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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB202000082 Review Comments Road Plan and Comps. 2020-06-08k' 01Y AL vit�r�A County of Albemarle Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA, 22902 Phone 434-296-5832 Memorandum To: Emily Cox (ecoxkalbemarle.org) From: Cameron Langille, Senior Planner Division: Planning Date: June 8, 2020 Subject: SUB202000082 Brookhill — Blocks 9, 10, 11 - Road Plans 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.] 1. [General Comment] Please be aware that staff is not reviewing notes and calculations related to certain Zoning Ordinance and COD requirements that do not pertain to improvements or land disturbances unrelated to the actual road construction. For example, the allowable density calculations and building height notes on Sheet 1 have not been check. Staff will review and approve those types of notes/calculations with the actual subdivision and/or site plan applications for Blocks 9-11. 2. [General Comment] Please update Sheet 3 so that it states that SDP201900026 for Block 8A was approved on April 23, 2020. [ZMA201500007, 14-233(A), 14-2341 Flora Court is labeled as a private street. Per Section 2.2.3 of the COD (page 11), houses are required to face either public streets or public amenity areas. The current design of Flora Court does not meet this standard. Per Section 2.8.1 of the COD (page 24), private streets can only be authorized by the Planning Commission. A justification for private street authorization request must be made in accordance with Section 14-234 (C) and the private street must be authorized by the PC. a. A fee of $720.00 is required in order to process the private street authorization request. b. If the street can be re -designated as a public street, it can be administratively approved by staff if it meets the Neighborhood Streets cross-section from Section 2.8.1 of the COD. 4. [ZMA201500007] The extension of Archer Avenue does not show any on -street parking spaces as required by Figure 10 — Connector Road and Main Street Road Cross Section from (page 25 of COD). Parking bump -outs must be provided between bike lanes and curb & gutter. a. Archer Avenue must be designed to the cross-section shown on page 25 of the COD titled "Figure 10: Connector Road and Main Street Cross Section." 5. [ZMA201500007] On -street parking provided on Koch Court, Flora Lane, and Flora Court do not meet the street standards from Section 2.8 of the COD. A 6' planting strip must be provided between the curb and the sidewalk, currently, no planting strip is shown. Please revise the street design to incorporate the planting strip as required. 6. [ZMA201500007] Label bike lanes on all applicable sheets along Archer Avenue. 7. [ZMA201500007] Please add a note to Sheet 1 stating that Archer Avenue will be designed to the "Connector Roads — Public VDOT Roads" cross-section and standards specified in Section 2.8 of the ZMA201500007 Code of Development. a. Archer Avenue must be designed to the cross-section shown on page 25 of the COD titled "Figure 10: Connector Road and Main Street Cross Section." 8. [ZMA201500007] Please add a note to Sheet 1 stating that Lockett Lane will be designed to the "Connector Roads — Public VDOT Roads" cross-section and standards specified in Section 2.8 of the ZMA201500007 Code of Development. a. Lockett Lane must be designed to the cross-section shown on page 25 of the COD titled" Figure 9: Connector Road Cross Section." 9. [ZMA201500007] Please add a note to Sheet 1 stating that Flora Land and Koch Court will be designed to the "Neighborhood Streets — Public VDOT Roads" cross-section and standards specified in Section 2.8 of the ZMA201500007 Code of Development. 10. [ZMA201500007] Please add a note to Sheet 1 stating that Flora Court will be designed to the "Private Streets" standards specified in Section 2.8 of the ZMA201500007 Code of Development. 11. [General Comment] Please remove the cross-section for Foxworth Lane on Sheet 13. No Foxworth Lane is proposed on these road plans. 12. [General Comment] Add a cross-section for Lockett Lane to Sheet 13. Lockett Lane must be designed to the cross-section shown on page 25 of the COD titled" Figure 9: Connector Road Cross Section." 13. [4.12] Please label all on -street parking spaces with length and width dimensions. 14. [General Comment] Once E911 has approved a road name for each street, please update the Cover Sheet by stating the road names in the title bar. a. Please update all other sheets with a label by adding the approved road name. 15. [ZMA201800011] On all applicable drawings, update the callouts for the 100' stream buffer and 100- year floodplain areas so that they also state "Future Public Greenway to be dedicated to Albemarle County at time of final subdivision plat, per proffer #2 of ZMA201800011." 16. [ZMA2018000111 Per proffer # 1 C, be aware that the Ashwood Boulevard connection must be bonded to road plan approval and substantially completed prior to issuance of the 500t' certificate of occupancy for a dwelling unit other than a multi -family dwelling, assisted living, nursing home, rest home, or convalescent facility, or the 800t' CO for any dwelling unit type in Brookhill. Staff accounting of dwelling units shows that 172 units other than multi -family are either approved or under review, and 630 total units (all types) are either under review or approved. 17. [General Comment] Revise match line labels on Sheets 28-29, they reference incorrect sheets. 18. [32.7.9.51 Notes on Sheet 29 state that street trees are planted 40' on center. However, tree spacing is irregular at certain points along all streets other than Archer Avenue. Please revise so that trees are provided at even 40' intervals. Spacing alterations are only allowed for conflicts with sight distance easements and driveways. There appears to be several areas along the internal streets where trees can be relocated in order to meet spacing requirements. For example, there are three street trees planted at the north cul-de-sac of Koch Court adjacent to the parking space that are spaced at less than 40' on center; it appears that one of those trees could be relocated to the planting area located between the driveways of lots 2 and 3. Trees along Flora Lane adjacent to the open space parcel could be relocated to the north side of Flora Lane in the planting strip between lots 36-37. a. [32.7.9.5 (d)] Please be aware that the tree species proposed are all classified as large street trees. Planting is only required every 50' when large species are proposed. The applicant can provide large trees are 40' intervals if they wish to do so, but the spacing can be enlarged to 50' if necessary. b. [32.7.9.5 (d)] If the applicant alters street tree spacing to 50' please revise the required street tree calculations on Sheet 29 in order to identify the number of required trees. 19. [32.7.9.51 Note 3 on Sheet 29 states that 29 street trees are provided along Archer Avenue. However, staff counts 59 trees shown on the landscaping plans. Please verify that the note states the correct amount of street trees provided. 20. [32.7.9.71 Russian sage, Perovskia atriplicifolia (identified as PAT on road plans) is not an approved landscaping species. Please replace with an approved shrub from the Albemarle County Recommended Plants List. 21. [32.7.9] Update the Plant Schedule on Sheet 29 so that it states the canopy coverage of proposed shrubs. Canopy coverage can be determined by accessing the Plant Canopy Calculations list. 22. [32.7.9] Add notes to Sheets 28-29 stating that "all landscaping within the street right-of-ways shall be installed prior to the issuance of the first certificate of occupancy for a structure in Blocks 9, 10, and 11. 23. [General Comment] The road plans show landscaping in the 100' perimeter buffer, the 20' strip of open space behind lots 5-19, and the open space areas behind lots 48-57. Those landscaping materials are outside of the street right-of-way. Since these blocks will require site plan review, landscaping in those areas can be shown/provided on the site plans as opposed to the road plans. Please verify whether the applicant is intending to bond the landscaping in those areas per the road plan review/approval. If not, staff suggests removing those areas of landscaping from the road plans, or greying -out those areas with a note stating something like "buffer and open space landscaping shown for reference only. Landscaping materials, locations, and quantities will be finalized during final site plan review." 24. [14-208.3] In order to dedicate the right-of-ways for proposed streets, an Application For A Special Lot must be submitted, reviewed, approved and recorded. In accordance with Chapter 14, the special lot application does not necessarily need to be approved prior to approval of the road plan application. The applicant may submit the special lot application prior to road plan approval, after road plan approval but prior to construction, during road construction, or after road construction. Please be aware that any other subdividing of parcels proposing to use road frontage along roads in Blocks 9-11 will not be approved until the right-of-way is dedicated. The same goes for the approval of any final site plans proposing uses on lots that would use frontage of roads in Blocks 9-11. Please feel free to contact staff to further discuss timing of the right-of-way dedication. Please contact Cameron Langille in the Planning Division by using blan ig llegalbemarle.org or 434-296-5832 ext. 3432 for further information.