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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
________________Department of Community Developm
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
September 30, 2008
Mr. Scott Collins
Collins Engineering
800 East Jefferson Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Re: NGIC — Request for Parking Modification (TM 33, portion of Parcel 1D)
Dear Mr. Collins,
This letter serves to provide a written record of the parking modification approval for the
above -noted property in accordance with Section 4.12.2 c.1 of the Albemarle County
Code (Zoning Ordinance). This is in response to your request for modification, dated
August 18, 2008 and revised September 24, 2008.
The previously approved rezoning and special use permits for this site called for two
office buildings of 89,400 gross square feet of floor area each. This is a total of
178,800 gross sf. Based on the ordinance standard for 80% net and 1 space per 200
square feet of office use, 716 parking spaces were required (calculated per floor for
both buildings). Additionally, a third building will house 120 residential units, requiring
240 parking spaces. A total of 783 parking spaces were proposed with the original
plan, with 173 spaces shared by the offices and residential units.
The office buildings are now being proposed with one having a basement storage level
of 22,100 gross sf. and the other having two basement floor levels totaling 44,200 gross
sf. (a total of 66,300 gross sf.). These building additions, if approved by the Board of
Supervisors with the ZMA-2008-004, SP -2008-045 & SP -2008-046 will be permitted
without the requirement of additional parking spaces, based on our understanding of
the limitations outlined in your request, with several conditions of use for the buildings.
These conditions of use are the basis for and part of this parking determination. Any
zoning clearances for current or future users will be limited by these conditions, until
and unless a future parking determination is made to amend this one. They are as
follows:
1. The net office area for the building (for the purpose of determining parking
requirements) is a maximum of 178,800 gross sf.
2. The gross square footage in the three basement floors shall be limited to storage
use only for the occupants of the office floors and may not be occupied as active
offices.
Any conversion of this space to active office area (with offices, meeting__
rooms or the like) or any other use will be a violation of this approval. Each
designated storage area in this basement shall be limited in terms of electrical
and telephone service. It is recommended (not required) that the ceiling height
__in each storage area -be reduced. to a maximum head room of 6. feet 6 inches....___
This is a common zoning practice for cases in which parking is reduced based
on substantial area devoted to storage.
3. Any future tenants will be subject to compliance with our parking regulations.
The current parking analysis assumes a general office use and the three
basement floors used exclusively as storage for the office users. Future tenants
may be limited by available parking. (Please check with us prior to finalizing
leases with future tenants.)
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. If there -are corrections or
revisions to these assumptions or conditions, please inform me.
If you are aggrieved by this determination, you have a right to appeal it within thirty (30)
days of the date notice of this determination is given, in accordance with Section 15.2-
2311(A) of the Code of Virginia. If you do not file a timely appeal, this determination
shall be final and unappealable. An appeal shall be taken only by filing with the Zoning
Administrator and the Board of Zoning Appeals a notice of appeal which specifies the
grounds for the appeal. An appeal application must be completed and filed along with
the fee of $120. The date notice of this determination is being given is the same as the
date of this
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rely,
L. Higgins, .I.P.,G-r—�
Chief of Zoning/Deputy Zoning Administrator
Cc: Next Generation, LLC
United Land Corporation
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