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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
December 6, 2010
Paul Beyer
R.L. Beyer Custom Homebuilders
660 Hunters Place, Suite 100
Charlottesville, VA 22911
RE: Ashcroft Phase III (SUB 2006 -411)
Dear Mr. Beyer,
You have asked what road standards apply to the review of the above referenced project. I have reviewed
the question and have reached the following conclusions:
The property that is the subject of SUB 2006 -411 is zoned, PRD, Planned Residential Development. This
zoning was established on March 19, 1980 with the approval of ZMA 80 -03. In accord with the
provisions of Chapter 18, Section 8.5.5.2(A) this subdivision may be reviewed under either the current
ordinance or the ordinance in effect at the time of the establishment of the Planned Development (in your
case this would be December 10, 1980). I have researched the subdivision ordinance and found that the
road standard provisions in effect on December 10, 1980 are those adopted by the Board of Supervisors
on March 29, 1978 (copy attached). For roads serving 35 or fewer lots a significant amount of flexibility
road design exists. For roads serving 36 or more lots no flexibility exists. Roads which serve 36 or more
lots must meet the VDOT standards. Therefore, it appears that Meadow Crossing Trail to its intersection
with Cedarcroft Way will have to meet the VDOT standards. The other roads will not have to meet
VDOT standards.
The scope of the Board's instruction to study an amendment to the ordinance was to study the potential
need to amend the ordinance to allow Planned Developments to continue to develop based on the road
standards in effect when the project was conceived. Your project may use the road standards that were in
effect 2 years prior to the approval of the zoning for this project. These standards were in effect even
prior to the initial zoning action for the project (ZMA 79 -06). Therefore, it does not appear that any text
amendment is necessary to allow this project to develop in a manner consistent with the zoning in place
for all of Ashcroft.
I hope that this information is helpful to you. If you have any other questions please feel free to contact
me.
Sincerely,
William D. Fritz, AICP
Chief of Current Development