HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP201900004 Review Comments Special Use Permit 2019-07-09
COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4176
July 9, 2019
Lori H. Schweller
Williams Mullen
321 E Main Street, Suite 400
Charlottesville, VA 22902
lschweller@williamsmullen.com
RE: SP201900004 Virginia Institute of Autism Adult Service Center
Dear Ms. Schweller:
Staff has reviewed your revised submittal materials for a special use permit regarding the Virginia Institute
of Autism (VIA) Adult Service Center (SP2019-04). The following are comments related to the revised
conceptual plan. We would be glad to meet with you to discuss these comments if you have questions.
Planning
The following comments are related to planning:
1. Please provide ten (10) copies of an amended conceptual plan that use the same date in the title
panel and within the title block.
Transportation Planning
The following comments related to on-site vehicular circulation have been provided by Daniel Butch:
2. Hillsdale Dr is currently in a traffic calming study by VDOT. In the provided autoturn analysis, buses
exiting the parking lot turning right need to utilize both travel lanes on Hillsdale.
a. Please confirm if buses will always be making right turns in and right turns out.
b. If buses will be making left turns in and left turns out with right turns in and right turns out,
please update current autoturn analysis.
c. Narrative states buses will be dropping off at 8:45 am and picking up at 2:45pm. Please
illustrate all four (4) buses parked in pick up and drop off area. Or, please confirm if drop
off and pick ups will be staggered in time.
Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
The following comments related to transportation have been provided by Adam Moore:
3. The bus autoturn analysis out of the site is not advisable by VDOT, particularly since the application
proposes to use four buses for pick-up/drop-off services regularly. Please explore another option
that does not utilize the entire width of the public road.
Engineering
The following comments related to engineering have been provided by Frank Pohl:
4. Suggest erosion and sediment control measures (silt fence) at the limits of disturbance.
Draft SP Conditions
Staff have drafted the following conditions. Please note these are draft conditions and have yet to be
reviewed by the County Attorney’s office and the Zoning Division.
1. Development of the use shall be in general accord with the conceptual plan titled “Virginia Institute
of Autism Adult Service Center” prepared by Timmons Group, with the latest revision date of
04.15.2019, as determined by the Director of Planning and the Zoning Administrator. To be in
general accord with the Conceptual Plan, development shall reflect the following major elements
within the development essential to the design of the development:
a. Location of potential future outdoor recreation area as shown on the plan.
Minor modifications to the plan which do not conflict with the elements above may be made to
ensure compliance with the Zoning Ordinance.
2. Maximum enrollment shall be 65 participants.
3. Normal hours of operation for the center shall be from 7:30am to 6:00pm, Monday through Friday,
with occasional evening and weekend activities.
4. Prior to converting a portion of the parking area to outdoor recreation space, provide silt fencing
along the top of preserved steep slopes.
Please contact me if you have any questions or wish to meet. I can be reached at mgleason@albemarle.org
or (434) 296-5832 ext. 3097.
Sincerely,
Mariah Gleason
Senior Planner
Planning Division