HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP201000035 Review Comments Preliminary Site Plan 2010-05-17 (3)County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
MEMORANDUM
To: Gerald Gatobu, Current Development
From: Rebecca Ragsdale, Planning
Date: May 17, 2010
Subject: SDP 2010 -35 West Village
West Village includes 9.916 acres total, including 5 separate tax map parcels that are all zoned R -6. The applicant is
proposing 64 units, a density of 6.45 units /acre, and is requesting a density increase for affordable housing. (Zoning
Ordinance Sections 18.16.4 and 18.2.4) Please see my comments below regarding the Crozet Master Plan.
• The Crozet Master Plan adopted in 2004 designates the West Village properties as a proposed
park/recreation natural area/Development Area Preserve CT 1 on TMP 56 -6 and 56 -6A1. TMPs 56 -6B, 6C,
and 6D are designated CT 4, which recommends 12 dwelling units per acre for townhouses /apartments.
• Sheet 1 of the site plan only indicates the Comprehensive Plan designation as onlyUrban General CT4.
• The area designated CT4 totals 3 acres. At12 du /acre that would suggest about 36 units under the current
Crozet Master Plan. (30 units if calculated as net density using only 80% of the area designated CT4, which
is how the Planning Division calculates available density when performing rezoning or special use permit
reviews.)
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The County is in the process of updating the 2004 Crozet Master Plan. The draft Crozet Master Plan dated
May 13, 2010 shows different land use designations from the 2004 plan. It recommends Neighborhood
Density residential for properties in West Village, with the exception of the portion of 56 -6 in the flood
plain/stream buffer and 56 -6A1 which are recommended Semi- Public Open Space. The updated master
plan no longer shows all of 56 -6 for preservation. Neighborhood Density Residential recommends up to 6
dwelling units per acre, primarily single family detached with some attached. The proposed master plan
would suggest about 38 units per acre or 30 using net density and only 80% of the acreage designated
Neighborhood Density on Map.
The plan shows no improvements along the frontage of Blue Ridge Avenue. Does the ordinance require
improvements? If so, staff recommends that sidewalks and street trees be provided along the frontage.