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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
February 12, 2015
Mr. E. Randall Ralston
Manager
FTV Investments, LLC
943 Glenwood Station Lane, Suite 101
Charlottesville, VA 22901
RE: ZMA2012-00007 — 5th Street Commercial
Dear Mr. Ralston:
We have received your letter dated January 29, 2015, in which you requested that the indefinite
deferral of the application for ZMA2012-00007 — 5th Street Commercial be extended. Section
33.4 (r) (2) of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance says:
"When application deemed withdrawn. An application shall be deemed to have been
voluntarily withdrawn if the applicant requested that further processing or formal action
on the application be indefinitely deferred and the commission or the board of
supervisors is not requested by the applicant to take action on the application within one
(1) year after the date the deferral was requested. Upon written request received by the
director of planning before the one (1) year period expires, the director may grant one
extension of the deferral period for a period determined to be reasonable, taking into
consideration the size or nature of the proposed use, the complexity of the review, and the
laws in effect at the time the request for extension is made. Upon written request received
by the clerk of the board of supervisors before the extension of the deferral period
granted by the director expires, the board of supervisors may grant one additional
extension of the deferral period determined to be reasonable, taking into consideration the
size or nature of the proposed use, the complexity of the review, and the laws in effect at
the time the request for extension is made. The timely receipt by the clerk of the
extension request shall toll the expiration of the extended deferral period until the board
acts on the request."
The initial applicant, Katurah Rouell, requested an indefinite deferral in an e-mail dated February
20, 2014, noting the need for additional time to obtain all the required information requested by
the County in the February 5, 2014 staff comment letter. You have indicated that your current
request for an extension of the deferral beyond February 20, 2015 is based on changes in
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circumstances due to delays in the adjacent 5t' Street Station development (Wegman's) and the
need to change the scope of your traffic study due to changes in proposed uses on the property
subject to the ZMA2012-00007 application. You have indicated that you anticipate the revised
traffic study being completed in February, and therefore, plan to re -submit your application
within the next 30 days. Based on the particulars of the ZMA2012-00007 application and the
circumstances you describe relating to delays in the adjacent development and revisions to the
traffic study, I can grant an extension of the deferral until August 31, 2015.. -Please be advised
that in order to have a public hearing advertised for the last scheduled August Planning
Commission meeting; August 18t", material to be reviewed by staff and considered at that public
hearing must be re -submitted no later than June 15, 2015. This allows for staff's comments to be
provided to you on July 15, 2015 in advance of the legal ad for that public hearing being ordered.
Should you desire a further extension of the deferral beyond August 31, 2015, a written request .
must be made by that date to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. The Board can only grant
one additional extension of the deferral period.
I trust this extension will enable you to complete the work necessary to bring ZMA2012-00007
5t" Street Commercial to public hearing with the Planning Commission before August 31, 2015.
Please coordinate with Claudette Grant, the planner coordinating review of this proposal,
regarding.the submittal of new information and scheduling this for a Planning Commission
public hearing. Please do not hesitate to contact me should you have any questions.
Si cerely,
V. Way e Cilimberg
Director of Plarmiya�g'_
Cc: Claudette Grant, Senior Planner
Amelia McCulley, Zoning Administrator
Ella Carey,. Clerk of the Board of Supervisors