HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP201700020 Staff Report 2018-07-05 (8)ATTACHMENT K
From: Sandra Mears [mailto:sandram460@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2017 9:56 PM
To: Jo Higgins <musxit@aol.com>; Bill Fritz <BFRITZ@albemarle.org>
Cc: Ann Mallek <amallek@albemarle.org>; bkirtley@embarqmail.com; David Stoner
<davidastonerl@gmail.com>; ericacroz@aol.com; gwbarlow3@earthlink.net; crutchfieldjk@gmail.com;
mailtojeanne@yahoo.com; Jennifer Lafferty More <moreandmore@embarqmail.com>;
jonathanhunt530@gmail.com; Russell Lafferty <rlafferty@gmail.com>; sstyle2626@yahoo.com;
mary@ricebooks.com; Mike Marshall <editor@crozetgazette.com>; rbfreetown@yahoo.com; Tim
Tolson <tfjtolson@gmail.com>; Tom Loach <tcl4p@virginia.edu>
Subject: Re: RE: SP 2017-20 Re-Store'n Station
My goodness, again. 20 hours of operation. We finally get to the point we get sleep, now they want 20
hours of operation and 24 hour pumps open. That store did that before (24 hours with the pumps open)
which was 24 hours of noise for our neighborhood. Bright lights from the tractor trailor trucks. Will they
ever stop this madness. Give the community a break. The fumes from the gas station is already sickning
and has caused one family to vacate. How many more request do we have to endure?
They care nothing about the community. Only the almighty dollar.
wish there was a way to sue them for constant harrassment.
The white house is empty from the family who vacated due to the fumes. The requestors should live in
the house for a week with the current fumes and 24 hours of pump operation. Then see if they still have
the request.
Sandra Mears
From: Bruce Kirtley [mailto:bkirtley@embarqmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2017 5:16 PM
To: Bill Fritz <BFRITZ@albemarle.org>
Cc: Ann Mallek <amallek@albemarle.org>; Ann Mallek <ann.mallek@gmail.com>; Jonathan Hunt
<jonathanhunt530@gmail.com>; Sandra Mears <sandram460@yahoo.com>; Tom Loach
<tcl4p@virginia.edu>
Subject: Re: SP 2017-20 Re-Store'n Station
My reading indicates the special use permit has a range of 9 points. Points 1-3 relate to
water usage. The remaining, including hours of operation overnight parking, etc., are
not relevant to water usage. The community feels very strongly about any amendments
to the special use permit. I, likewise, am opposed to any changes!
Thank you and your staff for keeping me appraised. I look forward to working with you.
Bruce Kirtley
From: Jonathan Hunt [mailto:jonathanhunt530@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 12:49 PM
To: Sandra Mears <sandram460@yahoo.com>
Cc: Bill Fritz <BFRITZ@albemarle.org>; Ann Mallek <amallek@albemarle.org>;
bkirtley@embarqmail.com; David Stoner <davidastonerl@gmail.com>; ericacroz@aol.com;
gwbarlow3@earthlink.net; crutchfieldjk@gmail.com; mailtojeanne@yahoo.com; Jennifer Lafferty More
<moreandmore@embarqmail.com>; Russell Lafferty <rlafferty@gmail.com>; sstyle2626@yahoo.com;
mary@ricebooks.com; Mike Marshall <editor@crozetgazette.com>; rbfreetown@yahoo.com; Tim
Tolson <tfjtolson@gmail.com>; Tom Loach <tcl4p@virginia.edu>
Subject: Re: RE: SP 2017-20 Re-Store'n Station
It's difficult to communicate how upsetting these incessant attempts by Jeff Sprouse to damage
our community and homes have been. It has been harassment by process. We spent years and
years attending countless meetings held during work and evening hours discussing this
development with the applicant, the board, the community, the CCAC, county planners, and
others. The result of all this was a special permit designed to protect our neighborhood and the
larger Crozet community. However, what good is a special use permit, designed to protect a
community and provide peace of mind for its residents, if every few months the applicant can
submit another proposal to remove its protections?
I appreciate the professionalism of both the county planning office and the tireless work and
support of the Board of Supervisors on this issue. However, I would ask that the county look
into amending its processes to restrict the applicant from using the permit process as a tool to
harass the residents and homeowners of Free Town Lane. Once a change to an existing special
use permit has been denied can we not restrict an applicant from resubmitting another request for
a specified amount of time? Without this restriction the applicant will continue his barrage of
requests thereby leaving our community in a constant state of anxiety and worry. We would
appreciate the basic right to live peacefully without the omnipresent worry that Jeff Sprouse will
try to make ours homes and neighborhood unlivable.
In addition to this change we would request that the Board of Supervisors deny the applicant's
most recent attempt to undermine the special use permit. He has already been found to have
violated the permit by keeping his pumps open 24 hours day, only stopping once reported. He
also allowed trucks to park and idle in his parking lot, at all hours of the night, in violation of the
permit. Increasing the hours of operation and keeping the pumps open 24 hours a day will harm
our neighborhood. We can say this on authority because we've already experienced it.
Thank all of you again for the time and commitment you have given to this issue.
Sincerely,
Jonathan Hunt