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Home My WebLink AboutSP201000058 Action Letter Special Use Permit 2011-03-25COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126 March 25, 2011 Kevin C. Carson c/o Charlottesville Power Equipment 1525 E. Rio Rd Charlottesville, Va 22901 RE: SP20100058 Charlottesville Power Equipment TAX MAP /PARCEL: 06100- 00- 00 -124F0 Dear Mr. Carson: The Albemarle County Planning Commission, at its meeting on March 1, 2011, 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. Equipment shall be displayed only in Areas A, B, C, D and E shown on sheets 1, 2 and 3 of the plan entitled "Tax Map 61 Parcel 124F Amended Site Plan" prepared by Roudabush, Gale & Associates, Inc., revised January 18, 2011. 2. The site shall be landscaped as follows: a. Add one tree in the planting strip between Putt Putt Place and the parking row labeled "Area C' and one tree in the planting area between the rows labeled "Area B" and "Area C ". These trees shall be a species whose mature height is coordinated with the overhead electric lines and shall be planted at a minimum of 31/2' caliper (if reasonable for the species). Provide the height of the overhead lines. b. Add three small trees or large shrubs between the existing trees in the planting strip along Display Area D. c. Add shrubs in the planting strips between the parking lot and Putt Putt Place, including the corner at the intersection with Rio Road. The shrubs shall be a mix of species and shall include evergreen shrubs, but may also include deciduous species. The shrubs shall be a minimum of 30" high at planting. d. Add this note to the plan: All site plantings of trees and shrubs shall be allowed to reach, and be maintained at, mature height; the topping of trees is prohibited. Shrubs and trees shall be pruned minimally and only to support the overall health of the plant. 3. Display items in areas A, B and C shall not be taller than T, which corresponds to the bottom of the soffit on the existing building. 4. Display items shall not be elevated anywhere on site. 5. Balloons, banners, signs, and /or other similar items shall not be attached to equipment on display or installed anywhere within the approved display areas. 6. Items stored in the fenced storage area shall not rise above the height of the fence. Please be advised that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will review this petition and receive public comment at their meeting on April 6, 2011. 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, Margaret Maliszewski Principal Planner Planning Division CC: Wood, L F Jr & Patricia E 724 Chapel Hill Rd 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. Lrf2C;l1�ZA COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126 February 10, 2011 Charlottesville Power Equipment c/ o Kevin C. Carson 1525 E. Rio Rd Charlottesville, VA 22901 RE: ARB- 2010 -132: Charlottesville Power Equipment — Outdoor Sales /Storage /Display ARB- 2011 -03: Charlottesville Power Equipment Signs Tax Map 61, Parcel 124F Dear Mr. Carson: The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on February 7, 2011, reviewed the above -noted requests to establish outdoor sales, storage, and display of equipment in the Entrance Corridor, and to install a wall sign and to reface an internally illuminated freestanding sign. Regarding the request for the Special Use Permit: The Board by a vote of 5:0 voted to forward the following recommendation to the Planning Commission regarding the proposed special use permit for ARB- 2010 -132: The ARB has no objection to the request for the special use permit subject to the following conditions: 1. Equipment shall be displayed only in Areas A, B, C, D and E shown on the plan entitled "Proposed Conditions Tax Map 61 Parcel 124F" prepared by Roudabush, Gale & Associates, Inc., revised January 18, 2011. 2. The site shall be landscaped as follows: a. Add one tree in the planting strip between Putt Putt Place and the parking row labeled "Area C' and one tree in the planting area between the rows labeled "Area B" and "Area C ". These trees should be a species whose mature height is coordinated with the overhead electric lines and should be planted at a minimum of 3'/2" caliper (if reasonable for the species). Provide the height of the overhead lines. b. Add three small trees or large shrubs between the existing trees in the planting strip along Display Area D. c. Add shrubs in the planting strips between the parking lot and Putt Putt Place, including the corner at the intersection with Rio Road. The shrubs should be a mix of species and should include evergreen shrubs, but may also include deciduous species. The shrubs should be a minimum of 30" high at planting and should be spaced to form a hedge at maturity. d. Add this note to the plan: All site plantings of trees and shrubs shall be allowed to reach, and be maintained at, mature height; the topping of trees is prohibited. Shrubs and trees shall be pruned minimally and only to support the overall health of the plant. 3. Display items in areas A, B and C shall not be taller than 7', which corresponds to the bottom of the soffit on the existing building. 4. Display items shall not be elevated anywhere on site. 5. Balloons, banners, signs, and /or other similar items shall not be placed on, around or near equipment on display. 6. Items stored in the fenced storage area shall not rise above the height of the fence. Please note that this recommendation will be forwarded to the Planning Commission for their consideration of SP- 2010 -58. Regarding the request for a Certificate of Appropriateness for signs: The Board by a vote of 5:0 voted to approve a Certificate of Appropriateness for ARB- 2011 -03, subject to the following condition: In the freestanding sign, the ratio of the "Power Equipment" vertical field to the yellow field shall not exceed the ratio established for the Clover Lawn wall signs. The applicant may return to the ARB if the result is not acceptable. Please note that revised drawings addressing this condition are required. If you have any questions concerning either of the above actions, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, Margaret Maliszewski Principal Planner cc: Wood, L F Jr & Patricia E 724 Chapel Hill Rd Charlottesville VA 22901