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MEMORANDUM
TO: Albemarle County Community Development Staff
FROM: Kendra Moon, PE
Line and Grade Civil Engineering
DATE: September 19, 2022
RE: Wakefield Kennel
Special Exception to Parking Requirements
Project Details:
Applicant:
Barry Dofflemyer
Engineer:
Line and Grade Civil Engineering I Kendra G. Moon, PE
Name of Project:
Wakefield Kennel
Short Description:
Reduced parking from 51 to 22 spaces
Proposed Site:
790 Wakefield Farm, Earlysville, VA 22936
Property Details:
Parcel ID Number:
03100-00-00-047AO
Short Parcel ID:
31-47A
Total Acres:
4.63
Owner:
BND Family Limited Partnership
Property Address:
790 Wakefield Farm, Earlysville, VA 22936
Current Tenant:
Wakefield Kennel (Commercial Kennel)
Magisterial District:
White Hall
Zoning:
Rural Areas (RA)
Proffered:
Yes
ZMAs Related to Proffers:
None
Comprehensive Plan Area:
Rural Area 1
Comprehensive Plan Use:
Rural Area
Comprehensive Plan Use:
Unassigned
Land Use:
Unassigned
Surrounding Uses:
Single family residential on all sides
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22902
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Wakefield Kennel
Special Exception to Parking
September 19, 2022 1 Page 2
Site Photos:
Photo 1— Aerial image of existing site (courtesy of Albemarle GIS)
A. Request of Special Exception to Parking Requirements
Wakefield Kennel currently has 91 kennels, with 8,000 sf building area and approximately
10,500 sf outdoor runs. When the special use permit for its expansion was approved with
SP1976-36, only 9 parking spaces were required. The site currently has 12 parking spaces,
which has proven adequate for its 6 employees and numerous customers. This is mainly
due to the nature of the site where customers simply pick up and drop off their pet and do
not occupy a parking space for more than twenty minutes at most.
Per Sec. 4.12.6 of the Zoning Ordinance, 51 parking spaces are required for the new
commercial kennel that is proposed to replace the existing, see Table 1 below.
Table 1. Parking requirement calculations for the proposed use
FAW.M REQUIRED
USE
REQUIRED RATE
QUANT
REQUIREDWACES
Kennel,amerpel
ISI,a/ 400Sf GM(ineluding runs)
17852 stGFA
45
1spi"I mplOjee
6MpaSee(s)
6 )
L I N E +
GRAD
TOTAL REQUIRED
E
The new building and outdoor area will have 100 kennels at most and will occupy a smaller CIVIL ENGINEERING
overall footprint from what is existing. Therefore, it is not anticipated that parking
demands will substantially increase. In order to minimize the negative environmental
impact of the site, the owner proposes to build 22 parking spaces as opposed to the 51
required.