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608 Preston Avenue p 434.295.5624
Suite 200 F 434.295.1800
T I M M O N S GROUP
Charlottesville, VA 22903 www.timmons.com
August 23, 2021
Emily Cox, PE
Albemarle County Community Development
401 McIntire Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: Old Trail Block 7C — Road & Utility Plan Review — SUB202100084 —Comment Response Letter
Dear Ms. Cox:
We have reviewed all of your comments from June 21, 2021 and made the necessary revisions. Please
find our responses to the comments below in bold lettering.
Engineering (Emily Cox):
1. WP0201200024 must be approved before the road plan can be approved.
Acknowledged.
2. [Sheet C1.11 Please clarify the cross section for Fennel Road. It shows CG-6 however the layout
sheet shows roll-top curb.
Curb detail has been updated and clarified in sheet C1.1.
3. [Sheet C2.01 There should bean existing SWM facility easement around L-1. Please show the
easement and the DB & PG.
No easement has been found in records...
4. Please provide spot shots to show how the water will drain near the Orion Lane and Fennel
Road intersection.
Spot shots have been added to the intersections for clarify.
5. Ensure that all horizontal curve information is labeled on the plan (not just radii).
Horizontal curve information has been added to sheet C8.0. See line and curve table.
6. Please show all applicable pavement markings and road signs (names, stop, no parking).
Acknowledged.
7. Show CG-12 ramps.
CG-12 ramps are shown on C4.0 Layout Plan.
8. Sidewalk appears to stop along Orion Road. Per the cross section on Sheet C1.1, it appears to be
the full length of the road.
A waiver will be pursued for the elimination of sidewalk in this location.
9. Trees outside of the right-of-way will need to be in an easement with a maintenance agreement.
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Acknowledged. An easement sheet has been added for clarity and will be addressed on the
subdivision plat.
10. Please show the existing managed slopes on the plan.
Managed slopes are shown on sheet C4.0.
11. Drainage easement for the outfall must be public because it is draining some water from a
public road.
The easement language has been revised to be public.
12. Sight distance easements appear to be necessary where sight lines are outside of the right-of-
way.
Acknowledged. An easement sheet has been added for clarity and will be addressed on the
subdivision plat.
Planning (Andy Reitelbach):
1. Sidewalk and planting strip must be provided along the entire lengths of both Orion Lane and
Oldham Drive, as these are public streets. These features are not currently shown along Lot 47
for Orion Lane, or along the greenspace and Lot 56 for Oldham Drive.
Oldham Drive was approved as an alley under SUB201700092 and SUB201800012 which does
not contain any sidewalk or planting strips. Orion sidewalk has been added accordingly.
2. The sidewalk along the fronts of Lots 47-56 must be 5 feet in width.
Sidewalk width has been updated to 5 feet.
3. Is the sidewalk along Lot 40 that connects to the trail proposed to be in the right-of-way or in
the lot? Appropriate easements will be required.
Outside ROW but in and easement
4. Provide accessible ramps with the sidewalks. These must be provided at the street intersection.
CG-12 accessible ramps have been provided at street intersections.
5. As the sidewalk and planting strip along Old Trail Drive is depicted outside of the right-of-way, it
must have an access easement placed over it. Easements will be required for any sidewalks and
planting strips that are outside of the right-of-way.
Acknowledged. An easement sheet has been added for clarity and will be addressed on the
subdivision plat.
6. Revise the landscaping plan:
a. Street trees must also be provided in the planting strips along Oldham Drive and Old
Trail Drive.
Oldham Drive was approved as an alley under SUB201700092 and SUB201800012
which does not contain any sidewalk or planting strips. In addition, Old Trail Drive was
originally approved without street trees. The developer has added them along Old
Trail Drive as development continues. Please contact Dave Brockman regarding any
questions on prior approvals.
b. Street trees should not be located in private lots. Any street trees that do remain on
private lots must have landscaping easements provided for their continued
maintenance.
Due to the nature of density within this block, trees need placed within lots like Block
22. Any trees on private lots will be within an easement such as Block 22 as well.
VDOT (Adam Moore):
1. See attached comment letter dated May 20, 2021.
Fire Rescue (Howard Loeamarsino):
1. To accommodate emergency/fire vehicle access, emergency vehicle access road (s)/route(s) are
required.
Acknowledged.
2. An emergency/fire vehicle access road/route needs to provide a suitable surface to sustain the
weight of emergency apparatus weighing up to 85,0001bs.
Acknowledged.
3. An emergency/fire vehicle access road/route needs to provide an unobstructed travel way width
of 20 ft. if buildings/structure are under 30 feet tall and 26 ft. if buildings/structures are over 30
feet tall. If the heights of the buildings on Fennel Road are over 30 ft, then access road must be
26 feet wide.
Acknowledged. Fennel Road has been widened to 26' with no parking signs indicated on both
sides of the street due to the townhouse units along Old Trail Drive being 33' at their peak.
Orion Lane is 30' face to face with parking on one side which allows for 20'+ of clearance. The
units along Orion are expected to be less than 30' in height.
4. To ensure that parking does not obstruct the emergency apparatus travel way widths indicated
above in #3, no parking signs are required.
No parking signs have been added where required for apparatus clearance.
5. Provide a note on the site plans of the required ISO fire calculation for the buildings.
A note has been added indicating the ISO fire calculations were calculated to be sufficient,
6. Indicate on the site plan the latest flow test to ensure adequate fire flow per calculation in
comment #5.
The latest flow test has been added to the plan which was used for ISO calculations.
7. Fire hydrants, as determined by calculations in #5, with spacing in accordance with the required
fire flow calculation (minimum of 500 feet and arranged so that no building is more than 250
feet from a hydrant) are required. The existing fire hydrants do not meet this requirement, so
additional hydrants are needed and need to be shown on the plan.
A fire hydrant has been added to the end of Fennel Road. Please confirm this is adequate in
addition to the other two on -site.
ACSA (Richard Nelson):
1. Submit 3 copies of the utility plan to ACSA for review and approval, ATTN: Jeremy Lynn.
Acknowledged.
2. RWSA sewer capacity certification will be required.
Acknowledged.
3. Relocate BOA outside of pavement.
BOA has been relocated outside of pavement.
4. Show water meter for Lot 41.
Water meter has been included for Lot 41.
S. ACSA will determine if utilizing the existing storm pipe is acceptable.
Acknowledged. Please confirm asap findings.
6. EX MH 1 and 4 depths are not accurately shown on profiles.
Acknowledged. Depths have been accurately revised.
GIS (Elise Keiwra):
1. Per site plan dated 04/26/2021, Orion Lane is existing road, please update any pages that say
Orion Lane Extended to Orion Lane.
Acknowledged. Name has been changed to remain "Orion Lane"
ARB (Margaret Maliszewski):
1. No objection. The ARB determined that ARB review/approval of this portion of the development
is not required.
Acknowledged.
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 at Jeremy.fox@timmons.com.
Sincerely,
Jeremy Fox
Project Engineer