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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
September 11, 2008
Mike Fenner
The Cox Company
220 East High Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: Parking Determination
ZMA- 2004 -22 Treesdale Park
Dear Mr. Fenner:
This letter replaces my letter to you dated August 26, 2008.
You have submitted a site development plan, SDP-2008-119, that shows 84
dwelling units served by 105 parking spaces. The parking shown on that plan
was approved by a parking determination that was dated August 26, 2008. You
have requested a further reduction of 15 spaces that will result in the provision of
90 parking spaces to serve this development. A conventional multifamily project
comprised of 17 one - bedroom units and 67 two & three - bedroom units would
require 160 spaces. However, this is a unique affordable housing project that can
be considered to be an unscheduled use as described in section 4.12.7 for which
the zoning administrator shall determine the parking requirement. We approve
your request to provide 90 parking spaces to serve the 84 above described units
for the following reasons.
The Parking Study, dated July 24, 2008, presented a well reasoned
analysis of the parking requirements for this development. It included on-
site inspections of comparable developments that demonstrated a
minimum of 81 parking spaces were required to serve the 84 units
planned for Treesdale.
2. All of the units in Treesdale are proffered to be affordable, for -rent units for
a minimum of 15 years. Furthermore, in order to secure financing for this
project AHIP must obtain Federal Low Income Housing Tax Credit
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Determinations \Treesdale SDP - 2008 -119 REVISED.doc
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September 11, 2008
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funding. Such funding requires that those served by Treesdale must have
incomes of 60% or below the area median. The project must comply with
this requirement for 15 years. In addition, it is the stated intention of AHIP
to continue to serve this income group beyond the 15 -year period. We find
it is reasonable to assume that this income group will require fewer
parking spaces than are specified for a conventional development.
3. We find that AHIP's experience in managing Parks Edge which is a
comparable development supports this request.
4. The parking reduction is further supported by the provision of
transportation services by either JAUNT or CTS to this development.
5. An area on the site will be reserved for the construction of 15 additional
spaces in the event they are needed in the future.
This determination is subject to two conditions:
1. A note stating that "additional parking may be required if the dwelling units
are converted to private ownership" must be added to the plan.
.2. An area that can accommodate an additional 15 parking spaces must be
reserved on the plan.
Please contact me if you have any questions about this determination.
Sincerely,
John Shepherd
Manager of Zoning Administration
Copy: SDP - 2008 -119
I: \DEPT \Community Development2oning & Current Development Division\Determinations \Parking
Determinations \Treesdale SDP - 2008 -119 REVISED.doc