HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP201700020 Correspondence 2017-08-18COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
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Memorandum
To: Jo Higgins
From: Bill Fritz
Date: August 18, 2017
Subject: Mandatory pre -application meeting for Tax Map Parcel 055B0000000100 and proposed amendment to
SP200800056
The following are County staff comments regarding the above noted pre -application meeting. This meeting
satisfies the requirement for a pre -application meeting prior to submittal of your zoning map amendment
application ("rezoning") and/or a special use permit application. The purpose of for the meeting is summarized
below:
The purposes for a pre -application meeting are to: (i) provide the applicant and the county a common understanding of the
proposed project; (ii) inform the applicant about the proposed projecCs consistency with the comprehensive plan, other
relevant policies, and county regulations; (iii) broadly identify the planning, zoning and other issues raised by the
application that need to be addressed by the applicant; (iv) inform the applicant about the applicable procedure; and (v)
allow the director to identify the information the applicant must submit with the application, including the supplemental
information delineated in subsection (c). Receiving the relevant supplemental information will allow the application to be
comprehensively and efficiently reviewed.
(i) Common understanding of the project
The applicant wishes to modify conditions of SP200800056 to potentially allow for 9 pump stations without
restriction on the number of nozzles or potentially to remove any restrictions on fueling stations other than
being located under existing canopies. (Kerosene would be permitted outside of canopy areas. Have the
ability to operate 24 hours a day, remove a condition that restricts overnight customer parking, remove the
restriction of building square footage and instead restrict development to that shown on the approved final site
plan.
The following are staff comments:
(h) Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan:
During the review of SP 2016-32 staff offered the following comments regarding the consistency with the
Comprehensive Plan. That request involved more changes than currently proposed. However, it did have
similar proposed amendments to the conditions as we discussed at our meeting on August 14t^.
"The zoning of this property HC, Highway Commercial is inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan
land use recommendation which directs development into the development areas. However, as has
been previously stated the decision to zone this property HC, Highway Commercial has been made
and the County has never initiated any action to change the zoning designation.
The use was analyzed for consistency with the Comprehensive Plan. The use, as specified in the
Zoning Ordinance is the consumption of more than 400 gallons of water per acre per day. The
applicant is not proposing any increased water consumption above that permitted by the conditions of
SP 2009-34. Based on no new use being proposed the application may be considered to be consistent
with the Comprehensive Plan.
It is important to remember that this application is an amendment to an existing approval. If there were
no prior approvals on this site this application would clearly be inconsistent with the Comprehensive
Plan because the approval of water consumption would be for uses not consistent with the
Comprehensive Plan's Rural Area designation of the site. However, there is a prior approval and
staffs recommendation is that this factor limits the scope of the review. Because the changes to the
conditions do not alter the level of water use allowed on site staff cannot find that approval of this
application would be inconsistent with the Comprehensive Plan."
(iii) broadly identify the planning, zoning and other issues raised by the application that need to be
addressed by the applicant
The application should include commentary to address how relief of conditions may impact daily water use.
(iv) applicable procedures
Please also be advised that a Community Meeting is required as part of the review of the rezoning/SP
request. It is preferred that the community meeting be held in conjunction with the Crozet Community
Advisory Committee meeting. You are responsible for setting up that meeting with staff and the CAC
chair. This meeting should be held, if possible, within 30 days from the date the special use permit is
submitted, and can be held prior to the submittal of the special use permit application. Adjacent
property owners and neighborhoods (and the Coordinating Reviewer/planner) should receive advance
notification of this meeting (date/time/location).
M Identify the information the applicant must submit with the application, including the supplemental
information
In addition to the information required by the ordinance for a completed application please provide commentary
to address how relief of conditions may impact daily water use. Submittal of water use figures may be helpful to
the review. Information on the characteristics of the proposed fueling positions may also be helpful.
If you have any further questions, please contact me.