AGENDA DATE: 7/17/2019
TITLE:
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Biscuit Run Park Zoning Map Amendment
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: Resolution of Intent to Consider Amending the Zoning of the Biscuit Run Park Property from Neighborhood Model District - NMD to Rural Areas District, RA
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Richardson, Walker, Kamptner, Herrick, Benish, Langille
PRESENTER (S): N/A
LEGAL REVIEW: Yes
REVIEWED BY: Jeffrey B. Richardson
BACKGROUND: Biscuit Run Park consists of Tax Map Parcels (TMPs) 090A0-00-00-001A0, 090A0-00-00-001B0, 090A0-00-00-00300, 090A1-00-00-00100, 09000-00-00-00500, 09000-00-00-006D0, 09000-00-00-017D0, 09000-00-00-015A0, and 09000-00-00-006C1 and is located in Albemarle County just south of the City of Charlottesville. The Park consists of approximately 1,190 acres with frontage on Routes 20 and 631. On September 12, 2007 the Board of Supervisors re-zoned the parcels now constituting the park from the R1 and R2 Residential Zoning Districts to Neighborhood Model District - NMD (ZMA2005-17) with associated application plan, proffers and Code of Development. The Commonwealth of Virginia acquired these parcels from Forest Lodge LLC in December 2009 with the intended purpose of ultimately developing a state park. With the adoption of the County Comprehensive Plan on June 10, 2015, these lands were designated Parks and Green Systems and identified for the future Biscuit Run State Park. On January 4, 2018, Albemarle County and the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) signed a 99-year lease for the property designed to provide for the development of a County park in lieu of a state park while assuring the protection of the park's natural and cultural resources. After a subsequent planning process, the Biscuit Run Park Master Plan (Attachment A) was approved by the Board of Supervisors on December 12, 2018 and DCR on May 15, 2019 (Attachment B). Since its approval of the master plan, the Board has agreed to ...
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