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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4012
June 17, 2009
David C. Wyant
4686 Garth Road
Crozet VA 22932
RE: SP200800058 Harris's Garage — Amendment
Tax Map 8, Parcel 35A
Dear Mr. Wyant:
On June 10, 2009, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors took action on SP 200800058 seeking
amendment to previously approved SP 2001 -49 Thomas Harris Garage to allow expansion of the garage.
This request is on approximately a .60 acre portion of a 3.17 acre property on Tax Map Parcel 8 -35A in
the Whitehall District. This special use permit was approved based on the following conditions:
1. Development of the use shall be in accord with the conceptual plan titled "Amended Site Plan
Harris' Garage ", prepared by DW Enterprises, and dated March 16, 2009 (hereinafter, the
"Conceptual Plan "), as determined by the Director of Planning and the Zoning Administrator. To
be in accord with the plan, development shall reflect the following major elements within the
development essential to the design of the development:
■ The size, height and location of the proposed buildings (16'X 307maximum 24' high);
■ The area designated for the special use (public garage);
■ The size, height and location of the existing buildings /structures (original garage — 1,936
square feet/24 feet high /3 vehicle bays; garage expansion —1,496 square feet/24 feet
high /1 vehicle bay; enclosed compressor room; paint mixing room; one outside lift; one
dumpster pad /fence enclosure; 3 parking spaces carport; 2 parking spaces carport);
■ The number (maximum15 spaces public garage) and location of the vehicle parking
spaces;
■ The two (2) signage locations at the entrance to the special use permit area. The signs
shall state, "All vehicles beyond this point must be placed in a marked parking space" and
be a maximum of four (4) square feet.
■ The sign location at the area designated as "Parking for Private Vehicles." The sign shall
state, "Parking for only personal vehicles of the Harris Family" and be a maximum of four
(4) square feet;
2. Gasoline sales are prohibited;
3. The sale or rental of vehicles or other motorized equipment is prohibited;
4. All repairing or equipping of vehicles shall take place inside the existing garage, with the
exception of vehicles being repaired on the vehicle lift located adjacent to the garage;
5. The outdoor storage of parts, equipment, machinery and junk is prohibited;
6. Only personal vehicles may parked in the area marked "parking for personal vehicles" on the
Conceptual Plan. No more than fifteen (15) vehicles associated with the public garage use shall
be located outside the garage. All vehicles associated with the public garage use shall be parked
in the spaces shown as "for garage only" on the Conceptual Plan. Any vehicles parked outside
the area marked "parking for personal vehicles" shall be considered to be associated with the
public garage and are counted in the fifteen (15) vehicle maximum;
The hours of operation shall be between 10:00 A.M. and 10:00 P.M., Monday through Saturday.
These hours of operation do not prohibit customers from dropping off vehicles outside of
operating hours;
Within three (3) months following approval of the site plan or site plan waiver, the permittee shall
install and thereafter maintain a minimum twenty (20) -foot deep landscape evergreen - screening
buffer to shield the view of the garage and garage parking from Markwood Road. This landscape
screening shall supplement existing landscape approved with SP 2001 -49 and consist of Eastern
Red Cedar or other material approved by the Planning Director, a minimum four (4) feet high at
planting, and planted in staggered rows with a maximum of ten (10) feet on center spacing
between the landscape materials. The permittee shall also submit a landscape plan with the site
plan application that will be subject to the approval of the Planning Director or the Planning
Director's designee; and
All outdoor lighting shall be only full cut -off fixtures and shielded to reflect light away from all
abutting properties. A lighting plan (for new lighting) limiting light levels at all property lines to no
greater than 0.3 foot candles shall be submitted to the Zoning Administrator or their designee for
approval.
Please be advised that although.the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors took action on the
project noted above, no uses on the property as approved above may lawfully begin until all
applicable approvals have been received and conditions have been met. This includes:
• compliance with conditions of the SPECIAL USE PERMIT;
• approval of and compliance with a SITE PLAN amendment; and
• approval of a ZONING COMPLIANCE CLEARANCE.
In the event that the use, structure or activity for which this special use permit is issued is not commenced
within twenty -four (24) months from the date of Board approval, it shall be deemed abandoned and the
permit terminated. The term "commenced" means "construction of any structure necessary to the use of
the permit."
If you have questions or comments regarding the above -noted action, please do not hesitate to contact
Sherri Proctor at 296 -5832.
Sincerely,
U.
V. W
Direc
cc:
Thomas & Theresa Harris
6929 Markwood Road
Earlysville VA 22936
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