HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP201500048 Letter of Revision 2020-07-07 (5)March 12, 2019
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
SUBJECT: Application for Letter of Revision
REFERENCE: SDP # 2015 — 08
Dear Sir/Madam:
Referenced site plan supports the establishment of a restaurant on C-1 property in western Albemarle
County, just outside the town of Crozet. As the project has progressed, it has become apparent that the
current placement of the attendant dumpster enclosure/pad site will potentially cause a couple of issues
for the planned restaurant use.
This letter is written to request that the current site plan be amended to relocate the dumpster from its
current position very close to the northwest corner of the building to a location across the parking lot
near the western edge of the property.
We feel that moving the dumpster enclosure to this location presents a number of advantages over its
current planned location:
The current location of the dumpster pad is situated directly behind the holding tanks for
sewage effluent from the building. We have concerns that the weight of the garbage trucks
emptying the dumpsters could damage these holding tanks over time.
The current location of the dumpster enclosure is less than 25 feet from the restaurant, and has
the significant potential to impact the dining experience of restaurant patrons either when the
enclosure is inactive (smell), or actively being serviced (noise and smell of garbage trucks).
Under the proposed amended site plan, the location of the dumpster pad would still meet the following
code requirements:
Section 4.12.13 (e): Each site plan that depicts a commercial or industrial building of four thousand
(4,000) gross square feet or more shall provide a dumpster pad that does not impede any required
parking or loading spaces, nor any pedestrian or vehicular circulation aisles.
Section 4.12.15 (e): Accessibility to loading spaces, loading docks and dumpsters. Parking areas shall be
designed so that all loading spaces, loading docks and dumpsters are accessible by delivery and service
vehicles when all parking spaces are occupied.
We do recognize that proposed amended dumpster enclosure sits very close to Route 240. For this
reason, we understand that this placement will require additional landscaping treatment, to include
'screening' plantings that will be of the size and maturity to effectively hide the enclosure from drivers in
the eastbound lane of Route 240, heading towards the restaurant. We also understand that this
screening must fulfill this purpose prior to the granting of a Certificate of Occupancy for the restaurant.
Please see the attached SDP # 2015 — 08, Page 3, Layout (REVISED) which shows the dumpster pad and
enclosure in the proposed location, as well as the proposed placement of eight (8) Eastern Arborvitae
(Thuja occidentalis) of the size and maturity required to screen the enclosure from the view of
eastbound traffic on Route 240.
Additionally, we are including a proposed revision to the Plant Schedule and Canopy Values, with
changes proposed based on 1) the screening required for the revised location of the dumpster enclosure
(detailed above), and 2) proposed changes to the original schedule based on seasonal availability of
both genus and size.
After contacting local nurseries, we were informed that the shrubs proposed were not currently
available in this area. They have recommended substitutes that are found on the County Recommended
Plants List in similar sizes.
Please see the attached SDP # 2015 — 08, Page 6, Landscaping (REVISED) which shows an 11 x 17 inch
worksheet detailing both the original as well as the proposed revisions to the Plant Schedule and
Canopy Values.
We greatly appreciate your consideration of this matter. If you have any questions, please contact
either Chris LeBlanc (434.284.1711, christopher.r.leblanc@gmail.com), or myself.
Sincerely;
Bill McKechnie
William McKechnie
Mechum's Trestle, LLC
434.906.5787
wmckechnie(@comcast.net