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Elizabeth Marotta
From: Lane Bonner [lanelbonner @gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2009 4:05 PM
To: Elizabeth Marotta
Subject: I would like to add this to my Section 14 -404 waiver request - I am not a good writer
In order to access the house ( TM76c -02 -4 ) in a way that was consistent with the rest of the
neighborhood ( i.e. Drive up to the house instead of park by the road and walk up ), I had to cross the
driveway on the vacant lot ( TM 76c -2 -5a) because the house lot had a line of critical slopes that could
not be avoided. I believe this qualifies as unusual topography which gives the Commission sufficient
reason to grant a 14 -404c waiver.
The present driveway, around the critical slopes, is aesthetically pleasing to both lots and to the
neighboring properties as it curves around a hill filled with established periwinkle and forsythia. There is
no need for another driveway to access the vacant lot as 14 -404c requires. Another driveway will just
make the vacant lot look crowded and will not be consistent with the rest of the neighborhood and
street. In granting such a waiver and not requiring the standard, the commission is serving the public
interest and the orderly development of the area - keeping the lots more uniform and visually pleasing
with the adjacent properties and neighborhood. Otherwise, the adjacent properties and neighborhood
will result in degradation.
Lane L Bonner III, CPM, CCIM, SIOR
Real Estate III Commercial Properties
300 Preston Ave, Suite 300
Charlottesville, VA 22902
434.817.1240 ext. 227
434 - 817 -1245 fax
Ianel bon ner()gmail.com
5/6/2009