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June 29, 2020
Leah Brumfield
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development/Zoning
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
RE: Response Letter #1 for SDP-2019-037 2511 Avinity Drive
Dear Leah,
Thank you for your review of the Final Site plan request for 2511 Avinity Drive. This letter contains
responses to County comments dated March 2512019. Our responses are as follows:
I'm fine with a change in landscaping as long as it doesn't interfere with the residents' ability
to use the open space as they described in the Special Exception application. The courtyard
between the two buildings should provide for quiet, passive enjoyment of the space "in the
shade of a sitting garden" or small scale lawn games (like bocce or cornhole), and the rest of
the acreage counted towards the open space requirement (the pathways and the open lawn on
Avon Street) should provide access for walking and potentially other games or enjoyment of
the open space. The only specifically required landscaping was the landscaping shielding the
open lawn from the parking lot (appropriately shown on the revised plan) and the street trees,
per the street tree requirements.
They do need to provide a garden of some kind (plantings are required) in the courtyard,
along with the provision of shade in the courtyard. The other landscaping changes are fine.
The location and type of these plantings don't need to be sited on the plan, but the plan does
need to note that it will have plantings that constitute a "garden" and shade shall be provided.
Acknowledged, the landscaping plan has been revised so that it matches the Special
Exception application. The planting within the courtyard is now shown on the
Landscaping Plan. Please See Sheet C7. Tree Symboles may have changed, but the
landscaping is the same.
If you have any questions or concerns about these revisions, please feel free to contact me at
steohanie@shimp-en ing eering com or by phone at 434-227-5140.
Regards,
Stephanie Paul
Site Designer.
Shimp Engineering, P.C.
912 E. High Sr. Charlottesville, VA 22902 1434.227.5140 1 shimp-engineering.com