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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
July 2, 2009
Mike Leo
56 Misty Mountain Road
Greenwood, VA 22943
RE: SP200900016, Music Festival
Dear Mr. Leo:
Thank you for your recent application for a special use permit to allow a music festival at the Misty
Mountain Camp Resort. The members of the County's Site Review Committee have reviewed the
development proposal referenced above. Preliminary comments are included below.
Planning Division
The applicant will need to submit statements of approval from the Health Department and ABC prior to
the festival event. Submit a letter describing, in detail, the scope of the festival and layout of the venue.
Be sure to address the following:
1. How trash pick up, recycling, and trash disposal would be managed.
2. How ticket sales, including on -site sales, would be regulated to keep within the maximum
number of visitors each day.
3. How parking arrangements, and entrances and exits would be regulated, as well as any other
traffic control arrangements.
4. How the emergency exit would be marked.
5. Whether there would be event signage, and if so, indicate the nature and location of the signage
on the site plan.
6. The police and security arrangement, both inside and outside the venue, including the number of
police and security personnel.
7. The hours of operation, including when the festival would begin and end, as well as when the
music would begin and end. Staff recommends that music begin no earlier than noon on
Sunday.
8. The type and number of vendor's facilities, and when those facilities would be set up and
removed.
9. Demonstrate that the music would meet the noise restrictions outlined in the County Code or
request a waiver in writing.
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10. Provide a Fire Safety Inspection Report.
11. The location of the portable toilets. The portable toilets are shown northwest of the stage on the
concept plan, but the applicant has indicated that they would be located along the treeline south
of the vendors.
Health Department
The Health Department has no issues with the event, but the applicant needs to contact the Health
Department at least 14 days prior to the event in order to process the Coordinator's Checklist, to ensure
that the vendors are licensed and the bathroom facilities are adequate.
Division of Zoning and Current Development
Address in a letter and revised concept plan the following issues:
1. Recommend they seek just the one year approval for the music festival in October.
2. Applicant needs to state a maximum number of participants that corresponds to the amount of
parking they can get on the site and specifically ask for a waiver to Sec. 5.1.43 e. 1. if the
desired number of participants is greater than 150 people per day.
3. A scaled plan to show the number of parking spaces possible on the Misty Mountain Camp
Resort property.
4. That there will be no off -site parking.
5. Obtain letters from neighbors supporting the festival.
6. Provide a plan for clean-up of the site and affected areas within two days after the final day of
the festival.
7. Cleary state that overnight camping will be prohibited everywhere except in designated camping
areas.
8. Obtain VDOT, Police, Fire/Rescue & Health Dept approval before issuance of zoning
clearance.
County Engineer
No objection.
Building Inspection
No objection.
Architectural Review Board
There is no permanent construction associated with this request. Consequently, no permanent impacts to
the Entrance Corridor are expected.
Virginia Department of Transportation
No objection.
Fire and Rescue Division
The festival must comply with the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code. Approval is subject to a
field inspection and verification.
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Comments from each reviewer reflect information available at the time the development proposal was
reviewed, and should not be considered final. However, the Site Review Committee has attempted to
identify all issues which could effect approval of the proposed project.
If you need additional information or need to discuss any of these comments, please give me a call at
434/296 -5832 x 3029. A copy of the schedule for re- submittal of plans /information/materials is enclosed, for
your convenience. All applications, including review comments, also can be found at the following link:
http: / /countyviewweb.albemarle.org/. Please include a letter indicating how all the Site Review Committee
comments have been addressed.
Sincerely,
Eryn Brennan
Senior Planner
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