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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Margaret Maliszewski, Senior Planner
From: Ron Higgins, AICP, Chief of Zoning/Deputy Zoning Administrator
Division: Zoning
Date: December 2, 2013
Subject: SP 201300020 Chick -Fil -A US 250 (Pantops)
Zoning comments and suggested conditions for the Chick -Fil -A special permit for a Drive -in window are:
SP201300020 Chick -Fil -A drive -in Window
1. The proposed parking of 63 spaces is sufficient at the 1 space /1,300 Sq Ft. standard for restaurants.
2. The applicant is requesting a drive -in facility that would accommodate 20 spaces in the que aisle(s)
with no bypass aisle. The County Engineer will have to determine whether the bypass aisle is deemed
necessary (Sec 4.12.17 c. 2. (a)) and the BOS will have to approve the modification if deemed necessary.
3. While the county code requires a minimum of five (5) stacking spaces in drive- through lanes and no
maximum, they are providing twenty (20). Their own data indicates an average of six (6) stacking
spaces needed. Therefore, it is recommended that they eliminate one of the split stacking lanes in order
to accommodate the bypass lane and avoid the excessive "storage" of vehicles.
4. The proposal to construct the "private road" out to align with State Farm Boulevard poses a distance
issue between the new road and the private road to the immediate West. The Luxor Commercial
rezoning (ZMA200400012) proffers a closing of that road to the West "at such time as a public road
interconnection is made between the Route 250 /State Farm Boulevard (Route 1117) intersection and the
two lane road... "(the road to the West). While the distance issue is still there even if the new connection
is private, it is still a potential safety concern. We are researching the Luxor proffers further to see if that
closure is actually triggered by the new road connection.