HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB201700138 Review Comments Road Plan and Comps. 2017-11-02
COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
Road and Drainage plan review
Project title: LIDL – 1248 Richmond Rd – Road Plans
Project file number: SUB201700138
Plan preparer: Timmons Group [cody.pennetti@timmons.com]
Owner or rep.: Pantops Corner
Date Received: 01 Sept 2017
Date of comments: 02 Nov 2017
Cody,
We have reviewed the above referenced plans and have the following comments:
Engineering (Emily Cox)
1. WPO Plan must be approved before road plan can be approved.
2. Remove E&S and SWM sheets from the road plan set.
3. VDOT approval of the entrances onto public roads is required before private road plan approval.
4. Provide adequate ROW for potential acceptance as a public road in the future. This ROW should
include the 3:1 slopes.
5. Ensure stop signs and stop bars are shown everywhere. This includes the intersection at the back
of the store.
6. Posted speed limit should be 20 MPH
7. Revise CG-12’s to direct pedestrians into the crosswalks, not into the traffic. Ramps should be
directional.
8. Change radius at rear corner of store from 45 ft. to 35 ft. to gain pedestrian clearance between the
store and the travel lane.
9. Per a site visit/inspection with the county engineer, the proposed outfall location is not an adequate
channel. Please extend the proposed storm pipe to where the 1% requirement is met. Also, storm
easement must be provided for pipe located out of the right-of-way. Suggest connecting outfall
pipe to existing outfall pipe from SR20 by installing a new manhole and combining outlets.
Ensure adequate outlet protection is provided.
10. [Sheet C3.4] Truck turn movement from Route 20 turning left into the site goes into the lane
turning left out of the site. Provide striped/gore area at the Route 20 entrance or adjust the lanes to
prohibit any collisions.
11. Run continuous truck movements from Route 20 to the site entrance.
12. [Sheet C3.4] Show minimum lane widths.
13. [Sheet C3.4] Private Road Delivery Vehicle Movement (intersection @ rear of the store): It
appears the truck enters the oncoming lane with the rear wheel up against the face of curb.
Confirm additional width is not necessary for the design vehicle to make this turning movement.
14. Provide pavement designs to show the proposed pavement can handle the expected traffic.
15. [Sheet C3.2] There is an S3 on the details, but not in the legend. Please revise.
16. Provide horizontal curve information (start point, end point, radius) on plan view.
17. Ensure there are no conflicts between the proposed guardrails (post depths) and storm pipes.
18. The landscape plan should match the proposed road section detail. The location of the trees
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appears to be different.
19. Extend guardrail around the curb from storm drain 1G to approximately Sta 5+00.
Planning (Cameron Langille)
1. See attached letter dated 10/24/17.
VDOT (Adam Moore)
1. See attached comment letter dated 10/13/17.
Fire Rescue (Robbie Gilmer)
1. No objections.
ACSA (Jeremy Lynn)
1. Still under review. Did not receive comments. Please coordinate with ACSA.
GIS (Elisa Kiewra)
1. See attached comment letter dated 9/14/17.
Engineering plan review staff are available from 2-4 PM on Thursdays, should you require a meeting to
discuss this review.
Process;
After approval, plans will need to be bonded. The bonding process is begun by submitting a bond estimate
request form and fee to the Department of Community Development. One of the plan reviewers will
prepare estimates and check parcel and easement information based on the approved plans. The County’s
Management Analyst will prepare bond agreement forms, which will need to be completed by the owner
and submitted along with cash, certificates or sureties for the amounts specified. The agreements will need
to be approved and signed by the County Attorney and County Engineer. This may take 2-4 weeks to
obtain all the correct signatures and forms.
Stormwater Management Facilities Maintenance agreements will also need to be completed and recorded.
The County’s Management Analyst or other staff will prepare the forms and check for ownership and
signature information. The completed forms will need to be submitted along with court recording fees.
After bonding and agreements are complete, county staff will need to enter project information in a DEQ
database for state application processing. DEQ will review the application information based on local
VSMP authority approval. At this time, the DEQ portion of the application fees will need to be paid
directly to the state. For fastest processing, this is done electronically with the emails provided on the
application. DEQ should notify applicants with instructions on how to pay fees. When DEQ approves the
application, they will issue a permit coverage letter. This should be copied to the county.
After DEQ coverage is issued, via the coverage letter, the County can hold a pre-construction conference.
Applicants will need to complete the request for a pre-construction conference form, and pay the remainder
of the application fee. The form identifies the contractor and responsible land disturber, and the fee
remaining to be paid. This will be checked by county staff, and upon approval, a pre-construction
conference will be scheduled with the County inspector. At the pre-construction conference, should
everything proceed satisfactorily, a joint VSMP and grading permit will be issued by the County so that
work may begin.
County forms can be found on the county website forms center under engineering;
http://www.albemarle.org/deptforms.asp?department=cdengwpo
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If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me either by email (ecox@albemarle.org) or by
phone at 434-296-5832 ext. 3565.
Sincerely,
Emily Cox, P.E.
Civil Engineer II
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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road,
Charlottesville, VA, 22902
Phone 434-296-5832 Fax 434-972-4126
Memorandum
To: Emily Cox (ecox@albemarle.org)
From: Cameron Langille, Senior Planner
Division: Planning
Date: October 24, 2017
Subject: SUB201700138 LIDL 1248 Richmond Road - Road Plans
The County of Albemarle Planning Division will grant or recommend approval of the road plans referenced above
once the following comments have been addressed: [Each comment is preceded by the applicable reference, which
is to the Subdivision/Zoning Ordinances unless otherwise specified.]
1. [General Comment] The road plans should only show the improvements that will be approved, bonded,
and constructed within the private street right-of-way. Staff suggests removing the proposed building and
all other improvements that will be approved and constructed through the site plan, SDP201700039. If
the applicant would like to keep these features on the road plans, please gray them out and include a label
across all applicable drawings stating “show for informational purposes only, under review per
SDP201700039.”
a. This includes proposed easements that will be recorded on a separate easement plat for utilities,
stormwater, etc.
b. The demolition drawing should gray out anything that will be demolished as part of the site plan
demolition plan.
2. [General Comment] The following information can be removed from the Site Data table on the Cover
Sheet: Required building setbacks, provided building setbacks, parking setbacks, parking space and
loading space calculations, building height, and building square footage.
3. [General Comment] There is a boundary line adjustment plat, SUB201700141, currently under review
that proposes to combine TMP 07800-00-00-005B0 with TMP 07800-00-00-005A0. This application
will most likely be approved and recorded prior to the road plan approval. The road plans should be
updated to reflect the accurate property boundary lines, acreages, parcel numbers, and deed book/page of
the most recently recorded plats.
4. [ZMA201300002 & Chapter 14] A separate application for the private street right of way recordation
must be submitted, reviewed and approved by the County prior to approval of the final site plan, in
accordance with Section 14-208.3. The application that should be submitted is an Application for a Special
Lot. The Application for a Special Lot can be found HERE.
a. Special lot applications are subject to the procedures outlined in Section 14-209, which directs to
Section 14-235. As stated in Section 14-235 (a), a private street maintenance agreement will need
to be submitted to the County for review and approval in accordance with the provisions of
Section 14-317. The maintenance agreement will be reviewed and approved during the review of
the special lot application, and must be recorded with the special lot plat prior to final site plan
approval.
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b. Proffer 1 of ZMA2013-02 requires an easement granting right of public passage over the new
private road. This has been included as a comment with the site plan review for LIDL,
SDP201700039. Staff suggests showing the public access easement on the Special Lot
application. Please submit a deed of dedication for the public access easement with the special lot
plat application. Please provide a response stating when the public access easement application
will be submitted.
c. [14-317] A private street maintenance agreement template is available through this LINK.
5. [32.5.2a] Please list the primary and overlay zoning districts for each TMP number on the Cover Sheet.
Include the full fourteen digit TMP for each parcel.
a. TMP 07800-00-00-005B0/TMP 07800-00-00-005A0 are located within the EC – Entrance
Corridor Overlay and Managed Steep Slopes Overlay Zoning Districts.
b. TMP 07800-00-00-058G1 is located in the EC – Entrance Corridor Overlay, Preserved Steep
Slopes Overlay, and Flood Hazard Overlay districts.
6. [32.5.2 (i) and 14-302 (A)(4)] Please make the private street right of way boundary lines darker so they
are more visible across all drawings. It is difficult to distinguish which improvements, including
sidewalks adjacent to the street, lie within the right-of-way.
a. Please label the private street right-of-way as “proposed private street right of way” with a
width measurement.
b. Please include a note on the road plans stating that the proposed private street right-of-way will
be reviewed, approved, and recorded on a separate special lot application prior to final site plan
approval for SDP201700039.
7. [14-302 (A)(5)] Please show the boundaries of the proposed public access easement over the private
street. It is difficult to distinguish which improvements, including sidewalks adjacent to the street, lie
within the right-of-way.
a. Please label the public access easement as “proposed public access easement” with a width
measurement.
b. Please include a note on the road plans stating that the proposed public access easement will be
reviewed, approved, and recorded on a separate special lot application prior to final site plan
approval for SDP201700039.
8. [32.7.9] Please identify which landscaping features are being used to address the street tree landscaping
required by Section 18-32.7.9.5 of the Zoning Ordinance. At a minimum, the street trees along the
private street and any shrubs within the private street right-of-way should be shown on the landscape
plans for the road plans. All other landscaping required as part of the site plan should be grayed out with
a note stating “shown for informational purposes only, under review with SDP201700039.”
a. Please amend the Plant Schedules on Sheets L1.0 and L2.0 so that it only includes vegetation
that is under review as part of the road plans. This includes all shade trees and ornamental trees
and shrubs.
b. The Plant Schedules should include columns stating the minimum caliper and height at time of
installation for the applicable vegetation, and the quantity of each species proposed.
c. Please include a column in the Plants list that shows the plant canopy calculations for each
proposed species. The County’s canopy calculation figures can be found HERE.
9. [32.7.9.5] Staff has received the variation request from the applicant, dated August 18, 2017, to vary
the location and spacing of the street trees required by Section 18-32.7.9.5. In the final site plan
comments for SDP201700039, staff incorrectly identified Sections 14-422 (A) and 14-422 (D) as the
applicable code sections for required landscaping standards along the private street. Since this is a
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private street in the development areas serving non-residential uses, the applicable standards for street
tree locations and spacing is Section 18-32.7.9.5.
a. Based on the proposed locations of the street trees, the plans need approval of a modification to
the street tree spacing requirements of Section 18-32.7.9.5 (d). As currently shown, the trees are
not spaced evenly every fifty feet (50’).
b. The plans also need approval of a modification to the tree species requirements of Section 18-
32.7.9.5 (b). The road plans show ornamental tree species along the southern portion of the
private street instead of large or medium shade trees as required by Section 18-32.7.9.5 (b).
c. In order for staff to approve the two modification requests, the landscape plans must clearly
identify the proposed private street right-of-way, as well as the boundary of the proposed
planting strip. The road plans show the proposed trees planted approximately eighteen feet (18’)
from the back of the curb. Section 32.7.9.5 (d) requires street trees to be located within 10’ of
the street right-of-way. Please show the proposed street right-of-way on the landscape plans.
d. Please move the three AME GRA trees outside of the interconnectivity easement between TMP
78-5A and TMP 78-6.
e. [32.7.9.5 (b)] The large shade trees along the northern portion of the street must be a species
that is listed on the Albemarle County Recommended Plants List. The twenty-nine (29) Quercus
nuttalli trees are not an approved large or medium shade tree species on Albemarle County
Recommended Plants List. Please select a large or medium shade tree species from the
recommended plants list, and replace on the landscape plans.
10. [32.7.2.3] In the final site plan comments for SDP201700039, staff incorrectly identified Section 14-
222 (A) as the applicable code section for the sidewalk requirements along the new private street. Since
this is a private street in the development areas serving non-residential uses, the applicable standards for
sidewalks is Section 18-32.7.2.3 (a). Staff has reviewed the special exception request from Timmons
Group dated August 18, 2017, and is granting an approval to not require sidewalks along the eastern
side of the private street. Please see the attached memorandum granting approval of the proposed
sidewalk locations.
a. Please add the attached sidewalk modification approval letter, dated 10/20/2017, to Sheet R1.0.
11. [32.5.2a] As a reminder, the proffers (#2 and #3) of ZMA201300002 must be addressed on the site
plan for any future development proposed on TMP 07800-00-00-058G1. Please amend Notes 2 and 3 on
Sheet R1.0 to state that Proffers 2 and 3 will need to be satisfied with any future development on TMP
07800-00-00-058G1.
Please contact Cameron Langille in the Planning Division by using blangille@albemarle.org or 434-296-5832
ext. 3432 for further information.
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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Rd. North Wing
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone: 434-296-5832 Fax: 434-972-4126
October 20, 2017
Cody Pennetti , PE
Timmons Group
cody.pennetti@timmons.com
RE: SUB201700138 and SDP201700039 – LIDL 1248 Richmond Road – Approval of Modification
to 32.7.2.3 Sidewalks and Other Pedestrian Ways
Dear Mr. Pennetti,
Your request to modify the sidewalk requirements of Chapter 18, Section 32.7.2.3 (a) of the Zoning
Ordinance has been approved by the Agent for the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors.
The applicant submitted a request for a special exception to the sidewalk standards contained in Section
14-422 (A) of the Subdivision Ordinance. Since the project proposes a private street serving commercial
uses in the development areas, the applicable Code section for sidewalk requirements is Chapter 18, Section
32.7.2.3 (a) of the Zoning Ordinance. The applicant’s request contained justifications that satisfied the
finding requirements listed in Chapter 18, Section 32.3.5 (b) which allow the agent to grant administrative
approval to the request.
The site is located on Tax Map Parcels 07800-00-00-058G1 and 07800-00-00-005A0. Both parcels are
subject to unusual topography due to the presence of Managed Steep Slopes, Preserved Steep Slopes, and
floodplain. As authorized by Chapter 18, Section 32.3.5 (b)(3) of the Zoning Ordinance, the agent has
determined that requiring sidewalks along both sides of the private street would result in significant
degradation to sensitive environmental features. Additionally, the grading required to install sidewalks
along the western side of the street would not result in the application of sound engineering principles.
As depicted on the final site plan (SDP201700039) and the road plans (SUB201700138) for the LIDL
project at 1248 Richmond Road, the sidewalk proposed along the eastern side of the private street satisfies
the minimum requirements of Section 32.7.2.3 (a) of the Zoning Ordinance.
Sincerely,
Cameron Langille
Senior Planner
Enclosed: Waiver Request