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ARCIII'1'ECTS • ENGINEERS • SURVEYORS
Tori Kanellopoulos, AICP
Senior Planner
County of Albemarle
December 10, 2020
Re: DS Tavern Minor Site Plan Amendment
Tori,
VDOT comments dated November 23, 2020 stated no comment. We understand that a VDOT Land Use
Permit would be required prior to any work within the right-of-way.
VHD comments dated November 8, 2020 stated no comment. We understand that the septic system
should be assessed by a professional engineer or other licensed consultant to ensure the system has
adequate capacity for the proposed site staff and potential clientele.
ARB stated no objection per the memorandum dated 08-18-20.
We are in receipt of comments regarding SDP202000062, DS Tavern Minor Amendment dated 08-18-20.
Planning comments dated 08-18-20 are listed below with our responses in bold.
1. 18-4.1(b) and 18-32.7.5.1(c) Water supplies and sewer systems: health Department approval for
the proposed development is required. Understood.
2. 18-4.2 Critical Slopes.
a. Label all 'steep slopes' as 'critical steep slopes'. Labels have been changed on each
sheet to state 'critical steep slopes'.
b. Critical slopes must be shown and labeled on all plan sheets. Understood. All plan
sheets have been updated to show critical slopes.
c. 18-4.2.3(b) Any proposed grading must be shown. Any disturbance of critical slopes
requires a special exception and Board of Supervisors approval. Understood. All
proposed grading is shown on sheet C-05. No disturbance will occur on critical slopes.
3. 18-21.7 and 18-4.20 Commercial districts — buffer requirement. The site plan shows parking
approximately 12 feet from the adjacent property, TMP 59-16A, which is zoned Rural Area. 18-
21.7 requires a 20-foot undisturbed buffer for commercial uses adjacent to residential and rural
areas. The parking on preapplication plan SDP201900076 appeared to meet this requirement,
however the parking shown on this site plan does not appear to. Either the parking must be
revised to be at least 20 feet from the property, or a special exception must be requested.
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A special exception requires approval from the Board of Supervisors. The parking layout has
been updated so that all parking is now 20 feet from the property line. That change is
reflected on sheets C-04, C-04A, C-0413, C-05.
4. 18-4.20 Setbacks. Remove the 50' side yard setback on the plan sheets on the east side adjacent
to TMP 59-15A1— this parcel is zoned C-1 and therefore the 50' setback does not apply. The 50'
side yard setback has been removed from the site adjacent to TMP 59-15A1. The change is
reflected on sheets C-03, C-03A, and C-04.
5. 18-4.12.13 Loading space. The ordinance requires one loading space for office uses under 8,000
square feet. This requirement may be waived per 18-4.12.13(f). Provide a loading space meeting
the dimension requirements of 18-4.12.18 or provide a justification as to why a loading space is
not needed. We acknowledge and understand the requirement of ordinance 18-4.12.13(c), but
we feel that the low level of on -site staff as well as the intended use of the office as a space
for managing local assets will not generate the size or quantity of deliveries to the building
such that a loading space would be necessary. These facts, in combination with the owner's
intention to maintain the historic character of the site, lead us to believe that the loading
space requirement should be waived via 18-4.12.13(f). This description of intent can be found
at General Note 12 on sheet C-04.
6. 18-32.5.2 Contents of an initial site plan and 18-32.6.2 Contents of a final site plan:
a. Topography/applicable sheets:
i. Existing topography and any proposed grading need to be shown on site plan
sheets. Existing topography is shown on sheets C-03 and C-05. All proposed
grading is shown on sheet C-05. Topography and grading are confined to those
sheets to preserve legibility of critical information on other sheets.
ii. Show critical slopes on all plan sheets as well to determine if any grading is
disturbing critical slopes. Critical slopes layer has been added to sheet C-05. No
grading shall occur in any area designated as critical slopes.
b. Work appears to be shown on the adjacent property TMP 59-15A1, including plantings.
Include ownership information for this parcel on sheet 1. TMP 59-15A1 is owned in
conjunction with TMP 59-15A. Ownership information has been added to sheet C-01.
Parcel -specific ownership information is shown on sheet C-03.
c. Sheet 1:
i. Revise title to "SDP202000062 Minor Amendment: DS Tavern". Requested
change has been made to sheet C-01.
ii. Include the owner of the property on sheet 1: Ivy Road RE LLC. Change has been
made.
iii. Include the tax map parcel on sheet 1: 059000000015A0. Change has been
made.
iv. Include the proposed use development. E.g. 'building addition for X square feet
of office space. X additional parking spaces, etc.'. Change has been made.
v. Rename 'Geometry of Zone C-1' to 'Setbacks and Building Height C-1
Commercial Zoning District'. Change has been made.
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vi. Include the zoning of the property on sheet 1. All zoning information requested
has been added to sheet C-01.
vii. Include the magisterial district of the property: Samuel Miller District. Change
has been made.
viii. Include that the property is located in the South Fork Rivanna Water Supply
Watershed. Change has been made.
ix. Include a note that the property is not within the ACSA jurisdictional area and
does not have access to public water/sewer. Note has been added to sheet C-
ol.
x. Include one datum reference for elevation. Datum reference has been added to
sheet C-01.
d. Sheet 3:
I. Revise Note 4 — property is split zoned C-1 and RA. Note has been amended on
sheet C-03.
ii. The zoning district of adjacent properties has not been included. Revise to the
following:... Requested revisions to zoning districts of adjacent properties
have been made on sheet C-03.
iii. The zoning district and ownership information for TMP 59-15A1 must also be
included on this sheet. Understood. Requested information for TMP 59-15A1
has been added to sheet C-03.
e. Sheet 4:
i. Remove Note 12 from sheet 4. Indicated note has been removed from sheet C-
04.
ii. Remove note on sheet 4: 'Net Plans approved by Kristopher Taggart May 22,
2020'. Indicated note has been removed from sheet C-04.
f. Show/label Route 250 ROW on applicable sheets. Route 250 ROW is now shown and
labeled on sheets C-03, C-03 A, C-04, and C-05.
g. More clearly show any existing known easements and their dimensions, and show them
on applicable sheets, such as the shared driveway access easement. Sheet C-03 A has
been added to the set to increase legibility of all existing easements, buffers, etc. The
shared access easement is shown on both sheet C-03 A, and sheet C-04. All existing
easements are dimensioned on sheet C-03 A.
In. With resubmittals, continue to update revision dates. Understood.
i. Include the full following requirement: The location of existing and proposed ingress to
and egress from the site, showing the distance to the centerline of the nearest existing
street intersection. Location of existing point of site ingress and egress is shown on
sheet C-03. No change in the point of ingress and egress is proposed. As such, the
"proposed" point of ingress and egress is shown on sheet C-04 at the same location as
the existing point of ingress and egress. The nearest existing public street intersection
is Bloomfield Road approximately 1,553'to the west. This information is also shown
on sheet C-03.
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7. 18-32.7.9.4 Landscape plan/preservation of existing trees. Include the signed Conservation
Checklist with the landscape plan. Understood.
8. Chapter 17 WPO/VSMP. Based on Engineering review, it appears land disturbance is less than
10,000 square feet; therefore, a WPO/VSMP application does not appear to be needed. If land
disturbance is greater than 10,000 square feet, please note that a WPO/VSMP will be required
and must be approved prior to site plan approval. Understood.
Engineering comments dated October 9, 2020 are listed below with our responses in bold.
1. C-01
Revise plan title to include SDP202000062. Title has been revised per
recommendations.
b. Note that begins 'Jon Garber is the Certified Land Disturber' should be deleted.
Indicated note has been deleted.
c. Tier III Groundwater Assessment report has been submitted and is under review by
Engineering. GWA report must be approved prior to Minor Site Plan Amendment
approval. Understood.
2. Note: C-05 A: E&SC Narrative,... Comments concerning current LOD estimate, increase in LOD,
and requirements should the threshold of 10,000 square feet be crossed have been noted and
taken under consideration.
3. At 0.19 Ac. LOD, VESCP/VSMP program and stream buffer avoidance/mitigation requirements
do not apply. Engineering recommends text at item 2. Above be copied verbatim to Minor
Amendment title sheet. Text from item 2. Has been copied to sheet C-01 per Engineering's
recommendation.
4. A slight increase in land disturbance is possible without exceeding 10,000 sq.ft. Noted. Due to
necessary revisions to parking area, land disturbances now total 9,827.7 sq. ft — 0.22 ac. E&SC
narrative on sheet C-05 A has been updated to reflect the higher amount of disturbance.
5. Note: Should stream buffer requirements apply to a revised submittal,... Comments concerning
the application of stream buffer, VESCP/VSMP requirements to current design versus how the
same requirements may be affect a design revised for resubmittal are understood and have
been taken into consideration. No revisions have been made that increase the LOD beyond
the 10,000 sq.ft. threshold, nor have any revisions been made that place proposed design
elements within So' of the stream centerline.
6. Note: Applicant may remove reference to ESC plan, narrative, VESCH detail / E&SC plan legend,
Certified Land Disturber, etc. provided final design = area of Land disturbance is less than
10,000 scift Understood.
7. If Minor Amendment (MIA) retains ESC measures, narrative, details, etc., these elements may
become binding with the approved site plan amendment. While Engineering encourages silt
fence, ordinance does not mandate any VESCP measures for this project in proposed design
configuration with LOD =0.19 Ac. Understood. Engineer of record agrees with use of silt fence
on a project regardless of scale and as such silt fence has been retained.
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8. MIA should retain all reference labels and linework that show/indicate stream buffer on
parcel/s under development. With slight increase in estimated LOD, stream buffer
requirements may apply. Understood.
9. C-03: Reatin line -type reference to critical slopes, and please revise steep slope overlay label/s
to read critical slopes. Critical slope overlay has been retained on/added to all plan sheets.
Label has been revised to read 'critical steep slopes' per this comment and similar comment
from Planning.
10. 18-4.2, Critical slopes, requirements apply to design.
a. 18-4.2.3 explains improvements shown on a site plan shall not be located on critical
slopes. Understood. No proposed development occurs on critical slopes.
b. C-03 shows a proposed stone retaining wall on critical slopes. To clarify, sheet C-03 is a
record of existing site conditions only. The stone retaining wall already exists on the
site. Also, said stone retaining wall defines the downslope edge of the critical slopes
overlay, but is not itself located within the overlay.
c. Coordinate critical slope modification or waiver with Site Plan review coordinator. Per
response to 30.(a) /10.(b), neither modification nor waiver is needed. No action was
taken.
11. US Rt. 250 right-of-way (ROW)
a. Label ROW (linework) across parcels under development. VDOT ROW' label has been
added to linework at indicated location on sheets C-03, C-03 A, C-04, C-04 B, and C-05.
b. Note: A VDOT Land Use permit is required for work within public right-of-way. No work
is proposed with the ROW. This requirement has been made clear to General
Contractor.
c. VDOT must approve entrance geometry and improvements within public right-of-way.
Understood.
d. C-03: Transfer sight distance lines that overlay photo to graphic portion of ex.
conditions sheet. Sight distance inset has been removed from sheet C-03 and sight
distance lines have been transferred to main existing conditions plan as requested.
e. Provide (vertical) sight distance profile at Ivy Road to ensure adequate vertical sight
distance at site entrance, for drivers entering onto Rt. 250. Profile has been added. See
'Sight Distance Profile at Ivy Road', sheet C-03.
12. C-03
a. Revise contour labels consistent with actual elevations. Understood. Existing contour
labels on sheet C-03 and C-05 have been revised to reflect elevations as shown in
Albemarle County GIS.
b. General Note 6: Provide date of 'current field survey.' FSP checklist for plan reviewers
requires topography be at least visually field verified by the designer within the last
year. Indicated note has been updated to reference C-03, Note 1: Current field survey
recorded by Lineage Architects, PC on Oct. 28, 2019.
c. Label TMP 05900-00-00-015A3 if any development is proposed to occur on this parcel,
and provide deed bk.-pg. ownership information for this parcel. No development is
intended to occur on TMP 59-15A1. However, all ownership info, zoning, etc. for said
parcel has been included on C-01 and C-03 per other department comments.
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13. C-04
a. Label stone retaining wall, and max. wall height. Change has been made to sheet C-04.
b. Retaining wall height>3' requires a building permit, and safety railing. Retaining wall
height >4' requires (PE -)sealed geotechnical design. Understood but not applicable to
this project.
c. Recommend spot elevations on C-04 supplement direction of proposed flow arrows
shown on C-05. Noted.
d. Label proposed parking area curb radii. Per C-04, Note 1, all parking radii not = 5' have
been labeled on C-04.
e. Label CG-6 curbing. The proposed design referenced in Minor Amendment 08-18-20
called for CG-2 curbing. However, no curbing has been labeled as the design team has
requested that the requirement for curb and gutter as established by 18-4.12.15(g) be
waived. Figures for pre -development impervious drive materials have been listed on
sheet C-03, and post -development figures have been listed on C-04 for comparison.
Each separate surface material has been labeled for further clarification.
f. Label walkway widths. All proposed walkway widths have been labeled on sheet C-04.
g. Label site entrance width (narrowest point). Site entrance dimensions have been
added to sheet C-04.
h. Label entrance (curve) radii at intersection with US Rt. 250. Radii have been added to
C-04.
14. C-05
a. As noted above, VESCP requirements do not apply but grading needs to be shown with
this MIA. Noted.
b. Proposed grading on this Grading/E&SC Plan is ambiguous. Conventional heavier or
darker linetype is not apparent. Comments on proposed contours are understood.
Lineweights / linetypes for proposed grading as shown on sheet C-05 have been
updated to add clarity.
c. 'Limit of Construction' labels on this sheet do not correspond with distinct LOD line -
type. LOD boundary has been update on sheet C-05 to reflect changes to proposed
site plan. New LOD boundary has been labeled with 3 distinct 'Limits of Disturbance'
leaders to add clarity.
d. Provide labels to indicate Limits of Construction = 0.19 Ac. (area of land disturbance)
Requested note has been added beneath 'Limits of Disturbance' label at east side of
LOD boundary.
e. E&SC plan elements (apart from grading), including proposed temporary E&SC
perimeter measures (silt fence), seeding schedules, general erosion and sediment
control notes, C-05 A text, and C-06 silt fence detail may be removed from Site Plan
Amendment, but see item 14.j., below. Noted. Sheet C-05 A has been removed from
the MIA. Additionally, seeding schedules and mulching schedules have been removed
from sheet C-05. All E&SC measures have been removed from the plan on sheet C-05
apart from necessary tree protection for existing trees to remain and the sections of
silt fence deemed useful, in our professional opinion. As such, the silt fence detail
remains on sheet C-06.
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f. Please delete General Erosion and Sediment Control Note ES-4. This requirement has
been noted as "Not Used".
g. E&SC Note ES-5 is problematic:... Wording has been altered to trigger upon offsite
activities or on -site activities causing a cumulative 10,000 or more square feet
disturbance.
h. Retain E&SC Note ES-10 as a general note on Minor Site Plan Amendment (MIA). Noted.
i. Note ES-13 is a useful reminder. Engineering recommends retain on MIA as a general
note. Noted.
j. Summary (General E&SC Notes)... Summary of Engineering's recommendations on
notes to remain and what additional requirements must be met should the LOD
exceed 10,000 sq ft is understood.
k. Should LOD increase to >_ 10,000sq ft, a separate WPO Application is required with
items listed at 14.e. transferred to a VSMP/WPO plan, which will in turn consider
erosion and sediment control and stormwater management requirements, including a
SWPPP with pollution prevention plan. Understood.
Fire and Rescue comments are listed below with our responses in bold.
1. The travel way appears to exceed 150' without an emergency apparatus turn around.
Understood. Per conversation with Tori Kanellopoulos and Shawn Maddox on December 4,
2020, the 'tee' intersection created between proposed gravel parking lot and site entrance on
TMP 59-15A, and existing gravel driveway on adjacent parcel TMP 59-15A1 is deemed
sufficient to meet the requirement for an emergency apparatus turnaround.
2. Please provide the distance from the parking surface to the far corner of the two-story addition.
Any structures constructed must be within 150' where emergency vehicles will park.
Understood. Two dashed lines with directional arrows have been added to sheet C-04. Each
line is labeled 'Emergency Access' and includes the path distance, rounded up to the nearest
foot, from the parking surface to the far corner of the two-story addition.
3. Provide and ISO needed fire flow for the structure. Provide the current fire flow data from the
closest ACSA hydrant. The requested information has been listed on sheet C-04 under the
heading 'Fire Fighting Information'.
4. A Knox Box will be required. A note indicating the requirement can be added the plan with the
location approved by the fire marshal's office. Understood. The indicated note and the
proposed location of the Knox Box have been added at the east side of the site entrance on
sheet C-04.
Inspections comments are listed below with our responses in bold.
1. Show accessible parking and aisle on C-04. Requested changes have been made to sheet C-04.
2. Provide detail of accessible parking and aisle on C-06. Requested detail can be found on sheet
C-06 A. A note referencing the location of that specific detail has been added to sheet C-04.
3. Identify accessible route to building from accessible parking space. Aline with directional
arrows has been added to the plan on sheet C-04 to designate the accessible path. The line is
called out as'ADA Accessible Path'.
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4. Accessibility must be in compliance with the VCC, VEBC, and ANSI A117.1-09. Noted.
Thank you for the opportunity to respond to these comments. Please contact our office with any
comments or questions.
3deth'an
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Principal Engineer
Lineage Architects, P.C.
Cc: FGS Design, LLC
Ralph Harvard, Inc.
Monroe -Crocker, PC
Michael Morris
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JONATHAN F.GARBER
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