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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP200600117 Review Comments Letter of Revision 2 2019-04-05County of Albemarle Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA 22902 Memorandum To: Brian Midock From: Andy Reitelbach, Senior Planner Division: Planning Date: April 5, 2019 Subject: LOR#2 — SDP200600117 Birchwood Place — Final; 5th Review The County of Albemarle Planning Division will grant or recommend approval of the Letter of Revision referenced above once the following comments have been addressed. Code numbers included below refer to Chapter 18, the Zoning Ordinance, of the Albemarle County Code unless otherwise specified. 1. [Application Form] Provide a request letter from the owner or authorized agent describing the proposed changes. Comment addressed. 2. [Application Form] Show the proposed changes on the previously -approved landscape plan (sheet 16 of SDP2006-00117), so that the revisions can be reviewed against what is currently required by the existing site plan. Indicate on the revised landscape plan what is proposed to be added, what is proposed to be removed, and what is proposed to be shifted in location from the original plan approved in 2007, so that these elements can be distinguished from what is proposed to remain unchanged. In addition to the stated changes, it also appears that the monument sign and adiacent nandinas are changing locations from the 2006 plan, and there are serviceberries shown on the original plan which are not shown on the revised plan, along the street frontage in the general area of the monument sign. These changes also need to be identified on the plan. Comment addressed. 3. [General Comment] As this property is in the Entrance Corridor Overlay District, complete and submit a separate application for the Architectural Review Board (ARB), including any applicable fees, so that this proposal can be given an ARB case file number and be reviewed in accordance with ARB requirements. For more information, please contact Heather McMahon, senior planner for the ARB, at hmcmahongalbemarle.org. ARB application received. File number ARB201900020. Heather McMahon is the lead reviewer of the ARB application, and all future questions about the ARB application should be directed to her. Comment addressed. 4. [32.7.9.5; 32.7.9.6; 32.7.9.81 Landscaping Along Streets; Landscaping within a Parking Area; Tree Canopy Revise both the landscaping plant schedule and the landscaping calculations from the original landscape plan (sheet 16) in SDP2006-00117 to reflect the proposed new landscaping. In revising the calculations, please ensure that all requirements for street landscaping, parking lot landscaping, and canopy coverage continue to be met. The plant schedule needs to be revised to state there are only 3 red maples, as opposed to 4, since the one near the ancillary structure is to be removed. Revise the plant schedule, as the numbers of plants are incorrect for several species. Please see comments from Heather McMahon, ARB Planner, for more information. Comment addressed. In addition, with the removal of this red maple, it appears that the required landscaping within a parking area of 5% [Section 32.7.9.6(a)] will be short one tree. The approved site plan states that 43 trees are required for the project, and 43 are proposed. Because there were no additional trees proposed over what was required, the loss of this red maple must be offset with another tree located somewhere else on the plan. The landscape plan has been revised to show only that landscaping proposed for Phase 1. The tree canopy calculations, which appear to be for the entire site, both phases included, should be "greyed out" to indicate that this section is not a part of the Letter of Revision application. In addition, there must be a note for the "Additional Requirements" section of the landscaping calculations stating that this revised section and the LOR are only for Phase 1 of the project, and that the calculations for Phase 2 and the overall site plan should reference the originally approved Landscape Plan of SDP2006-00117. Include a similar note for the site plant list, as this list appears to only apply to Phase 1. Please indicate that the site plant list shown on this LOR is also only for Phase 1, similar to the note included for the "Additional Requirements" section. Comment addressed. 5. [32.7.9.51 New comment based on revisions to re -submitted plan. The area labeled as a landscape area of 160 sq. ft. to the southeast of the building does not appear to have any landscaping located within it. Remove this label from the area and revise the calculations of landscaped area provided, or provide landscaping in this area. Comment not addressed. Comment addressed. There also appear to be four shrubs shown within the Phase 2 area near the cross -access travelway with the adjacent shopping area. As these plants appear to be for Phase 2, remove them from this plan. Comment addressed. Please contact Andy Reitelbach in the Planning Division at areitelbachgalbemarle.org or 434- 296-5832 ext. 3261 for further information.