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Home My WebLink AboutSP201300019 Staff Report Special Use Permit 2014-06-03pF AL �IRGII314+ ALBEMARLE COUNTY PLANNING STAFF REPORT SUMMARY Project Name: SP2013 -00019 Tandem Friends School Staff: Scott Clark, Senior Planner Field House Planning Commission Public Hearing: June 3, 2014 Board of Supervisors Hearing: TBA Owner(s): Tandem School Applicant(s): Tandem School Acreage: 24.5 acres Special Use Permit for: 18- 13.2.2.5 - Private schools TMP: Tax Map 91 Parcel 2A By -right use: R -1 Residential (1 unit/acre) Location: 279 Tandem Lane; school entrance is from Mill Creek Dr., approximately 1,600 feet west of its intersection with Scottsville Rd Magisterial District: Scottsville Proffers /Conditions: Yes Requested # of Dwelling Units/Lots: not applicable DA - X RA - Proposal: Request for a special use permit Comp. Plan Designation: Institutional — schools, amendment to replace the existing gym building and universities and colleges and ancillary facilities, and increase the total number of staff and students from public facilities and utilities 260 to 300. Character of Property: The 24 -acre property contains Use of Surrounding Properties: The property is several school buildings and athletic fields adjacent to institutional uses to the north and west, and residential uses to the east and south. Factors Favorable: Factors Unfavorable: 1. The school would continue to provide expanded None found educational opportunities to the community. 2. The expansion would not create the need for any infrastructure improvements. Recommendation: Staff recommends approval with conditions. SP201300019 — Tandem Friends School Field House Planning Commission: June 3, 2014 Page 1 STAFF CONTACT: Scott Clark, Senior Planner PLANNING COMMISSION: June 3, 2014 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS: TBD PETITION: PROPOSAL: Allow for an increase in enrollment and staff capacity from 260 to 300 people and the replacement of a gymnasium on 24.508 acres. No dwellings proposed. ZONING: R -1 Residential — (1 unit/acre) under Section 18.13.2.2.5 of the Zoning Ordinance which allows for private schools ENTRANCE CORRIDOR: No COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: Institutional — schools, universities and colleges and ancillary facilities and public facilities and utilities; Urban Area 4. LOCATION: 279, 285, 295 and 305 Tandem Lane TAX MAP /PARCEL: 09100- 00- 00 -002AO MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT: Scottsville CHARACTER OF THE AREA: The 24.5 -acre school campus is located on Tandem Lane near Monticello High School. The area to the north and west of the site is designated Institutional in the Comprehensive Plan. Monticello High School is located to the north, across Mill Creek Drive. To the west of the school is the Monticello Fire Station. Land to the south and southwest is residential, with both open areas and wooded cover. To the east across Mill Creek Drive is multi- family housing. Beyond that to the east is the boundary of the Rural Areas. PLANNING AND ZONING HISTORY: The school property is zoned R1 Residential. The school use began in 1972. SP 1996 -6: Request for a 10,000- square -foot Community Hall for the school; approved 1996 SP 1996 -25: Request for increase in total enrollment and staffing from 177 to 200; approved 1996 SP 1996 -49: Request for 15,000- square -foot field house and gymnasium; approved 1996 SP 1997 -53: Request for 14,000- square -foot math and science building, increased enrollment and staffing to 250; approved 1998 SP 2008 -65: Request to add a classroom trailer to the site; approved 2009 DETAILS OF THE PROPOSAL: The applicants propose to replace the existing 8,000- square -foot gym building at the school with a new 18,400 - square -foot field house in the same location (see Attachment Q. The new field house is needed to accommodate increased participation in the school's athletic programs. The applicants are also requesting to increase the total of staff and enrolled students from 260 to 300. Please note that, in order to be consistent with other school approvals, staff is recommending a condition of approval that would limit the number of students only. During a previous site plan review, a specific design for parking lot layout and landscaping was approved. That design was not carried out. In order to ensure that the previously- approved design in put in place, staff is recommending an addition to condition #1 (see below) that requires the parking design to be corrected on the site and brought into compliance with the existing site plan. The applicants have included the previously- approved parking layout on the conceptual plan (see Attachment C). ANALYSIS OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT REQUEST Section 33.8 of the Zoning Ordinance states that the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors shall reasonably consider the following factors when reviewing and acting upon an application for a special use permit: SP201300019 — Tandem Friends School Field House Planning Commission: June 3, 2014 Page 2 No substantial detriment. The proposed special use will not be a substantial detriment to adiacent lots. The replacement of the gym would not create new impacts on adjacent lots. The increase of 40 people on the site would slightly increase traffic impacts, but they would be insignificant given the scale and character of the uses already sharing Mill Creek Drive (a high school, a fire station, commercial establishments, and residences). Character of district unchan ,-ed. The character of the district will not be changed by the proposed special use. The proposed changes to the site would be internal and would not change the character of the use, and so would not impact the character of the R1 district. Harmony, The proposed special use will be in harmony with the purpose and intent of this chapter, The R1 district was established to (1) recognize the existence of previously established low density residential districts in communities and the urban area; (2) provide incentives for clustering of development and provision of locational, environmental and development amenities; and (3) provide for low density residential development in community areas and the urban area. A school has existed on this site since 1972. The proposed amendment would keep the same use, which is supportive of the residential uses permitted by right in the district. ...with the uses permitted by right in the district Residences and public facilities, including public schools, are among the uses permitted by right in the R1 zoning district. This private school is very similar in character to a public school. ...with the regulations provided in section 5 as applicable, There are no supplemental regulations in section 5 applicable to this use. ...and with the public health, safety and general welfare. Overall, the character of the use would not change, and the scale of the use would increase slightly. The replacement of the existing gym building would have no significant health or safety impacts on the surrounding area. The increase in students and staff on the site would increase traffic, but the Virginia Department of Transportation did not find that the proposed increase would necessitate any changes or improvements to transportation infrastructure. The site is accessed from Mill Creek Drive and there are existing left and right turn lanes that serve the site. For the new field house, the Fire Official will require either full access around the building for emergency vehicles or a fire - sprinkler system for the building. This issue can be addressed during the site -plan review stage of the approval process, but will need to be addressed by the applicants by that time. Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan. The use will be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan designates this property as "Institutional," a category that includes schools. No change in the type of use on the site is proposed, and the use is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. An analysis for consistency with the Neighborhood Model was not done for this project since the only proposed physical change to the site is the replacement of an old gym with a new one in the same general location. Otherwise the design of the site would not change. SP201300019 — Tandem Friends School Field House Planning Commission: June 3, 2014 Page 3 SUMMARY: Staff has identified the following factors favorable to this proposal: 1. The school would continue to provide expanded educational opportunities to the community. 2. The expansion would not create the need for any infrastructure improvements. Staff has not identified any unfavorable factors. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Based on the findings contained in this staff report, staff recommends approval of SP 2013 -19 Tandem Friends School Field House with the following conditions: 1. The development of the use shall be in general accord ee with the concept plan entitled, "Tandem Friends School Campus Plan Study Site Plan," prepared by VMDO Architects, and dated 12,14/08 April 3, 2014 by staff as determined by the Director of Planning and the Zoning Administrator. To be in general accord Eeafefmi with the specified plan, development and use shall reflect the following major elements as shown on the plan: the development essential te the • building orientation • building size • location of the buildings • limits of disturbance • parking -lot layout and landscaping as shown on the plan. Minor modifications to the plan which do not conflict with the elements above may be made to ensure compliance with the Zoning Ordinance; 2. Additional buildings or increase in total enrollment/staffing may only be authorized by a new special use permit; and 3. Total school enrollment shall be limited to two hundred and fifty ' f.— 16--d—A and Motions: Special Use Permit A. Should the Planning Commission choose to recommend approval of this special use permit: I move to recommend approval of SP 2013 -00019 Tandem Friends School Field House with the conditions outlined in the staff report. B. Should the Planning Commission choose to recommend denial of this special use permit: I move to recommend denial of SP 2013 -00019 Tandem Friends School Field House. (Planning Commission needs to give a reason for denial) SP201300019 – Tandem Friends School Field House Planning Commission: June 3, 2014 Page 4 ATTACHMENTS Attachment A — Area Map Attachment B — Site Ma Attachment C — Conceptual Plan SP201300019 — Tandem Friends School Field House Planning Commission: June 3, 2014 Page 5 Attachment A 77E1 -1 76M201— is 77-11 E 38 01 1 M1 7 1A 761',11-1.02 .4 '1 Y" \ . ..- 1112 -7E1 -01 -OG-3 *E.1� AD 5251W -21D x 2% N7 5 90-3 LI- TM: 91 91-7 SP201300010— Tandem Friends School Field House Planning Commission: June 3.2O14 Page k r. Attachment B l'•" , "VAN # . t r x *22- t' n••R a s { .y p• � • K � f l +F ry �, -1384 ry "•L 1� fl it •R' .� � k � ti " #3�5 •� f � �•• 395 f f .LL •- 4L, k "2•'54 �$ 38 LIP4' L 1 { f• `f rl.f w SP201300019 — Tandem Friends School Field House Planning Commission: June 3, 2014 Page 7 TAX MAP AND PARCEL NUMBER. 0910040,0 -00290 OWNER: COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE C70 FINANCE ADMINISTRATION RM ZONING: RESIDENTIAL PRESENT USE: FIRE STATION (STAFF) TAX MAP AND PARCEL NUMBER: 09100.004041100 OWNER: COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE C/O FINANCE ADMINISTRATION RM 15D ZONING: RESIOENTDVL PRESENT USE: SINGLE FAMILY TAX MAP AND PARCEL NUMBER'. 0010040 -00 -00200 OWNER: COUNTY OF ALBEMARLF SCHOOL BOARD ATTN: ZONING, RESIDENTIAL OWNER: COUNTY OFALBEMARLE CIO FINANCE ADMINISTRATION RM 149 ZONING: RESIDENTIAL PRESENT USE: SINGLE FAMILY TAX MAP AND PARCEL NUMBER: 041064041190207 OWNER: EDITH GREY LAND TRUST. VALERIE ANN MATHtlMS TRUSTEE CIO SEA VFW LLC ZONING: RESIDENTIAL PRESENT USE VACANT RESIDENTIAL LAND Attachment C r FV I -ll _ X11 7-7 TAX MAP AND PARCEL NUMBER: 041064041190207 OWNER: EDITH GREY LAND TRUST. VALERIE ANN MATHtlMS TRUSTEE CIO SEA VFW LLC ZONING: RESIDENTIAL PRESENT USE VACANT RESIDENTIAL LAND Attachment C