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Home My WebLink AboutSDP200800127 Review Comments Preliminary Site Plan 2010-04-16COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia, -4 22902 596 Steve VonStorch Stoneking VonStorch 1075 th Street S. E. Charlottesville, VA 22902 Brajesh Tiwari McKee Carson 301 East High Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 Belvedere Land Trust Robert Hauser 2421 Ivy Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 Summer Frederick Senior Planner County of Albemarle Department of Community Development Re: SOCA Fieldhouse Parking Determination Dear Lady and Gentlemen: The purpose of this letter is to provide a written record of my parking determination for the SOCA Fieldhouse use. It is my determination based on your information, that the regular operation of this use requires 60 parking spaces. This determination does not cover parking for tournaments. As we discussed in our meeting on April 5t", parking for certain activities such as tournaments, will need to be managed. I will explain this more fully in the proceeding. The site plan dated as last revised on 4/6/10 is consistent with our discussion and I am hereby approving the provision of parking as shown in terms of number and location of parking. As we discussed, we recommend that you provide a curb cut from the new parking lot into the vacant area that is intended for a future school. This will provide an area for convenient overflow parking. This parking determination is made in accordance with Section 4.12.17 of the Zoning Ordinance. This determination results in fewer parking spaces than the number that Page 2 SOCA Fieldhouse Parking Determination April 16, 2010. would be required per Section 4.12.16. This distinction is based on two reasons: 1. The proposed SOCA indoor facility is not the same use as outdoor soccer fields in terms of usage and parking generation. 2. SOCA is an organization with an extensive history in the team sport of soccer in this region. They have Cufficient v'�AVC11 I lk e to bVth undeISLC411 their parking - needs and-to-make any necessary--adjustments,--so as -to avoid or minimize parking conflicts. In this determination, I am relying completely on SOCA's experience and proposal for parking needs for this use. SOCA plans to utilize the fieldhouse more in the winter than other seasons when outdoor fields will be available. With few exceptions, the staff or coaches are family members of the players. Thus, these staff do not generate additional parking needs. Saturday will be the peak day in terms of parking generation. These peak days will generally involve two games at one time with some overlap at the beginning and end as teams finish up and other teams arrive. Based on the typical team size of 10, there would typically be no more than 40 players there at one time. With the overlap (teams arriving while the prior teams are playing), 80 players would be there. Based on SOCA's experience, they need parking based on % or 75% of the number of players; therefore 60 parking spaces will be needed. There is play on other days of the week; however, those are not the peak days. The concession area will serve those who are onsite for soccer and will not generate independent traffic. Therefore, as an accessory use to the soccer, it does not warrant additional parking. The weight room may be used at non -peak times or by players who are there for play. Therefore, the weight room will not be factored for parking. While earlier plans proposed parking on some of the internal Belvedere residential streets, that parking is no longer proposed as necessary to meet the parking requirements. Those streets were not designed and are not wide enough to accommodate regular full -time parking, such as for Saturday soccer. They were intended for "informal" or "intermittent" parking that may involve staggered vehicles, but that does not fill the streets with parking on both sides. In our meeting on April 5th, we discussed the practical issue that people coming for soccer may choose to parking on the residential streets if more convenient parking is not readily available. It will be important for SOCA to be in conversation with the Homeowners Association to prepare for and address any issues that may arise. We recommend that SOCA be proactive about this and solve any problems that may develop. SOCA acknowledged that in the event of parking conflicts, they can stagger the two games so they begin at different times. It was also acknowledged and is a critical point, that major events such as tournaments, will require significant planning and managing. This will likely involve the need for off -site parking and shuttle service to the fieldhouse. Page 3 SOCA Fieldhouse Parking Determination - April 16; -2010 - - - I hope this information is helpful and satisfactory. If you have any questions or comments you wish to discuss, please feel free to contact me. In order to make this an official and final determination, I am including the standard appeal language per the Virginia Code. If you are aggrieved by this determination, you have a right to appeal it within thirty (30) days of the date notice of this determination is given, in accordance with Section 15.2- 2311 of the Code of Virginia. If you do not file a timely appeal, this determination shall be final and unappealable. An appeal shall be taken only by filing with the Zoning Administrator and the Board of Zoning Appeals a notice of appeal which specifies the grounds for the appeal. An appeal application must be completed and filed along with the fee of $120. The date notice of this determination was given is the same as the date of this letter. Sincerely, Amelia G McCulley, A.I.C.P. Zoning Administrator Cc: SDP 208 -2 SOCA Fieldhouse