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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP201900036 Review Comments Major Amendment, Final Site Plan 2019-12-09COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126 December 9, 2019 Herb White WW Associates, Inc. 3040 Avemore Square Place Charlottesville, VA 22911 (434) 984-2700 / hwhitekwwassociates.net RE: Comment Letter for SDP-2019-00036 (Farmington Country Club Consolidation Plan — Major Amendment, Phase 1); 41h Submittal Dear Mr. White: The Planner for the Planning Services Division of the Albemarle County Department of Community Development will recommend approval of the plan referred to above when the following items have been satisfactorily addressed. (The following comments are those that have been identified at this time. Additional comments or conditions may be added or eliminated based on further review.) [Each comment is preceded by the applicable reference to the Albemarle County Code.] The comments from the earlier reviews for SDP2019-00036 are in gray font. Follow-up comments from the most recent review are in bolded black font. Please address these follow-up comments as well. Each comment is preceded by the applicable reference to Chapter 18 of the Albemarle County Code (Zoning Ordinance), unless otherwise specified. (The following comments are those that have been identified at this time; additional comments may be added or eliminated based on further review.) Review comments from the other reviewing divisions and agencies are also attached. Please submit five (5) copies of the revised plan to the Community Development Department when revisions have been made. Please contact me at your earliest convenience if you have questions or require additional information or assistance. Sincerely, Andy Reitelbach Senior Planner / areitelbachkalbemarle.org / (434)-296-5832 x 3261 1 Albemarle County Planning Services (Planner) — Andy Reitelbach, areitelbachgalbemarle.org — Requested Changes: 2. [General Comment] This property is subject to a special use permit. Provide the approved special use permit, including the conditions, on a sheet of the site plan. In addition, include the special use permit file number on the cover sheet of the plan. Include the special use permit number on the cover sheet of this plant; it can be placed within the Zoning section of the site data information. The special use permit listed on the cover sheet is SP-90-05. Is this an additional SP that relates to Farmington Country Club, or is it a typo that should be SP-98-05? Comment addressed. 6. [SP-1998-00005] As mentioned in this approved special use permit, future intensification of this use would require an amendment to the special use permit. As such, provide information on the cover sheet indicating the current number of tennis courts and the proposed number of courts. Also, provide information indicating the existing number of guest rooms and the proposed number of guest rooms for the entire country club property. (It appears that this information for existing and proposed amount has already been included on the cover sheet for the number of parking spaces at the country club.) Also, clearly identify the proposed use of the cottages. Are they to be used for guest rooms, permanent residents, or some other use? Staff cannot currently determine whether the proposed cottages would qualify as an intensification of the use based on the information currently provided, as it is unclear what the cottages will be used for and how many individual units may be in each cottage structure. Once additional information has been provided, if it is determined that the proposed cottages will create an intensification of the use on the property, then an amendment to the special use permit for Farmington Country Club will be required prior to approval of cottages being granted. It has been determined by staff that the construction of twelve new guest rooms, in addition to the 55 existing guest rooms, is an intensification of the use on this property. As such, an amendment to the special use permit for this site is required before this site plan can be approved, as required by Condition #1 in SP-98-05. This condition states that any intensification of the use on this property would require the amendment of the special use permit. In addition, there is a discrepancy in the proposed number of new guest rooms shown on the plan. The cover sheet indicates that there will be 12 new guest rooms constructed (four per cottage). However, the note on sheet C-11 indicates that there will only be 2 guest rooms per cottage, for a total of six new rooms. Please clarify. Provide certification from Farmington Country Club that there were 55 guest rooms on the property at the time that SP-98-05 was approved by the Board of Supervisors, and that the number of guest rooms has since decreased, such that the proposed total of 52 guest rooms does not exceed what was in existence at the time of approval of SP-98-05. Revise the information and number of guest rooms proposed for this project (including on sheets 1 and 11), as the number shown on the plan is inconsistent with the information provided by Farmington Country Club in the submitted certification letter. In addition, revise the parking schedule on the cover sheet to reflect the changes in the uses/number of guest rooms proposed. 7. [10.4] The cottages as shown do not meet the setback requirements for the RA, Rural Areas, zoning district. The cottages must meet the setback requirements as stated in section 10.4 of the Zoning Ordinance, Area and Bulk Regulations in the Rural Areas. If Tennis Road and Farmington Drive are private streets, then the cottages must be situated with a setback of a minimum of 25 feet. If Tennis Road and Farmington Drive are public streets, then the cottages must be situated with a minimum setback of 75 feet. (See comment #19 below for the request for information as to whether these two streets are public or private.) This comment has not been addressed. Setbacks are not being met as currently shown on the site plan. Comment addressed, per discussions with Zoning staff, as Tennis Road and Farmington Drive do not have deeded right-of-way and are not subject to any known access easements at this location. At the request of the Zoning division, provide a note on 2 the cover sheet of the plan, in the setback section, indicating that setbacks for this project are not applicable in relation to Tennis Road, Golf Club Road, or Farmington Drive (the internal travelways), as there is no deeded right-of-way or access easement for these roads from which to measure setbacks at the location of the proposed project. This note is to provide clarity for the Zoning division and permit reviewers when building permits for this project are applied for. 8. [4.2] According to the County's GIS, it appears that there are critical slopes in the project areas. However, these slopes are not depicted on the site plan sheets. Show the critical slope areas on the site plan sheets so that staff may determine if these slopes are being disturbed by the proposed development. This comment has not been fully addressed. The areas of critical slopes shown on the site plan do not match what is shown on the County's GIS layer for critical slopes. Please addressed this discrepancy. The critical slopes as shown on the County's GIS appear to indicate that the tennis court construction would disturb critical slopes. If this is the case, then a special exception, permitting the disturbance of critical slopes in the tennis courts project area, from the Board of Supervisors is required, prior to the approval of this site plan. In addition, the special exception for critical slope disturbance granted in 2014 by the Board of Supervisors for the parking lot area no longer applies. That special exception referenced a specific site plan, SDP2014-00060, which is no longer being followed. In addition, this site plan is proposing to disturb more critical slopes in the parking lot area than what was shown and approved on the site plan and special exception from 2014, such as the area for the golf cart path. Thus, a special exception, permitting the disturbance of critical slopes in the parking lot project area, from the Board of Supervisors is required, prior to the approval of this site plan. The source of topography as indicated on the cover sheet is dated 2017 from an aerial survey performed by Mapping Resource Group, Inc. However, the legend for critical slopes, for example on sheet C-7, states that the information comes from the Albemarle County GIS. Clarify the discrepancy. In addition, provide a request to allow the disturbance of critical slopes for the installation of stormwater management facilities, similar to the request asked for in SDP2019-00043. There is a gas line going through the area of the stormwater detention basin — ensure this line will not be disturbed during construction of the basin Comment addressed. 24. [32.5.2(n)] What is the width of the access way from Tennis Road into the parking lot? It does not appear to meet the required width of 24 feet for vehicular accessways. Are signs or bollards going to be placed at the entrances to the golf cart pathways to prevent automobiles from driving down those paths, indicating that they are to be used only by golf carts? There is a sign shown at the intersection of Tennis Road and the golf cart path. However, is there proposed to be a sign at the location slightly to the south of that site where the golf cart path leaves the parking lot, to ensure proper exit for automobiles leaving the parking lot. Comment addressed. 30. New Comments: Provide the CDD application number for this project on the cover sheet — this number is SDP2019-00036. I apologize for the oversight of this comment during previous reviews. In addition, the conservation plan checklist included on sheet C-24 does not appear to be signed Comment addressed. Comments from Other Reviewing Departments and Agencies Albemarle County Engineering Services (Engineer) Matthew Wentland, mwentland(kalbemarle.org — No objections. Albemarle County Information Services (E911) Brian Becker, bbecker e,albemarle.org — No objection to Golf Club Road. Albemarle County Service Authority (ACSA) Richard Nelson, rnelsonkserviceauthority.org — Requested changes; please see the comments below: Show easement around proposed ACSA water utilities. Call out proposed sewer as private. 3 Provide Fixture counts for proposed cottages. Provide the number units for the cottages.