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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Rachel Falkenstein, Senior Planner
From: Mandy Burbage, Senior Planner
Date: May 29, 2015
Subject: Zoning Comments for SP 2015 -20 CVS at Rio and 29N
I have reviewed the application and have the following comments:
The current application plan shows approximately 80 feet of drive through lane to the service
window, or space for 4 cars (using 20 feet per car). Per ITE standards for drive through
pharmacies, 5 stacking spaces are recommended in addition to the space in front of the
service window (120 feet total) in order to avoid impeding vehicular circulation in the two way
access aisle. If a reduced drive through length is desired (i.e. space for 5 cars total, or 100
feet), the applicant should provide documentation of the number of stacking spaces provided
at similar sized CVS stores in similar high traffic locations to justify that a reduced number of
stacking spaces is adequate.
2. The applicant has submitted a warrant analysis to request a parking reduction from the
required 67 spaces (1 space per 100 sf of retail up to 5,000 sf, 1 per 200 sf > 5,000 sf) to 57
spaces. Given its location along a transit route (CAT Route 5), the site is eligible for a 10%
reduction in the number of required parking spaces (6 spaces). As part of the warrant
analysis, the applicant has provided parking estimates from the ITE for a drive through
pharmacy on similar sized sites. To supplement this information, the County requests that the
applicant provide parking demand data from other CVS locations similar in size and location to
the Rio -29N site.