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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB201900089 Action Letter 2019-06-07COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, Room 227 Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126 June 7, 2019 Jeff Powell Roudabush, Gale & Associates Inc. 914 Monticello Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 RE: SUB2019-89 Plat Showing New Parcel X — Final Subdivision Dear Mr. Powell, Pursuant to Section 14-226(D) of Chapter 14 of the Albemarle County Code, your application has been found to be incomplete thus has not been accepted for official submittal for the following reasons: [each reason is preceded by the applicable ordinance section and compliance with such section shall correct the insufficiency] 1. [14-203(B)(1)(a) & (B)(1)(b)] COMMENT: Because the two -lot subdivision submitted is not as described in section 140232(B)(2), and because all of the lots do not front on an existing public street, the fee paid was not correct. When a two -lot subdivision does not meet those criteria then the 1 to 9 lot fee of $1,075 is required. Since a fee of $581 has previously been paid the remainder of $494 must also be paid before review of the subdivision plat may continue. You may resubmit addressing the comment(s) above within 15 days after the date of this notice as provided by Section 14-226(E) of Chapter 14 of the Albemarle County Code as the case may be. Please contact me at your earliest convenience if you have any questions or require additional information. The comment above is the only comment that needs to be addressed prior to the review of the plat. However, as I mentioned to you on the phone earlier today I wanted to bring to your attention to some other significant items that will be part of this review so that you can discuss them with your client before moving forward. These do not need to be addressed at this time, but they would have to be addressed prior to the final plat approval. They are: • The layout and the design of the road needs to be revised so that it complies with the ordinance or submittal and approval of a special exception for the impact to the Critical Slopes will be required. As discussed on the phone, because there is a 30,000 sf building site that would not require disturbance of the critical slopes (bottom right corner of "New Parcel `X"') there is no exemption for crossing the critical slopes. That exemption is for when no portion of the existing parcel, accessible without crossing the critical slopes, has a sufficient building site. That type of exemption is also only for existing parcels and cannot be applied to the proposed parcel. • Although the existing private street was previously approved by the County (SUB1987-144) you are proposing two areas of private street that would require Planning Commission approval. Those are the are within "New Parcel `X"' and the small triangular area within TMP 69-48C3 that was added after the approval of the private street. Although the existing private street was approved by the County it was approved for a family division. Therefore, you would have to show that the existing road can handle the additional usage of the added lots. As with all private streets, a private street maintenance agreement would have to be reviewed and approved by the County and then recorded with the plat for the proposed portions of the private street. It would also have to be shown that the maintenance agreement for the existing part of the private street was written to consider the addition of future lots or that agreement may also need to be amended. Sincerely, Paty Sater� ,--� Senior Planner Current Development File: SUB201900089 Cc: Owner/Applicant: Christopher and Lisa Bowen 3310 Bow Cross Street Crozet, VA 22932