HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP201100012 Action Letter 2011-07-12COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
July 21, 2011
Peter Larson /Justin Billcheck
3040 Waverly Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22901
RE: SP201100012 Locally Grown Festival
TMP 04000- 00- 00 -026A1
Dear Mr. Larson & Mr. Billcheck:
The Albemarle County Planning Commission, at its meeting on July 12, 2011, by a vote of 6:1
recommended approval of the above -noted petition to the Board of Supervisors.
Please note that this approval is subject to the following conditions:
1. Development of the use shall be in general accord with the Concept Plan entitled Locally Grown: A
Festival of Organic Proportions for SP- 2011 -12, prepared by Albemarle County Office of Geographic
Data Services, and signed by Peter Larson and dated April 18, 2011, (hereinafter, the "Conceptual
Plan "), as determined by the Director of Planning and the Zoning Administrator.
To be in general accord with the plan, development shall reflect the following central features essential to the
design of the development:
location of the temporary parking area
location of temporary stage
Minor modifications to the plan which do not conflict with the elements above may be made to ensure
compliance with the Zoning Ordinance.
2. A maximum of fifteen (15) vendors shall be allowed to operate during the temporary event.
3. Written approval from the Police Department, Fire and Rescue, and the Health Department shall be
required prior to the issuance of a zoning clearance to allow the temporary event use.
4. No tree removal, grading, or disturbance shall take place within the driplines of the trees as shown on
the Conceptual Plan. Any grading or disturbance within ten (10) feet of any dripline shall necessitate
submittal of a "Tree Protection Plan" in accord with section 32.7.9.4 of the Zoning Ordinance. No
grading or disturbance within ten (10) feet of any dripline shall be permitted until a) a survey and
fencing have been completed and b) the Planning Director approves a plan which shows the grading
or disturbance and the surveyed dripline of the existing trees.
5. The hours of operation for the music shall not begin earlier than 1:00 PM and shall end not later than
sunset.
6. Off -site parking shall not be permitted.
7. The maximum number of attendees people allowed on the site for the temporary event shall not
exceed 700 persons.
8. A Maxi.m.,Wm. A-f _28-0- vehieles shall be allewed to be parked on site on the day of the temporary event.
9. A minimum of 20 private security, parking, and traffic control staff members shall be required on site
on the day of the temporary event.
10. Overnight camping shall be prohibited.
11. Artificial lighting shall not be permitted, provided that flashlights may be used while the site is restored
and cleared as provided in Condition 14.
12. The maximum level of noise shall not exceed 65 dBA as measured from an adjacent property line.
13. The applicant shall reseed and restore the parking area as required by the zoning administrator within
30 days of the temporary event.
14. The site shall be restored and cleared of all trash, debris, and structures associated with the event
within three days after the temporary event.
15. Special use permit 2011 -12 shall be valid for a temporary event to be held in the fall E)f 2011.
Please be advised that the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors will review this petition and receive
public comment at their meeting on September 7, 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,
Eryn Brennan
Senior Planner
Planning Division
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.