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Home My WebLink AboutSUB201900061 Review Comments Final Plat 2020-01-23COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 (434) 296-5832 Memorandum To: Keane Rucker, Shimp Engineering, P.C. (keane&shimp-en-in�g com) Brian Ray, Roger W. Ray & Associates, Inc. (brian@raysurveying.co From: Mariah Gleason Division: Community Development — Planning Date: June 5, 2019 Revision 1: October 04, 2019 Revision 2: January 23, 2020 Subject: SUB201900061 Crozet Court — Final Plat The County of Albemarle Planning Division will recommend approval of the plat referenced above once the following comments, and those provided by other Site Review Committee, SRC, members, 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.] 1. [ 14-308.1, 14-203] Groundwater assessment. This plat requires a Tier 2 groundwater assessment. Please submit the required fee of $355.00. Rev. 1: Comment withdrawn. These properties are in the development area and will be served by municipal water and sewer services. 2. [4.2.3] Existing building. The building on the existing TMP 56-45A2 must be removed before the final plat can be approved. The County cannot approve a plat that creates a legal nonconformity. Rev. 1: The comment was acknowledged by the applicant in the comment response letter. The comment will remain as it impacts the approval of the plat. Rev. 2: Comment addressed. Lots in the area of the existing building have been removed from the plat. 3. [14-317] Instrument evidencing maintenance. Maintenance agreements for sidewalks, planting strips, stormwater management facilities, etc., will need to be reviewed and approved by the County Attorney before the final plat can be signed. Rev. 1: Comment remains. Rev. 2: Comment remains. 4. [Code of Virginia 57-27.1] Access to cemeteries on private property. Under State Code section 57-27.1 access must be granted to cemeteries and graves for descendants, etc. Rev. 1: Comment satisfied. a. Please verify that the developer is aware of the State Code requirement. b. Please consider providing an access easement. OR Please revise Note H on Sheet 1 so that is also states that future owners of Lots 20, 21, and 22 will allow access to the graves in accordance with Code of Virginia Section 27-27.1. 5. [14-302(A)(15)] Ownership. Please submit an exhibit or instrument to verify the ownership of the current right-of-way reservation between tax map parcels 56-D2 and 56-D4. Rev. 1: Comment satisfied. 6. [14-302(B)(5)] Zoning classification. Show and note the Preserved Steep Slopes Overlay District on TMP 56-45. Rev. 1: Comment satisfied. 7. [14-302(B)(8)] Yards. Please amend Note E (regarding setback requirements) to be consistent with section 18.4.19 for non- infill R-2 development. Rev. 1: Comment satisfied. 8. [14-303(D)] Acreage of lots. Since this plat is also acting as a boundary line adjustment, please provide the acreages for each existing lot, in addition to the total sum of the lots together. Rev. 1: Comment satisfied. 9. [Comment] Please review and revise, if appropriate, the listed owners of TMP 56D-D-7. Rev. 1: Comment satisfied. 10. [Comment] The final plat cannot be approved until final road plans have been approved and bonded. Rev. 1: The comment was acknowledged by the applicant in the comment response letter. The comment will remain as it impacts the approval of the plat. Rev. 2: Comment remains. 11. [14-203] A required fee for notices was not paid for the preliminary plat SUB201700093 for this project. This fee must be paid before the final plat can be approved. Please submit payment in the amount of $215.00. Rev. 1: Comment addressed. This fee has been paid. Additional comments based on revised plat, dated August 29, 2019: 12. [14-302(B)(5,8), Sec. 14.3, 14.4, 2.2] Area Requirements. The area requirements for this development cannot be taken from the road plans which are currently under review. Please revise the calculations provided in Note 14 such that they are based on the site survey and include the following information: a. This is a R2 Cluster Development b. Using Bonus Factors (Provision of Street Trees (5 %), per Sec. 14.4.1) c. The maximum permitted density is 26du/ac (based on bonus level calculation) d. The proposed density is 26du/ac e. The required and proposed open space acreage (Please review and revise this calculation as it may have been calculated incorrectly on the road plan) f. Review and revise the "required unrestricted open space" calculation g. Note the minimum lot size, which is 9,700sf per lot Rev. 2: Comments addressed. Note: The revised layout of the plat now both permits and proposes 24 lots. 13. [ 14-302(A)(4-5), 14-303(L)] Sight distance easements. The road plans that are currently under review for this development, application SUB201700187, include sight easements at the intersections of Agatha Ridge Lane & Park Road and Agatha Ridge Lane & Jamestown Road. Please consider including and recording the site distance easements with this plat and also including provisions for their maintenance in the HOA covenants (this relates to review comment #3, above). Rev. 2: Update. The applicant has expressed that the site distance easements will be included in the HOA covenants. This comment will now be incorporated into the review of the HOA covenants by the County Attorney. Additional comments based on revised plat, dated October 31, 2019: 14. [Comment] Process. The license agreement between the County and the applicant authorizing establishment, use, and maintenance of the private improvement (emergency accessway) on public property will need to be signed by both parties before the subdivision plat can be approved. OTHER SRC REVIEWERS Albemarle County Engineering Services (Engineer) John Anderson, janderson2(a)albemarle.org — Requests Changes; see comments below No linework, note or label revisions required, or requested. Engineering review status =Requested Change is placeholder reminder that plat is not approved until recorded, that recordation requires accompanying deed of dedication of easement. Engineering will format deed (template) once all other reviewers' comments are addressed. It will help if Applicant (or Planning) notifies Engineering once all reviewers' comments are addressed, at which point, Engineering will route .PDF of plat with formatted deed for internal legal review. If no objections or request for revision (by legal staff), then deed will be sent to Applicant (.PDF) for notarized signature, with request to return signed and notarized plat and signed and notarized deed to CDD /Engineering for county executive and CAO signatures, prior to return to Applicant for recordation. Albemarle County Information Services (E911) Andrew Slack, aslackgalbemarle.org —No Objection Albemarle County Building Inspections Michael Dellinger, mdellinger(a)albemarle.org — No Objection Albemarle County Department of Fire Rescue Shawn Maddox, smaddoxkalbemarle.org —No Objection Albemarle County Service Authority Richard Nelson, melson(a)serviceauthority.org — No Objection Virginia Department of Transportation Adam Moore, adam.moore@vdot.vir ig nia. og_v — See recommendation attached Albemarle County Attorney's Office Andy Herrick, aherrickC&albemarle.org — Licensing agreement for the private improvement on public property is being finalized internally and will be sent to the applicant when final In accordance with the provisions of Z.O. 14-229 of the County Code, if the applicant fails to submit a revised plat 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 applicant. Please contact Mariah Gleason in the Planning Division by using m leg asongalbemarle.org or 434-296-5832 ext. 3097 for further information.