HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB202000004 Correspondence 2020-06-02 (2)® COLLINS ENGINEERING
May 31, 2020
John Anderson / Paty Saternye
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: Berkmar Overlook— Final Road and Utility Plans (SUB 2020-00004)
`200 GARRETT ST, SUITE K CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22902
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Thank you for your comments dated May 20th 2020 on the above referenced project. The following is a summary of how the
comments have been addressed:
Planning Comments:
1. This comment is acknowledged and it is not necessary to keep repeating this comment. When designing a development, it
is important to have both the lot information and road information together to ensure the design works for both.
Albemarle county, unlike most other localities, require a separate road and site plan; however, in many cases, the
information turns out to be almost the exact same, as it is very hard to design a road plan without taking into
consideration the lots. And if the lot information changes, this affects the road plans and a road plan amendment would
be necessary anyways.
2. The comments have been addressed as followed:
a. The road plans have been updated to show a full 6' planting strip on the back side of the onstreet parking spaces,
as requested.
b. The road cross section labels have been updated to indicate the stations of the roadways that include the
onstreet parking, and the stations of the road sections that do not contain the onstreet parking.
C. The note on the cross sections has been deleted, as it no longer applies. The cross sections have been updated,
as requested and noted above. The road plans and the cross sections are consistent.
d. The leader for the bollard label has been shifted over one -hundred of an inch to ensure it touches the bollard
that it is labeling and the label on the detail has been added to sheet 4.
5. The comments have been addressed as followed:
a. The road frontage calculations have been updated for Berkmar Street, as discussed. The intersection does not
apply, and since it does not apply, the length is still under 240' for road frontage and only 6 street trees are
required. In addition, the area to the south of the entrance is too close for a street tree, since the tree would be
closer than 30' from the beginning of the point of the intersection.
b. See comment response above in (a).
C. As discussed, the street trees along Woodburn have been shifted back 10' or more from the overhead line.
d. A 6' landscape and maintenance easement has been added along the frontage of the lots in the cul-de-sac on
Marsac Street. This easement is shown on sheet 4 and sheet 20. It will be platted with the subdivision plat,
which will include the HOA documents for the easement.
6. The comments have been addressed as followed:
a. The road frontage calculations have been updated for Swede Street, as discussed. The intersections with other
streets do not apply and have been subtracted from the road frontage/street tree requirements.
b. The road frontage calculations have been updated for Empire Street, as discussed. The intersections with other
streets do not apply and have been subtracted from the road frontage/street tree requirements.
C. As noted in comment 5d, the easement and the HOA documents will be recorded with the final site plan.
7. This will be part of the easement documents with the final subdivision plat.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact Scott Collins at scott@collins-engineering.com.
Sincerely,
Scott Collins, PE