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Albemarle County BZA denies Clark’s Tract lot-size variance request
Summary
The Board of Zoning Appeals denied a request to reduce a rural-area lot from 7.01 acres to 1.3867 acres (case VA202403654). Staff recommended denial, and the board voted 5-0 to deny after finding the application failed to meet the variance standards in Albemarle County Code.
The Albemarle County Board of Zoning Appeals voted 5-0 on Feb. 4 to deny a variance request that would have reduced an existing lot in the rural area from 7.01 acres to about 1.3867 acres.
The application, filed as VA202403654 for a property on Clark’s Tract, was presented by applicant Andrew Lin, who said the change would “adhere to the rural character by adding 5 acres of pasture from 654 to an existing horse farm and leaves a balance of 1.3 with a house in conformance with the neighboring 1 acre plus or minus size residences.” Lin told the board he sought the change to protect his viewshed and keep pastureland attached to his horse farm.
County staff, represented by Deputy Zoning Administrator Francis McCall, recommended denial. McCall told the board the application “does not meet all of those particular criteria” for a variance and therefore staff recommended denial.…
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