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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4012
April 16, 2008
Angela Critzer
1145 James River Road
Scottsville, Va 24590
RE: SP200700064 Camp Watermarks Amendment
Tax Map 136, Parcels 6B, 9, 9A2, 9D, 9D1, 9E
Dear Ms. Critzer
The Albemarle County Planning Commission, at its meeting on April 1, 2008, recommended approval of
the above -noted petition to the Board of Supervisors, by a vote of 7:0.
Please note that this approval is subject to the following conditions:
1. The improvements, and the scale and location of the improvements authorized by
Special Use Permit 2007 08 2007-64 Camp Watermarks, shall be in general accord
with the concept application plan dated """�,9.zy-'�0, February 15. 2008, prepared
by Angela and Travis Critzer, and titled "Watermarks Christian Ministries Camp"
(Attachment A). However, the Zoning Administrator may approve revisions to the
concept application plan to allow compliance with the Zoning Ordinance.
2. Compliance with the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code shall be verified by the
Fire Marshall prior to issuance of a zoning compliance clearance.
3. Amendment of the building permit for a storage building (permit # 2007-2448 NNR),
as shown on the concept application plan (Attachment A), shall be required to allow
overnight occupancy of staff, as well as other camp uses.
4. Prior to issuance of the zoning compliance clearance, compliance with the Virginia
State Department of Health LYQHregarding minimum septic requirements shall be
required. The VDH shall re -review the status of septic standards within one year of the
date of the approval of the special use permit. At that time, and if necessary, systems
shall be upgraded or enrolment reduced based on VDH recommendations.
5. Prior to issuance of the zoning compliance clearance, compliance with the Virginia
State Department of Health regarding kitchen and food service approvals shall be
verified.
6. Total number of staff (in addition to the applicant and their family) on site at one time
shall be limited to twenty (20).
7. Camp sessions shall be limited to a maximum of sixteen (16), each one (1) week
long, overnight sessions per year.
8. The maximum number of children per session shall be limited to seventy five (75).
9. The maximum number of bus or van trips (round trips) to and from the camp, each
week long session shall be six (6). Bus or van trips shall be the primary means of
transportation for the children.
10. Five food deliveries by truck shall be permitted per week long session.
11. Camp activities are permitted on Tax Map 136, Parcels 6B, 9, 9A2, 9D, 9D1, 9E.
12. Outdoor amplified sounds or bull horns shall be prohibited.
13. Compliance with the Virginia State Department of Health regarding water supply shall
be verified by the Health Department prior to issuance of a zoning compliance
clearing and the commencement of the special use. The VDH shall re -review the
status of water standards within one year of the date of the approval of the special
use permit. At that time, and if necessary, systems shall be upgraded or enrolment
reduced based on VDH recommendations.
14. This special use permit does not include approval for additional lighting subject to
Chapter 18, Section 4.17 of the Zoning Ordinance.
Please be advised that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will review this petition and receive
public comment at their meeting on May 7, 2008.
If you should have any questions or comments regarding the above noted action, please do not hesitate to
contact me at (434) 296-5832.
Sincerely,
Joan McDowell
Principal Planner
Planning Division
JM/SM
POLICY
SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS
FOR ZONING APPLICATIONS
It is the Board's preference that a public hearing should not be advertised until all of the final materials
for a zoning application have been received by the County and are available for public review. To achieve this
preference, applicants should provide final plans, final codes of development, final proffers, and any other
documents deemed necessary by the Director of Community Development, to the County no later than two days
prior to the County's deadline for submitting the public hearing advertisement to the newspaper. Staffwill advise
applicants of this date by including it in annual schedules for applications and by providing each applicant a
minimum of two weeks advance notice of the deadline.
If the applicant does not submit the required materials by this date, the public hearing shall not be
advertised unless the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Director of Community Development that
good cause exists for the public hearing to be advertised. If not advertised, a new public hearing date will be
scheduled. If the public hearing is held without final materials being available for review throughout the
advertisement period due to a late submittal of documents, or because substantial revisions or amendments are
made to the submitted materials after the public hearing has been advertised, it will be the policy of the Board to
either defer action and schedule a second public hearing that provides this opportunity to the public or to deny the
application, unless the Board finds that the deferral would not be in the public interest or not forward the purposes
of this policy.
Final signed proffers shall be submitted to the County no later than nine days prior to the date of the
advertised public hearing. This policy is not intended to prevent changes made in proffers at the public hearing
resulting from comments received from the public or from Board members at the public hearing.
This Zoning Policy will be included in the Board's Rules of Procedure for adoption each year, so that the
policy can be re-examined annually.