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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
August 10, 2012
Ms. Raquel White (PZR)
c/o Smith Roberts and Associates
100 NE 5th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
RE: Barracks West Condominiums (originally known as Old Salem Apartments)
2617 -2699 Barracks Road, Albemarle County, Virginia
Letter of Zoning Compliance (LZC201200025
Dear Ms. White:
This letter is to advise you that, based on inspections of the Barracks West
Condominiums, formerly known as Old Salem Apartments (the "Property "), conducted in
July & August of.2012, and a review of the County's zoning files regarding the property,
we have determined the following:
All of the Property, making up the complex known as Barracks West
Condominiums at 2617 -2699 Barracks Road, is zoned R -15 Residential which;
permits-apartments, townhouses and condominiums by right at up to 15 dwelling
units per acre.
2. The Barracks West development was originally developed as the Old Salem
Apartments in accord with a site plan dated April 1969 and amended in January
of 1971. At that time all of the Property was zoned Residential -R -3. The
development is legally nonconforming because it was developed prior to the
adoption on December 10, 1980 of the current Zoning Ordinance of Albemarle
County. The parcels that are zoned R -15 contain a total of 364 dwelling units on
18.357 aores. This is a gross density of 19.82 dwelling units per acre, which met
the maximum density in R -3 of 20 units per acre, at the time of approval and
construction. These units are served by 598 parking spaces. The current Zoning
Ordinance limits the density in the R -15 district to 15 dwelling units per acre and
requires 2 parking spaces per unit containing 2 or more bedrooms, both
conditions are legal nonconforming. The development is also nonconforming to
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Compliance \LZC201200025 Barracks West.doc
Ms. Raquel White
August 10, 2012
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current R -15 setbacks because Buildings 2625 and 2627 encroach into the
current 20 -foot rear setback. Building 2659 encroaches into the current 15 -foot
side setback.
3. If the development were damaged or destroyed, improvements located on the
property could be reconstructed in the same location and at the same density,
provided building permits are obtained within one year. Any change in the
present use, structures or site would have to comply with the County's land use
regulations in place at the time of the change.
4. Structures in the R -15 District are limited to 65 feet in height. The height of the
structures on the property are all less than four stories in height and within the
current 65 foot limit.
The site was inspected for compliance with the site. plan in July and August of 2012. No
deficiencies were identified. There are no outstanding violations of the Zoning
Ordinance or variances pending for the Property.
If you have air y_ques#+ons, please contact me.
Si rely,
ald L. Higgins, AICP
Chief of Zoning /Deputy Zoning Administrator
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Compliance \LZC201200025 Barracks West.doc