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STAFF REPORT SUMMARY
Project Name:
Staff. Scott Clark, Senior Planner
AFD201100006 Sugar Hollow Addition
Locally Important Soils
Planning Commission Public Hearing:
Board of Supervisors Public Hearing:
November 15, 2011
TBA
Proposal: Addition to the Sugar Hollow Agricultural
Comprehensive Plan Designation:
and Forestal District
Rural Areas
RECOMMENDATION: That the Commission recommend approval of the addition to the Sugar Hollow
Agricultural and Forestal District.
The Albemarle County Code currently contains this description of the Sugar Hollow District:
Sec. 3 -226 Sugar Hollow Agricultural and Forestal District.
The district known as the "Sugar Hollow Agricultural and Forestal District" consists of the following
described properties: Tax map 25, parcels I IC, 12, 13, 14, 14A, 14B, 14C, 18, 18A, 18B, 21, 21A, 24,
25, 26, 27, 28; tax map 26, parcels 5A, 10, IOB, IOD, IOF, 11C, I ID, 12A, 13, 14F, 14H, 19, 40B, 40C,
41A, 52, 52D; tax map 27, parcels 8, 8E (part), 24A, 25, 26; tax map 39, parcels 2, 2A, 3, 4, 13C3, 14, 15,
25, 25A; tax map 40, parcels 1, 9, 9C, 10, 10A, IOB, IOC, 22, 22A, 27A, 46C1, 49. This district, created
on September 6, 1989 for not more than 10 years and last reviewed on December 2, 2009, shall next be
reviewed prior to December 2, 2019.
(11- 17 -93; Code 1988, § 2.1 -4(q); Ord. 98 -A(1), 8 -5 -98; Ord. 99 -3(5), 10 -6 -99; Ord. 02 -3(1), 1 -9 -02;
Ord. 02 -3(2), 4 -3 -02; Ord. 09 -3(4), 12 -2 -09; Ord. 10 -3(3), 12 -1 -10)
The Sugar Hollow Agricultural and Forestal District is located west and north of White Hall (Attachment A). The
district is characterized by large forested areas, as well by some open pasturelands.
The District was created in 1989 and originally included 27 parcels and 2,546 acres. The District now includes 59
parcels and approximately 4,890 acres.
Agricultural and Forestal District Significance:
Sugar Hollow District
Prime Soils
426.5 acres (9 %)
Locally Important Soils
734.5 acres (15 %)
Unique Soils
637.7 acres (13 %)
Land Use other than Agriculture and Forestry: In addition to agricultural and forestal uses, the Sugar Hollow
District includes approximately 29 dwellings (secondary dwellings may not be included in this count).
Local Development Patterns: The area is largely made up of large farm parcels, with some large and small
residential parcels. Twenty -four parcels in the District are under conservation easement (Attachment A).
Comprehensive Plan Designation and Zoning Districts: The Sugar Hollow District is entirely designated as Rural
Areas in the Comprehensive Plan, and the parcels included in the District are zoned RA Rural Areas. The parcels
adjoining the parcels in the District are zoned RA Rural Areas as well.
Environmental Benefits: The District includes forests and pastures. Protecting and preserving these properties in
an Agricultural and Forestal District will help protect forest and productive farm land, which the Comprehensive
Plan and Rural Areas Zoning Ordinances seek to preserve. Conservation of this area will help maintain the
environmental integrity of the County and aids in the protection of ground and surface water, agricultural soils,
and wildlife habitat. The majority of the parcels in the District are located in the watershed of the South Fork
Rivanna Reservoir, while the southernmost portion drains to the Beaver Creek Reservoir.
Time Period: The Sugar Hollow District is currently on a 10 -year review cycle. The District is scheduled to be
reviewed prior to December 2, 2019.
Proposal:
One application has been submitted requesting to add one parcel to the Sugar Hollow District, in accordance with
Chapter 3, Sections 3 -101, 3 -201, 3 -203 and 3 -215 of the Albemarle County Code, which allow for additions of
land to Agricultural and Forestal Districts.
The parcel, Tax Map 26 Parcel l OG (8.56 acres), is located on Carr's Ridge Road north of Sugar Hollow
(Attachment A).
The parcel is zoned Rural Areas, with has agricultural, forestal, and fishery uses as the preferred land uses and
with a residential density of .5 unit per acre.
Advisory Committee Recommendation:
At their meeting on September 19, 2011, the Agricultural & Forestal Districts Advisory Committee unanimously
recommended approval of the proposed addition to the Sugar Hollow district.
Attachments
A. Sugar Hollow District Map
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