HomeMy WebLinkAboutLOD200500022 Letter of Determination 2017-07-13COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
CharlottesviIIe, Virginia 229024596
Phone 434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
September 21, 2005
Fred Gunnels
42 Maplevale Drive
Palmyra, VA 22963
RE: OFFICIAL DETERMINATION OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS -- Tax Map 111A1,
Parcel 12 (Property of. Robert T. Freeman or Patricia Mullins Freeman) Section
10.3.1
Dear Mr. Gunnels:
The County Attorney and have reviewed the title information for the above -noted
property. It is the County Attorney's advisory opinion and my official determination that
Tax Map 111A1, Parcel 12 has five (5)) theoretical development rights. The basis for
this determination follows.
Our records indicate Tax Map 111A1, Parcel 12 contains 10.4 acres and no dwellings.
The property is not in an Agricultural and Forestal District. The most recent recorded
instrument for this property is recorded in Deed Book 3055, page 655.
Deed Book 161, page 45, dated October 2, 1915, conveyed a parcel from S. B. Yates to
C. W. Mullin. The parcel is described as containing 20 acres. A plat that is attached to
the deed notes that the parcel contains 10.4 acres.
The most recent deed for this parcel recorded prior to the adoption of the Zoning
Ordinance, December 10, 1980 is recorded in Deed Book 405, page 177 and is
dated August 1, 1963. This deed conveyed two tracts from Charles W. Mullins and Ada
G. Mullins to Fulton P. Mullins and Edith C. Mullins.
Tract #1 is described as containing Y2 acre and further described by reference to
Deed Book 116, page 23, Deed Book 133, page 244 and Deed Book 138, page
195. This is designated as Parcel 15 on Tax Map 111A1 and is not a part of
this determination.
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Fred Gunnels
September 21, 2005
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Tract #2 is described as containing 20 acres, more or less, and is further
described by reference to Deed Book 161, page 45. On the basis of this deed,
this tract is determined to be a parcel of record with five (5) development
rights. The discrepancy between the deed description of 20 acres and the
plat notation of 10.4 acres is not reconciled.
Deed Book 1689, page 133, dated August 4, 1997, conveyed a tract from Fulton P.
Mullins and Edith Mullins to Robert T. Freeman and Patricia Mullins Freeman. As in
prior deeds, the parcel is described as containing 20 acres. It is further described by
reference to Deed Book 405, page 177. This transaction had no effect on the legal
status or on the development rights of the parcel.
Deed Book 3055, page 655 contains a Deed of Correction between Robert T. Freeman
and Patricia Mullins Freeman as both Grantors and Grantees. The deed references a
boundary survey by Roger W. Ray and Assoc. that shows the property contains 13.54
acres. The plat references Deed Book 1689, page 133 and the plat in Deed Book 161,
page 46. The plat notes that there is no intent to extinguish or combine any existing
parcels of record. A copy of the plat was submitted with this request but was not
recorded with this deed. While this transaction corrected the acreage it had no
effect on the legal status or on the development rights of the parcel.
This parcel is entitled to the noted development rights if all other applicable regulations
can be met. These development rights are theoretical in nature but do represent the
maximum number of lots containing less than twenty one acres allowed to be created
by right. In addition to the development right lots, the parcel may create as many
smaller parcels containing a minimum of twenty-one acres as it has land to make.
If you are aggrieved by this determination, you have a right to appeal it within thirty days_
of the date notice of this determination is given, in accordance with Section 15.2-2311 of
the Code of Virginia. If you do not file a timely appeal, this determination shall be final
and unappealable. An appeal shall be taken only by filing with the Zoning Administrator
and the Board of Zoning Appeals a notice of appeal which specifies the grounds for the
appeal. An appeal application must be completed and filed along with the fee of $120.
The date notice of this determination was given is the same as the date of this letter.
If you have any questions, please contact me.
Sincerely,
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John Shepherd
Manager of Zoning Administration
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Fred Gunnels
September 21. 2005
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Copies: Robert T. Freeman and Patricia Mullins Freeman
16291 Black Run Road
Orange, VA 22960
Gay Carver, Real Estate Supervisor
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