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Home My WebLink AboutSDP202100047 Review Comments Major Amendment, Final Site Plan 2021-08-31s or et 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, VA 22902-4579 County of Albemarle Telephone: 434-296-5832 o V COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WWW.ALBEMARLE.ORG Jr '- August 31, 2021 Alan Franklin 418 East Main Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 afranklinCcr�,waterstreetstudio.net RE: SDP202100047 Major Amendment to SDP200300067 — Umansky Subaru Dear Mr. Franklin: The Site Review Committee has reviewed the development proposal referenced above. Initial comments from the following divisions of the Department of Community Development and other agencies, as applicable, are attached: Albemarle County Planning Services (Planner) Albemarle County Architectural Review Board (ARB) Albemarle County Building Inspections Albemarle County Engineering Services (Engineer) Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) Albemarle County Department of Fire Rescue Albemarle County Service Authority (ACSA) Albemarle County Information Services (E911) Albemarle County Zoning Services Comments reflect information available at the time the development proposal was reviewed and should not be considered final. However, the Site Review Committee has attempted to identify all issues that will be required to be resolved prior approval of the major site plan amendment Please contact me at your earliest convenience if you have questions or require additional information. Sincerely, Kevin McCollum Planner Albemarle County Planning Services (Planner) —Kevin McCollum, kmccollutn@albemarle.org —Required changes: 1. [32.5.2(a)] Please include this major amendment's site plan application number in the title, SDP202100047. This comment has been addressed. 2. [32.5.2(a)] Please include the Entrance Corridor Overlay District, Airport Impact Area, and Steep Slopes — Managed with the Zoning information on Sheet L 100. This comment has been addressed. 3. [32.5.2(a) and 4.201 Setbacks. Please update the applicable setbacks in accordance with Section 4.20 of the Zoning Ordinance. There is no maximum front building setback since the property is abutting Route 29 and there is no need to include the residential setback since the abutting properties are zoned commercial. This comment has been addressed. 4. [32.5.2(b) and 4.121 Please see Zoning comments (pending) for any additional analysis of the parking requirements. a. There is a discrepancy between the number of Employees listed (60) and the number shown in the parking schedule (58). SDP200300067 suggests there are 82 service Employees for which 82 parking spaces were provided. b. The adjusted display parking calculation is correct. 2,928 sf of display area shown on SDP200300067 is being removed for the building additions. c. The parking schedule suggests that there are 88 parking spaces provided for the 44 service bays, however, it appears additional service bays are being provided. It appears that there will be an additional 5,685 square feet of additional service bay area. d. Please update the parking schedule accordingly for comments a and c above. These comments have been addressed, pending any further Zoning comment. 5. [32.5.2(e), 32.6.20), 32.7.91 Landscape Features. Please revise the Landscaping Plan on Sheet L106 to comply with Section 32.7.9 of the Zoning Ordinance. a. Please include a revised plant list, revised canopy calculations, planting notes, screening, and any other applicable planting information. b. Please see ARB comments attached below for additional comments. c. [32.7.9.6] Landscaping plan must address all applicable requirements for landscaping within parking areas. i. [32.7.9.6 (b)] This includes one (1) tree per every 10 parking spaces provided on site. ii. [32.7.9.6 (a)] An area of at least five percent of the paved parking and vehicular circulation area shall be landscaped with trees or shrubs. d. Canopy requirements. i. [32.7.9.8 (a)(1)] A minimum of 10% canopy of the site area must be landscaped. e. [32.5.2(e), 32.7.9.4, 32.7.91 Please update the plant schedule to include the botanical name, common name, size, and quantity of all existing and proposed landscaping features. i. Please provide the canopy area per plant for each species type, and then state the total canopy per species type based on the number of trees/shrubs provided. Canopy calculations can be found here: b—qs://www.albemarle.org/flome/ShowDocument?id=1020 f. Please identify all plantines shown on the landscaping plan. It appears there are several trees on the plan not labeled. All other landscaping comments above are addressed. g. Additional landscaping comments may be provided by ARB following their meeting on September 7, 2021. 6. [32.5.20)(k)(1) and 32.6.2(g)] Please submit an Easement Plat Application for all new and revised easements proposed on the site plan. This includes easements for drainage, stormwater, water, and sewer utilities. The easement plat must be reviewed, approved, and recorded prior to approval of the major site plan amendment. a. Once the easement plat is approved and recorded, please update all applicable sheets on the site plan so that easements are labeled by their type, width, whether they are public/private, and the recorded instrument number for the plat that created the easement. These comments stand. 7. [32.5.2(i)(m)] Please see Fire -Rescue's comments below regarding the travelways, ingress and egress. This comment has been addressed, pending any further Fire -Rescue comment. 8. [32.6.2(k) and 4.171 Outdoor Lighting. If there is any additional proposed lighting or any proposed changes to any existing lighting please revise and submit an Outdoor Lighting Plan. Please include all applicable lighting information, cutsheets, notes, etc. a. Please add a note to the lighting plan which states "Each outdoor luminaire equipped with a lamp that emits 3,000 or more initial lumens shall be a full cutoff luminaire and shall be arranged or shielded to reflect light away from adioinine residential districts and adjacent roads. The spillover of liehtine from luminaires onto public roads and property in residential or rural areas zonine districts shall not exceed one-half footcandle." b. Please use a Lieht Loss Factor (LLF) of 1.0 for all calculations. c. [4.17.4 (a)(2)1 Please state the wattaees or lumens emitted by each lamp in the table on the liehtine plan. 9. [Advisory Comment] Please see ARB's comments following the ARB meeting on 6/7/2021. The suggested changes may influence the overall design of this Site Plan. This comment has been addressed, pendine any additional ARB comments. 10. [Advisory Comment] Pending any Site Plan revisions based on comments from ARB, Fire -Rescue, and Zoning, additional comments will be provided. Please contact Kevin McCollum at the Department of Community Development at kmccollum@albemarle.org or 296- 5832 ext. 3141 for further information. Comments From Other Reviewers: Albemarle County Architectural Review Board (ARB) — Khristopher Taggart, ktaggart&albemarle.org — see below, 1. This plan will be reviewed by the ARB on September 7, 2021. ARB action letter/comments will be provided after that meeting. Albemarle County Building Inspections — Betty Slough, bslou hg &albemarle.org—No objection (8/16/2021). Albemarle County Engineering Services (Engineer) — Matthew Wentland, mwentland&albemarle.org — Requested changes, see below (8/5/2021). 1. A VSMP plan will need to be submitted and approved prior to site plan amendment approval Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) — Adam Moore, Adam.Moorekvdot.vir iginia.gov — No Objection, see attached recommendations (5/19/2021). Albemarle County Department of Fire Rescue — Howard Lagomarsino, hlagomarsino@albemarle.org—No objection (8/25/2021). Albemarle County Service Authority— Richard Nelson, melson@serviceauthoriiy.org—Requested changes, see below (8/31/2021). 1. Show gas main crossings on water main profile. 2. Please send me a PDF copy of the updated amendment. There are not too many comments, so the hope is I can get admin approval with the neat submission. Albemarle County Information Services (E911)—Elise Kiewra, ekiewra@albemarle.org —No Objection (5/13/2021). Virginia Department of Health (VDH) — Alan Mazurowski, alan.mazurowski@vdh.virginia.gov — No Objection (5/5/2021). Albemarle County Zoning Services — Francis MacCall, FMACCALL@albemarle.org and Keith Bradshaw, kbradshaw@albemarle.org — No objection (8/24/2021). COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Stephen C. Brich, P.E. 1401 East Broad Street (804) 7862701 Commissioner Richmond, Virginia 23219 Fax: (804) 786.2940 May 19, 2021 County of Albemarle Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 Attn: Kevin McCollum Re: Umansky Subaru — Major Site Amendment SDP-2021-00047 Review # 1 Dear Mr. McCollum: The Department of Transportation, Charlottesville Residency Transportation and Land Use Section, has reviewed the above referenced plan as prepared by Waterstreet Studio, dated 10 May 2021, and finds them generally acceptable. 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. Area Land Use Engineer Charlottesville Residency VirginiaDOlorg WE KEEP VIRGINIA MOVING