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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
November 16, 2012
Ginger Kimbrell
Director of Development
Humanities Foundation
474 Wando Park Boulevard
Suite 102
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
Re: Edenbrook Park — Parking reduction determination (SDP 2012 -042)
Dear Ms. Kimbrell,
I am hereby approving your request to reduce the required parking to serve the
proposed Edenbrook Park development from 168 to 137 parking spaces. This is a 19%
parking reduction. This determination is made after considering the information you
provided and research we conducted. It is made with the understanding that if there is
insufficient parking to serve this use that results in residents and guests regularly
parking in unapproved parking spaces, the owner of Edenbrook at the time will be
expected to satisfactorily resolve the situation.
A summary of the proposed 137 parking spaces to serve this development is as follows:
1. 23 spaces internally on the side with the single building;
2. 76 spaces internally on the other side with multiple buildings;
3. 19 + 4 for a total of 23 spaces along Kimbrell Road (an internal road that will
likely predominantly serve Edenbrook); and
4. 15 spaces or half of the spaces available on both side of Irick Road. On- street
parking along this road will also serve other uses.
This approval is granted with the understanding that parking on a public road cannot be
assigned to or limited to a specific private use. On- street parking is subject to V.D.O.T.
approval and it is typically reviewed with the road plans.
Factors that supported your request include the following:
The Humanities Foundation has provided information based on their experience
with 20 affordable housing projects in the southeast and three in Virginia. This
experience supports the reduced parking requirement. As noted in your letter,
many of the tenants are single parents or families that can only afford one car. In
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addition, they expect to have some disabled tenants who will rely on others
and /or other transportation providers.
2. The 4t" Edition Parking Generation manual by the Institute of Transportation
Engineers shows that suburban low /mid -rise apartments average the use of 1.6
parking spaces per dwelling unit. The 137 spaces proposed to serve this use will
meet this standard.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please refer to this
parking determination and 137 spaces as required with your submittal of the final site
plan.
If you are aggrieved by this determination, you have a right to appeal it within thirty
(30) days of this notice, in accordance with Virginia Code § 15.2 -2311. If you do not
file a timely appeal, this determination shall be final and unappealable.
An appeal may be taken only by filing an appeal application with the Zoning
Administrator and the Board of Zoning Appeals, in accordance with § 34.3 of the Zoning
Ordinance, along with a fee of $240 plus the actual cost of advertising the appeal for
public hearing.
Applications for Appeal of the Zoning Administrator's Determination are available at the
Department of Community Development located at 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville,
Virginia 22902 or online at www.albemarle.org /cdapps. This form applies to the appeal
of a decision of the zoning administrator or any other administrative officer pertaining to
the Zoning Ordinance.
Regulations pertaining to the filing of an appeal to the Board of Zoning Appeals are
located in Chapter 18, Section 34.3 of the Zoning Ordinance. They may be reviewed
online at www .albemarle.org /countycodebza.
(Please note that our online documents are in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and must be
viewed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader or an equivalent. A link to download the free
plug -in is available at the bottom of www.albemarle.org /cdapps.)
Sincerely,
Amelia G. McCulley, A.I.C.P.
Zoning Administrator