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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZMA200100008 Approval - County 2013-06-13 COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 Fax (434) 972-4012 Phone (434) 296-5832 October 23, 2007 Frank D. Cox, Jr. The Cox Company 220 East High Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 RE: ZMA2001-00008, Rivanna Village at Glenmore (Signs #16,17,19,20,21) T~x Map 93A1, Parcel Jl (portion) and Tax M3p Q3A1-4-(portion); Tax Map 93A1, Parcels,t, 3 & 4; Tax Map 80, Parcel 46, 46A,46C,4-SD, 46E, 50,and 55A; and Tax Map 79 ~roel25A. \'.' , De~r Mr. C'o.x:! The Board of Supervisors approved your rezoning application on June 13, 2007. Your rezoning from PRD, Planned Residential Development and RA, Rural Areas to NMD, Neighborhood Mod.el District was approved in accordance with the Code of Development dated May 23,2007 . and the attached proffers dated June 13, 2007. An application plan/plan of development dated May 23, 2007 was approv,ed 'as part of the rezoning. Please refer to these documents for any future applications and requests on this property. In addition, the Board approved your requested waivers subject to the following conditions: Waivers to Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 18, Section 4 4.6.3.a. LOTS, YARDS ADJACENT TO STREETS, ALLEYS, AND SHARED DRIVEWA YS: Lots and yards adjacent to streets, all~ys and shared driveways are subject to the following: a. Front yards of the depth required in the district shall be provided across the full width of the lot adjacent to the public street or private road. The depth of a required front yard shall be measured from the right-of-way line of the public street or private road so that the building line is equidistant from the public street or private road right-of-way at all points. Areas in parking bays shall not be considered as part of the public street or private road for purpOS!3S of determining front yard setback. In addition, if a shared driveway traverses a front yard, each primary structure also shall be located at least ten (10) feet from the edge of the shared driveway easement; if a shared driveway is concurrent with the shared lot line of the lots served by the shared driveway, each primary structure also shall be located at least three (3) feet from the .edge of the shared driveway easement. (Amended 7-1-81, 2-6-02) 2. Parking lots consisting of four (4) spaces or more shall be buffered from adjacent residential properties and public and private streets by use of a three (3) foot hedge, an opaque wall or fence of three (3) feet in height, or other features designed to reduce the visibility of parking lots from the street, adjacent residential uses or rural area districts. Vegetation provided to meet this requirement shall not be counted toward the interior landscaping requirement in Section 32 of the Zoning Ordinance. 3. Objectionable features including, but not limited to, the following uses shall be screened from adjacent residential and rural areas districts and public streets: - loading areas - refuse areas - storage yards ~-detentjonponds-------- ---- - -------------- - -- ----- -- -------------- _ recreational facilities determined to be of objectionable character by the agent other than children's play areas where visibility is necessary or passive recreation areas where visibility is desirable through use of a hedge, opaque wall or fence at least one (1) foot taller than the highest part of the objectionable feature but no taller than six (6) feet 4. The agent may require screening of any use, or portion thereof, upon determination that the use would otherwise have a negative visual impact on a property listed on the Virginia Historic Landmarks Register." 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 applicable PROFFERS; . compliance with requirements of the CODE OF DEVELOPMENT; . approval of and compliance with SITE PLAN(s) and/or SUBDIVISION PLAT(s); and . approval of a ZONING COMPLIANCE CLEARANCE. If you have questions or comments regarding the above-noted action, please do not hesitate to contact Sherri Proctor at 296-5832. Sincerely, .... , u.lJwt:~2J{ V. Wayne Cilimberg / Director of Planning ( Cc: Glenmore Associates limited Partnership POBox 5207, Charlottesville, VA 22905 T ex Weaver Chuck Proctor (VDOT) Steve Allshouse Sherri Proctor Sarah Baldwin Bruce Woodzell (Real Estate) 4.11.1 COVERED PORCHES, BALCONIES, CHIMNEYS AND LIKE FEATURES Covered porches, balconies, chimneys, eaves and like architectural features may project into any required yard; provided that no such feature shall be located closer than three (3) feet to any lot line. 4.11.2.1 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES No structure shall be permitted in an 'easement in a way that adversely affects the easement. In front and corner yards, accessory struCfture setbacks shall be the same as the established build-to line for that Building Block. In side yards, accessory structure setbacks shall be three (3) feet, except with garages and carports, where the side setback shall be zero (0) feet. Accessory structures shall be erected no closer than six (6) feet to an alley easement or right-of-way or shared driveway easement, no closer than three (3) feet to the edge of the alley easement or right-of-way or the shared driveway easement. The director of planning and community development may authorize an accessory structure to be located closer to the edge of an alley easement or right-of-way if the director determines that, based upon the written recommendation of the county engineer, the proposed design incorporates features that assure public safety and welfare. The county engineer shall consider the provision of adequate access to required onsite parking and/or garages, unimpeded vehicular circulation along the alley, an adequate clear zone along the alley, and other safety issues deemed appropriate for the conditions. 4.12.9 STREET AND ALLEY PARKING Street and alley parking may be provided as follows: a. Street parking consists of parking spaces located in a public or private right-of way. Each parking space that is in a public or private right-of-way abutting the lot shall count as a parking space for the purpose of meeting the minimum parking space requirements in sections 4.12.6 and 4.12.7. Each parking space shall be on a paved area within five hundred (500) feet of the travelway or public . right-of-way, and if the parking space is in a public right-of-way it shall not be prohibited by the Virginia Department of Transportation. 4.12.13 LOADING AREAS Off-street loading areas shall be provided as follows: a. Except in Block E, loading spaces shall be provided on the same lot with the use to which it is appurtenant and shall be adjacent to the structure it serves. In Block E, determination of loading space requirements shall be based on gross leaseable square footage for the Block and loading spaces shall be dispersed through out Block E in a logical fashion. b. Each site plan that depicts a commercial or industrial building of four thousand (4,000) gross square feet or more shall provide a dumpster pad within the block that does not impede any required parking or loading spaces, nor any pedestrian or vehicular circulation aisles. 4.12.6 MINIMUM NUMBER OF REQUIRED PARKING SPACES FOR SCHEDULED USES When the SDP's are reviewed for Block E, the parking will be considered proportional to the size of the development proposed together with what exists. In other words, if during the rezoning it is determined that the nonresidential blocks can be calculated at 4.75 spaces per 1000sfgla, but the 1st SDP comes in with only 10,000sfgla, that site plan will be required to show the parking at 5.5 spaces per 1000sfgla. Later when a ~d SDP is submitted and more square footage is added to the block, the parking generator will be reduced to include both the existing and what is proposed on' that SOP. 4.15.5 SIGNS AUTHORIZED BY SPECIAL USE PERMIT a.1. Off-site signs. Off-site advertising and directional signs are allowed by-right in Rivanna Village at G/enmore provided that the uses to which the signs relate are located solely within the Rivanna Village at G/enmore development. This waiver does not apply to signs that are visible from Route 250 East and G/enmore Way. a.2. Signs in public rights-ot-way. Signs in public rights-of-way are permitted without special use permit in Rivanna Village at G/enmore; provided: (1) the subdivision or planned development to which the sign pertains abuts the public right-ot-way; (2) all VDOT standards and regulations are met; (3) the County Engineer has determined that an adequate clear zone for pedestrian traffic can be maintained on the sidewalks. An adequate pedestrian clear zone shall be defined as a reasonably straight path paralleling the road way that is a minimum of five (5) feet wide and seven (7) high); application of this requirement pertains to signs located in the right-of-way as if these signs were on the parcel or parcels to which they are immediately adjacent; and (4) if the sign is located within an entrance corridor overlay district, a certificate of appropriateness is issued by the architectural review board. Staff notes that nothing in this waiver is intended to negate any of the other requirements of Section 4.15 for signs. 4.15.11 REGULATIONS APPLICABLE IN THE PUD AND NMD ZONING DISTRICTS In the Rivanna Village at G/enmore development the setback requirements of Section 4.5.11 do not apply provided that the County Engineer has determined that the proposed sign location would not compromise public health, safety, or welfare. 4.16.2 MINIMUM FACILITIES Requirements substituted with facilities described in the Code of Development. 4.17.4 LIGHTING STANDARDS b.1. Except for street lights internal to the development of Rivanna Village at G/enmore, the spillover of lighting from luminaires onto public roads and property in residential or rural areas zoning districts shall not exceed one-half (%) foot candle. 'A spillover shall be measured horizontally and vertically at the property line or edge of right-of-way or easement, whichever is closer to the light source. . For street lights permitted within Rivanna Village at G/enmore, VDOT standards shall be used to regulate public streets within the development. In addition, spillover along public streets internal to the development of Rivanna Village at G/enmore shall not exceed ~ foot- candle at the edge of the vehicle tr~velway which is the area between the parked cars and the travelway. '( b.2. Except for street lights internal to the development of Rivanna Village at G/enmore, all outdoor lighting, regardless of the amount of lumens, shall be arranged or shielded to reflect light away from adjoining residential districts and away from adjacent roads. Waivers to Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 18, Section 5 5.1.16 SWIMMING, GOLF, TENNIS CLUBS a. The swimming pool, including the apron, filtering and pumping equipment, and any buildings, shall be at least one hundred seventy-five feet (175) feet from the closest property line that abuts the boundary of the Rivanna Village at G/enmore development and at least thirty (30) feet from any residential dwelling b. When the lot on which any such pool is located abuts the rear or side line of, or is across the street from, any residential district, a substantial, sightly wall, fence, or shrubbery shall be erected or planted, so as to screen effectively said pool from view from the nearest property in such residential district; b. When the lot on which any such pool is located abuts the rear or side line of, or is across the street from, any residential district, a substantial, sightly wall, fence, or shrubbery shall be erected or planted, so as to screen effectively said pool from view from the nearest property in such residential district; c. (Repealed 6-14-00) d. Standards for swimming and tennis clubs are contained in the Rivanna Village at G/enmore Code of Development. e. Provision for concessions for the serving of food, refreshments or entertainment for club members and guests are regulated in the Rivanna Village at G/enmore Code of Development. Waivers to Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 18, Section 32 32.7.9.6 STREET TREES c. Street trees shall be planted with even spacing in a row within or adjacent to the public street right-of-way. 32.7.9.8 SCREENING 1. Within Rivanna Village at G/enmore, commercial and other non-residential uses shall not be required to be screened from adjacent residential uses."