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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Claudette Grant, Senior Planner
From: Francis MacCall, Senior Planner
Division: Zoning
Date: September 30, 2011
Subject: ZMA 2011 -006 & SP 2011 -14 Albemarle Health & Rehab Center — 2nd Round
Please consider the following comments:
In the request for the parking waiver the applicant states that the use is a combination of both
nursing home and a congregate care facility. This should be OK as long as the congregate
care use meets the requirements zoning has determined for congregate care which are as
follows: Congregate care definition: A residential facility for persons who are elderly or of
impaired functional ability. Such facilities are characterized by a variety of elements that include
common dining, social and recreational features, special safety and convenience features
designed for the needs of the elderly, such as emergency call systems, grab bars and
handrails, special door hardware, cabinets, appliances, passageways, and doors designed to
accommodate wheelchairs. A congregate care facility must provide on an appropriate, regular
basis at least two of the following to qualify for the parking standard: meal services,
transportation, housekeeping or organized social activities.
Facilities that meet this definition shall be required to meet the following parking standard:
Congregate care unit with no separate bedroom or one bedroom: Three fourths (3/4) spaces
per unit plus one (1) space per employee on the major shift.
Congregate care unit with two or more bedrooms: One and one - quarter (1 1/4) spaces per unit
plus one (1) space per employee on the major shift.
If this is truly the use the combination of the 2 parking calculations is OK and if that is the case
then a waiver for the increase in the 20% allowed over the standard should not be needed.
Please recalculate and make sure that it is represented properly on any final plan submitted to
the PC and BOS. They can run the numbers by us at anytime.
2. Zoning will leave the appropriateness of the other three waivers to the Planning review. If you
have specific questions to these requests then I will assist where I can.
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