COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE 2000 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT

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1 COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE 2000 DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT i

2 Prepared by County of Albemarle Department of Planning and Community Development Office of Mapping, Graphics and Information Resources 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA (434) ii

3 STATISTICAL ABSTRACT Residential Building Permits Residential building permits issued in 2000 totaled 650 dwelling units. This number is somewhat lower than the level of building activity observed since The lowest level of activity occurred in 1995 when only 596 building permits were issued. Of the 650 new housing starts in 2000, 369 dwelling units (57%) were located in Designated Development Areas and 231 dwelling units (43%) were located in the Rural Areas. Residential building permits issued in 2000 were composed of the following types of dwelling units: - 83 % conventional single-family detached - 10 % single-family attached - 1 % single-family townhouse - 0 % multi-family units - 4 % mobile homes located throughout the County - 2 % accessory apartments Of the 540 single-family detached units created from new building permits issued, 287 (53%) were located in the Development Areas and 253 (47%) were located in the Rural Areas. Mobile homes accounted for 6% (17 total) of all building permits issued for dwelling units in the Rural Areas down from 8% in Accessory apartments accounted for less than 2% (13 total) of building permits issued for dwelling units in Residential Subdivisions 98 subdivision plats were signed in 2000 creating 567 new lots. Of the 567 new lots created, 320 (56%) were located in the Development Areas and 247 (43%) were located in the Rural Areas. 196 (79%) of new Rural Area lots were development right lots of less than 21 acres. iii

4 The average lot size of the 567 new lots created in 2000 decreased significantly to acres from acres in In 2000, the average new lot size in the Designated Development Areas (302 lots) decreased to 1.12 acres, and the average new lot size in the Rural Areas (247 lots) decreased to acres. This is due to a significant decrease in the number of lots created in new subdivisions. Site Development Plans One major residential site development plan, Woods Edge, was signed in 2000, representing 90 units. 40 major non-residential site development plans were signed in These plans represented 146,945 square feet of commercial/retail services space, 19,288 square feet of industrial space, 267,005 square feet of office space, and 109,810 square feet of public/institutional space. Land Use Taxation and Agricultural/Forestal Districts Landowners have enrolled 21% of the Designated Development Areas, and 68% of the Rural Areas in the land use taxation program as of December 31, The total area in the land use taxation program comprises approximately 66% of Albemarle County. As of December 31 st, 2000, the land area voluntarily enrolled by rural landowners in agricultural and forestal districts represented approximately 15% of the acreage in Albemarle County s Rural Areas. Zoning A total of acres were rezoned in Glenmore, in Rivanna Village, accounted for 38 acres of the total rezoned acreage. iv

5 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION... 1 II. RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY... 2 A. BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY OVERVIEW BUILDING PERMITS BY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DEVELOPMENT AREA BUILDING PERMITS BY DWELLING UNIT TYPE BUILDING PERMITS BY MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ACTIVITY COMPARISON... 5 B. SUBDIVISION ACTIVITY OVERVIEW ANALYSIS OF SIGNED PLATS HISTORIC COMPARISON OF SUBDIVISION ACTIVITY - SIGNED PLATS SIGNED PLATS - PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE ROADS RURAL PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENT C. SITE PLAN ACTIVITY III. INVENTORY OF LAND USE IV. ZONING AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MODIFICATIONS A REZONING ACTIVITY B. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MODIFICATIONS IN V. APPENDIX v

6 LIST OF TABLES Table 2-1: Comprehensive Plan Area - Actual Dwellings Summary, Table 2-2: Dwelling Units by Comprehensive Plan Area by Building Permits Issued in Table 2-3: Number of Dwelling Units by Magisterial District by Building Permits Issued in Table 2-4: Building Permit Activity Comparison, Table 2-5: Total Number of New Dwelling Units from Building Permits Issued, Table 2-6: Residential Subdivision Activity in Signed Plats...11 Table 2-7: Distribution by Size (Acreage) Based on Signed Plats Located in the Rural Areas, Table 2-8: Changes in Subdivision Activity, Signed Plats...14 Table 2-9: Rural Area Average Lot Size, (Development Right Lots)...15 Table 2-10: 2000 Signed Plats - New Public and Private Roads...16 Table 2-11: Rural Preservation Developments, Table 2-12: Major Residential Site Plans Approved in Table 2-13: Major Non-residential Site Plans Approved in Table 3-1: Residential Land Use Summary, Table 3-2: Commercial and Industrial Land Use Summary, Table 3-3: Acreage in Land Use Taxation by Year and Land Use Type, Table 3-4: Estimate of Distribution of County Land Under Land Use, Table 3-5: Agricultural/Forestal Districts...27 Table 4-1: Approved Zoning Map Amendments, vi

7 I. INTRODUCTION The Development Activity Report is an annual review of the residential, commercial, and industrial development applications approved by the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Appeals, Department of Planning and Community Development, and Building Codes and Zoning Services. This review in no way represents actual development in the County, it simply reflects serious development interests. Throughout the year, numerous actions are taken regarding building permits, subdivision plats, site development plans, and changes to zoning regulations. This report tracks these actions and analyzes where trends of two or more years are occurring. The location of new residential and commercial interest is not only important to planners, but is also useful information for those involved in rural preservation, commercial development, or marketing activities. In June of 1996, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors adopted the Land Use Plan. This Land Use Plan is similar in many ways to the previous Plan. However, the Villages of Earlysville and North Garden were eliminated in the Plan as Designated Development Areas. Development information for these eliminated areas has been incorporated in information about Rural Areas 1 and 3, respectively. It is important to point out that an amendment to the Plan, approved in December of 1989, created the Village of Rivanna Development Area. In this report, some of the data previously attributed to Rural Area 4 is now shown as belonging to the Rivanna Village. Additions have also been made to the Development Areas of Piney Mountain and Hollymead. Piney Mountain was upgraded from a Village designation to a Community. It is also important to note that the Community of Scottsville Development Area was eliminated with the adoption of the Comprehensive Land Use Plan since a significant portion of the Area was incorporated into the Town of Scottsville by boundary adjustment on January 1, This report is divided into three major sections. The first section addresses residential development by analyzing where building permit, subdivision, and site plan activity has occurred. The next section describes inventories of residential, commercial, and industrial zoned land along with the distribution of County land in preferential land use taxation. The third section presents zoning map amendments and amendments to the Comprehensive Plan. As in past reports, one purpose of the Development Activity Report is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance, adopted December 10, An objective of the Zoning Ordinance is to encourage development in the Designated Development Areas (these specific Development Areas are described in detail in the Comprehensive Plan). While the Comprehensive Plan outlines goals and objectives for effectively managing Albemarle County's growth, the Zoning Ordinance provides the legal structure by which the goals and objectives are accomplished. For the purposes of this report, 2000 development activity comparisons will be made to the Land Use Plan. 1

8 A. BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY 1. Overview II. RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY The annual number of new residential dwelling units is an important indicator of growth in a locality. For this report, the number of building permits issued for new residential structures is a measure of new dwelling units to be built in Albemarle County. Though the total level of activity from one year to the next is ascertained from building permit volumes, the distribution of new housing by location and by type can also be analyzed from information provided on a permit. The location and type of dwelling relative to existing utilities, public facilities, and infrastructure provides direction for long-term planning efforts. 2. Building Permits by Comprehensive Plan Development Area In 2000, the number of new dwelling units from building permits totaled 650 (see Table 2-1). This total represents a decrease of 120 dwelling units from the 1999 total of 770. Overall the total number of building permits issued has decreased steadily since Designated Development Areas (Urban Areas, Communities, and Villages) accounted for 57% (369) of all new dwelling units in The Urban Area, consisting of Urban Neighborhoods 1-7, accounted for 29% (189 units) of the total 650 new dwelling units in 2000, nearly thirty less than last year. Of the 189 new units located in the Urban Area, 74 were located in Urban Neighborhood 2 (see Table 2-2). The amount of activity in the Communities decreased slightly. The average number of new dwelling units since 1990 is 162 per year. In 2000, the Communities represented 180 units or 20% of the total number of new units in the County. The Community of Hollymead once again showed a noteworthy amount of new dwelling unit building activity. In 2000, Hollymead accounted for 75 (12%) of the County's total new dwelling units. This made it the largest concentration of new building activity in the Designated Development Areas. The adoption of the revised Land Use Plan component of the Comprehensive Plan in June 1996 eliminated two Village designations leaving only one Village in the Plan (Rivanna). The number of dwelling units from building permits in the Village of Rivanna, mainly due to the continued development of the Glenmore subdivision, accounted for 50 units or 8% of the total new dwelling units permitted. In the Rural Areas, the percentage of dwelling units created from new building permits issued accounted for 43% (281 units) of all permits issued within the County. This is about average for the last seven years. Although building activity was focused in the Designated Development Areas in 2000, the total number of building permits issued throughout the County in 2000 was low. 2

9 TABLE 2-1 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AREA - ACTUAL DWELLINGS SUMMARY ACTUAL DWELLINGS AND DISTRIBUTION (from Building Reports) COMP PLAN AREA Urban Areas % % % % % Communities % % % % % Villages 63 8% 62 7% 63 7% 49 6% 50 8% Rural Areas % % % % % TOTAL % % % % % 3

10 TABLE 2-2 DWELLING UNITS BY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AREA BY BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED IN 2000 % OF COMP PLAN AREA SF SFA SF/TH DUP MF MH AA TOTAL UNITS TOTAL URBAN RURAL UNITS Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % Crozet Community % Hollymead Community % Piney Mountain Community % Rivanna Village % DEVELOPMENT AREA SUBTOTAL % Rural Area % Rural Area % Rural Area % Rural Area % RURAL AREA SUBTOTAL % TOTAL % KEY TO TYPES OF HOUSING: SF- Single-Family (includes Modular) DUP- Duplex AA-Accessory Apartment SFA- Single-Family Attached MF- Multi-Family SF/TH- Single-Family Townhouse MH- Mobile Home 4

11 3. Building Permits by Dwelling Unit Type As in previous years, the highest percentage of 2000 residential building permit activity occurred in the category of single-family detached homes, including modular homes (see Table 2-2). In 2000, 83% (540 units) of all building permits issued for dwelling units were for single-family homes. Singlefamily detached homes as a percentage of total dwelling units increased by 6% from In the Rural Areas, 90% of all dwelling units were single-family detached homes. In the Designated Development Areas, 77% of all dwelling units were single-family detached homes. The total number of single-family attached dwelling units decreased from 81 units in 1999 to 65 units in Neighborhood 4 in the Urban Areas accounted for 20% of the 65 new single-family attached units. Of all building permits issued for new dwelling units in Albemarle County, 10% were for singlefamily attached units. The total number of single-family townhouses decreased to 6 units in 2000 from 58 units in Of all building permits issued for dwelling units in Albemarle County, only 1% were for single-family townhouses. As in 1999, there were no multi-family permits issued in Building permits were issued in 1998 for 184 multi-family dwelling units. In 1997, building permits were issued for 208 units; in 1996, building permits were issued for 226 units; no multi-family permits were issued in Building Permits by Magisterial District The magisterial district boundaries used in this report are those which were revised on May 15, 1991, as a result of the release of the Census Bureau population figures for Albemarle County (see reference map in Appendix). Of the six magisterial districts, the Rivanna district recorded the highest level of residential building activity in 2000 with 244 permits issued for new dwelling units, accounting for 38% of all new dwelling units (see Table 2-3). The White Hall district recorded the second highest level of residential building activity in 2000 with 129 permits issued for new dwelling units, accounting for 20% of all new dwelling units. The Samuel Miller district closely followed this with 119 permits issued for new dwelling units, representing 18% of the new dwellings units in the County. The Jack Jouett district had the lowest level of residential building permits with less than 2% (12 units) of the total number of new dwelling units in Albemarle County in Residential Building Activity Comparison The average number of total dwelling units for which building permits were issued between 1993 and 2000 was 797 units (see Table 2-4). The 2000 total of 650 units represents a below average year for building activity as compared to the eight-year average. In the Urban Area (Neighborhoods 1-7), Neighborhood 2 accounts for the largest amount of building activity. Among the Communities, the Community of Hollymead continues to account for the majority of the residential building activity. On average, over an eight-year period, the Community of Hollymead has accounted for 64% of all residential building activity in the Communities. In 1999, Neighborhood 2 and the Community of Hollymead accounted for 40% of all residential growth in the Designated Development Areas. The total number of permits issued for new residential dwelling units located in the Rural Areas of the County decreased from 336 in 1999 to 201 in This decrease represents an erratic trend, 5

12 during the last decade, in which the number of new dwelling units in the Rural Areas has varied from year to year. Total dwelling units in the Rural Areas have totaled between 231 and 286 dwelling units annually, since 1993, with the exception of Overall, the 650 building permits issued in 2000 for residential dwelling units represents a below average year for housing permit activity over the last twenty years (see Table 2-5) as from 1981 to 2000 an average of 781 permits were issued annually. 6

13 TABLE 2-3 NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS BY MAGISTERIAL DISTRICT BY BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED IN 2000 MAGISTERIAL SF SFA SF/TH DUP MF MH AA TOTAL % OF TOTAL DISTRICTS UNITS UNITS Rio % Jack Jouett % Rivanna % Samuel Miller % Scottsville % White Hall % TOTAL % KEY TO TYPES OF HOUSING: SF- Single-Family (includes Modular) SFA-Single-Familty Attached SF/TH-Single-Family Townhouse DUP-Duplex MF-Multi-Family MH-Mobile Home AA- Accessory Apts 7

14 TABLE 2-4 BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITY COMPARISON COMP PLAN AREA TOTAL % OF #UNITS #UNITS #UNITS #UNITS #UNITS #UNITS #UNITS #UNITS #UNITS TOTAL Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % Urban Neighborhood % URBAN AREAS SUBTOTAL ,424 38% Crozet Community % Hollymead Community % Piney Mountain Community % COMMUNITIES SUBTOTAL ,295 20% Rivanna Village % VILLAGE SUBTOTAL % DEVELOPMENT AREA TOTAL ,208 66% Rural Area % Rural Area % Rural Area % Rural Area % RURAL AREA TOTAL ,166 34% , % 8

15 TABLE 2-5 TOTAL NUMBER OF NEW DWELLING UNITS FROM BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED YEAR NUMBER OF # CHANGE FROM DWELLING UNITS PREVIOUS YEAR , , TOTAL 15,613 Average : Average : Average : Dwelling Units/Year Dwelling Units/Year Dwelling Units/Year 9

16 B. SUBDIVISION ACTIVITY 1. Overview As the County of Albemarle continues to experience growth, there will be continued residential development in the area. The best mechanism for tracking developments is through the analysis of subdivision activity, given that a precursor to a residential development is most commonly the subdividing of land into multiple lots for individual dwelling unit construction. For the purposes of this report, the definition of a subdivision is limited to the division of a parcel of land, including re-divisions, which results in at least one (1) new residential building lot. The creation of condominium lots is separated from that of other residential lots in the analysis of this report. Condominium lots do not include acreage as part of the individual lot; therefore, it would be misleading to include them in calculations such as average lot size. This section of the 2000 Development Activity Report examines the characteristics of new residential building lots through subdivision activity during the year and includes data for plats signed for recordation. Not all subdivision plats approved by the Planning Department are subsequently recorded in the Courts, therefore, adding together all current and historical new lots reported in this, and prior, Development Activity Reports, would result in an over-estimation or double counting of the actual number of lots in the County. Also, properties may be subject to repeated subdivision activity and therefore current and historical acreage subdivided cannot be added, since this would result in over-estimation of total acreage divided in the County. 2. Analysis of Signed Plats In 2000, 98 residential subdivision plats were signed and 567 new lots were created (see Table 2-6). The Designated Development Areas accounted for 19% of the signed plats, 56% of the new residential building lots created, and 5% of the total acres subdivided in The major subdivisions in the Designated Development Areas that contributed a significant number of new lots were Glenmore (72 lots) and Waylands Grant (49 lots). The Rural Areas accounted for 81% of the total number of residential subdivision plats signed, 44% of the new lots created, and 95% percent of the total acreage subdivided in 2000 (see Table 2-6). The 79 new subdivisions in the Rural Areas in 2000 is among the lower levels of subdivision activity that the County has experienced since The number of new lots in the Rural Areas was lower than has been observed in the last two years, (98 lots in 1998 and 95 lots in 1999.) However, the total acreage subdivided in the Rural Areas increased from 6,487 acres in 1999 to 7,038 acres in This is mostly due to several rural divisions in the Rural Areas. In many of these divisions, several hundreds of acres were divided into one or two parcels. Therefore these numbers grossly inflated the total acreage, and consequently increase the average acreage size. The distribution of new Rural Area lots by size is shown in Table 2-7. Thirty percent of new lots created were between 2 and 9.99 acres in size. A total of 44 new lots were created in the 2 to acre range, representing 18% of the total lots created in In the 5 to 9.99 acre range, 28 new lots were created, accounting for 11% of the total. The percentage of new lots created in 2000 in excess of 21 acres (21%) showed a marked decrease from those created in 1999 (42%). 10

17 TABLE 2-6 RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION ACTIVITY IN SIGNED PLATS COMP PLAN AREA SUBDIVISIONS NEW LOTS TOTAL ACREAGE # % # % Acres % Urban Neighborhood % 0 0.0% % Urban Neighborhood % % % Urban Neighborhood % % % Urban Neighborhood % 3 0.5% % Urban Neighborhood % 0 0.0% % Urban Neighborhood % 1 0.2% % Urban Neighborhood % 0 0.0% % SUBTOTAL 9 9.2% % % Crozet Community 4 4.1% % % Hollymead Community 5 5.1% % % Piney Mountain Community 0 0.0% 0 0.0% % SUBTOTAL 9 9.2% % % Rivanna Village 1 1.0% % % SUBTOTAL 1 1.0% % % DEVELOPMENT AREA SUBTOTAL % % % Rural Area % % 1, % Rural Area % % 2, % Rural Area % % % Rural Area % % 2, % RURAL AREA SUBTOTAL % % 7, % TOTAL % % 7, % 11

18 TABLE 2-7 DISTRIBUTION BY SIZE (ACREAGE) BASED ON SIGNED PLATS AS DESIGNATED IN THE 1996 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOCATED IN THE RURAL AREAS, RANGE IN ACRES NEW LOTS % OF TOTAL NEW LOTS % OF TOTAL NEW LOTS % OF TOTAL CREATED RURAL LOTS CREATED RURAL LOTS CREATED RURAL LOTS Under % 13 9% 0 0% 2.0 to % 15 10% 44 18% 5.0 to % 38 26% 28 11% 10.0 to % 20 14% % 21.0 and Over 88 46% 62 42% 51 21% TOTAL % % % 12

19 3. Historic Comparison of Subdivision Activity - Signed Plats The comparison of subdivision activity in 2000 to that of previous years is a useful tool for identifying growth patterns (see Table 2-8). In 2000, there was a decrease in the total number of new residential subdivision plats signed from 122 in 1999 to 97 (see Table 2-8). But there was also a noticeable increase in the total number of new residential building lots created through subdivision activity from 301 new lots in 1999 to 567 lots in The Designated Development Areas accounted for 320 of the 567 new lots in 2000, which represents an increase of 109% since These account for 56% of total lots, a slight increase from 51% in The total acreage subdivided in the Development Areas decreased from 491 acres in 1999 to 357 acres in This decrease in acreage subdivided and increase in the number of new lots created has resulted in a lower average lot size for 2000 (1.12 acres vs acres in 1999). This new average is consistent with Urban Neighborhoods 1-7 accounted for 70 new lots, the Communities accounted for 178 new lots, and Rivanna Village accounted for 72 new lots in In the Rural Areas, the 247 new lots created in 2000 represent an increase of 67% from the 1999 total of 148 new lots. The 247 new lots created by signed plat in 2000 are higher than the established trend observed in previous years in the Rural Areas. From 1987 to 1998, many of the Rural Area subdivisions created only one (1) or two (2) new lots each, and the average lot size tended to be larger, ranging from 7 to nearly 15 acres (see Table 2-8). In the years prior to 1987, the number of new lots created per subdivision was relatively high (3 to 5 lots per subdivision), and the resulting average lot size tended to be smaller. In 1995, the average lot size in the Rural Areas was 14.5 acres (the third largest after 1999 and 2000). The average lot size in the Rural Areas for 2000 was acres. The new average lot sizes for new Rural Area lots created with development rights (which exclude lots greater than or equal to 21 acres), from 1997 to 2000 appear in Table 2-9. Average lot sizes of those lots created with development rights in the Rural Areas have increased in Rural Areas 1, 2 & 4. Meanwhile, lot sizes have decreased in Rural Area Signed Plats - Public vs. Private Roads Effective January 1, 1984, the provisions in the Subdivision Ordinance regarding private roads were substantially amended to state that private roads would be the exception to public road construction in subdivision developments. Prior to this amendment, the number of subdivisions on private roads was higher than the number with public roads. After the amendment was enacted, the distribution of subdivisions on public roads versus private roads generally began to favor public road development. In 2000, public road access for new lots exceeded private road access with 45% of all new lots utilizing public roads while 28% involved private roads. Twelve percent of new lots created in 2000 utilized both public and private roads (see Table 2-10). 13

20 TABLE 2-8 CHANGES IN SUBDIVISION ACTIVITY SIGNED PLATS COMP PLAN AREA URBAN AREA Subdivisions New Lots Acreage * Average Lot Size COMMUNITIES Subdivisions New Lots Acreage * Average Lot Size VILLAGES Subdivisions New Lots Acreage * Average Lot Size TOTAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS Subdivisions New Lots Acreage * Average Lot Size RURAL AREA 1 Subdivisions New Lots Acreage * Average Lot Size RURAL AREA 2 Subdivisions New Lots Acreage * Average Lot Size RURAL AREA 3 Subdivisions New Lots Acreage * Average Lot Size RURAL AREA 4 Subdivisions New Lots Acreage * Average Lot Size TOTAL RURAL AREAS Subdivisions New Lots Acreage * Average Lot Size GRAND TOTAL Subdivisions New Lots Acreage * Average Lot Size * Average Lot Size is not an indication of density. For each subdivision approved by the Planning Department, "Average Lot Size was determined by summing open space acres and acreage in lots and dividing by the total number of new lots thereby resulting in a higher density than may actually exist. 14

21 TABLE 2-9 RURAL AREA AVERAGE LOT SIZE, * (Development Right Lots) COMPREHENSIVE CHANGE AREA FROM Rural Area ac ac ac ac ac. Rural Area ac ac ac ac ac. Rural Area ac ac ac ac ac. Rural Area ac ac ac ac ac. * Average Lot Size is not an indication of density. For each subdivision approved by the Planning Department, "Average Lot Size was determined by summing open space acres and acreage in lots and dividing by the total number of new lots thereby resulting in a higher density than may actually exist. 15

22 TABLE 2-10 NEW PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ROADS 2000 NEW LOTS BASED ON SIGNED PLATS # OF CLASSIFICATION OF ROADS NEW % LOTS Public Roads Private Roads Public / Private Roads No Roads TOTAL

23 5. Rural Preservation Development The Rural Preservation Development was created as an alternative to the conventional development subdivision provisions set forth in Section 10 (Rural Areas District) of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance. The Rural Preservation Development option, added to the Zoning Ordinance in November 1989, is intended to encourage more effective land usage in terms of the goals and objectives for the Rural Areas as set forth in the Comprehensive Plan. Therefore, in addition to the standard subdivision provisions, which appear in the Zoning Ordinance, applications for Rural Preservation Developments are reviewed for the preservation of agricultural and forestal lands and activities; water supply protection; and/or conservation of natural, scenic, or historic resources. There were no rural preservation developments approved in (see Table 2-11). 17

24 C. SITE PLAN ACTIVITY The approval of site development plans is another measure of growth in Albemarle County. This section of the Development Activity Report examines the site development plans that were signed in In 2000, one major residential site development plan, for Woods Edge Apartments, totaling 90 new multi-family dwelling units, was signed (see Table 2-12). The 90 units approved by site development plan in 2000, was consistent with the 96 new units approved in Major non-residential site development plans signed in 2000 appear in Table Major site development plans included in the table, with the exception of public/institutional plans, exceed 15,000 sq. ft. A total of 17 major non-residential site development plans were signed creating 548,094 square feet of commercial/retail, industrial, or public/institutional construction. Of the total square footage approved, 116,823 square feet was for commercial/retail services (as compared to 346,944 square feet approved in 1999); 0 square feet for industrial (as compared to 22,510 square feet in 1999); 259,900 square feet for office services (as compared to 272,660 square feet approved in 1999); and 171,371 square feet for public/institutional services (as compared to 140,960 square feet approved in 1999). Four of the seventeen development plans approved in 2000 were located within Rural Areas, this is an increase from the three approved in the Rural Areas in

25 TABLE 2-11 RURAL PRESERVATION DEVELOPMENTS, COMP PLAN AREA TOTAL RURAL AREA 1 Total Acreage Number of Dev. Lots Ave. Acreage of Dev. Lots RPT Acreage Common Open Space Acreage RURAL AREA 2 Total Acreage Number of Dev. Lots Ave. Acreage of Dev. Lots RPT Acreage Common Open Space Acreage RURAL AREA 3 Total Acreage , Number of Dev. Lots Ave. Acreage of Dev. Lots RPT Acreage Common Open Space Acreage RURAL AREA 4 Total Acreage Number of Dev. Lots Ave. Acreage of Dev. Lots RPT Acreage Common Open Space Acreage TOTAL Total Acreage , Number of Dev. Lots Ave. Acreage of Dev. Lots RPT Acreage Common Open Space Acreage

26 TABLE 2-12 MAJOR RESIDENTIAL SITE PLANS APPROVED IN 2000 PROJECT NAME COMP PLAN AREA TYPE OF DWELLINGS NUMBER OF DWELLINGS Woods Edge Hollymead Multi-Family 90 TOTAL 90 20

27 PROJECT NAME TABLE 2-14 MAJOR NON-RESIDENTIAL SITE PLANS APPROVED IN 2000 USE AREA (SQ FT) MAG DISTRICT COMP PLAN AREA COMMERCIAL/ RETAIL SERVICES Rosewood Village Assisted living facility 44,711 Rio Neighborhood 2 International Auto Sport Warehouse and office space 40,000 Rivanna Neighborhood 2 Brown Auto Group Minor Car wash 16,000 Rivanna Rural Area 2 Shadwell Antiquares Antique sales and restaurant 16,112 Rivanna Rural Area 2 INDUSTRIAL SUBTOTAL 116,823 SUBTOTAL 0,000 OFFICE Whitewood Office Park Office park 30,000 Rio Neighborhood 1 North Fork Town Center Office Building 69,900 Rivanna Piney Mtn Community Value America Office building 160,000 Rivanna Piney Mtn Community SUBTOTAL 259,900 PUBLIC/INSTITUTIONAL Northwoods at Four Seasons Pool 384 Jack Jouett Neighborhood 1 Charlottesville Catholic School Private School 42,000 Rivanna Neighborhood 2 Still Meadow Swim & Tennis Club Swim and Tennis Facility 990 Rio Neighborhood 2 Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention Fac. Juvenile correctional facility 28,726 Scottsville Neighborhood 3 Peabody School Add. & Alt. School 11,295 Scottsville Neighborhood 4 Covenant School - Upper Campus Private school 57,251 Scottsville Neighborhood 5 Trinity Presbyterian Church Church youth fellowship facility 17,500 Samuel Miller Neighborhood 5 Boars Head Inn Spa Addition Spa 4,225 Samuel Miller Neighborhood 6 Olivet Presbyterian Church Church expansion 2,400 Samuel Miller Rural Area 1 Kenwood Library Library 6,600 Scottsville Rural Area 4 SUBTOTAL 171,371 TOTAL 548,094 21

28 III. INVENTORY OF LAND USE An inventory of residential, commercial, and industrial land was conducted to identify population and commercial centers in Albemarle County (see Tables 3-1 and 3-2) in The analysis of the County's data was facilitated by the identification and grouping of developed and undeveloped properties in residential, commercial, and industrial categories. The purpose of this inventory is to examine the distribution of land uses in specific areas of the County. The inventory of residential, commercial, and industrial development was assembled with the assistance of the County s Comprehensive Information System (CIS); a database which stores parcel related data. The data represented in Tables 3-1 and 3-2 were revised for the 2000 Development Activity Report to reflect Zoning Map Amendments approved in The data in these tables does not incorporate changes due to development of parcels previously listed in the 1999 Development Activity Report as undeveloped. Therefore, these totals may over-estimate undeveloped property. Also included in this section of the Development Activity Report is an inventory of land currently in the Land Use Assessment Program (see Table 3-3 and 3-4). This program was created in 1971 when the Virginia General Assembly enacted a law permitting localities to adopt special assessments for properties in agriculture, forest, horticulture, and/or open space. The County land use ordinance was adopted in Since rural area preservation has been an expressed concern in Albemarle County, the inventory of parcels in land use is an estimate of at least part of the acreage currently being maintained in agriculture, forest, horticulture, and open space. The percentage of acreage in land use in 2000 accounts for 66% (see Table 3-3) of the total acreage within Albemarle County. Twenty-one percent of the total acreage within the Designated Development Areas is in land use (see Table 3-4). This represents no change from Sixty-eight percent of the total acreage of the Rural Areas is in land use, the same percentage as in In addition to enrollment in the Land Use Assessment Program, rural landowners also have the option of joining an Agricultural and Forestal District. Agricultural and Forestal Districts are created voluntarily by landowners. By joining an Agricultural and Forestal District, the landowner agrees not to subdivide or develop their property to a more intensive non-agricultural use during the period in which the property remains within a District. The Districts are approved for a period of 4 to 10 years, after which time they are eligible for re-approval. Increased activity in the creation of new Agricultural and Forestal Districts, as well as additions made to existing districts, prompted the listing of these districts in the Development Activity Report for the first time in The total acreage for all districts was 31,779 acres as of December 31, As of December 31 st, 2000, a total of 64, acres were dedicated to Agricultural and Forestal Districts (see Table 3-5). This represents 14.56% of the area in the Rural Areas of Albemarle County, as designated by the 1996 Comprehensive Plan, a level consistent with

29 TABLE 3-1 RESIDENTIAL LAND USE SUMMARY, 2000 (in acres) COMP PLAN AREA Neighborhood 1 Neighborhood 2 Neighborhood 3 Neighborhood 4 Neighborhood 5 Neighborhood 6 Neighborhood 7 ZONING DESIGNATION RA VR R-1 R-2 R-4 R-6 R-10 R-15 PUD/PRD TOTAL DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV ,465 2, , , , SUBTOTAL 101 1, ,456 1, , ,115 8,061 Crozet Hollymead Piney Mountain , , SUBTOTAL 89 1, , ,648 4,185 Rivanna , ,453 SUBTOTAL 1,453 TOTAL 190 2, ,646 1, ,184 1, ,487 5,764 13,699 23

30 TABLE 3-2 COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL LAND USE SUMMARY, 2000 (in acres) ZONING DESIGNATION COMP PLAN AREA C-1 CO HC PD-SC PD-MC LI HI PD-IP TOTAL DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV DEV UNDEV Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood Neighborhood SUBTOTAL ,063 1,095 Crozet Hollymead Piney Mountain SUBTOTAL Rivanna SUBTOTAL Rural Area 1 Rural Area 2 Rural Area 3 Rural Area SUBTOTAL TOTAL , ,585 2,698 24

31 TABLE 3-3 ACREAGE IN LAND USE TAXATION BY YEAR AND LAND USE TYPE, LAND USE TYPE PERCENTAGE YEAR OPEN TOTAL OF TOTAL AGRICULTURE HORTICULTURE FORESTRY SPACE COUNTY ACREAGE ,917 1, , , % ,519 1, , , % ,051 1, , , % ,832 1, , , % ,036 1, , , % ,283 1, , , % ,236 2, , , % ,541 2, , , % ,440 2, , , % ,932 2, , , % ,736 2, , , % ,819 2, , , % ,571 2, , , % ,484 2, , , % ,803 2, , , % ,925 2, , , % ,090 2, , , % ,058 2, , , % Note: Totals for 1983 are not available. Estimated total acreage of Albemarle County is 465,040. This estimate was calculated digitally in March Previous years were re-calculated to reflect this estimate. 25

32 TABLE 3-4 ESTIMATE OF DISTRIBUTION OF COUNTY LAND UNDER LAND USE, 2000 ACREAGE ACREAGE IN NOT IN TOTAL LAND USE LAND USE Development Areas 4,752 17,544 22,296 Rural Areas 300, , ,744 TOTAL 304, , ,040 Notes: 1. Total County land area is based on a total area of square miles x 640 acres per square mile = 465,040 acres. Approximately 14,000 acres of Rural Areas land, not in land use, is owned by the Federal government (Shenandoah National Park). 2. These estimates were calculated digitally. 26

33 TABLE 3-5 ALBEMARLE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL/FORESTAL DISTRICTS NAME DATE ACTION/ACREAGE (As of December 31st, 2000) CURRENT ACREAGE PARCELS 1. Totier Creek District Created/6, acres 10 years REVIEW PERIOD District Reviewed/7, acres 10 years Addition/1, acres 10 years Withdrawal/ years Addition/ years REVIEW Review/ acres 7, years Hatton District Created/2, acres 10 years Withdrawal/40 acres 10 years District Reviewed/2, acres 10 years Withdrawal/2, years Review/ acres years Eastham District Created/ acres 10 years District Reviewed/587.30ac 10 years Addition/135.19ac 10 years District Reviewed(Cont.)/ ac years Blue Run District Created /1, acres 8 years Addition/2, acres 8 years District Reviewed/3, acres 8 years Addition/60.21 acres 3, years Keswick District Created/5, acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years District Reviewed/6, acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years Addition/17.38 acres 10 years Addition/ , years Kinloch District Created/1, acres 10 years Addition/63.40 acres 10 years Addition/34.17 acres 10 years Addition/3.81 acres 10 years District Reviewed/1, acres 10 years Additon/ acres 10 years Additon/8.85 acres 2, years Moorman's River District Created/8, acres 10 years Addition/2, acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years District Reviewed/9, years Addition/ acres 10 years Addition/59.92 acres 10 years Addition/ years Addition/ acres 10 years Addition/81.45 acres 10, years Hardware District Created/6, acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years Review/ acres 10 years Addition/11.97 acres 10 years Addition/ acres 4, years Jacob's Run District Created/ acres 6 years Addition/ acres 6 years DATE 27

34 District Reviewed/1, acres 6 years Withdrawal/ acres 6 years Review/ acres 1, years Carter's Bridge District Created/7, acres 10 years Addition/3, acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years District Reviewed/ 9, acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years Addition/ acres 9, years Lanark District Created/ acres 10 years Addition/4, acres 10 years District Reviewed/5, acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years Addition/ acres 5, years 12. Panorama District Created/1, acres 10 years Addition/42.40 acres 10 years District Reviewed/ acres 10 years Addition/7.12 acres years Free Union District Created/1, acres 10 years Addition/30.01 acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years District Reviewed/1, , years Ivy Creek District Created/ acres 7 years Withdrawal/55.17 acres 7 years Review/ acres years Buck Mountain District Created/ acres 10 years Addition/26.89 acres 10 years Review/ acres 10 years Addition/13.55 acres years Yellow Mountain District Created/ acres 10 years Withdrawal/ acres 10 years Review/ acres 10 years Addition/43.77 acres 10 years Withdrawal/84.00 acres years Chalk Mountain District Created/1, acres 10 years Review/1, acres 10 years Addition/48.06 acres 1, years Sugar Hollow District Created/2, acres 10 years Addition/ acres 10 years Addition/1, acres 10 years Addition/55.79 acres 10 years Review/4, acres 4, years Batesville District Created/ acres 10 years Review/ acres 10 years Addition/ acres years High Mowing District Created/ acres 10 years Review years Pasture Fence Mtn District Created/ acres 10 years Addition/ acres 1, years N.Fork Moorman's River District Created/ acres years Nortonsville Local District Created/ acres years South Garden District Created/2, acres 2, years TOTAL 64, acres 13.86% of 465,040 acres in Albemarle County 28