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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB202000004 Review Comments Road Plan and Comps. 2020-05-20County of Albemarle Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA, 22902 Phone 434-296-5832 Memorandum To: John Anderson From: Paty Saternye, Senior Planner Division: Planning Date: March 3, 2020 Rev. 1: May 20, 2020 Subject: SDP202000004 Berkmar Overlook - Road Plan Fax 434-972-4126 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.] [Comment] Only roads, sidewalks (within the right-of-way), and street trees are being reviewed by planning staff with this Road Plan. Other information shown on this Road Plan, that is Final Site Plan related, will be reviewed with the Final Site Plan once it is submitted. Staff suggests that information not associated with the Road Plan be removed from the Road Plan. Please note that changes have been made to the site plan layout since the Initial Site Plan was approved and the Road Plan will need to match the approved Final Site Plan or an amendment to the Road Plan will be required. Rev. 1: Comment still applies. Only roads, sidewalks (within the right -of -wax), and street trees are being reviewed by planning staff with this Road Plan. Other information shown on this Road Plan, that is Final Site Plan related, will be reviewed with the Final Site Plan once it is submitted. Staff suggests that information not associated with the Road Plan be removed from the Road Plan. The Road Plan will need to match the approved Final Site Plan or an amendment to the Road Plan will be required. [32.5.2(i) & (n)] Address the following: a) Revise the road sections to specify that a portion of Swede Street has a different section than the rest of the street, the portion without parking on one side. Rev. 1: Comment not vet fullv addressed. Although the comment for Swede Street has been addressed chances to the section for Empire Street and Marsac Street have been made and no longer meet the minimum requirements. Address the following change for changes in parking on the 2°d submission: i. Ensure that the portions of Empire Street and Swede Street where parallel parking have been added meet the minimum requirements for a planting strip, ii. Provide a street section for the portions of Empire Street and Swede Street where parallel parking has been added and ensure this section meets all minimums. iii. Revise the note, added next to the two provided street sections, to no longer state "See road section below for additional road cross-section and right of way modification for Marsac Street." It appears to state that the Swede Street section will apply to the portion of Marsac Street with parking. However, that section cannot apply because the ROW width is not the same and the planting strip is not being provided. Also, this does not address the similar issues with Empire Street. c) Provide Bollard on both ends of the Emergency Access Easement. Rev. 1: Comment not yet fully addressed. Add a label to the bollard detail added to sheet 4 and ensure that the leader arrows, for the labels for the bollards, points at on e of the bollards. [32.7.9.5, 32.7.9.3 & 32.7.9.41 Provide street trees along Berkmar Drive and Woodburn Road. Street trees are required along all existing and proposed streets. No trees are shown along Berkmar Drive. Woodburn Road is shown to have existing trees. However, the majority of the trees along the road are also within an overhead easement. Also, it appears that most if not all of the trees along Woodburn Road may either be within the easement, may not be healthy, or may not be correct type of trees for street trees. Provide all required information for existing trees utilized to meet landscaping requirements including (but not limited to) the location, species, and size of each individual tree along the Woodburn Road that is meant to meet the street tree requirement. Rev. 1: Comment not yet fully addressed. Address the following: a) Revise the street frontage for Berkmar Street. It is listed as 235' and it appears to be closer to 295'. Only one side of the street intersection appears to have been measured. Ensure the number of required street trees is provided. b) At least one tree should be provided on the southside of Empire Street's intersection with Berkmar Drive. c) All 19 street trees shown along Woodburn Road are planted less than 10' from the overhead utility line. Provide information on the width of that easement and ensure that the trees are planted far enough away the lines to allow. d) Ensure that all trees not in the ROW or in HOA owned open space have a landscaping easement shown and that the HOA documents submitted with the final subdivision plat and final site plan provides for perpetual maintenance. [32.7.9.5 & 32.7.9.4(c)] Address the following: a) Ensure that the street length for Swede Street in the landscape calculations includes the full length of the road right-of-way to the adjoining parcel connections. Rev. 1: Comment not yet fully addressed. Address the following_ i. Revise the street frontage for Swede Street to be the full length of both sides of the street. 915' is listed but it appears to be closer to 1,170'. Revise the calculation and provide the required street trees. ii. Revise the street frontage of Empire Street and provide the required street trees. 1,235' is listed but the length appears to be closer to 1,490'. b) Please note that landscaping easements and the legal documents for perpetual maintenance of the trees will be required to be submitted, reviewed, approved, and recorded prior to final site plan approval for all trees outside of the public right-of-way and within development lots. Rev. 1: Comment to be addressed in subdivision plat and prior to final site plan approval. "This is acknowledged. This will be part of the easement documents with the final subdivision plat." [14-303(G) & 14-3171 Please note that an instrument assuring the perpetual maintenance of all trees (in the ROW and in the landscape easements) and the crosswalk at Berkmar (once they are added to the road plan) by the HOA will be require prior to final site plan approval. Rev. 1: Comment to be addressed in subdivision Dlat and prior to final site elan aDDroval. Comment response letter states "This is acknowledged. This will be part of the easement documents with the final subdivision plat." Please contact Paty Saternye in the Planning Division by using psaternye(a-)_albemarle.org or 434-296-5832 ext. 3250 for further information.