HomeMy WebLinkAboutZMA201200007 Review Comments Zoning Map Amendment 2016-05-13County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Elaine Echols, FAICP
From: Ron Higgins, AICP, Chief of Zoning/Deputy Zoning Administrator
Division: Zoning
Date: February 12, 2016 Updated comments May 13, 2016
Subject: ZMA201200007-5t' Street Commercial
Zoning comments on the latest (April 18, 2016) submittal (with proffers) for this ZMA are:
1) The new minimum and maximum setbacks should be listed in the notes and used in placing the
building(s). The building closest to 51 Street should have a maximum front setback of 30 feet.
Update: The setback notes on the Application Plan are still incorrect as to minimum/maximum
front. Also, other notes on the Application Plan are incorrect, such as: Steep Slopes listed as
"manmade managed" when there are some "preserved slopes" present, and: the "stepback" note
should reflect the current code, "Floors above 40 feet or the third story, whichever is less, shall be
stepped back a minimum of 15 feet."
2) The drive-thru will need to be revised to comply with the new proposed standards. This has been done.
3) The second proffer should update the reference date for the County Code to be more current with the date
of approval of the new ZMA. Until that time it should be left blank. This has been corrected.
4) The ZMA referenced in proffers should be shown as ZMA201200007. This has been corrected.
5) If fuel islands are still permitted in the use proffers, then proffer #5 placing them behind a building is
still needed. This is no longer applicable.
6) More consideration should be given to the list of uses being proffered as it is much more extensive than
the original proffered list in ZMA199900013. Also, the first paragraph in the "Attachment A —USES
PERMITTED HC" should be removed since it conflicts with the required setbacks in HC. This has
been addressed.
7) The proposed retaining walls are shown as Max. Height = 15'. This may result in a recommended
stepping of the wall height to 6' heights for each "step". Room should be left for this. This has been
addressed.
8) The second access out of the Holiday Inn parking lot will require disturbance of "preserved slopes". This
can be accomplished specifically as part of this ZMA approval by the Board of Supervisors (Section
30.7.4.b.1.g. This should be pointed out in the staff reports. This comment is corrected to note that
the disturbance of what are now "preserved slopes" cannot exceed the amount approved in 2002
for the critical slopes waiver. Disturbance beyond that amount will require rezoning of the
preserved slopes to correct. However, it appears that the amount to be disturbed has been limited
to the 2002 limit. This can be verified with detailed site plan at the initial site plan stage.
9) It is not clear on the Application Plan where the HC and LI zoning boundary is on Tax Map Parcel
076M1-00-00-00100. It should be shown in order to confirm that the uses proposed are in the HC
portion. This is still not completely clear on the Application Plan.