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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
MEMORANDUM
TO: Rebecca Ragsdale
FROM: Margaret Maliszewski
DATE: November 10, 2008
RE: SP -2008-09: Animal Wellness
I have reviewed the plan submitted for the above -referenced proposal (Animal Wellness Preliminary
Site Plan Sheet 1 of 1 with revision date of September 12, 2008) and I have the following comments.
The parking has been reconfigured such that additional trees will be impacted by the proposal. Most of
my comments from the previous review are still relevant. Those comments follow, amended to address
the revised plan.
This property forms a portion of the southern boundary of the potential Crozet Historic District.
As such it forms the entrance to the historic district from the south on Crozet Avenue. The
district has been determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, and
this property is considered a contributing resource to that district. The one-story masonry
structure was constructed as an apartment building ca. 1950. The property currently retains a
residential character.
The proposal would abandon the existing entrance drive and create a new entrance nearer the
southern end of the parcel's frontage on Route 240. The construction related to the new
driveway would eliminate most of the wooded area that exists at the eastern end of the site
along Route 240, as well as a 24" pine tree and a 24" spruce. The plan shows nine parking
spaces at the end of the driveway near the house. Retaining the existing drive would have less
impact on the site in general and on the wooded area in particular and is recommended instead
of creating a new drive to reduce impacts to the Entrance Corridor and the historic district. If
the drive is constructed as proposed, new planting will be required along the frontage and in the
disturbed areas. The plan includes no information on new landscaping. Entrance Corridor
guidelines and recommendations from the Crozet Historic Resources study will be considered
during the review of the planting proposal. The planting will be expected to maintain the
residential character of the site and to screen the view of the parking from the road.
New porches would be constructed near the southern end of the east elevation and the middle
of the western elevation of the existing house. These elements are not expected to have a
negative impact on the historic resource, the historic district, or the Entrance Corridor.