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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Scott Clark, Senior Planner
From: Francis MacCall, Senior Planner
Division: Zoning
Date: September 26, 2012
Subject: SP 2011 -002 Castle Hill Cider — Zoning History Tax Map 49 Parcel 18131
V1020100021 1: A complaint was filed regarding the use of the property for a commercial business. An
investigation found an office for an architecture firm. Professional offices are not a permitted use in the
Rural Areas zoning district. The violation was abated after staff verified that there was no longer an
architecture office located at the large barn.
V1O201200013: A complaint was filed regarding the use of the large barn on the property as an office for
an architecture firm. A notice of violation was issued to this property by the Zoning division, which had
found that an architect's professional office was being operated from the large barn onsite. The violation
was abated after staff verified that there was no longer an architecture office located at the large barn.
AP201200001: This application was an appeal of the Zoning Administrator's determination in
V1O201200013 that the operation of an architect's office on the property was a violation of the Zoning
Ordinance. The appeal was not acted up on, as it was submitted after the deadline for appeals of the
determination.
V1O2012000112: A complaint was filed regarding noise. No violation was found on the Tax Map 49 Parcel
18131. It was determined that the noise being complained about was from an adjacent parcel that was
having a private party. The violation was abated.
V1O201200113: A complaint was filed that there has been fill in the floodplain for the creation of a pond and
a stream crossing. The applicant has filed special use permit requests to allow these uses in the
floodplain. These applications are currently under review.
V1O201200127: Multiple complaints have been received regarding the number of persons at the by -right
events and the noise generated from the by -right events. Staff has investigated the property on two
separate occasions for noise violations created by outdoor amplified music. The first event remained within
the decibel levels prescribed by the Zoning Ordinance. The decibel levels at the second event were
determined to exceed the prescribed decibel levels, thus creating noise. The applicant has been made
aware of this violation of the Zoning Ordinance and has been given an opportunity to mitigate the noise
impact by providing a plan that outlines how they will mitigate the sound from the outdoor amplified music
to avoid it from becoming noise. This plan and several condition of the special use permit will address this.