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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZMA200000004 Action Letter . . September 28, 2000 Steven Blaine, Esquire' LeClair Ryan P.C. 123 East Main St Charlottesville, VA 22902 "- ..z. /\11 A (j 0 - 04- l,'~ COfLJ 'Do NO f {2rcMo vP COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Planning & Community Development 40 I McIntire Road, Room 218 Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 (804) 296 - 5823 Fax (804) 972 - 4012 RE: ZMA-2000-04 Fontaine Research Park; Tax Map 76, Parcels 178 & 1781 Dear Mr. Blaine: The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on September 20,2000, unanimously approved the above-noted request. Please note that this approval is subject to the attached proffers. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. WJC/jcf Cc: Amelia McCulley Tex Weaver Development Jack Kelsey Steve Allshouse Bob Ball ZMA-00-04 PROFFERS FONTAINE RESEARCH PARK. SEPTEMBER 20, 2000 0, c ) ..~ TAX MAP PARCELS 76-17B, 17B(1), 17B)(2), 17B(3), 17B(5), 17B(6), and 17B(7) 53.52 Acres, Zoned Commercial Office (CO) Pursuant to Section 33.3 of the Albemarle County, Virginia Code (the "Code"), and consistent with the Water Protection Ordinance, or "Ordinance" (Chapter 17 of the Code) the owners, or their duly authorized agents, hereby voluntarily proffer the conditions listed below which shall be applied to the property. The proffers contained herein supercede all previous proffers pertaining to the above-referenced parcels. Any previous proffers applicable to such parcels have either: i) been fully satisfied, ii) are no longer applicable, or iii) have been incorporated in their entirety into these proffers. These conditions are proffered as part of the requested zoning and it is agreed that: I) the rezoning itself gives rise to the need for the conditions; and 2) such conditions have a reasonable relation to the rezoning request: 1. The Applicant. the University of Virginia Real Estate Founda~ion, successor to UREF Research Park, Inc., ("UREF") will construct, or install at its expense, the following road improvements on or before the issuance of a Cenificate of Occupancy for the next building within the Fontaine Research Park: A. UREF will improve the radius of the northbound off ramp, for the northbound to eastbound right turning movement at the intersection of Route 29 Bypass and F ontaine Avenue to the satisfaction of VDOT and the Albemarle County Engineering Department. f B. UREF will install necessary improvements, including re-striping and signal modifications, for duaL left-turn lanes (Northbound) at the intersection of Ray C. Hunt Drive and Fontaine Avenue. C. UREF will construct a continuous right turn lane from the existing acceleration lane at the eastbound off ramp at the intersection of Route 29 Bypass/Fontaine Avenue and the existing right turn lane onto Ray C. Hunt Drive. UREF will rebuild the pedestrian path and make any necessary dedication of right-of-way for such continuous right turn lane and related improvements. 2. Development shall substantially adhere to the Fontaine Research Park Master Plan, prepared by Draper Aden Associates, last revised August 18,2000, ("Master Plan") submitted with these proffers. The Master Plan replaces in its entirety all previous proffered plans, including the Zoning Application Plan, dated"May 1992, and prepared by McKee/Carson. I ~ . ~. . 3. UREF will construct at its expense a pedestrian connection from Fontaine Avenue into the Research Park in the general area depicted on the Master Plan. The pedestrian path will be completed on or before the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the next building within the Fontaine Research Park. At a minimum, the pedestrian connection shall be paved with asphalt, similar to the existing path on F ontaine Avenue. 4. UREF will construct a pedestrian system within the Research Park, in general conformance with the system shown on the Master Plan. Specific features for conformity shall include pedeStr1an connection from buildings to other buildings and parking areas. 5. UREF will limit total development on the site to 495,000 square feet of floor area. Support commercial uses shall be limited in building area to 20,000 square feet of gross floor area. 6. All buildings will be limited to four stories in height. UREF will maintain the existing landscape buffer area to screen the project from Fontaine Avenue and residential neighborhoods adjoining the Fontaine Research Park. 7. Strict architectural and landscape architectural guidelines and restrictions shall continue to govern the design and construction of all buildings and parcel specific site development. Such architectural guidelines and restrictions shall be applied and enforced in accordance with the Declaration of Protective Covenants and Restrictions for the Fontaine Research Park, dated January 20, 1993, and recorded at the Clerk's Office of the Circuit Court of the County of Albemarle, Virginia in Deed Book 1286, page 604. 8. Best Management Practices will be implemented in all areas of earth disturbing activity. Storm water management shall be accomplished through a combination of new storm water management facilities and modification of existing storm water and/or erosion control facilities, as modified and as shown on the Master Plan. The Department of Engineering and Public Works shall approve the ultimate storm water management plan relating to any future improvements, as required by the Ordinance, to insure that no material degradation of Morey Creek and adjacent stream valleys occurs. The Applicant will not create any land disturbance in the area indicated as Resource Protection Area on the Master Plan, except for pedestrian pathways and the storm water management facility, (as shown on the Master Plan) without the approval of the Planning Commission. The Resource Protection Area is intended to be delineated as all the area within 100 feet of the boundaries of the 100 year flood plain elevations. 9. At such time as the Board of Supervisors approves of a plan of development for a pedestrian! bicycle and greenway improvements for the Morey Creek/Stribling Avenue area. UREF shall dedicate a strip ofland, at least one hundred feet (100') in width along Morey Creek up to the Southern Railway right-of-way, (as it exists on the date of this proffer) then north. along the Southern Railway right-of -way· to the intèrsection of such right-of-way and Stribling Avenue (the "Greenway"). The Greenway will be conveyed in tee simple or in the form of an easement, as the Board of Supervisots"approval may require. Applicant may reserve in such dedication necessary access across the Greenway Î to the Southern Railway right-of-way in the event that such right-of-way is ever used for commuter rail service. The Greenway may be established at any time as detennined by the Board of Supervisors. A pedestrian connection to the Greenway shall be made at _~"'. such time as improvements are made to establish the pedestrian and bicycle paths as part ) of the Greenway, and improvements are made to Stribling Avenue to include paving and street lights. 10. UREF shall adopt (no later than the issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the next building constructed at the Fontaine Research Park) a Transportation Demand Management Plan (TDl'vfP) for the Research Park, incorporating traffic reduction amenities (such as pedestrian access, as depicted on the Master Plan), facilitating employer traffic reduction measures and promoting educational programs. The TDMP shall offer employee surveys to be conducted by, or with the guidance of, the Thomas Jefferson Planning District Commission, or a similar organization. Surveys will be available to develop specific programs for employers within the Research Park tailored to commuter needs. The TDMP shall stress increased awareness of available alternative transportation means in and around the University community, including van service between the medical campuses, University and City transit systems, employee benefits, and parking shuttle service. The TDMP will establish or promote means for reducing single occupancy vehicle use, including but not limited to providing educational programs on rides haring, striping high occupancy vehicle parking spaces and installing bicycle racks near buildings. The TDMP shall be available to existing and future employers and employees at the Research Park via appropriate and effective means. Submitted as of the 20th day September, 2000 by: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA REAL ESTATE FOUNDATION By: -, iv~~. 20?s\ Tim R. Rose, Secretary UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SERVICES FOUNDATION <::::::::-/7"--" ~ By: /I~<- ~-¥~- Marc Dettmann, Chief Executive Officer ~ ..., .) ..