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Road Plan Review
Project title:
Old Trail Village - Block 7C
Road & Utility Plan
Project file number:
SUB202100084
Plan preparer:
Timmons Group [Jeremy. Fox@timmons.com]
Owner or rep.:
March Mountain Properties [dave@oldtrailvillage.com]
Plan received date:
12 May 2021
Rev. 1 received:
23 Aug 2021
Rev. 2 received:
12 Nov 2021
Date of comments:
21 June 2021
Rev. 1 comments:
07 Oct. 2021
Rev. 2 comments:
29 Dec. 2021
Reviewer:
Emily Cox
Dear Jeremy,
We have reviewed the above referenced plans and have the following comments:
Engineering (Emily Cox)
1. W'P0202100024 must be approved before the road plan can be approved. Rev. 1: Comment not
addressed. Rev. 2: Comment addressed.
2. [Sheet C 1.1] Please clarify the cross section for Fennel Road. It shows CG-6 however the layout
sheet shows roll-top curb. Rev. 1: Comment addressed.
3. [Sheet C2.0] There should be an existing SWM facility easement around L-1. Please show the
easement and the DB & PG. Rev. 1: Response said there is no easement, however is there a
SWM agreement? If so, please provide DB & PG. Rev. 2: Comment addressed.
4. Please provide spot shots to show how the water will drain near the Orion Lane and Fennel road
intersection. Rev. 1: Comment addressed.
5. Ensure that all horizontal curve information is labeled on the plan (not just radii). Rev. 1:
Comment addressed.
6. Please show all applicable pavement markings and road signs (names, stop, no parking). Rev. 1:
Comment addressed.
7. Show CG-12 ramps. Rev. 1: Comment addressed.
8. Sidewalk appears to stop along Orion road. Per the cross section on sheet C 1. 1, it appears to be
the full length of the road. Rev. 1:Comment letter said waiver was being pursued to remove
sidewalk, but plan still showed sidewalk. Did you mean waiver for the planting strip? Please
clarify. Rev. 2: Comment addressed.
9. Trees outside of the right-of-way will need to be in an easement with a maintenance agreement.
Rev. 1: Comment addressed.
10. Please show the existing managed slopes on the plan. Rev. 1: Comment addressed.
11. Drainage easement for the outfall must be public because it is draining some water from a public
road. Rev. 1: Public easement only needed from structure 306 and on. Rev. 2: Comment
addressed.
12. Sight distance easements appear to be necessary where sight lines are outside of the right-of-way.
Rev. 1: Comment addressed.
13. Rev. 1: Sidewalk along Fennel Road should be in the right-of-way. Rev. 2: Comment
Engineering Review Comments
Page 2 of 3
14. Rev. 2: Applicant owes us $4.92 as they didn't add the 4% surcharge fee correctly on the 8-24-
21 payment.
Planning (Andy Reitelbach)
Rev. 1: See comment letter dated Oct 6, 2021 Rev. 2: See comments dated Dec 22, 2021.
VDOT (Adam Moore)
1. See attached comment letter dated May 20, 2021. Rev. 1: See attached letter. Rev. 2: See
attached letter dated 11-29-21.
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Rev. 1:
1) Your response correspondence shows you increased the width of Fennel Road to 26 ft. to
accomodate building height issues and Orion Lane as 30 ft fc/fc. The submitted plans with seal
dated 8/20/2021 show Fennel as 20 ft wide and Orion as 26 ft wide. Please clarify, correct as
appropriate.
2) Thank you for providing the no parking signs to deliniate the no parking areas to ensure
obstructions to the required fire apparatus road width does not occur, however, in light of comment
# 1, clarification of the issues brought out in comment 41 affect the need for and the placement of
these signs. After addressing comment # 1, please ensure the no parking signs are arranged
appropriately (where road is too narrow to allow parking on both sides, no parking signs are
required where parking is to be limited to prevent fire apparatus access road width obstruction).
3) Based on the calculated ISO fire flow, the hydrant spacing required is no more than 500 feet
between hydrants and arranged so that no structure is more than 250 feet from a hydrant. On the
plans with a seal date of 8/20/2021, the units on Fennel Road, near the dead end, exceed this. Your
resonse correspondence indicates adding a hydrant at the end of Fennel, but I am not finding it on
these plans. A hydrant at the dead of Fennel fulfills the requirement, a more practical location for
fire operations is the corner of Fennel Rd and Orion. If it must go at the dead end of Fennel,
palcing it at or before the turn is preferred.
4) Hydrant on Orion lane at Golf View is several feet off the road, across what appears to be a
grass/planting strip and sidewalk. Landscaping will obstruct this hydrant, make it difficult to find
and imparctical to operate. Moving the hydrant closer to the curb is more practical and will
eliminate any question of its suitability for consideration as meeting the requirements of the code.
Rev. 2: No objection.
ACSA (Richard Nelson)
1. Rev. 1: See attached letter dated Oct 1, 2021. Rev. 2: Plan still under review with ACSA.
GIS (Elise Keiwra)
Engineering Review Comments
Page 3 of 3
1. Rev. 1: Per site plan dated 4/26/21, Orion Lane is existing road, please update and pages
that say Orion Lane Extended to Orion Lane Rev. 2: No objection.
ARB (Margaret Maliszewski)
1. No objection. The ARB determined that ARB review/approval of this portion of the development
is not required.
Engineering plan review staff are available from 2-4 PM on Thursdays, should you require a meeting to
discuss this review.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me either by email (ecox2@albemarle.org) or by
phone at 434-296-5832 ext. 3565.
Sincerely,
Emily Cox, PE
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COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Stephen C. Brich, P.E. 1401 East Broad Street
Commissioner Richmond, Virginia 23219
November 29, 2021
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Attn: Emily Cox
Re: Old Trail Block 7C — Road Plan
SUB-2021-00084
Review #3
Dear Ms. Cox:
(804) 7862701
Fax: (804) 7862940
The Department of Transportation, Charlottesville Residency Transportation and Land Use
Section, has reviewed the above referenced plan as prepared by the Timmons Group, dated 11
November 2021, and offers the following comments:
The below figure is used in the previous response letter to show where parking is allowed
on Orion Ln. Show a R7-1 sign with a left arrow at the north -end of the parking zone to
show clearly that parking is allowed to the south of this location.
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2. All traffic on private streets must stop before entering a public street. This includes south -
bound traffic on Fennel Rd crossing Orion Ln Ext through the intersection at the north
end of the subdivision. Please add a "Stop" sign to show this.
Please provide a digital copy in PDF format of the revised plan along with a comment response
letter. 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,
Doug McAvoy Jr., P.E.
Area Land Use Engineer
Charlottesville Residency
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road,
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Phone 434-296-5832
Fax 434-972-4126
Memorandum
To: Emily Cox (ecox2 e albemarle.org), Department of Community Development —
Engineering Division
From: Andrew Reitelbach, Senior Planner
Division: Planning
Date: December 22, 2021
Subject: SUB2021-00084 Old Trail Block 7C — Road Plans; 31 Submittal
The County of Albemarle Planning Division will grant or recommend approval of the plat referenced
above once the following comments have been addressed:
1. Comment addressed.
2. Comment addressed.
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. Provide the deed book and page number of the
easement. If there is not currently one, then an easement (and any related maintenance
agreements) will need to be recorded prior to approval of site plan/subdivision plat. Comment
persists. This comment does not need to be completed prior to road plan approval;
however, the easement and maintenance agreements must be approved and recorded
prior to approval of the site plan/subdivision plat.
4. Comment addressed.
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. Response acknowledged. Easements
(and any related maintenance agreements) must be recorded prior to approval of site
plan/subdivision plat. Comment persists. This comment does not need to be completed
prior to road plan approval; however, the easement and maintenance agreements must be
approved and recorded prior to approval of the site plan/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. With site plan review now occurring along this section of Old Trail Drive, street
trees will need to be provided at this time. Street tree calculations are inclusive of street
length, so one more tree needs to be placed along Old Trail Drive — at the top left
corner of Lot 39 appears to make the most sense.
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. Response
acknowledged. It is always preferred that street trees are located in the public right-of-way.
If, however, some trees are situated outside the public right-of-way, they will need to be
located within an easement (with appropriate maintenance agreements) prior to approval of
the site plan/subdivision plat. Comment persists. This comment does not need to be
completed prior to road plan approval; however, the easement and maintenance
agreements must be approved and recorded prior to approval of the site
plan/subdivision plat.
7. New Advisory Comment: With 30 attached units proposed, there must be eight (8) guest
parking spaces. These spaces must be provided in common areas (either designated on -street
parking spaces or in common bays), not included within either private driveways or private
garages. Although this comment is more for the review of the site plan, it may affect the layout
of the roads and rights -of -way. As parking spaces required by the zoning ordinance, these
eight spaces must be specifically designated on the site plan and must be designed to meet
the criteria of section 18-4.12 (as well as any VDOT criteria if they are located on public
streets). Provide full striping of the spaces on the layout plan and the proper dimensions
for on -street parallel parking spaces.
Please contact Andrew Reitelbach in the Planning Division at areitelbachgalbemarle.org or 434-296-
5832 ext. 3261 for further information.