building 1 on the plan and in the special exception request and
narrative, entitled "RST Residences, Special Exception Application Narrative, SE2020-00003,"
dated May 18, 2020, last revised June 1, 2021.
5. The fifth story of each of the two wings of the central multi -family building identified as Building 1
on the plan and in the special exception request and narrative, entitled "RST Residences, Special
Exception Application Narrative, SE2020-00003," dated May 18, 2020, last revised June 1, 2021,
must be stepped back. For calculation of the stepbacks, the frontage for the North Wing of Building
I is Travelway A, as identified on the application plan entitled, "ZMA2020-00007 Zoning Map
Amendment for RST Residences," prepared by Bohler, dated May 18, 2020, last revised June 1,
2021, and the frontage for the South Wing of Building 1 is U.S. Route 29.