HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP202000013 Correspondence 2020-03-31COLLINS ENGINEERING 200 GARRETT ST, SUITE K CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22902
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March 30, 2020
Mariah Gleason
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: Foothill Crossing Phase V — SDP2020-00013
Dear Mariah:
Thank you for your comments dated March 30, 2020. Revised plans are hereby submitted
incorporating the following changes in response to the items in your letter:
Planning:
1. The comments have been addressed as followed:
a. The application name has been updated, as requested.
b. The revision block has been updated, as requested.
c. The date for the initial submittal has been updated, as requested.
2. The bar scales on all sheets have been checked and they are all accurate.
3. The comments have been addressed as followed:
a. With the addition of the passive recreational area, the total recreational space
provided is 37,950 SF, exceeding the 6,200 SF minimum. This information was
also provided in the substitution letter for the recreational amenities. The cover
sheet has also been updated with this information.
b. This comment is inaccurate and an extremely stretched interpretation of the
ordinance. This was never brought up during the initial site plan review, nor the
original site plan review. Also, I have countless other projects with recreational
facilities adjacent to SWM facilities and there was never an issue with those
projects either. Some of these projects include Sunset Overlook and
Avinity/Avinity Estates for starters. The fence that is proposed around the tot lot
will also serve as protection from the swm facility. Based on grades, the SWM
facility is not accessible from the tot lot. Finally, the SWM facility is a dry grass
retention facility, which only holds water for a period of time (24 hrs after a storm
event) and then drains out. This is not a wet pond facility that is a safety hazard.
If this is still an issue, please let me know immediately and I will follow up with
the planning director and zoning administrator.
c. This comment is not appropriate. Creating a 10' fenced in pathway to the tot lot
is not a good planning practice. However, we have changed the surface of the
pathway to an asphalt walking path so that it will feel connected from the
sidewalk to the tot lot area. We have shown the fencing for the tot lot area and
the paved pathway, creating a demarcation line between the recreational area and
access to the facility and the lots. If this is still an issue, please let me know
immediately and I will follow up with the planning director and zoning
administrator.
d. The fence area has been adjusted on the plan and labeled.
e. (1) additional climber has been added to the plans, and the detail added as well.
f. We have already submitted the amenity substitution request for this project. Let
me know if that was not approved. I will follow up with the planning director as
necessary.
4. The comments have been addressed as followed:
a. The parking lot landscaping requirements have been removed, as requested.
b. The proposed passive recreational area has been removed from the landscaping
calculations and from the total tree canopy calculations.
c. The proposed and required street tree calculations have been updated.
d. The plant legend has been updated to note 53 pin oaks.
e. The total canopy coverage has been updated accordingly.
f. Additional trees have been added to the development to meet the overall
landscaping requirements.
g. The conflict with the Nellie Stevens holly has been resolved.
5. The comments have been addressed as followed:
a. Currently, the pedestrian pathway is extended to Glenbrook phase I along the
right of way of the previously approved and platted right of way and the deed
book and page has been noted. Ultimately, the area where the pathway is
extended between this development and Glenbrook Phase I will be developed and
replatted, and the greenway that was part of ZMA20160005 will be connected to
this pathway through the by -right R-6 stream buffer area, which will be platted
when this portion of the byright stream buffer is platted with the by -right
development. The pedestrian pathway currently passes through the by -right R-6
land and not through the ZMA portion of the property. All pedestrian pathways
will be inter -connected as the development is constructed and platted. At this
time, we are providing the pedestrian and emergency connection to Glenbrook
Phase I as shown on the plans.
b. The pedestrian/bicycle label has been added to the pathway, as requested.
c. Bollards have been included at both ends of the emergency access and
pedestrian/bike pathway, as requested. The detail has been added to sheet 3.
6. A wall maintenance easement has been added across lots 1-10 for the retaining wall.
7. The approval letter from Claudius Crozet park for the connection to their asphalt
pedestrian pathway that runs parallel to this roadway will submitted as soon as we
received it. Based on section 14-422B, it would appear that this asphalt path would meet
these circumstances and it can be approved by the agent in lieu of the Planning
Commission. If this is not the case, please let me know immediately and I will follow up
with the planning director about this matter.
8. The non-infill side yard setbacks have been added to the plan along with a separate line
for the building separation. None of this changed the current design.
9. The impervious area on the cover sheet was updated to include the emergency access
road, matching the SWM calculations. The imperious calculations already include the
residential walkways and patios in the residences calculations and the accessways is
included in the driveway calculations. These calculations have been approved by
Engineering.
10. The building dimensions for a typical villa unit has been added to sheet 3.
11. The paving material detail has been added to sheet 9.
12. The (4) labels have been adjusted on the plans, as requested.
13. No, lighting will not be provided along the proposed primitive trailway.
14. Note 4 has been removed from the cover sheet, as requested.
15. Acknowledged. Letters will be provided to the county for the emergency accessway and
the use of the Claudius Crozet park pathway. The offsite SWM easement will be platted
with the subdivision plat.
Engineering:
1. Acknowledged. WPO is under review for approval.
2. Acknowledged, the road plans have been resubmitted for approval.
3. The approved Foothills II improvements have been added, as requested.
ACSA:
1. Acknowledged. The plans are ready for approval, once the Eastern Avenue utilities are
dedicated.
VDOT:
The plans have been submitted to VDOT for approval.
Building Inspections:
1. An easement has been added and shown/labeled on sheet 3.
2. This note has been added to sheet 1.
3. This note has been added to sheet 1.
Please contact me if you have any questions or require any further information.
Sincerely,
Scott Collins, PE