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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone(434)296-5832 Fax(434)972-4126
April 23, 2008
iStar Financial
3480 Preston Ridge Rd.
Suite 575
Atlanta. GA 30005
RE: Tax Map 78, Parcel 15, BMW of Charlottesville and Crown Porche
1295 Richmond Rd., Charlottesville, VA
To Whom It May Concern:
In response to your request for a Letter of Zoning Compliance, please be advised of
the following:
The above referenced parcel is zoned Highway Commercial (HC) ' ) and is
located in the Entrance Corridor (EC) Overlay District. Parcel is not part of a
Planned Unit Development,
- The property is developed as an automobile dealership which is operating as
BMW of Charlottesville & Crown Porche. Motor vehicles sales, service and
rental is a by -right permitted use in the HC district. Outdoor display in an
Entrance Corridor is allowed only by Special Use Permit. SP1998-59 was
approved with conditions. A copy of the action letter with conditions is
attached.
. The property was developed under SDPI 999-116 (later amended by
SDP2003-59) with 14,082 square feet of commercial uses (showroom, service
bays and accessory offices) served by 44 parking spaces.
* The parcel is entirely surrounded by Highway Commercial; this includes the
parcels across Route 250, A zoning map of adjacent parcels is attached.
* A site inspection was conducted on April 23, 2008 and showed no deviations
from the site plan with respect to this parcel.
- This office has no record of open violations for this parcel. It should be noted
that BMW of Charlottesville is using the adjacent parcel as overflow
storage/additional car display area, therefore the adjacent parcel is the subject
iStar Financial
3480 Preston Ridge Rd.
Suite 575
Atlanta, GA 30005
of an active zoning violation. Please contact Rob Heide, Manager of Zoning
Enforcement, for further information,
A Certificate of Occupancy was issued on July 18, 2000. It is the policy of this
department to purge building permit files after three years. Copies of
Certificates of Occupancy are maintained on microfilm. Therefore, we have
not retained any copies of Certificates of Occupancy associated with this
project. Furthermore, the absence of a Certificate of Occupancy for the
project will not give rise to any enforcement action. Please be aware that
interior renovation that does not involve a change of use does not require a
Certificate of Occupancy. You may obtain a copy of a Certificate of
Occupancy for an additional fee of $25.00 each.
Please,s,i c me iyo ave questions or require additional information,
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,,Sincerely,
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Ro`Higgins, AICP
Chief of Zoning
Enclosures: Copy ofaction letter for SP1998-59
Zoning map of adjacent parcels