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February 15, 2021
Mariah Gleason
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
200 GARRETT ST, SUITE K CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22902
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P.E. Foothill Crossing Phase V—Initial siteplan Conditions ofApproval Comment Response Letter
Dear Mariah:
The Conditions of Approval for Glenbrook at Foothills Phase V — Initial site plan have been addressed as
followed:
PIS:
1. CE understands the recommendation to reduce the encroachment of the lot in the stream buffers,
but this is a by -right project and the lots are allowed to encroach into the stream buffer. We can
not reduce the lot encroachment without the lose of units. The stream buffers will not be
disturbed with the grading or lot development, and the encroachment is allowed.
2. The trailway is just a primitive trailway allowing access from the residents in the neighborhood to
connect to the passive recreation area. The way the houses are positioned, the private area of the
villa units is the rear yard, and this area is separated from the trailway. The front porch is the
entrance to the villa unit, and just the access into the unit. For many SFA and townhouse units
that have garage access from an alley, the units are positioned between 5' and 8' from the front
sidewalk along a street or amenity space. This design is not much different, with the pedestrian
pathway near the front of the units, but the trailway positioned away from the private rear spaces
on the villa units.
3. The comments have been addressed as followed:
a. A retaining wall easement has been added along the back of lots 19-22 and in the rear
yard of lot 26.
b. A retaining wall does not extend across the entrance to the tot lot. The tot has been
designed with ADA accessibility. Additional spot shots have been added to sheet 5 to
illustrate the ADA accessibility to the tot lot area.
4. The note about the sidewalk modification has been included on the cover sheet in the zoning
notes, as requested.
5. The proposed density calculation has been updated for 35 lots, as noted in the conditions of
approval for the initial site plan.
6. The proposed unit type for this development has been updated for the 28 foot villa unit that is
being proposed with this final site plan.
7. The driveways for the villa units have been updated so the driveways for each units do not cross
over the lot lines, including lots 26 and 31.
8. The emergency access road is an amenity to the overall development and the neighborhood. This
connection will be accessible to everyone and will not be closed off to anyone. This is a public
connection as it extends from public right of way to public right of way and already has an
easement over it. If another easement needs to be platted over it, this can be done with the final
subdivision plat.
9. The future greenway area has been removed from the existing conditions.
10. A typical road cross-section has been added for the bump -out parking along Crimson Street. The
bump -out parking along Inigo has been removed and switched to informal parking along the
street with no bump -outs.
11. The existing information for TMP56-57B2 has been added to the existing conditions sheet, as
requested.
12. A note about the existing wooded area has been added to both the existing conditions sheet and
the landscaping sheet. The existing wooded area is a combination of evergreen trees and
deciduous trees.
13. The sheet labels have been updated to align with the sheets in the plan set.
14. The comments have addressed as follows:
a. The note has been revised on sheet 3 to see elevations on sheet 5. Sheet 5 shows the
design elevations of the wall. The design of the wall goes through a separate building
review process that has already been submitted and reviewed by staff for construction.
b. The (2) 5' labels have been removed.
c. The labels have been updated on the grading and drainage sheet so they do not cover up
the contour labels on the plan sheet.
15. This comment is acknowledged. The recordation information for the easements will be added to
the final site plan, prior to the site plan being approved.
16. The comments have been addressed as followed:
a. The botanical and common names for the trees have been checked, as requested.
b. The overall number of street trees have been updated accordingly.
c. The planting schedule and plan map has been updated accordingly.
d. The tree canopy calculations are based on the requirements set forth in section 32.7.9.9c
of the Albemarle County Code. Based on this section of the code, recreation areas are
removed from the area of the site as well as stream buffers. The total site area has been
updated to not include the stream buffer areas located on a lot. The total site area is the
total acreage of the site, minus the recreation area and minus the stream buffer area
located outside of the residential lots.
e. The tree canopy calculations have been updated as noted in the response above. The
stream buffer located on individual lots have been removed from the tree canopy
calculations and overall site calculations.
17. The Street trees have been updated with the existing easements and repositioned as necessary.
18. The mulch will be contained within the chain fence and retaining wall.
Engineering:
1. Acknowledged. A road plan amendment is being submitted for the updates to the road plan with
the change in the units.
2. All the proposed easements have been added to the site plan, including the Forest and Open space
easement.
Fire/Rescue:
1. The no parking signs have been updated on the plan set, as requested.
2. The current fire flow information has been added to the cover sheet.
VDOT:
1. The parking along Indigo Street has been shifted to the other side of the street outside of the
sight lines, as discussed with VDOT.
2. The location of the sight line has been updated, as requested by VDOT.
3. The graphic depiction of the CG-12 truncated domes have been updated to match the VDOT
details.
Please contact me if you have any questions or require any further information.
Sincerely,
Scott Collins, PE