HomeMy WebLinkAboutZMA201300005 Review Comments Zoning Map Amendment 2013-07-01COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4176
July 1, 2013
Mr. Rex Linville
Piedmont Environmental Council
410 E. Jefferson St.
Charlottesville VA 22903
RE: ZMA201300005 Piedmont Environmental Council
Dear Rex --
Thank you for the recent application for this zoning map amendment. Please find review comments
included in this letter.
COMMENTS
Planning (Scott Clark)
• Planning does not need further information on your request.
• Once the comments in the attached memo from the Zoning Administrator have been addressed,
we can discuss scheduling this item for the Planning Commission hearing.
Zoning (Amelia McCulley)
• Please see attached memo.
Resubmittal or Public Hearing
Within 30 days of the date of this letter, please do one of the following:
(1) Resubmit in response to these comments on a resubmittal date as published in the project
review schedule (the full resubmittal schedule may be found at www.albemarle.org in the
"forms" section at the Community Development page). Please use the enclosed resubmittal
form; OR
(2) Request a public hearing be set with the Planning Commission based on the information
provided with your previous submittal (a date will be set in accordance with the Planning
Commission's published schedule as mutually agreed to by you and the County), OR
(3) Request indefinite deferral and state your justification for requesting the deferral. (Indefinite
deferral means that you intend to resubmit /request a public hearing be set with the Planning
Commission after the 30 day period.)
If we have not received a response from you within 30 days, we will contact you again. At that time, you
will be given 10 days to do one of the following: a) request withdrawal of your application, b) request
deferral of your application to a specific Planning Commission date as mutually agreed to with staff, or c)
request indefinite deferral and state your justification for requesting the deferral. If none of these actions
is taken, staff will schedule your application for a public hearing based on the information provided with
your original submittal.
Please be advised that, once a public hearing has been advertised, only one deferral prior to the Planning
Commission's public hearing will be allowed during the life of the application. The only exception to
this rule will be extraordinary circumstances, such as a major change in the project proposal by the
applicant or more issues identified by staff that have not previously been brought to the applicant's
attention. As always, an applicant may request deferral at the Planning Commission meeting.
Please feel free to contact me if you wish to meet or need additional information. I would be happy to
meet with you to discuss the issues raised by this application.
Sincerely,
Scott Clark
Senior Planner, Planning Division
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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Scott Clark, Senior Planner
From: Amelia McCulley, Director of Zoning
Date: June 25, 2013
Subject: ZMA 2013 -005 P.E.C. — Hickory Ridge PUD
I have reviewed this initial submittal and have the following comments:
1. I recommend that the applicant proffer the number of development rights and rights to 21
acre parcels that will be associated with this property once rezoned. While they
incorrectly state that it currently has development rights (which are only associated with
RA zoning), it is not clear how many development rights and rights to 21 acre parcels
are permitted once it is rezoned to RA. Even if there are no development rights to
remain with this property, it can be divided into 7 parcels of 21 acres minimum, based
entirely on the acreage.
2. This property is shown on the Application Plan with amenity improvements that include
equestrian trails. Do those trails exist? Will those trails be provided on this property
when it is rezoned?