HomeMy WebLinkAboutACSA200600001 Executive Summary 2006-09-06 I 1 . •
COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
AGENDA TITLE: AGENDA DATE:
SOCA, Polo Grounds Road — Request to Amend the September 6, 2006
Albemarle County Service Authority Jurisdictional Area
ACTION: X INFORMATION:
SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST:
Public Hearing to review a request to amend the CONSENT AGENDA:
existing Jurisdictional Area Limited Service
designation to provide sewer service to Tax Map 46, ACTION: INFORMATION:
Parcel 26C1 located within the SOCA sports facility
(Attachment A) ATTACHMENTS: Yes
STAFF CONTACT(S):
Tucker, Foley, Davis, Cilimberg, Benish, Arnold REVIEWED BY:
LEGAL REVIEW: YES
BACKGROUND:
The applicant is requesting an amendment to the current limited service ACSA Jurisdictional Area designation on an
approximately 26-acre parcel. described as Tax Map 45, Parcel 26C1 (Attachment A). The parcel is located on Poio
Grounds Road and includes the existing SOCA South Fork Soccer Park. The property is bounded by the Rivanna River to
the south, a tree farm and contractors yard to the west, and single family residences to the north and east. The site is
located within Comprehensive Plan Rural Area 2, in the Rivanna Magisterial District.
The current limited service designation was approved by the Board of Supervisors on September 12, 2001 to "provide
sewer service to the SOCA South Fork Soccer complex only as approved under SP1998-18 and SP 1998-22..." The
Special Use Permits permitted five (5) soccer fields, a 2000 square foot storage building and 216 parking spaces. The
applicant is now proposing to locate a 1,000 square foot(approx.)office trailer on the existing SOCA site. This new office
use/structure was not identified as part of the prior Special Permits for the SOCA site and because the Jurisdictional Area
limited service designation refers specially to prior Special Permits conditions,the Jurisdictional Area designation will need
to be amended to reflect this new use. The office use also requires Board of Supervisor approval of a Special Use Permit
(SP 2006-14, SOCA Club Offices at South Fork Soccer Park), which will be considered by the Board on this same
September 6th meeting The office trailer will be used exclusively by SOCA for club purposes only and is not intended to be
connected directly to sewer at this time. The existing public restrooms located in the storage/concession room building will
serve the office trailer
The properties adjacent to the north and south of the SOCA parcel are located in the Development Areas and are
designated for both water and sewer service (Attachment B) The properties adjacent to the west and east of the SOCA
parcel are designated Rural Area in the Land Use Plan. The property to the west is zoned Rural Areas and is not within the
Jurisdictional Area for water or sewer service. The parcels to the east(Tax map 45, parcels 22 and 22C)were part of the
original parcels which received the ACSA'limited service"designation for sewer service in 2001 for the SOCA facility and
therefore all three parcels are subject to same limited service restrictions(Parcel 26C1 was later subdivided from Parcel
22C).
STRATEGIC PLAN:
2.2 Protect and/or preserve the County's natural resources
DISCUSSION:
The Utilities section of the Comprehensive Plan (page 129) includes the following recommendations regarding changes in
the Jurisdictional Area outside of the Development Areas:
AGENDA TITLE:
SOCA, Polo Grounds Road— Request to Amend the Albemarle County Service Authority Jurisdictional Area
September 6, 2006
Page 2
"Only allow changes in jurisdictional areas outside of designated Development Areas in cases where the property
is: (1) adjacent to existing lines; and (2) public health and/or safety is in danger. "
A sewer line passes through the SOCA parcel and the existing soccer park facilities are connected to the sewer line.
The Board action in 2001 that established the limited sewer service designation on this parcel was based on the potential
health/safety concerns from using a septic system on this site. Those concerns were caused by the topographic
characteristics of the site, which would have required any septic system to be placed either in the floodplain of the South
Fork Rivanna River or uphill from the soccer complex, requiring pumping to the drainfield. Use of a pump as part of the
disposal system means mechanical failure is an ever-present possibility. With a system located so close to the floodplain
of the Rivanna River, the failure of a septic pump poses the possibility of a public health threat resulting from effluent
contamination Use of the public sewer system to dispose of effluent is preferred over a floodplain location for a drainfield
or pumping to a drainfield uphill from the floodplain
The proposed office trailer would be located adjacent to the floodplain of the South Fork Rivanna River and would be
subject to the same topographic conditions and health/safety concerns as noted above. As noted previously, the office
trailer will be used exclusively by SOCA for club purposes only and is not intended to be connected directly to sewer at this
time. The existing public restrooms located in the storage/concession room building will serve the office trailer.
Staff opinion is that there is merit to amending the limited service designation to permit service to the site consistent with
the conditions of Special Use Permit SP 2006-14, if approved by the Board. The Special Permit conditions limit the level of
development on-site and its impact on the sewage system.
BUDGET IMPACT:
There are no additions to existing facilities needed for this use. Construction costs are the responsibility of the
applicant
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Staff recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve an amendment the Albemarle County Service Authority
Jurisdictional Area to provide limited sewer service to Tax Map 46, Parcel 26C1. Sewer service should be provided to
South Fork Soccer complex only as approved under SP2006-14.
ATTACHMENTS
A-ACSA Jurisdictional Area Map
B - Development Area Boundary Map
06.116