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Home My WebLink AboutSP200800058 Review Comments Special Use Permit 2008-12-11ALg�,�� i'IRGINZ� COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, Room 227 Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126 December 10, 2008 David Wyant 4686 Garth Road Crozet, VA 22932 RE: SP 2008 -58 Harris Garage Dear David: We have had an opportunity to review the concept plans and application for SP 2008 -54 Harris Garage, an amendment to SP 2001 -49. Review comments from the following agencies, divisions, or departments are included in this correspondence: Planning Division Zoning and Current Development Inspections VDOT The Planning Division requests additional information: 1. Describe all activities that will take place within the proposed carports. However, we will not be able to recommend any vehicle repair or storage of parts, materials, or /equipment under the carports 2. Delineate existing landscape screening (type, location, size) and proposed landscape screening (same information). 3. Review the conditions approved with SP 2001 -49 and make any changes requested with this application. 4. Although the vehicle storage for personal vehicles would be along the access driveway to the garage and outside the special use permit boundary, it is recommended that landscape screening from the road and from the adjacent property to the north be provided with this special use permit. 5. Include the square footage /acreage of the area designated for the special use permit. The County Engineer has requested information to assess the request to disturb critical slopes. A primer on critical slope requests is attached as reference. The Building official has offered the following comments: SP2008 -58 Review Comment Letter December 11, 2008 Page 1 of 3 Change the notation 'Building Permit # 20070265ONNR" to Building Permit Application # 200702651 NC. Change the notation 'Building Permit # 200702652NNR" to Building Permit Application # 200702650NC. The concept plan includes the building permit numbers for the two carports constructed on the site. Since it is not customary to have building permit numbers on concept plans, I suggest that eliminating them altogether should be considered. The Virginia Department of Transportation has requested the following information: • Trip generation data needs to be shown. • The existing entrance needs to be addressed for its adequacy. • More specific comments to the entrance have been provided with the site plan SDP 2008 -157 (see attached). Zoning Division has submitted the following comments: The special use permit amendment application in conjunction with a site plan amendment, are intended to abate the current zoning violation. (Please see the inserted Notice of Zoning Violation.) Based on our observations on July 16th and 23rd, we found the following violations of conditions of the prior special use permit: 1. Automobiles are being repaired outside the garage. Condition #11: All repairing or equipping of vehicles shall take place inside the existing garage, with the exception of vehicles being repaired on the vehicle lift located adjacent to the garage; 2. There are materials, vehicle parts, equipment and junk outside (such as in the area of the exterior vehicle lift located adjacent to the garage). Condition #12: The outdoor storage of parts, equipment, machinery and junk is prohibited; 3. There are 14 — 25 vehicles (more than the 10 permitted) located outside the enclosed structure Condition #13: No more than a total of ten (10) vehicles associated with the public garage use shall be located outside any enclosed structure. All vehicles associated with the public garage use shall be parked only in the gravel parking area shown on the plan titled "SP 01 -49 Harris Garage Concept Plan, " which is made of part of these conditions. "Vehicles associated with the public garage use" include, but are not limited to, the vehicles of the public garage customers; and the vehicles of the owner or occupant of the property, or any other person, that: (a) are inoperable vehicles within the meaning of section 3.1 of the Zoning Ordinance; (b) are being or will be repaired, equipped, restored, refurbished, or painted; (c) are having or will have body work per on them; or (d) are having or will have their parts or equipment removed, to be used in the repair or equipping of other vehicles or to be sold; 4. The parking area has been expanded beyond the gravel parking area shown on the plan referred to in condition #13. In addition, there are several site plan violations, including the need for a critical slopes waiver for fill on critical slopes. The Notice of Violation dated August 29th was not appealed and is therefore final and unappealable. The submittal of a special use permit and site plan to abate the violations do not automatically serve to stay any further enforcement proceedings. Because the site plan is integral to the special use permit (and will be part of that approval) in a case such as this, my comments will include both items. SP2008 -58 Review Comment Letter December 11, 2008 Page 2 of 3 1. I recommend a revision to condition #11 to clarify permitted activities within the existing carports within the parking area. This revision should simply state "No repairing or equipping of vehicles shall be permitted within the carports." Vehicle restoration is considered repairing or equipment of vehicles. 2. I recommend a revision to condition #13 that allows no more than 15 vehicles related to the business (customers and employees) and that requires any non - business or personal vehicles to be parked within the parking area designated. I also request that the applicant revise the plan to tie down the personal parking area on the ground, preferably with a surveyed location or at least with some area and location measurements. The purpose of this is to clarify the administration of this requirement and eliminate questions in the event of future expansion. 3. It may be advisable to require screening on this property between the parking for personal vehicles and the adjoining property line. 4. Please review the critical slopes waiver concurrently with the special use permit. That then gives us direction and will streamline the site plan review. 5. The plan does not indicate the location of the existing septic field and it should. Is it in the area of the fill? If so, Health Department review should be obtained. 6. Please be aware that the existing garage contains an additional work bay than the prior special use permit plan proposed. This should be stated in the record for this application. This is due to a building addition to accommodate the exterior lift. Please include a condition of approval that limits the number of service bays. This is in an effort to clarify the limitation of the intensity of this use. It is similar to conditions that limit enrollment in a school or sanctuary size in a church. 7. The plan shows a proposed easement on the adjoining property to accommodate the existing entrance and driveway. Evidence of this easement should be provided by the applicant. 8. Please note on the plan what the three bold lines are on the perimeter of the garage area. I am also including a schedule for re- submittal of additional information/plans. A Planning Commission hearing date will be scheduled based on when the information /plans are submitted. Please call me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Joan McDowell Principal Planner, Rural Areas cc: Thomas and Theresa Harris 6929 Markwood Road Earlysville, VA 22936 Attachments: 1. Primer on critical slope requests 2. VDOT comments — SDP 2008 -157 3. Re- submittal schedule SP2008 -58 Review Comment Letter December 11, 2008 Page 3 of 3