HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB202200215 Action Letter 2023-02-06County of Albemarle
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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, VA 22902-4579
February 6, 2023
Christopher Kean and Joe Keller
Chris.kean(@Iincolnsurveyiniz.com
Woe.keller@lincolnsurveying.com
(434)-974-1417
RE: SUB202200215 TMP 18-18C Rural Subdivision Application
Dear Mr. Kean,
phone:434-296-5832
www.albemarle.org
The application for the above referenced project has been reviewed. Staff has reviewed the information provided
in your application package submitted on January 3, 2023. Based on this review, and in accordance with Albemarle
County Code § 14-209(C), the application for SUB202200215 TMP 18-18C Rural Subdivision is denied, based on
the following applicable sections of the County Code:
1. [§ 14-106] The application was submitted as a Rural Subdivision Application. The proposed subdivision does not
meet the definition of a rural subdivision. The proposed lots are all less than five acres in size, but would need to
meet the specifications in the following definition for the plat to be approved.
Rural subdivision. The term "rural subdivision" means a type of subdivision that is located in the rural areas which
results in two or more lots for the purpose of transfer of ownership or building development, such that: (i) each
lot created is at least five acres in area; and (ii) each lot created has at least 250 feet of frontage on an existing
public street which is part of the primary system or secondary system of state highways.
2. [§ 14-404] The proposed lots do not have a single point of access. The single point of access requires each lot to
access Allen Rd (State Route 666) from a single shared driveway or private street established at the same time as
the subdivision. The plat must be revised to show a new private street entering onto Allen Road at a single entrance
point, which would then serve as the sole access point onto Allen Road for all three lots.
Single point of occess required. Each lot, other than a corner lot within the development areas, shall have reasonable
access to the building site from only one street, shared driveway or alley established at the same time as the
subdivision; provided that, if the subdivision is in the rural areas, each lot created from the subsequent division of
any lot within the subdivision shall enter only onto such street(s) established at the same time as the original
subdivision and shall have no immediate access onto any other public street
3. [§ 14-232(A) and § 14-234(A)] Private streets serving three or more lots in the rural areas can only be approved
by the Albemarle County Planning Commission. The applicant will need to submit a private street authorization
request to the County for review. The subdivision Ordinance requires such private street authorization requests
to be submitted with a preliminary subdivision plat application. Therefore, to pursue this subdivision as proposed,
the applicant must submit a preliminary subdivision plat application for review with the County.
a. The private street authorization request can be included with the preliminary plat application. The authorization
request must include the information listed in Section 14-234 (A)(1)(a).
b. Please be aware that the Planning Commission can only approve the private street authorization request if one
or more of the circumstances listed under Section 14-234 (C) exist. In the authorization request, the applicant
should clearly identify which circumstance(s) apply in this case.
The disapproval of the plat may be appealed as provided in County Code § 14-209 (F) and § 14-231.
Please contact Kevin McCollum at the Department of Community Development at kmccollum(a@albemarle.ore or at
(434) 296-5832 ext. 3141 for further information or if you have any questions. I would be happy to meet with you to go
over the comments above.
Sincerely,
Kevin McCollum
Senior Planner I
Albemarle County
Department of Community Development
Planning Division