AGENDA DATE: 5/4/2016
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ACSA 201600001 Froehling & Robertson Request For Water Service
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Request to change Jurisdictional Areas designation from Water Only to Existing Structures to Water Service Only designation for Tax Map Parcel 055000000110 to allow a new office building to be served with public water.
ITEM TYPE: Regular Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Foley, Walker, Davis, Kamptner, Graham, Benish
PRESENTER (S): David Benish
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Thomas C. Foley
BACKGROUND: The applicant will be constructing a new office building on Tax Map Parcel 055000000110 to replace an existing office located on the adjacent parcel to the east of this site. The parcel is 1.76 acres with one old uninhabited house, and is designated for Water Only to Existing Structures. The applicant is requesting a Water Only designation to allow the new office to be served by public water. If the Water Only designation is not granted, the new office building will be served by a private well. See the applicant's request and supporting information provided in Attachment A. The parcel is located on the south side of Route 250 West in the White Hall Magisterial District, generally in the area between Western Albemarle High School and the Yancey Lumber Yard/I-64 Interchange. This property, and the immediate surrounding area, is designated Rural Area and is located south and west of the Crozet Development Area. This area contains old, or "stale" commercial zoning which in many cases predates the comprehensive downzoning that occurred in 1980 to implement the County's growth management policy, and in some cases predates the County's comprehensive planning (pre-1971). This particular parcel is zoned HC, Highway Commercial. The proposed office is a by-right use.
The Crozet Master Plan includes the following recommendation for the Rural Area fringe areas around the Crozet Development Area: "that the Rural Are...
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