HomeMy WebLinkAboutSE202200050 Correspondence 2022-08-16August 12, 2022
Mr. Francis H. MacCall, CZA
Chief of Zoning, Deputy Zoning Administrator
Albemarle County- Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, VA. 22902-4596
RE: Application for Special Exception and Zoning Clearance Letter
Dear Mr. MacCall
Please fmd attached an application for a Special Exception (the "SE") and Zoning Clearance Letter (the
"CLE") regarding the property located at 1311 Stony Point Road in Charlottesville, Virginia (the "Property").
The Property is currently zoned Highway Commercial and per Chapter 18, Article III, Section 24.2.1 of the
zoning code, the building's 7,200 square footage exceeds the code's 4,000 square foot limit on using the space
for warehouse, storage, and distribution. The specific language in the code reads "49.
Storage/Warehouse/Distribution/Transportation; gross floor area of the establishment does not exceed 4,000
square feet per site; provided that the gross floor area of the establishment may exceed 4,000 square feet per
site by special exception approved by the board of supervisors." The owners of the Property wish to lease the
building to Goodwill Industries of the Valleys ("Goodwill") for their intended use of receiving, sorting,
storing, and distributing donated goods for their retail operations in the Albemarle County region.
Goodwill operates four retail stores in the Albemarle County region. These four retail stores combine to make
the Albemarle County region Goodwill's most successful region in their entire forty county territory. Donated
goods are the lifeblood of the retail stores. The Property would be served by approximately six employees at
any given time. The building will be renovated and improved for Goodwill's operation.
Goodwill's use of the building's total 7,200 square feet for their donated goods operation is critical to their
success in the Albemarle County region. Over ninety percent of the revenue generated from Goodwill's retail
stores goes directly to helping those in our community that need assistance overcoming a variety of challenges.
Thank you for considering this request.
Respectfully,
P&M. uJ�
Peter H. Wray
TAP Investments, LLC