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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLZC201300021 Legacy Document 2013-11-071 r �OF ALB 4 vIRGINZP COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126 November 7, 2013 Scott Kutzma Howard Zoning Associates, LLC 19045 North Rockwell Avenue Edmond, OK 73012 RE: LZC- 201300021 - Tax Map 61, Parcel 120U, Owner — WSG Charlottesville P O BOX 546918 Miami Beach FL, 33154 -6918 (the "Property ") Dear Mr. Kutzma: In response to your request for a Letter of Zoning Compliance for the above referenced Property, please be advised of the following: • The Property is zoned HC, Highway Commercial. The Property is located in the AIA, Airport Impact Area Overlay District and in the EC, Entrance Corridor Overlay District. • Retail development like the one described in your letter, as the current tenants of the building, are allowed by right within this zoning district. Shopping centers are defined in the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance for the purposes of parking as follows; o One or more buildings containing a minimum of ten thousand (10,000) square feet of gross leasable area and eight (8) or more retail stores, personal service shops or restaurants under the same management or association for the purpose of providing property management, parking, site coverage, advertising, promotion and other similar benefits. In addition, the building or buildings shall have one or more of the following characteristics: (1) the stores, personal service shops or restaurants are connected by party walls, partitions, canopies or similar features; or, (2) some or all of the stores, personal service shops or restaurants are located in separate buildings that are designed as a single commercial group sharing common parking areas and vehicular travelways and are connected by walkways and accesways designed to encourage customer interchange between the buildings and otherwise present the appearance of a continuous commercial area without regard to ownership. Any site within a group of uses or separate parcel involving the sale of gasoline shall be excluded from this definition of shopping center. The building on the Property currently does not meet this definition. •__The Property was not developed as a_PUD. All of the adjacent properties are zoned HC, Highway Commercial. There are no adjacent residentially zoned properties. A review of our records does not show any Variances, Special Permits or other conditions that apply to the Property. November 7, 2013 LZC- 201300021 Page 2 • This Property, including the parking is a legal conforming site built in accord with a Site Development Plan, SDP - 2002 -10 that was approved on June 11, 2002 and amended on September 12, 2003 with SDP 2003 -73 and is in compliance with said plans. • This office has no record of any open zoning or building code violations for the Property. A site inspection of the Property revealed no site plan violations. • See attached Certificate of Occupancy letter provided by your office. Please contact me if you have questions or require additional information. Sincere y, Francis H. MacCall Principal Planner Designee to the Zoning Administrator Howard Zoning Associates, LLC 19045 North Rockwell Avenue • Edmond, OK 73012 Tel: (405) 295 -6418 • Toll Free Fax: (877) 655 -6292 Email: scottkutzma @yahoo.com To: Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 296 -5832 Date: October 22, 2013 Re: Copies of valid Certificates of Occupancy for: Shopping Center - 1646 Seminole Trail (Tenants: Mattress Warehouse, Title Max, Electronics Boutique) CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY INFORMATION Based upon our records: Please Check applicable and provide copies if available: � Valid Certificates of Occupancy have been issued for this t , �/jj including CO's for all tenants and building shells (if applicable). For any certificates not located or on file for this Project, the absence of a CO is not considered a violation and will not give rise to any enforcement action affecting this Project. All available copies of existing CO's are attached. Certificates of Occupancy for Projects constructed prior to the year are no longer on file. This Project was constructed in . The absence of a CO on file for this Project is not considered a violation and will not give rise to any enforcement action affecting the Project. A CO for the Project will only be required to the extent of any construction activity (such as restoring, renovating or expanding the existing project) and /or change in use. We are unable to locate a Certificate of Occupancy for the Project from our available records. We have evidence in our records a CO was issued but has been lost or misplaced. The absence of a CO for the site is not considered a violation and will not give rise to any enforcement action. A new CO will only be required to the extent of any construction activity (such as restoring, renovating, expanding the existing project) and /or change in use. Howard Zoning Associates, LLC 19045 North Rockwell Avenue • Edmond, OK 73012 Tel: (405) 295 -6418 • Toll Free Fax: (877) 655 -6292 Email: scottkutzma @yahoo.com Certificate of Occupancy Policy for Shopping Centers (Please check applicable): 1. k CO's are issued for Building Shells 2. � CO's are issued to each original tenant and new CO's are only required for change in use of the space or construction /renovations. 3. CO's are required each and every time a new tenant takes occupancy, regardless of whether there is a change in use or not. 4. CO's are not issued or required for kiosks, carts, vending machines, and food court tenants. 5. If Other (Please State): Your Name S ��•�� �� Your Title / /1 /1,- -1' Your Phone and /or Email Addressy -CIP "5�1 Cif