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HomeMy WebLinkAboutACSA198200001 Review Comments 1982-11-02 1,1-rt OF AL E3 .41,41 I� w4`''ioc.. lvt.„(tD N.31 - 1.;s•N 5► s CC�idr4 Nb.:, / NOV 3 Iy04 • PLANNING DEPT. OFFICE OF WATERSHED MANAGE1ENT 401 MCINTIRE ROAD BY CHARLOTTESVILLE, VIRGINIA 22901-4956 MEMO TO: Ronald S. Keeler, Assistant Director of Planning FROM: William K. Norris , Watershed Management Official DATE: November 2 , 1982 SUBJECT: Preliminary Site Plan SP-82-64 Albemarle Baptist Association Tax Map 61 , Parcel 6 A review of the Preliminary Site Plan for the Proposed Baptist Church ( Thursday, October 28 , 1982) indicates that this site could accommodate a church of this size . Even though water and sewer facilities could be located on the site, a septic system sized to the proposed church would require a large portion of the lower end of the lot and could , if it were to fail, have detrimental effects on the tributary stream on and adjacent to the site . These small streams join to form a tributary to Ivy Creek, a major tributary to the South Fork Rivanna reservoir. The preliminary site plan indicates that if the church were to locate on this site that a 100 foot buffer would be established along the tributary stream and spring on the site . This should be done following the guidelines for watershed management areas contained in the proposed Comprehensive Plan. This site should be required to have public sewer facilities . However, if public sewer facilities are not available then the applicant should re-evaluate the site and re-design the proposal to take into account the environmental limitations of the site . More detailed studies should show that site can accommodate not only a church of the size proposed but also a septic field and replacement area sized to serve it . If the site will not accommodate sufficient septic field and replacement areas ; while adhering to the watershed management area along the stream, for a building of the size proposed then the building size should be reduced. Unless the proposed church is designed to suit both the physical and enviornmental limitations of the site or unless public water and sewer are required , this special permit application should not be approved. WKN/gs