HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP200800056 Action Letter PC 2010-10-08COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
October 8, 2010
Dominion Engineering
c/o Neal Wright
172 South Pantops Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22911
RE: SP200800056 Unity Church
TMP 06100 -00 -00 -00400
Dear Mr. Wright:
The Albemarle County Planning Commission, at its meeting on September 21, 2010, by a vote of 7:0,
recommended approval of the above -noted petition to the Board of Supervisors.
Please note that this approval is subject to the following conditions:
1. The church sanctuary shall not exceed two hundred fifty (250) seats;
2. The site shall be developed in general accord with the Conceptual Plan entitled "Application Plan for
Unity Church," Revision 4, prepared by Dominion Engineering, and dated August 19, 2010
(hereinafter, the "Conceptual Plan "), and with the Architectural Review Board action of February 16,
2010, as determined by the Director of Planning and the Zoning Administrator. To be in accord with
the Conceptual Plan, development shall reflect the following major elements within the development
essential to the design of the development:
• Number of parking spaces and location of parking areas
• Paving materials, as approved by the County Engineer
• Location of proposed facilities, including the pergola, labyrinth, and playground
as shown on the Conceptual Plan. Minor modifications to the Plan which do not conflict with the
element above may be made to ensure compliance with the Zoning Ordinance.
3. All outdoor lighting shall be only full cut -off fixtures and shielded to reflect light away from all abutting
properties. A lighting plan 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.
4. Construction of the parking areas and other items shown on the Conceptual Plan shall commence on
or before 60 months after [insert date of approval by Board of Supervisors] or this special use permit
shall expire.
5. Expansion of the church and /or establishment of a daycare not in Building 2 or for more than 25
children or provision of afterschool care shall require approval of an additional Special Use Permit.
6. Approval of the Public Health Department shall be required prior to site plan approval.
7. The applicants shall provide plantings to the satisfaction of the Architectural Review Board;
8. The property may not be further divided; and
9. There shall be no more than one (1) residential dwelling on the property.
Please be advised that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will review this petition and receive
public comment at their meeting on November 3, 2010.
If you should have any questions or comments regarding the above noted action, please do not hesitate to
contact me at (434) 296 -5832.
Sincerely,
Judith Wiegand
Senior Planner
Planning Division
CC: Unity Church of Charlottesville
2825 Hydraulic Road
Charlottesville VA 22901
POLICY
SUBMISSION OF MATERIALS
FOR ZONING APPLICATIONS
It is the Board's preference that a public hearing should not be advertised until all of the final materials
for a zoning application have been received by the County and are available for public review. To achieve this
preference, applicants should provide final plans, final codes of development, final proffers, and any other
documents deemed necessary by the Director of Community Development, to the County no later than two
days prior to the County's deadline for submitting the public hearing advertisement to the newspaper. Staff
will advise applicants of this date by including it in annual schedules for applications and by providing each
applicant a minimum of two weeks advance notice of the deadline.
If the applicant does not submit the required materials by this date, the public hearing shall not be
advertised unless the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Director of Community Development that
good cause exists for the public hearing to be advertised. If not advertised, a new public hearing date will be
scheduled. If the public hearing is held without final materials being available for review throughout the
advertisement period due to a late submittal of documents, or because substantial revisions or amendments are
made to the submitted materials after the public hearing has been advertised, it will be the policy of the Board
to either defer action and schedule a second public hearing that provides this opportunity to the public or to
deny the application, unless the Board finds that the deferral would not be in the public interest or not forward
the purposes of this policy.
Final signed proffers shall be submitted to the County no later than nine days prior to the date of the
advertised public hearing. This policy is not intended to prevent changes made in proffers at the public hearing
resulting from comments received from the public or from Board members at the public hearing.
This Zoning Policy will be included in the Board's Rules of Procedure for adoption each year, so that
the policy can be re- examined annually.