HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP200800035 Review Comments Special Use Permit 2008-08-28County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Joan McDowell, Principal Planner
From: Amelia McCulley, Zoning Administrator
Division: Zoning
Date: August 28, 2008
Subject: S.P. 2008-35 First Baptist Church Covesville — initial zoning comments
Please consider the following comments:
1. The applicants will need to clarify if this proposal increases the maximum number of seats in
the sanctuary above 180 persons. If this is the case, the prior condition #1 of SP 89-21 will
need to be amended.
2. Because parking is proposed above an existing distribution box and part of the septic
drainfield, I recommend that Health Department comment be obtained at this time and not after
the S.P. It may not be possible to locate parking over that existing distribution box.
Furthermore, the Health Department may require paved parking in that area to reduce
compaction to the septic system. That requirement should be made a condition of S.P.
approval. Please also note that the well is located at the edge of the proposed new parking lot.
Health Department comment on this should also be obtained.
3. Please clarify the 50 ft setback. Is that an S.P. condition from the past that will be carried
forward with this and stated as a condition? In addition, there is not a 75 foot setback on a
private road in the Rural Areas; instead it is a 25 foot setback. Please either change the
setback or clarify that it will be an S.P. requirement.
4. This proposal will require an amendment to their site plan. I recommend that administrative
approval be granted to the site plan amendment, as a condition of approval.
5. The S.P. application refers to proposed landscaping. The conceptual plan does not show any
proposed landscaping along the street or as a buffer from the adjoining property. Please clarify
what is proposed.
6. The parking calculations are based on the existing fixed seating. If the seating increases with
the new sanctuary, the parking calculations would need to be revised to reflect that.
7. Please obtain Building Official comment on the separation between the two buildings.