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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Dept. of Planning & Community Development
401 Mcintire Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
(804) 2965823
November 26, 1997
David Draper
Collins & Kronstadt
1111 Spring Street
Silver Spring, MD 20910
RE: SP 97-42 Our Lady of Peace
Tax Map 61Z, Section 3, Parcels 8 and 8A
Dear Mr. Draper:
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on November 12, 1997,
approved the above-noted request to amend SP-90-65 to add an alzheimer care facility to
Our Lade of Peace in the Branchlands PUD complex. Please note that this approval is
subject to the following conditions:
1. The dementia care facility shall be operated in accordance with the Treatise on the
Rationale for the Development of the Our Lady of Peace Program (including a Proposed
New Addition) dated May 16, 1990 and revised July 24, 1997, herein included as
Attachment B; with occupancy not to exceed 24.
2. The dementia care facility shall not be operated without approval and, where appropriate,
licensing by such agencies as the Virginia Department of Welfare, the Virginia
Department of Health, and other such appropriate local, state and federal agencies as may
have authority in a particular case."
3. The dementia care facility shall comply with the conditions of ZMA 88-07.
In the event that the use, structure or activity for which this special use permit is issued shall not
be commenced within eighteen (18) months after the issuance of such permit, the same shall be
deemed abandoned and the authority granted thereunder shall thereupon terminate. For purposes
of this section, the term "commenced" shall be construed to include the commencement of
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construction of any structure necessary to the use of such permit within two (2) years from the
date of the issuance thereof which is thereafter completed within one (1) year.
Before beginning this use, you must obtain a zoning clearance from the Zoning Department.
Before the Zoning Department will issue a clearance, you must comply with the conditions in
this letter. For further information, please call Jan Sprinkle at 296-5875.
If you should have any questions or comments regarding the above noted action, please do
not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
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V. Wayne
Director of
munity Development
VWC/jcf
cc: Amelia McCulley
Jack Kelsey
The Catholic Diocese of Richmond
Kurt Gloeckner
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May 16,1990
Revised July 24, 1997
TREA TISE
ON THE RATIONALE
FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE OUR U\DY OF PEACE PROGRAM
(INCLUDING A PROPOSED NEW ADDITION)
AS CONFORMING TO
THE SITE UTILIZATION SPECIFICATIONS
FOR PARCEL A IN
THE BRANCH LANDS PUD
ALBEMARLE COUNTY, VIRGINIA
The existing Our Lady of Peace development is a multifamily housing program sponsored by
the Roman Catholic Diocese of Richmond in conjunction with three Catholic parishes in the
greater Albemarle County/Charlottesville area: the Church of the Incarnation, Holy Comforter,
and St. Thomas. The complex supports 64 independent dwelling units with 52 dependent
supportive assisted-living accommodations of which 16 spaces provide 30 beds of
intermediate care nursing in support of the 64 independent dwelling units. This program is
plnced on a 7.033-acre tract known as Parcel A of the Branchlands PUD. 1.0·10 acres of this
parcel are proposed to accommodate the application of an approximately 16,000 sq. ft.
Dementia Care Facility, also to be operated by the Diocese of Richmond, with appropriate
access opportunities.
Parcel A of the Branchlands PUD allows as a matter of right for the construction of "82
dwellings or 106 low-/moderate-cost units." The Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance of 1 0
December 1980 defines Dwellings as either Multifamily, Single Family, or Two Family. The
Our Lady of Peace facility fits within the Multifamily definition of "more than two (2) dwelling
units." A Dwelling Unit is defined as: "A single unit providing complete, independent-living
facilities for one (1) or more persons, including permanent provisions for living, sleeping,
eating, cooking and sanitation." Clearly, the 64 independent apartments meet this definition
as they are equipped with complete. independent-livinq facilities. The other building support
spaces include lobbies, lounges, solôriums, craft, and administrative spaces as well as central
kitchen, dining, laundry, mechanical, electrical, and health care spaces including "incomplete,
dependent-living facilities" for the support of the 64 independent dwelling units for those
residents who age in place and can continue to be accommodated within the facility.
Accordingly, the sponsor believes that these dependent health care accommodations, including
16 nursing home and proposed 16 Dementia Care rooms and 26 incomplete livinq spaces
without full, complete kitchens, which depend on the service of three meals per day to
occupants, place those supportive health care spaces in the same category as other
programmed health support spaces for the 64 independent. complete dwelling units. By
providing various levels of health care, residents maintain their independence and do not
deplete their financial resources by paying for higher levels of health care than they actually
need.
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Treatise on the Rationale for Development
of the Our Lady of Peace Program
May 16, 1990, Revised July 24, 1997
page 2
As a further rationale for the program's conformance to the allowable 82-unit or 106
low-/moderate-income dwelling unit specification for Parcel A, the sponsor would like to draw
comparisons as to population and traffic generation between this 64 independent and complete
dwelling unit program with supportive health care accommodations and an 82- or 106·unit
multifamily housing program.
82 or 106 units (normal mix of 10% 1 BR, 10% 3BR, and 80% 2BR units assuming Y2 of 1 BR
units occupied by single persons and % of 2BR and 3BR are occupied by single parents with
1 child per bedroom, and 25 % of Our Lûdy of Peace 1 BR independent units occupied by 2
persons) :
No. Of
Studios/Rms. No. Of 1 BRs No. Of 2BRs No. Of 3BRs Total
Program (Occupants) (Occupants) (Occupants) (Occupants) (Occupants)
82 units 0(0) 8 (12) 66(165) 8 (28) (205)
106 units of
low/moderate
income 0(0) 10 (15) 86(215) 10 (40) (270)
64 existing
independent &
complete units 16 (16) 36 (45) 12 (24) 0(0) ( 85)
Plus existing
assisted health
care
accommodations 26 (26) 10 (10) 0(0) 0(0) ( 36)
Plus existing
nursing health care
accommodations 16 (30) 0(0) 0(0) 0(0) ( 30)
Plus proposed new
dementia health
care
accommodations 16 (20) Llill
(171)
As this chart indicates, the 54-unit existing Our Lady of Peace facility with existing and new
health care accommodations would generate considerably fewer residents than either of the
82-unit or 106-unit low-/moderate-income programs.
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Treatise on the Rationale for Development
of the Our Lady of Peace Program
May 16, 1990, Revised July 24, 1997
page 3
Additionally, when the small number of likely resident drivers and the staff and visitor trips per
day in the existing and new proposed facility are combined and compared to the trips per day,
traffic generation quantities projected for 82 units or 106 low-/moderate-income units, it will
be evident that considerably lesser traffic is generated at the project entrance by the Our Lady
of Peace program. (See Gloeckner & Osborne, Inc. Traffic Study dated June 12, 1990, to be
updated).
Note: A low- and moderate-income provIsion within the Our Lady of Peace program is
addressed by the application of internal subsidies and the application of endowment funds by
the Diocese to Optional Auxiliary Grant recipients and indigent nursing patients not fully
covered by Medicaid. Besides the direct subsidy, the Catholic Diocese of Richmond provides
for low- to moderate-income housing in other ways. The nonprofit sponsor will not deplete
the financial resources of its residents or put affordable housing out of reach by charging a
large entrance or endowment fee. The sponsor allows for financial flexibility by offering
month-to-month or annual leasing arrangements in the independent apartments and provides
for a per-diem arrangement in the eventL'al nursing facility as it will in the new proposed 20-
bed Dementia Care addition. Although this informal approach cannot be directly equated to
the specific VHDA or HUD rent supplement programs, it offers evidence of a nonprofit
sponsor's intentions to provide economic assistance to those in need 'and is in harmony with
the expression of interest on the part of the PUD plan for offering density credit for the
application of low- to moderate-income housing units.
Descriptive Summary of New Proposed Addition to Our Lady of Peace
The proposed 16-room, 20-bed Dementia Care addition to Our Lady of Peace is envisioned as
a connected but separate and secured one-story 16,000 sq. ft. pavilion in which 20 residents
live in 4 semiprivate and 12 private room accommodations with private baths located around
three sides of a large central living, dining, and activity space monitored by a 5- to 6-person
care giver staff from a work station and Director's Office located near the main pavilion entry
on the fourth side.
The pavilion is proposed to be linked via an enclosed passage to a service corridor at the rear
of the nursing station in the existing 30-bed, one-story existing nursing wing and to the
existing nursing wing porte-cochere and entry canopy by a connecting covered canopy.
Other support spaces in the proposed new addition will include an exterior secured walking
garden on the three residential sides connecting four exits and accommodating a fire area of
refuge. A serving kitchen will accommodate a food delivery cart system supplying food from
the central kitchen of the existing building for a three-meal-per-day service. An activity room,
guest reception lobby, a music room, and a sun room frame the four corners of the pavilion
and an assisted bathing and grooming center offer personal hygiene care.
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Treatise on the Rationale for Development
of the Our Lady of Peace Program
May 16, 1990, Revised July 24, 1997
page 4
The addition will occupy much of the 1 .O-acre tract originally designated for use as an Adult
Day Care Center to be operated by the Jefferson Area Board on Aging and which later reverted
back to the Diocese of Richmond when not put to that use under the terms of an agreement
between JABA and the Diocese of Richmond.