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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZMA199800020 Approval - County Zoning Map Amendment 1998-10-21 . ZMA- qB-,Z.o COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Dept. of Planning & Community Development . _ _ ~401 Mcintire Road Charlottesville. Virginia 22902-4596 (804) 296-5823 October 28, 1998 , Steve Melton 195 Riverbend Dr Charlottesville, VA 22911 RE: ZMA-98-20 Pantops PD-MC Tax. Map 78, Parcels 20A, 73, 73A., 75 and 76 Dear Mr. Melton: The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on October 21, 1998, approved the above- noted request for approvalofan application plan for the general develoment of 49.34 acres, zoned PD-MC (Planned Development Mixed Commercial); HC (Highway Commercial) and EC (Entrance Corridor ~erlay District). Please note that this approval is subject to four modifications for the appication plan ~d four requirements for application plan approval. The modifications and requirements are as follow: . ~odifications for Application Plan approval: a. The Board granted a waiver of restrictions to development on critical slopes for and restricted to the Kroger Shopping C~nter site, the DMV site and to those areas shown for roadways and other infrastructure improvements on the Application Plan. Subsequent requests tòr other critical slopes waivers as may be requested as other site plans are presented will be entertained by the Planning Commision. The Board did not find that the request for relief from stormwater detention requirements to be contrary to general planning/policy issues. The Board will allow administrative determination by the Engineering Depanent subject to satisfaction of the Engineering Department concerns as to adequacy of water quality measures as well as adequacy of downstream channels: The Board can determine no compelling reason to incorporate commercial roadways into the public road network. Private roads will generally allow more flexibiity in site design due to more flexibiity in setbacks and improvements which may occur within the right-of-way. Therefore, the Board approved usage of private roadways internal to the development. This should not be viewed as a zoning restriction/prohibition to Board approval of these roads as public roads at some future date; and The Board believes that PD-SC parking standard was intended to encourage a Planned Development approach for shopping center development. The Board found that this intent has been accomplished through this petition and that usage of the PD-SC parking standard would be appropriate with this intent as well as ·with standards of the Comprehensive Plan. b. c. d. -" ReQuirements for Application Plan approval: 1. A landscape plan providing full screening of all buildings and parking areas visible crom Monticello shall be provided as a condition of site plan approval for all development. The landscape plan may preserve existing trees or provide plantings which shall provide the necessary screening within 15 years. A street tree plan providing a visual buffer for Hansen Road and Rolkin Road shall be provided as a condition of site plan or road plan approval. Large street trees shall be planted on both sides of such roads in accordance with Section 32.7.9.6 of the Zoning Ordinance and shall be staggered on opposite sides of the road. All buildings shall be designed to provide rooftop style, treatment and color schemes which assure minimal visual impact on the Monticello viewshed. Assurance of such style, treattnent and color schemes shall be a condition of final site plan approval. Such approval may be given by the Director of Planning and Community Development after providing notice to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation and an opportunity for Foundation comments to be considered. Approval and execution of the Four Party Road Improvement Agreement substantially in accord with the document dated October 20, 1998, and attached hereto, shall be required prior to the approval of any development plan. 2. 3. , 4. If you have any questions or comments regarding the above-noted action, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, l5Q{~.~~,- Ronald S. Keeler Chief of Planning RSK/jcf Cc: Amelia McCulley Jack Kelsey Tex Weaver Steve Allshouse Gordon Gledhill ~ -j~ ~ . COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Building Code and Zoning Services 401 Mcintire Road, Room 227 Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 FAX (804) 972-4126 TELEPHONE (804) 296-5832 MEMORANDUM T11)(804)972~12 TO: The file, ZMA 98-20 ~ . FROM: Amelia McCulley, Zoning Administrato~and /f..lI' , Wayne Cilimberg, Director of Planning and Community Development U~ DATE: 01/19/01 . RE: Landscape Plans for the entire Pantops PC-MC zoned by ZMA 98-20 . This document is a Memorandum of Agreement set forth in an effort to meet the intent of the first "Requirements for Application Plan Approval" from ZMA 98-20. On October 21, 1998 the Board of Supervisors approved the Planned Development Mixed Commercial Application Plan with the following condition: 1. A landscape plan providing full screening of all buildings and parking areas visible from Monticello shall be provided as a condition of site plan approval for all development. The landscape plan may preserve existing trees or provide plantings which shall provide the necessary screening within 15 years. The goal of "full screening" is not only to fully obscure but to provide the maximum screening through integration with the existing character of the forested slopes within the viewshed of Monticello. The County, the Developer and Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation all hereby agree that the following guidelines will be used in review of all the pertinent site plans on a case-by-case basis: The sites should appear as natural as possible after development. This may involve randomly placing trees on a slope rather than having a large mowed area or a staggered row of evergreens. It may also provide for screening evergreen trees to be mixed with deciduous trees so as not to create a "block of green" every winter when the deciduous trees in the naturalized areas surrounding the development drop their leaves. The screening needs to be substantial, but a softer silhouette than the standard, using indigenous trees wherever possible, and scattered or in clumps, not in rows. Consideration should be given to species that will grow to a substantial size and are disease resistant so that they will survive and integrate into the native habitat. There will be different considerations on each site depending on the acreage of the site, the topography or terrain, the visibility from Monticello. and the surrounding natural microcosm. The height, size, layout and colors used on the buildings to be constructed will also effect the required landscaping. Since cars and other vehicles reflect light and draw attention to one spot in a field of vision, thorough landscaping of parking lots and accessways is also a major consideration. Planning staff in their professional capacity will review the landscape plans for all sites within the PD-MC. In the process, they must uphold the Zoning Ordinance, the conditions of the Application Plan, and help achieve the goals set out above. ' Agreed to by: .