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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP198800060 Action Letter S-(J .. <i f .O~O 592 October 5, 1988 (Regular Night Meeting) (Page 13) shown for townhouse units on the Application Plan. Additional single-family dwelling units may be placed within the other areas shown on the Application Plan. 3. Access to Reynovia shall be provided in two locations as delin- eated on the application plan. 4. Each single-family, detached lot shall contain a 5,000 square foot building site with a length to width ratio not to exceed 2.5:1. No driveway shall encroach more than 50 lineal feet on slopes of 25 percent or greater. J 5. Lot reconfiguration necessitated by this condition of approval and other necessary modifications to the preliminary plan will be undertaken after review of the plan by the COImnission, and the changes will be subject to administrative approval by staff. There was no further discussion. Roll was called and the motion carried by the following recorded vote: AYES: NAYS: Messrs. Bain and Bowie, Mrs. Cooke. Messrs. Lindstrom. Perkins and Way. None. i Mr. Horne agreed to ask the applicant to sign a copy~of the above prof- fers. ;j I ;. ~ ; Agenda Item No.5. SP-88-60. Dr. Martin Schulman. To allow for veteri- nary clinic on a 21.523 acre parcel zoned RA. Property i~cated on the north side of Route 240 (Three Notch'd Road) across from Acme v'~sible Records. Tax Map 56, Parcel 67. White Hall District. (Advertised in !he Daily Progress on September 20 and September 27, 1988.) 'ij Mr. Horne gave the staff's report as follows: J '1 "Character of the Area: The subject property is vac~nt, rolling, open meadow. The existing clinic and a cottage zoned Rural Areas are located to the north. A single-family dwelling is Ipcated approxi- mately 600 feet to the east. Properties to the south and west are zoned LI. Light Industrial. while properties to the horth and east are zoned RA. Rural Areas. COlll1lrehensive Plan: This property is located acrossfRoute 240 from the Community of Crozet. within Rural Area III. i The applicant has requested that the Board of Supervisors amend the Albemarle County Service Authority service areas to ~tend public water and sewer to the site. I Applicant's Proposal: The applicant proposes to relQcate the Crozet Veterinary Clinic in new, expanded facilities. The present struc- ture, less than 800 square feet in area. has been fo~nd to be struc- turally unsound for expansion. The vast majority (9~ percent) of veterinary care is for small animals. The new Virgi~ia Health Regulations require an isolation area (by July 1989)~ which cannot be met in the present structure. The applicant propose,. construction of a 3.000 square foot building. with 12 to 16 runs. Iq addition to boarding sick or recovering animals. they will boardJthe occasional animal that is healthy, but requires observation due:1.to a previous medical condition. o I: Section 5.1.11. Commercial Kennel, Veterinary, Anima! Hospital, specifies a 200-foot building setback from a soundpr~ofed building occupied by animals to any agricultural or residenti~l lot line. The applicant requests in accordance with Section 5.1. tHat the Planning Commission and the Board of Supervisors vary this se~ack to a distance of 100 feet from the proposed property line~o the east. The applicant proposes to add a portion of this parc~l to the agri- cultural parcel to the east. ' 5(>- 8 'i-Obo October 5. 1988 (Regular Night Meeting) (Page 14) 593 Staff COIIDJIent: While this site is outside the designated Crozet growth area, this is a request for slight relocation of an estab- lished use. Also, since veterinary clinics and kennels are by special use permit in the RA. Rural Areas. district. they need not be restricted to growth area locations. r Staff supports the applicant's request for a reduced bUilding setback from 200 to 100 feet. The relevant property owners have written that they do not object. The applicant's ar~hitect has calculated that the maximum noise level will be maintai~ed with the reduced setback, based on the proposed construction mate~ials. Therefore. the intent of this setback will be met with the reduced setback. The applicant proposed access from a new entrance on Route 240. instead of the internal road, Parkview Drive. The applicant's justification is that grading will be m~nimized and the need to cross a main gas line will be eliminated. The Virginia Department of Transportation. County Engineering and flanning staff do not support the request for an additional entrance ~n Route 240. Parkview Drive, which presently serves the Crozet Vetertnary Clinic. also serves several residences. A right turn lane ,xists at the entrance. Minor trimming of vegetation across this proPerty's western frontage is necessary to obtain sight distance. Roqte 240 is a main thoroughfare within the Community of Crozet and will~serVe additional traffic with future growth. Access directly to Rout~ 240 would increase the amount of side friction and congestion while providing no particular public benefit. The Health Department has granted prel~inary approval based on a Soil Scientist's report. Only domestic Isewage would discharge to the septic field. Animal wash-up area's an~ the kennel's discharge would be to a storage tank to be disposed of aff-site. ,..-.. " I I i Staff has viewed this petition as an expansion of an existing use. Staff recommends approval subject to th~ following conditions: i 1. Building area limited to 3,000 sq~re feet; 2. Planning Commission approval of sit1 plan; I' ,I 3. Compliance with Section 5.1.11 of tPe Zoning Ordinance, except that the minimum building setback to the eastern agricultural property line shall be reduced to 100 feet. Engineer's report addressing performance standards ofiiSection 4.14 of the Zoning Ordinance to be submitted with site:'plan." I :! ri I I I Mr. Horne said that the Planning Commis~~on, at its meeting on Septem- ber 27, 1988. unanimously recommended approva~ of the petition with the conditions recommended in the staff report, ~d a fourth condition reading: "The kennel use is approved in conjunction wifh the veterinary use and shall not be operated independently. II :' Ii Mr. Horne said the applicant has also requested that the Board extend the service area of the Albemarle County Service 4uthority to make it possible for this site to receive both public water and se~er service. He said this request for water and sewer service engendere4 a lot of discussion at the Planning Commission meeting, but the Board co~ld not decide this request tonight because a legal advertisement had not, ;yet run in the Daily Progress. He added that the applicant would be able to use this site for the uses requested in the special use permit regardless of whether water and sewer service were extended to the site. II 11 Mr. Way asked Hr. Horne to brief members :,of the Board on the status of the applicant's request to extend the boundar~es of the Service Authority. Mr. Horne said the request for public water and Sf' er and the special use permit are two separate requests and the applicant c:. operate the veterinary clinic and kennel without public water and sewerage.: Nevertheless, he said, the Planning Commission spent a lot of time discu ing the request to extend the service boundaries. Mr. Horne said he sent a1memorandum to the Planning i r- 5 f- 8~-o{oO 594 October 5, 1988 (Regular Night Meeting) (Page 15) Commission. dated September 20. 1988. stating that the Board wanted to know whether an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan would be necessary in order to approve extending public water and sewerage to this property. Since this property is outside the growth area of Crozet and within ' the watershed of the drinking water supply for Crozet and the water and sewerage would service new development, not existing structures, members of the Planning Commission felt it would be a major policy decision to extend the service boundaries, necessi- tating an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Horn~ noted that water is provided to the existing clinic. even though the property is not shown on the service areas map. Mr. Horne said the staff believes this to be a mapping error. Mr. Horne then iterated that the request for water and sewerage is not the request that is before the Board tonight. J Mr. Way opened the public hearing and asked if the applicant wished to address the Board. Dr. Martin Schulman said adjoining landowners and other residents of western Albemarle County support his request for a special use permit to operate a veterinary clinic and kennel. He said he has incorporated into the design for the site the recommendations of the Planning C~ission concerning noise and waste control. He said his new clinic will me~t the community's need for an expanded facility and the new guidelines established by the Virginia State Health Regulatory Board. These gUidelines: require that all veterinary hospitals in the State have an isolation wardifor infectious diseases by July. 1989. ie !' Hr. Bowie asked how far the new structure would be f~om the existing structure. Dr. Schulman said, "about 500 feet". Since no one else wished to speak to this special us~ permit, Mr. Way closed the public hearing and placed the matter before the Board. " Motion was offered by Mr. Perkins and seconded by M~; Lindstrom to approve SP-88-60 with the four conditions recommended by :the Planning Commis- sion. There was no further discussion. Roll was called '~nd the motion carried by the following recorded vote: 7, il ~ AYES: NAYS: :j. Messrs. Rain and Bowie. Mrs. Cooke, Messrs. Lindst~om. Perkins and Way. None. (Note: Conditions of approval are set out below.) 1. Building area limited to 3.000 square feet; 2. Planning Commission approval of site plan; " 3. Compliance with Section 5.1.11 of the Zoning Or4inance. except that the minimum building setback to the easte~ agricultural property line shall be reduced to 100 feet. Engineer's report addressing performance standards of Section 4.14 of the Zoning Ordinance to be submitted with site plan; 4. The kennel use is approved in conjunction with the veterinary use and shall not be operated independently. Agenda Item No.8. February 10, 1988. i Approval of Minutes: March 20 (~fternoon). 1985, and Mrs. Cooke had read the minutes of February 10. 1988,; page 1 to page 11. and found them to be in order. Motion was offered by Mr. ;Bowie and seconded by Mr. Bain to approve the minutes which had been read. ~ere was no further discussion. Roll was called and the motion carried by th~following recorded vote: o AYES: NAYS: Messrs. Bain and Bowie, Mrs. Cooke. Messrs. None. I, I' Lindstrpm, Perkins and Way. Ii F