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ORDINANCE NO. 08 -18( )
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHAPTER 18, ZONING, ARTICLE III, DISTRICT REGULATIONS, OF
THE CODE OF THE COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE, VIRGINIA
BE IT ORDAINED By the Board of Supervisors of the County of Albemarle, Virginia, that Chapter 18,
Zoning, Article III, District Regulations, is hereby amended and reordained as follows:
By Amending:
Sec. 11.3.1 By right uses
Chapter 18. Zoning
Article 3. District Regulations
Sec. 11.3.1 By right uses
The following uses shall be permitted by right in the MHD:
Uses relating to the operation of Monticello as a historic house museum and historic site as
follows:
Interpretative, educational and research uses such as tours; interpretive signs,
walking paths, displays and exhibits; classes, workshops, lectures, programs and
demonstrations; field schools and history- related day camps; and archaeological
laboratories.
b. Administrative and support activities including visitor ticketing and shuttle bus
operations, maintenance operations, equipment storage, vehicle maintenance and
refueling, security and general administration, and related support spaces and offices.
C. Visitor amenities including: parking lots; travelways; public restrooms; food and
drink preparation and vending; picnic areas; walking paths and pedestrian bridges.
d. Display and sale of products related to Thomas Jefferson and the history of
Monticello.
C. Other uses not expressly delineated in subsection 1(a) through (d) authorized by the
zoning administrator after consultation with the director of planning and other
appropriate officials; provided that the use shall be consistent with the express
purpose and intent of the MHD, similar to the uses delineated in this subsection in
character, locational requirements, operational characteristics, visual impact, and
traffic generation.
2. Temporary events related to or supportive of the historic, educational or civic significance of
Monticello, such as, but not limited to the Naturalization Ceremony on the Fourth of July,
Thomas Jefferson's Birthday celebration, summer speakers series, presidential inaugural
events, and commemorative events similar to the Lewis and Clark bicentennial.
3. Display and sale of gifts, souvenirs, crafts, food, and horticultural and agricultural products,
including outdoor storage and display of horticultural and agricultural products, including
wayside stands for display and sale of agricultural products produced on the premises
(reference 5.1.19).
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4. Establishment and changes to structures shown on the approved application plan:
a. Modification, improvement, expansion, or demolition of "modern structures"
existing on the effective date of this section 11.
b. Modification, improvement, re- creation, or restoration (including expansion) of
"historic or interpretive structures."
C. Establishment of "new primary structures or features" identified as such on the
approved application plan.
Cemeteries.
6. Detached single - family dwellings, including guest cottages and rental of the same.
7. Side -by -side duplexes; provided that density is maintained and provided that buildings are
located so that each unit could be provided with a lot meeting all other requirements for
detached single - family dwellings except for side yards at the common wall. Other two -
family dwellings shall be permitted provided density is maintained.
8. Agriculture, forestry, and fishery uses except as otherwise expressly provided.
9. Game preserves, wildlife sanctuaries and fishery uses.
10. Electric, gas, oil and communication facilities excluding tower structures and including
poles, lines, transformers, pipes, meters and related facilities for distribution of local service
and owned and operated by a public utility. Water distribution and sewerage collection lines,
pumping stations and appurtenances owned and operated by the Albemarle County Service
Authority. Except as otherwise expressly provided, central water supplies and central
sewerage systems in conformance with Chapter 16 of the Code of Albemarle and all other
applicable laws.
11. Accessory uses and structures including home occupation, Class A (reference 5.2) and
storage buildings.
12. Temporary construction uses (reference 5.1.18).
13. Public uses and buildings including temporary or mobile facilities such as schools, offices,
parks, playgrounds and roads funded, owned or operated by local, state or federal agencies
(reference 31.2.5); public water and sewer transmission, main or trunk lines, treatment
facilities, pumping stations and the like, owned and/or operated by the Rivanna Water and
Sewer Authority (reference 31.2.5; 5.1.12).
14. Temporary sawmill (reference 5.1.15 and subject to performance standards in 4.14).
15. Agricultural service occupation (subject to performance standards in 4.14).
16. Divisions of land in accordance with section 10.3.
17. Tourist lodging (reference 5.1.17).
18. Mobile homes, individual, qualifying under the following requirements (reference
5.6):
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A property owner residing on the premises in a permanent home wishes to place a
mobile home on such property in order to maintain a full -time agricultural employee.
b. Due to the destruction of a permanent home an emergency exists. A permit can be
issued in this event not to exceed twelve (12) months. The zoning administrator
shall be authorized to issue permits in accordance with the intent of this ordinance
and shall be authorized to require or seek any information which he may determine
necessary in making a determination of cases "a" and "b" of the aforementioned
uses.
19. Farm winery (reference 5.1.25).
20. Borrow area, borrow pit, not exceeding an aggregate volume of fifty thousand (50,000) cubic
yards including all borrow pits and borrow areas on any one parcel of record on the adoption
date of this provision (reference 5.1.28).
21. Commercial stable (reference 5.1.03).
22. Stormwater management facilities shown on an approved final site plan or subdivision plat.
23. Tier I and Tier 11 personal wireless service facilities (reference 5.1.40).
24. Monticello scholar residences. which shall be private lodaina accommodations in multiDle-
family dwellings for educators, academic fellows or scholars working on Jefferson related
research and/or programs, Montalto program participants, persons directly engaged in the
programming, research, or operation of Monticello as a historic museum and historic
site, and for a sole caretaker, provided that not more than three dwelling units shall be
occupied at any one time by persons directly engaged in the programming, research, or
operation of Monticello as a historic museum and historic site except during the semi - annual
meetings of the owner's governing board.
(Ord. 05- 18(5), 6 -8 -05)
I, Ella W. Jordan, do hereby certify that the foregoing writing is a true, correct copy of an Ordinance duly
adopted by the Board of Supervisors of Albemarle County, Virginia, by a vote of to , as
recorded below, at a regular meeting held on
Nay
Mr. Boyd
Mr. Dorrier
Ms. Mallek
Mr. Rooker
Mr. Slutzky
Ms. Thomas
Clerk, Board of County Supervisors