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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB202100011 Review Comments Road Plan and Comps. 2021-09-09 (2)qoe atg 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, VA 22902-4579 County of Albemarle Telephone:434-296-5832 m COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WWW.ALBEMARLE.ORG Road and Drainage Plan Review Project title: Southwood Phase 1 Blocks 9, 10 & 11 Project file number: SUB-2021-00011 Plan preparer: Timmons Group Bryan Cichocki [bryan.cichocki@timmons.com] Owner or rep.: Charlottesville Habitat for Humanity Andrew Vinisky[avinisky@cvillehabitat.org] Plan received date: 19 January 2021 (Rev. 1) 26 July 2021 Date of comments: 23 March 2021 (Rev. 1) 9 September 2021 Reviewer: Matt Wentland Bryan, We have reviewed the plans and have the following comments: Engineering 1. Show sight distance triangles and profiles for the internal travelways. (Rev. 1) Comment not addressed. Provide sight distance triangles and profiles for travelway intersections. These can be reduced with a waiver where all vehicles are required to stop. (Design Standards Manual 7.C.1,18.4.12.15d, 18.4.12.17d) 2. The underground storage facility A will need to be removed from beneath the parking and travelway in front of Lots 71 and 72 and relocated outside of any travelways or where its repair/replacement will affect a travelway. Engineering recommends it be moved to behind lots like SWM B. (Rev. 1) Comment partially addressed. Refer to WPO202100004 comments. 3. Alley 2 is shown with an inverse crown. Provide inlets in the alley to prevent stormwater from exiting the alley and flowing across the connected travelways. (Rev. 1) Comment addressed. 4. Provide stop signs for intersections involving the private road and Alley 3. (Rev. 1) Comment addressed. 5. Show and label the road name signs. (Rev. 1) Comment addressed. 6. Provide vertical curves on grade transitions in the alleys. (Rev. 1) Comment addressed. 7. Provide a level area adjacent to parking (such as on Alley 1) so residents are not exiting their vehicle directly on to a slope. (Rev. 1) Comment addressed. 8. The landscaping plan is not being reviewed or approved with these plans, only the street tree locations relative to the storm system. The proposed trees should not be located directly next to inlets (such as on Road 1). (Rev. 1) Comment addressed. Planning - Megan Nedostup Planning comments are attached to this email Engineering Review Comments Page 2 of 3 VDOT VDOT comments are attached to this email ACSA - Richard Nelson The road plans are currently under review with ACSA GIS - Elise Kiewra GIS comments are attached to this email Fire Rescue - Howard Lagomarsin 1) Parking on roads without sufficient widths to accommodate parking without reducing the travel way width causes an obstruction for access of fire apparatus. As a result, the fire code requires an unobstructed travel way width of 20 ft when the height of a building is less than 30 ft and 26 ft when height of building (to edge of roof - not peak of roof) over 30 feet. The roads in this plan providing fire apparatus access routes shall have a minimum, unobstructed travel way width of 20 feet. Though the proposed roads exceed 20 ft., there are large sections of those roads where on street parking is not part of the plan and any such parking is not allowed since it reduces the travel way width below 20 feet. As a result, those areas, require no parking signs: a) The following roads require no parking signs on both sides of the road: i) Dogwood Road - (except where there are designated parking spaces in the design, then only needed on the side without the parking spaces) b) The following roads require no parking signs on one side - the side of the road without the designated parking spaces: i) New Leaf Dr. ii) Swallow Tail Lane Note: The reason New Hope Way and Renewal Rd. are not incldued in this list, Dogwood Rd. and New Leaf Drive fulfills the required need for fire apparatus access (fire apparatus access to all sides of the ground level of a building/facility within 150 fleet of the road for the set of buildings that also abut New Hope Road and Renewal Rd.) for the proposed buildings around those roads due to the grid design of that section of the network. 2) 1 do not see no parking signs indicated on the plans for those roads, please indicate them on the plan. Engineering Review Comments Page 3 of 3 Engineering plan review staff are available from 2-4 PM on Thursdays, should you require a meeting to discuss this review. Process: After approval, plans will need be bonded. The bonding process begins when the plan is approved, and the applicant submits a bond estimate request form and fee to the Department of Community Development. A plan reviewer will prepare estimates and check parcel and easement information based on the approved plans. The County's Management Analyst will prepare bond agreement forms, which will need to be completed by the owner and submitted along with cash, certificates or sureties for the amounts specified. The agreements will need to be approved and signed by the County Attorney and County Engineer. This may take 2-4 weeks to obtain all the correct signatures and forms. Stormwater Management Facilities Maintenance agreements will also need to be completed and recorded. The County's Management Analyst or other staff will prepare the forms and check for ownership and signature information. The completed forms will need to be submitted to the County, who will record the agreement. After bonding and agreements are complete, county staff enters project information in a DEQ database for state application processing, if a DEQ permit is required. DEQ reviews the application information based on local VSMP authority approval. At this time, the DEQ portion of the application fees will need to be paid directly to the state. For fastest processing, this is done electronically with the emails provided on the application. DEQ should notify applicants with instructions on how to pay fees. When DEQ approves the application, they will issue a permit coverage letter, which must be posted at the construction site. After DEQ coverage is issued, via the coverage letter, the County can hold a pre -construction conference. Applicants must complete the request for a pre -construction conference form and pay the remainder of the application fee. The form identifies the contractor and responsible land disturber, and the fee remaining to be paid. This will be checked by county staff, and upon approval, a pre -construction conference will be scheduled with the County inspector. At the pre - construction conference, should everything proceed satisfactorily, a joint VSMP and grading permit will be issued by the County so that work may begin. County forms can be found on the county website forms center under engineering; https://www.al bemarle.org/government/com munity-development/apply-for/engineering-applications If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me either by email (mwentland@albemarle.org) or by phone at 434-296-5832 ext. 3458. Sincerely, Matt Wentland, P.E. Civil Engineer II File: SUB202100011 Southwood Blocks 9 10 11 Road Plans review comments revl 09-09- 21.docx