HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP201500048 Review Comments Letter of Revision 1 2019-03-29COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
March 29, 2019
Bill McKechnie
36 Old Farm Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22903
RE: SDP2015-48 Mechum's Trestle Final Site Plan — Letter of Revision #1
Dear Mr. McKechnie:
Your Letter of Revision application has been reviewed. The LOR submission was submitted to Zoning,
Engineering, and the Architectural Review Board staff for their review. Zoning and Engineering staff did
not have any objections. In order for the amended site plan to be approved the following revisions are
required:
1. [General comment] Due to the request for landscape substitution, please revise the landscape plan
(sheet 6) of the approved final site plan rather than the layout plan (sheet 3).
2. [ARB comment] Landscape screening should have a layered and integrated appearance so as not to
draw undue attention to that which is being screened. A single line of single -species trees does not
have a layered or integrated appearance. Furthermore, the choice of TO (Thuia occidentalis'Nigra'),
which has a mature spread of 5-10 feet and a mature height of 20-30 feet, may conflict in canopy
with the proposed deciduous trees adjacent to the street. Revise the landscape plan to provide a
staggered, layered arrangement of evergreens of more than one species.
3. [ARB comment] The Entrance Corridor criterion that large shade trees be planted along the street
frontage at 3.5-inch calipers is intended to create a more -mature landscape from day one. If the
approved tree species Ulmus parvifolia'Allee' (Allee Elm) and Zelkova serrata'Green Vase' (Green
Vase Zelkova) cannot be sourced at these calipers, then substitutions for species which can be
sourced at those required calipers can be made. Native and locally native species are recommended.
Revise the landscape schedule and plan to show large shade trees at 3.5-inch caliper along the
Entrance Corridor and 2.5-inch shade trees within the parking area.
4. [ARB comment] Revise the proposed height of the Ilex x meservae (Blue Maid Holly) to a minimum
of 24" at time of planting.
5. [ARB comment] Correct misspellings in plant schedule: "Ulmus panifolia" should be "Ulmus
parvifolia"; "Ilex comula" should be "Ilex cornuta".
6. [ARB comment] On the revised drawing, provide a bubble around the proposed landscaping
substitutions to show a change from the approved site plan and provide labels for the 8 TO (Thuja
occidentalis'Nigra'), 29 TM (Taxus x media densiformis), 29 IM (Ilex x meserveae), and 7 VD
(Viburnum dentatum)
In accord with the provisions of Section 32.4.3.5 of Chapter 18 of the Code if the applicant fails to submit
a revised final site plan to address all of the requirements within six (6) months after the date of this
letter the application shall be deemed to have been voluntarily withdrawn by the developer.
If you have any questions about the comments please feel free to contact me at
hmcmahon@albemarle.org or at 434-296-5832 ext. 3278.
Sincerely,
gxbrz-
Heather McMahon, Senior Planner
Planning Division
CC File SDP-2015-48