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COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Stephen C. Brich, P.E. 1401 East Broad Street (804) 786-2701
Commissioner Richmond, Virginia 23219 Fax: (804) 786,2940
December 1, 2020
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Attn: Cameron Langille & John Anderson
Re: Galaxie Farm Townhomes — Initial Site Plan and Third Submission Road Plans
SDP-2020-00072 and SUB-2020-00098
Review # 1
Dear Mr. Langille and Mr. Anderson:
The Department of Transportation, Charlottesville Residency Transportation and Land Use
Section, has reviewed the above referenced plan as submitted by Shimp Engineering, dated 9
November 2020, and offers the following comments. All sheet numbers refer to the Site Plans,
and all comments apply to both the Site Plans and Road Plans, unless stated otherwise.
1. Sheet C3: Are features such as on -street parking spaces and bike lanes to be marked?
This has implications for other features that will need to be marked, including the travel -
way reduction on Road C leading to the on -street parking spaces.
2. Sheet C3: Provide traffic counts and calculations to substantiate right in and out taper on
Route 20 at subdivision entrance.
3. Sheet C3: The right -out taper is too short. Refer to Figure 4-9 of Appendix F of the
Roadway Design Manual.
4. Sheet C3: Near the entrance, the "(2002)" overlaps the dimension of the gutter -to -gutter
width of the roadway, making the latter illegible. Move one or the other to resolve this
conflict. This is not an issue on the Road Plans.
5. Sheet C3: Show centerline radius on all curves.
6. Sheet C3: Show all roadway widths as face -of -curb to face -of -curb, instead of gutter to
gutter, and ensure all these widths conform to Table 1 of Appendix 13(1) of the Roadway
Design Manual.
7. Sheet C3: Need ADA access on both sides of Road A 1 approximately 80' northwest of
the subdivision entrance where the concrete path crosses the road.
8. Sheet C4: Show distance from curb return to first parallel parking space on each end of
Road 132 and ensure it complies with Section 2 of Appendix A(1) of the Roadway Design
Manual.
9. Sheet C4: Curve radius on entrance to private drive (Road E) needs to be 25 feet, in
accordance with table 4-3 of Appendix F of the Roadway Design Manual.
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10. Sheet C4: Show the distance along Road C from the entrance to the townhouse parking
lot to the first parallel parking spot on Road C and ensure it complies with Section 2,
Appendix A(1) of the Roadway Design Manual.
11. Sheet C4: Check intersection sight distance from south stop sign on Road B2 looking
west down Road C, assuming there are vehicles in the parallel parking spots for
conformance with Table 2-5 of Appendix F of the Roadway Design Manual.
12. Sheet C4: Check intersection sight distance from the entrance to the townhouse parking
lot looking west down Road C, assuming there are vehicles in the parallel parking spots
for conformance with Table 2-5 of Appendix F of the Roadway Design Manual.
13. Sheet CT VDOT will not maintain trees planted within the buffer strip. These trees need
to be covered by a maintenance agreement and species types must be selected and planted
in a way that minimizes potential damage to the road and sidewalk.
14. Sheet CT Trees planted within the buffer strip must be trimmed so that branches and
leaves do not grow between 2 and 7 feet above ground level to maintain sight distance.
15. Sheet C8: There is a large white box in the upper -left comer of the sheet that hides
everything in this quadrant. Please remove it. This issue does not exist on the Road Plans.
Please provide a digital copy in PDF format of the revised plan along with a comment response
letter. If further information is desired, please contact Doug McAvoy Jr. at (540) 718-6113.
A VDOT Land Use Permit will be required prior to any work within the right-of-way. The
owner/developer must contact the Charlottesville Residency Transportation and Land Use
Section at (434) 422-9399 for information pertaining to this process.
Sincerely,
Adam J. Moore, P.E.
ARE — Land Use
Charlottesville Residency