HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP198500048 Approval - County 1996-10-02COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Building Code and Zoning Services
401 McIntire Road, Room 223
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Building Code Information FAX (804) 972-4126
(804) 296-5832 TDD (804) 972-4012
October 2, 1996
Robert J. Kroner
c/o Gilliam, Scott & Kroner
R O. Box 2737
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Steven E. Castlen
1695 Sourwood Place
Charlottesville, Virginia 22911
Allen Staley
c/o Diamondstein, Becker and Staley
11817 Canon Boulevard, Suite 400
Newport News, Virginia 23606
Re: Parking at the Silver Thatch Inn and Hollymead Recreation Center
Dear Sirs:
Zoning Information
(804) 296-5875
This letter is to confirm what I have discussed with all of you individually by telephone and to
inform you of parking that I just discovered while writing this letter. The problem that has
brought us to this letter is that there are only 64 parking spaces in the lot that these two
businesses share. Previous allocation from a letter in the 1985 Silver Thatch Inn site plan file
designated the parking as follows:
Swimming pool 23 spaces
Tennis courts 4 spaces
Restaurant 14 spaces
Existing 4 guest rooms 4 spaces
Proposed 4 guest rooms 4 spaces
Total required 49 spaces
Total provided 64 spaces
When the Hollymead Recreation Area site plan amendment was approved in late 1995, the
parking was designated as follows:
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Restaurant
14
spaces
Silver Thatch guest rooms
8
spaces
Tennis court
2
sapces
Pool
32
spaces
Swim meet parking
40
spaces
Total required
96
spaces
Total provided
104
spaces
Since no tennis court exists nor is planned, I am administratively deleting the tennis court from the
site plan allocation and designating those two spaces to the Silver Thatch Inn to cover parking for
a dining room (the Hessian Room) that wasn't listed on their previous site plan. The Inn has only
seven guest rooms so there is one more space being allocated to restaurant use. This will bring
their total allocation to 24 spaces as follows:
Restaurant 17 spaces
Silver Thatch guest rooms 7 spaces
Pool 32 spaces
Swim meet parking 40 spaces
Total required 96 spaces
Total provided 104 spaces
What I have just discovered is that there are still 8 spaces in the 64-space parking lot that are not
required for either basic use. Those 8 spaces and 40 spaces on Maiden Lane are authorized for
swim meets only. However, if swim meets are held only 2 or 3 times per year, there are 8 spaces
that could be allocated to either use under Zoning Ordinance Section 4.12.4, Cooperative
Parking. To receive consideration, the pool would have to notify the inn which, in turn, would
have to limit their uses during the hours of the swim meet. This arrangement would have to be
authorized by the Planning Commissibn in conjunction with a site plan amendment. If any of you
wishes more information on this, please contact me. I'll be happy to help with any proposal.
I hope this resolves the issues before you at this point. If you have any further questions or
comments. Please do not hesitate to call again.
Sincerely,
Jan Sprinkle
Zoning Assistant
cc: Reading 46B2-02-1
Silver Thatch Inn Site Plan file
Hollymead Recreation Area Site Plan file
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