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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 -4176
March 9, 2014
Ms. Courtney Fisher
Dominion Virginia Power
701 E. Cary St.
Richmond VA 23219
RE: SP201500004 Gordonsville- Somerset Rebuild Project
Dear Ms. Fisher --
Thank you for the recent application for this special use permit. Please find review comments
included in this letter.
Please see the attached re- submittal schedule for a list of dates on which you can submit your
revisions and responses to review comments (below and attached), as well as for possible
Planning Commission dates. (Please note that the listed dates are the earliest possible, but actual
dates need to be selected to suit the revision schedule for each project.)
Review Comments
Planning (Scott Clark)
Planning concerns have generally been addressed. Please see the questions from
Zoning in the attached memo.
Please verify that the route will only use the existing right -of -way. We are likely to
recommend conditions of approval that would limit the route to that right -of -way,
rather than giving a blanket approval that would allow other future routes without
review. This is also an issue with the overlying conservation easement —the existing
utility right -of -way predates that easement, but any expansion of the right -of -way
would not.
Please note that the community meeting that we discussed must be held before we can
schedule this project for its public hearings.
Zoning (Amelia McCulley)
Please see attached memo.
Historic Resources /Architectural Review Board (Margaret Maliszewski)
The proposed work falls within the Southwest Mountains Rural Historic District and the
Route 231 Entrance Corridor. The existing line is already very visible from the
surrounding area. The applicant's information states that the project is limited to
replacement structures, and the only difference in design is the material of the structures
and the increased height -- approximately 16' taller than existing. Given the high
visibility of the existing line, the change in material and the increased height are not
expected to increase the existing negative impact.
If we have not received a response from you within 30 days, we will contact you again. At that
time, you will be given 10 days to do one of the following: a) request withdrawal of your
application, b) request deferral of your application to a specific Planning Commission date as
mutually agreed to with staff, or c) request indefinite deferral and state your justification for
requesting the deferral. If none of these actions is taken, staff will schedule your application for
a public hearing based on the information provided with your original submittal.
Please be advised that, once a public hearing has been advertised, only one deferral prior to the
Planning Commission's public hearing will be allowed during the life of the application. The
only exception to this rule will be extraordinary circumstances, such as a major change in the
project proposal by the applicant or more issues identified by staff that have not previously been
brought to the applicant's attention. As always, an applicant may request deferral at the Planning
Commission meeting.
Please feel free to contact me if you wish to meet or need additional information. I would be
happy to meet with you to discuss the issues raised by this application.
Si erely,,
z-�tt Clark
Senior Planner, Planning Division
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Scott Clark, Senior Planner
From: Amanda Burbage, Senior Planner
Date: February 23, 2015
Subject: Zoning Comments for Gordonsville- Somerset Rebuild Project, SP 2015 -04
1. Please request that the applicant provide more information about the installation process. Will
the current line be removed and the new line placed in the current location or will the new line
be installed adjacent to the current location? Will additional land clearing be required to
accommodate the new line?
2. Given that the proposed structures will be 16' taller than the current structures, will any tree
removal be required? Will the tree buffer currently screening the line from adjacent residences
be affected in any way by the proposal?
2015 Submittal and Review Schedule
Special Use Permits and Zoning Map Amendments
Resubmittal Schedule
Written Comments and Earliest Planning Commission Public Hearing*
Resubmittal
Dates
Comments to
applicant for
decision on whether
to proceed to Public
Hearing *
Request for PC
Public Hearing,
Legal Ad
Payment Due **
Planning Commission
Public Hearing
No sooner than"
COB Auditorium
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Bold italics = submittal/meeting day is different due to a holiday.
Dates with shaded background are not 2015.
2016 dates are tentative.
* The reviewing planner will contact applicant to discuss comments of reviewers and advise that changes that are needed are
significant enough to warrant an additional submittal or advise that the the project is ready for a public hearing. If changes needed
are minor, the planner will advise that the project go to public hearing.
The legal ad deadline is the last date at which an applicant can decide whether to resubmit or go to public hearing. If an
applicant decides to go to public hearing against the advice of the reviewing planner, a recommendation for denial will likely
result. Generally, the applicant will will have only one opportunity to defer the PC public hearing for the project once it has been
advertised for public hearing. Additional deferrals will not be allowed except in extraordinary circumstances such as a major
change in the project proposal by the applicant or more issues identified by staff that have not previously been brought to the
applicant's attention.