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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP202000048 Correspondence 2020-10-26 (4)f•�eas 608 Preston Avenue P 434.295.5624 Suite 200 IF434.295.1800 T I M M O N S GROUP Charlottesville, VA 22903 www.timmons.com October 26, 2020 Tori Kanellopoulos Planner Albemarle County Community Dev. 401 McIntire Rd Charlottesville, VA 22902 RE: Southwood Phase I — Final Site Plan Review — SDP202000048 — REV. 1 - Comment Response Letter Dear Ms. Kanellopoulos: We have reviewed all of your comments from October 06, 2020 and made the necessary revisions. Please find our responses to the comments below in bold lettering. Planning —(Tori Kanellopoulos)— Comments: 1. [Code of Development and Flex Uses] a. Include the flex unit requirements from the COD in the site plan as a sheet. The flex unit requirements from the COD have been added to sheet C0.01. I. REV 1: Addressed. b. Include a table to track flex units, showing how each is meeting the requirements per the COD (e.g. GFA, height, setbacks, parking). Although no flex units are proposed on this site plan, the table should be included with each site plan application, to make tracking more straightforward. A table has been added to sheet C0.01 to track the flex units with GFA, height, setbacks, and parking. This table is blank due to no flex units being a part of this site plan. I. REV 1: Addressed. 2. [18-4.6] Lot regulations. Label Lot 40 as a "Special Lot," since it is used for open space only. Lot 40 has been labeled as a "Special Lot." a. REV 1: Addressed. 3. [18.4.7 and COD] Open Space ENGINEERING I DESIGN I TECHNOLOGY a. Label the individual recreation/amenities provided on the plan on Sheet C4.06. For example, label the different parks, tot lot, garden, etc. (and include the square footage of each). Each recreation/amenity and its square footage has been labeled on sheet C4.06. i. REV 1: Addressed. b. Trail/Path amenity should be 0.23 AC in Block 1 and a total of 1.05 AC. The Required Trail/Path amenity square footage has been revised to be 0.23 acres in Block 1 and a total of 1.05 acres. i. REV 1: Addressed. c. Total green space in Block 2 should be 1.40 AC and a total of 10.41 AC. The Total Green Space required has been revised to be 1.40 acres in Block 2 and a total of 10.41 acres. i. REV 1: Addressed. d. Maintenance and ownership documents, to be reviewed and approved by Planning and the County Attorney's Office, are required prior to final site plan approval (may also be completed with final plat): Open space in private ownership shall be subject to a legal instrument ensuring the maintenance and preservation of the open space that is approved by the agent and the county attorney in conjunction with the approval of the subdivision plat or site plan. Acknowledged. The maintenance and ownership documents will be approved prior to final site plan approval. i. REV 1: Will be completed with final plat. 4. [18-4.11] Structures and easements a. All utilities need to be shown on the landscape plan. Utilities need to be shown more clearly on the landscape plan —the storm pipe is difficult to see. The storm pipe should match the key symbol. All utilities have been added to the Landscape plans. The storm pipe has been revised to match the key symbol. L REV 1: Addressed. b. Several trees conflict with the utilities, especially along Road 1. Trees cannot be placed on top of storm pipes. All tree conflicts with utilities have been removed. i. REV 1: Addressed. Additional comments pending revised layout of manholes/sewer utilities as discussed with applicant, VDOT, and ACSA. Landscape plan has been modified in accordance with revised utility layout. 5. [18-4.12.6] Parking space requirements: Recommend showing grey dashed lines for garages for Lots 14-23, instead of grey line for 14-18 and black line for 19-23. The dashed lines indicating garages have been revised to all be grey for Lots 14-23. a. REV 1: Addressed. 6. 18-4.12.16 Design standards and parking: a. 18' for each on -site (driveway) parking space is needed. Extend driveways so that 18' on -site (and off the sidewalk) is provided for each space. Driveways appear to a very small portion located within the public ROW. Driveways must be onsite. All driveways have been revised to contain 18' of driveway outside of the ROW. I. REV 1: Addressed. b. The edge of Lot 32 does not quite meet the 18' driveway requirement. The driveway for Lot 32 has been revised to meet the 18' driveway requirement. I. REV 1: Addressed. 7. 18-4.17 Lighting: There is spillover of greater than 0.5 footcandles onto Lots 10, 11, and 12. The Lighting Plan has been revised so that there is no spillover of greater than 0.5 footcandles onto Lots 10, 11, and 12. i. REV 1: Addressed. 8. 18-32.5.2 Contents of an initial site plan and 18-32.6.2 Contents of a final site plan: a. Include the following requirement— written out as a note on sheet C0.0: All water and sewer facilities to be dedicated to public use and the easement for those facilities and shall be identified by a statement that the facilities are to be dedicated to the Albemarle County Service Authority. A note has been added to sheet C0.0. I. REV 1: Addressed. b. Show/label adjacent Old Lynchburg Road and its ROW on applicable sheets (where visible). The ROW needs to be clearly labeled on the layout and grading sheets, especially where adjacent to the trail and Block 2. Old Lynchburg Road and ROW have been labeled on applicable sheets. i. REV 1: Addressed. c. More clearly show any existing easements and show them on applicable sheets. DB 2984 PG 688 Private 20' Sanitary Sewer Easement is not fully shown on the Existing Conditions sheet and does not appear to be shown on the layout/grading plans. Is this easement being abandoned or adjusted? The Sanitary Sewer Easement has been shown on the Existing Conditions sheet. i. REV 1: Addressed. d. Revise the date on the final site plan and include the latest date of revision. The date on the final site plan has been revised and includes the latest date of revision. I. REV 1: Addressed. Continue to show latest revision date with any resubmittals. Date has been revised for latest revision. 9. 18-32.7.9 Landscape plan: a. 18-7.9.4 Landscape plan/preservation of existing trees. Include the signed Conservation Checklist with the landscape plan, not within other sections of the site plan. The Conservation Checklist has been moved to sheet L1.02. i. REV 1: Addressed. b. 18-32.7.9.5 Street trees. Ensure street trees match final layout/count on Road Plan as well. There are still conflicts with utilities. Trees cannot be on top of pipes. All tree and utility conflicts have been removed. i. REV 1: Addressed. Additional comments pending revised layout of manholes/sewer utilities. Landscape plan has been modified in accordance with revised utility layout. c. 18-32.7.9.5 Street trees and easements. Provide a landscape easement on Lot 8 for the street trees on the side of that lot. A landscape easement has been added to Lot 8. See sheet L1.01. i. REV 1: Addressed. Additional comments pending revised layout of manholes/sewer utilities. Revised utility layout has been included in this submittal. d. 18-32.7.9.7 Screening. Also label the fence on the plan sheet itself, not just in the notes. The screening has been revised so that no fence is proposed. i. REV 1: Addressed. Fence has been removed. e. Comment: Ensure the existing accessory structures are removed from all the sheets (except existing conditions). They still appear on the landscaping plan. All existing accessory structures that will be demolished have been removed on the sheets. i. REV 1: Addressed. 10. Code of Development and Open/Green/Recreation Space: Trail buffer: IV-WR does not appear to be on the plant list included on Sheet 1-1.02. The plant list has been revised. i. REV 1: Addressed. 11. Code of Development and Retaining Walls: Label any retaining walls shown on the site plan and include the height of each retaining wall on the plan (e.g. Retaining Wall: Max 4'). Note that the COD limits retaining wall height to a maximum of 6'. The retaining walls have been labeled on the Detailed Grading Plan on sheets C4.11- C4.13. All walls are less than 6' in height. i. REV 1: Addressed. 12. Housing Mixture Plan: Include an expanded table of the Housing Mixture Plan approved with the rezoning on each plan/plat submittal, so that Planning can track this Housing Mixture Plan as it is filled out over time. See Attachment 8 from ZMA201800003 for reference. The Plan must be reviewed by the Housing Planner. Comment noted. The Housing Mixture Plan Table has been added to sheet C0.1. a. REV 1: Housing Planner comments: Provide a range of affordability periods for the Deeply Discounted rental units. A brief explanation of why that range was chosen would be helpful. An updated Housing Mixture Plan table with a 10 year length of affordability for the "deeply affordable rentals" has been provided. This length of affordability is based on analysis of the cost to subsidize rental units at a deeply affordable range (below 25%AMI) versus the cost to construct, hold, and maintain these units. 13. Additional applications: The following applications and approvals are required prior to final site plan approval: a. 18-32.7.4.2 and 18-32.7.5.3: Easement Plats: All new and adjusted easements must be shown on an easement plat or on a final subdivision plat, which must be approved prior to final site plan approval, and must match the final site plan. Maintenance documents are required for all required improvements, and documents for private easements/improvements must meet the standards in 14- 317. Acknowledged. Easements shall be shown on a final subdivision plat prior to final site plan approval and shall match the final site plan. i. REV 1: Comment withdrawn. All easements and maintenance documents will be completed with a final plat. b. 18-32.7.4.1: Approval of a VSMP Plan is required prior to final site plan approval. See Engineering comments. Acknowledged. i. REV. 1: Comment remains. Acknowledged. c. 18-32.7.2.2 and Ch. 14: Road Plan approval is required prior to final site plan approval. Acknowledged. i. REV 1: Comment remains. Acknowledged. d. Ch. 14: A final subdivision plat will be required to subdivide the lots. This can be completed before or after final site plan approval. Note that all required easements must be approved and recorded prior to final site plan approval. Acknowledged. A final subdivision plat shall be submitted. i. REV 1: Comment partially withdrawn. The final subdivision plat is required to subdivide the lots, and the easements will be approved with that plat. Acknowledged. Engineering— (Matt Wentland) — Comments: 1. The VSMP plan will need to be approved prior to the Final Site Plan approval. Acknowledged. 2. The Road Plans will need to be approved prior to Final Site Plan approval. Acknowledged. 3. Revise the easement on the storage pipe per the VSMP comments. The easement has been revised. 4. Remove the CG-6 labels from in front of CG-9 entrances. CG-6 labels have been removed from in front of CG-9 entrances. S. Label the bumper blocks on the layout sheets. Bumper blocks have been labeled on the layout sheets. 6. Include the VDOT Inlet Shaping detail on the plans. Inlet shaping detail has been added to sheet C1.02. 7. Pipe velocities should be under 20 ft/sec., including pipes outside of the ROW. [Design Standards Manual] All pipes have been updated to have a velocity of less than 20 ft/sec. VDOT — (Adam Moore) — Comments: 1. Comments will also be sent with Road Plan SUB201900174. See attached letter dated 10-02-20. Acknowledged. Fire/Rescue — (Shawn Maddox) — Comments: 1. No objection. Acknowledged. ACSA— (Richard Nelson) — Comments: 1. Comments/correspondence will be sent directly to applicant. Water/sewer construction plan is under ACSA review. Acknowledged. RWSA — (Dyon Vega) — Comments: 1. RWSA will require a sewer flow acceptance prior to final site plan approval. The request will need to be sent to us by ACSA and will include the following: a. Estimated average daily dry weather sewage flow (ADDWF) b. Point of connection into RWSA system (which manhole) c. Number of units/square footage d. Estimated in-service date Acknowledged. Inspections —(Michael Dellinger) — Comments: 1. No objection. Acknowledged. Virginia Department of Health — (Alan Mazurowski) — Comments: 1. No objection. See attached letter dated April 27, 2020. Architectural Review Board — (Margaret Maliszewski) — Comments: 1. Currently, the county is not applying Entrance Corridor regulations to the portion of Old Lynchburg Road on which the subject property is situated. E911— (Brian Becker) — REV 1 Comments: 1. Neither New Horizon Drive or the alternate road name New Leaf Drive are acceptable road names. Cardinal Lane is also not acceptable. Road names have been revised to Horizon Road, Wardell Crest, and Cardinal Hill Lane. 2. The Albemarle County Road Naming and Property Numbering Ordinance and Manual limit the number of road names that can begin with the same word to five, and "New" exceeds the limit. The guidelines also restrict road names that duplicate an existing road name, unless it is a dead- end street with the same name as the road from which it originates. Albemarle County has a Cardinal Drive, so Cardinal Lane is not an acceptable road name here. 3. Margarita Lane, Wardell Crest and Dave Matthews Crest are all acceptable road names and have been placed on the Albemarle County Reserved Road Name List. Please update the site plan with these names or provide this office with additional road names for review. Street names have been revised to Horizon Road, Wardell Crest, and Cardinal Hill Lane and confirmed per email with Brian Becker on October 23, 2020. The revised street names have been included in plans. 4. Resources a. A PDF version of the Ordinance and Manual can be found here: https://www.albemarle .org/u pload/images/Forms_Center/Departments/Geographic_Data_Services/Forms/Ro ad_Naming_and_Property_Numbering_O rd i na n ce_a n d_M a n u a I. pdf b. Albemarle County Master Road Names Directory: http://www.albemarle.org/albemarle/upload/images/webapps/roads/ We have included PDF copies of the plans and calculations for your review. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to give me a call at 434.295.5624 or email me at clint.shifflett(@timmons.com . Sincerely, Clint Shifflett, PE Project Manager