HomeMy WebLinkAboutLOD199000013 Letter of Determination 1990-08-30COUNTY OF ALBE ARLE
MEMORANDUM
TO: Bill, Fritz, Senior Planner
FROM: Amelia M.. Patterson, zoning Administratog
DATE: August 30, 1990
RE: Bentivar Subdivision - Determination of Legal Parcels of
Record and Development Rights
Please find attached the information submitted to -date by Steve
Melton. He will be sending you a letter which will outline:
a) Their opinion of the number of lots lawfully of record;
b) History of the lots from 1980 to date. This will include
deed book references and County action.
It is in my opinion, a question of whether the lots comply with
the Subdivision regulations in effect at the time of their
recordation. That is why I defer this matter to you and your
staff as administrators of the subdivision ordinance.
If you have any questions, please feel free to call.
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cc: Steve Melton
FREDERICK W. PAYNE
JAMES M. SCWLING, IV
DE?CJTY COUNTY ATTORNEYS
OF AL13.
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Office of County Attorney-
416 PARK STREET
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VIRGINIA 229C1
TELEPHONE 296-7138
June 9, 1983
Charles W. Hurt, M.D.
P. 0. Box 8147
Charlottesville, Virginia 22906
Re: Ben—ti var Subdivision
(Our File #ACPZ 83-66)
Dear'Charles:
GEORGE R. ST.JCHN
COUNTY ATTORNEY
I have reference to a memorandum from Mason Caperton to Gay
Carver dated June 7, 1983 and relating to Bentivar Subdivision.
As you know, this matter has been the subject of considerable
discussion for a number of years.
The issue is what lots, if any, are lawfully recorded.
?Miss Capterton's memorandum recites that onlv lots 9-19 of
Bentivar are lawfully recorded. This seems to have been the product
of a letter written to you by Bob Tucker in 1981. Since the date
of Mr. Tucker's letter, I have reviewed a large quantity of authority
regarding the status of the subdivision and find that the comments
contained in that letter are not accurate.
It is my opinion that lots 1-30 of Bentivar Subdivision were
lawfully recorded. I base that opinion upon the fact that in December
of 1977, a plat was recorded on your behalf showing the Bentivar
property, including lots 1-30. Each of these lots appears on its
face to be more than 5 acres in area. My research reveals that the
road on which lots 1-28 front is the same road which was adjudicated
in the so-called "bridge case" to be an old County road which has
not been abandoned. The road on which lots 29 and 30 front appears,
at least to have been an easement in favor of certain other properties
further to the south. The definition of subdivision in December of
1977 was (in paraphrase) a division of land into bne or more parcels
of which any one is less than 5 acres in area or which involve the
creation of the new street or access easement. Since all of these
lots were in excess of 5 acres and the roads were previously in
existence either as private or public thoroughfares, it is my opinion
that this division into 30 lots did not constitute a subdivision which
Charles W. Hurt, M.D.
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was subject to County review as of that date.
June 9, 1933
By contrast, certain later plats of the Bentivar property show
a division of the remainder of the land into a further 19 lots,
(numbered 31 through. 49). There are also other plats which show
certain other divisions in the similar time frame. Each o= these
plats was recorded subsequent to March 29, 1973. This is the date
on which the definition of subdivision was chanaed to substantially
its present form, i.e., that no division of land is exempt unless
all lots exceed 5 acres an area and have a specified frontage on
State maintained highways.
For the .foregoing reasons, it is my opinion that lots 1-30 of
Bentivar were lawfully recorded as exempt from the subdivision ordinance
as it existed at that time. The other numbered lots in Bentivar.-
together
entivar;together with certain other parcels, appear not to have been lawful
because they were recorded after the effective date of the amended
ordinance.
This has been a confusing subject for all concerned, and I hope
that this letter lays the matter to rest once and .for all. By copy
of this letter, I am notifying Mr. Tucker, Mrs. Carver and Mr. Vaughn
of my opinion in this matter so that, hopefully, there will be no
confusion about it in the future.
Sincerely yours,
Frederick W. Payne
FWP/tlh
cc: Robert W. Tucker, Jr.
Mrs. Gay Carver
Robert E. Vaughn
ROBERT W. TUCKER, JR
Director of Planning
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CRPARTNIENT of PLANNINia
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, Va. 22907-4-596
804-296-5823
MEMORANDUM
TO: Ms. Gay Carver
FROM: Ms. N. Mason Caperton, Senior. Planner Nn(`—
DATE:' June 7, 1983
RONALD S. KEELER
Assistant Director of Planning
R. KEITH MASE
Principal Planner
NANCY MASON CAPERTON
Senior Planner
KATHERINE L. IMHOFF
Planner
RE: Bentivar Subdivision, Tax Map 46, Parcels 111-159
On May 20, 1981, Mr. Robert W. Tucker, Jr. notified Dr. Charles W. Hurt
of a subdivision violation which had occurred when the -plat of the
Bentivar Subdivision was recorded showing forty-nine (49) lots. It
was determined at that time that thirteen (13) of those lots may have
been legal if they were recorded prior to March, 1978 (lots 9-19,
29 and 30). It was Dr. Hurt's responsibility to prove to the County
Attorney that a road existed prior to March, 1978 in order to prove
the legal recordation of these lots . _
The Count _.-tor ne has advised me that lots 9-19 are legally recorded
because the outcome of the Albemarle County Circuit Court's decision
or. R. E. Vaughn versus Charles W. Hurt (bridge case) determined the
existence of the road. However, Mr. Payne also noted that no similar
evidence has been presented to him to prove the legality of lots 29
and 30.
Given the above information, I recommend that lots 1-8 and 20-30 be
deleted from the tax map (parcels 111-118 and 130-140). In addition,
it has been m_v understanding that parcels 151-159 never existed legally
and unless further information is provided by Dr. Hurt, these parcels
should be removed also.
Please do not hesitate to call me if you should have any questions.
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ENCLOSURES
CC + ENC:, Dr. Charles W. Hurt
Mr. Arthur F. Edwards
Mr. Robert E. Vaughn
Mr. Frederick W. Payne
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