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February 26,2002
Glenn Branham
1511 Melbourne Road
Charlottesville, VA 22901
RE SP-2001-049 Thomas Harris; Tax Map 8. Parcel 35A
Dear Mr Branham
The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on February 13, 2002. unanimously approved
the above-noted request Please note that this approval is subject to the following conditions
The public garage use is limited to repairing and equipping vehicles unless Condition 8 IS
satisfied and body work and vehicle painting is permitted. In that case, repairing and equipping
vehicles shall be the primary uses, and body work and vehicle painting shall be conducted only
as accessory uses;
2 The permittee shall post and maintain a bond or other form of security, subject to the approval of
the County Attorney, in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) to address any violation of
the uniform building, electrical, fire prevention or plumbing codes or the Zoning Ordinance on the
property The County, including its officers, employees and agents, shall have the authority to
enter the property and abate or remove the violation(s) after thirty (30) days following the
issuance date of a written Notice of Violation, using funds from the security to pay for the cost of
abatement;
3 Within three (3) months following approval of this special use permit, the permittee shall apply for
a commercial entrance that meets Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) specifications,
including all specifications for sight distance In order to satisfy the specifications for Sight
distance, VDOT may require a sight easement on the adjacent property to the north to
accommodate the relocation of the driveway on the subject property The commercial entrance
shall be completed to the satisfaction of VDOT within three (3) months following approval of the
site plan or site plan waiver;
4, Within one (1) month following approval of this special use permit, the permittee shall submit to
the County either a site plan or an application for a site plan waiver and shall obtain preliminary
site plan approval or approval of a site plan waiver. If a preliminary site plan is approved, within
one (1) month of that approval the permittee shall submit for approval the final site plan, If a final
site plan is not approved within six (6) months after the date the preliminary site plan was
approved, the public garage use shall cease until a final site plan is approved;
5 Within three (3) months following approval of this special use permit, the permittee shall apply for
approval from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) for storing oil, radiator
fluid and other chemicals associated with the public garage Storage shall conform to all
requirements of DEQ The chemicals shall be stored under a shelter with overhead coverage
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6, Within three (3) months following approval of this special use permit, the permittee shall obtain
written approval from the County Department of Fire and Rescue of a means to contain
accidental or incidental spills from storage drums or containers and a spill containment system;
7, Within three (3) months following approval of this special use permit, the permittee shall either
remove or demolish one of the dwelling units on the property, or convert it so that it is no longer a
dwelling unit within the meaning of the Zoning Ordinance, as determined by the Zoning
Administrator;
8 Within one (1) month following approval of this special use permit, the permittee shall submit to
the DEQ a Form 7 application for an air permitting determination for the paint operation The
permittee shall comply with all rules and regulations imposed by DEQ, If a Form 7 application is
not submitted or if the permittee fails to comply with all rules and regulations imposed by DEQ,
body work and spray painting vehicles is prohibited;
9, Gasoline sales are prohibited;
10. The sale or rental of vehicles or other motorized equipment is prohibited;
11, All repairing or equipping of vehicles shall take place inside the existing garage, with the
exception of vehicles being repaired on the vehicle lift located adJacent to the garage
12. The outdoor storage of parts, equipment, machinery and junk is prohibited;
13. No more than a total of ten (10) vehicles associated with the public garage use shall be located
outside any enclosed structure. All vehicles associated with the public garage use shall be
parked only in the gravel parking area shown on the plan titled "SP 01-49 Harris Garage Concept
Plan," which is made a part of these conditions. "Vehicles associated with the public garage use"
include, but are not limited to, the vehicles of the public garage customers; and the vehicles of the
owner or occupant of the property, or any other person, that: (a) are inoperable vehicles within
the meaning of Section 3.1 of the Zoning Ordinance; (b) are being or will be repaired, equipped,
restored, refurbished, or painted; (c) are having or will have body work performed on them; or (d)
are having or will have their parts or equipment removed, to be used in the repair or equipping of
other vehicles or to be sold;
14 Within three (3) months following approval of this special use permit, the permittee shall obtain
written Fire Official approval of the garage operation;
15. Within three (3) months following the approval of this special use permit, the permittee shall apply
for Health Department approval of the septic system The septic system shall comply with Health
Department requirements;
16. Within three (3) months following approval of this special use permit, the permittee shall obtain
written Engineering Department approval of the waste disposal and collection methods;
17 The hours of operation shall be between 8 AM. and 8 P.M., Monday through Saturday. These
hours of operation do not prohibit customers from dropping off vehicles before 8 AM. on the days
of operation; and
18. Within three (3) months following approval of the site plan or site plan waiver, the permittee shall
install and thereafter maintain a minimum twenty (20)-foot deep landscape evergreen-screening
buffer to shield the view of the garage from adjacent properties and Markwood Road. The
screening buffer shall be located in the approximate area labeled "gravel parking," and between
the building and the street, as shown on the "SP 01-49 Harris Garage Concept Plan." The
spacing and materials used in the landscape buffer shall be approved by the Planning Director.
The permittee shall also submit a landscape plan with the site plan application.
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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 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 Ci¡ berg
Director of Planning & Community Development
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Jack Kelsey
Tex Weaver
Steve Allshouse
Matt Grimes, VDOT
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