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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To:
Judy Wiegand
From:
Bill Fritz
Division:
Zoning and Current Development
Date:
October 8, 2010
Subject:
ZMA 2010 — 05 Richmond Road Entrance
I recommend denial of this application. After reviewing the proposal and analyzing alternatives available
it is my opinion that an entrance from Route 250 for this property cannot be safely accommodated. The
option submitted can result in a vehicle attempting to find a parking space near Route 250 and ending up
in the travelway with no way to turn around and confronted with the option to either attempt to exit the
property onto Route 250 using the "entrance only" or backing a considerable distance in the parking lot.
Vehicles entering this site are immediately confronted with a turn when most would be expecting to
continue straight. If vehicles are not parked in the handicap spaces an entering vehicle may attempt to
continue straight.
The "Drop -Off Zone" can be expected to be a high turnover parking area. These vehicles will be backing
directly into oncoming traffic. This is not an optimal design.
If this site plan were submitted for review it would be denied because the design is inconsistent with the
following provisions of Chapter 18 of the Code of Albemarle:
Section 4.12.15f
Section 32.7.2
Section 32.7.2.2