HomeMy WebLinkAboutSE202100049 Action Letter 2022-02-16County of Albemarle
Community Development Department - Zoning
February 10, 2022
Guy and Elizabeth Pelly
708 Merrie Mill Farm
Keswick VA 22947
elizabeth@merriemilifarm.com
RE: SE202100049 598 Merrie Mill Farm Homestay Action Letter
Dear Mr. Pelly and Ms. Pelly,
Lea Brumfield
lbrumfield@albemarle.org
Telephone: (434) 296-5832 ext. 3023
On February 2, 2022, the Board of Supervisors took action on your Special Exception on Tax Map Number 06500-00-00-
084131 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 as approved above may lawfully begin until all applicable approvals have been received and
conditions have been met. This includes:
• compliance with the approved SPECIAL EXCEPTION; and
• approval of a ZONING CLEARANCE.
Should you have questions regarding the above -noted action, please contact me.
Sincerely,
Lea Brumfield
Senior Planner II
Cc: Merrie Mill Farm LLC
PO Box 70
Keswick VA 22947
WWW.ALBEMARLE.ORG
401 McIntire Road, North Wing, I Charlottesville, VA 22902-4579
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE SPECIAL EXCEPTION
FOR SE 2021-00049 598 MERRIE MILL FARM HOMESTAY
WHEREAS, upon consideration of the Memorandum prepared in conjunction with the SE2021-
00049 598 Morrie Mill Farm Homestay application and the attachments thereto, including staffs supporting
analysis, any comments received, and all of the factors relevant to the special exceptions in Albemarle
County Code §§ 18-5.1.48 and 18-33.9, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors hereby finds that the
requested special exception would cause (i) no detriment to any abutting lot and (ii) no harm to the public
health, safety, or welfare.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that in association with the 598 Morrie Mill Farm
Homestay, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors hereby approves the special exception to modify the
minimum 125-foot northeastern and southeastern yards required for a homestay on a parcel over five acres in
the Rural Areas zoning district, subject to the conditions attached hereto.
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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 six to zero, as
recorded below, at a regular meeting held on February 2, 2022.
Clerk, Board of County Supery s
Ave Nay
Mr. Andrews
Y
Mr. Gallaway
Y
Ms. LaPisto-Kirtley
Y
Ms. Mallek
Y
Ms. McKeel
Y
Ms. Price
Y
SE 2021-00049 598 Merrie Mill Farm Homestay Special Exception Conditions
1. Parking for homestay guests must be located in the parking area shown on the House and
Parking Location Exhibit dated January 14, 2022, or meet the setbacks required for homestays.
2. Homestay use is limited to the existing dwelling as currently configured and depicted on the
House and Parking Location Exhibit dated January 14, 2022, or in additional structures or
additions meeting the setbacks required for homestays.
3. If the existing screening, as depicted on the Location Map dated January 14, 2022, is not
maintained, equivalent screening that meets the minimum requirements of County Code § 18-
32.7.9.7(b)-(e) must be established and maintained.