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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4012
August 16, 2007
Valerie W. Long (Williams Mullen)
321 East Main Street, Suite 400
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: SP2007-00003 North Pointe Stream Crossing — Middle Entrance (Signs #40 & 74)
Tax Map 32, Parcels 20 & 23
Dear Valerie W. Long:
On June 6, 2007, the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors took action on SP #2007-00003
to allow fill in the floodplain of Flat Branch Creek for a road crossing to provide access for the
North Pointe development on TMP 32-20 & 23 in the Rivanna District. This special use permit
was approved based on the following conditions:
1. The applicant must obtain a map revision, letter of revision, or letter of amendment as
required from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and copy the
County Engineer on all correspondence, since changes to the floodplain are proposed;
2. County and VDOT approval of the final lane configuration for North Side Drive over the
stream crossing with the final road plans;
3. County approval of hydrologic and hydraulic computations for the dam, culvert crossing
and channels is required prior to issuance of grading permits;
4. Unless otherwise permitted by the County Engineer, there shall be no disturbance within
fifty (50) feet of the stream channel, exclusive of the dam, the culvert under North Side
Drive East, and walking trails. (In the Figure 2 above, the grading shown at points 1 and
2 must be eliminated, and where proposed contours are shown closer than fifty (50) feet
to the stream, such as at point 3, the grading must be pulled back.);
5. The culvert under North Side Drive shall be an arch culvert which leaves the natural
stream channel and banks undisturbed for a minimum width of twenty-four (24) feet. In
the case that VDOT does not approve the placement of footings or the arch span under
North Side Drive, box culverts may be used, subject to the review and approval of the
County Engineer. In this case a minimum of two (2) culverts with one (1) countersunk
for base stream flow shall be used, with impacts to the FEMA floodplain equal to or
better than for the arch culvert span;
6. County Engineer approval of the following:
a. The culvert and embankments for North Side Drive shall encroach a maximum of
one hundred ninety (190) feet along the stream channel;
b. The dam shall be designed with an emergency spillway (separate from the
primary spillway) which will pass the one hundred (100) year storm (base flood)
under the road which traverses the dam; and
C. The dam shall allow for a continuation of the base flow in the stream.
7. Unless otherwise permitted by the County Engineer, buildings and structural foundations
shall be a minimum of twenty (20) feet from the limits of the floodplain. (This is a
precautionary measure, anticipating the reaction of owners or tenants to water levels
close to buildings, such as proposed in Area 1 in Figure 2.);
8. Army Corp of Engineers, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and other
necessary state and federal agency approvals must be obtained prior to issuance of
grading permits;
9. Natural Resources Manager approval of a stream buffer mitigation plan prior to the
issuance of a grading permit prior to placement of any fill in the floodplain, and County
approval of an erosion and sediment control plan prior to the issuance of a grading
permit for placement of any fill in the floodplain;
10. Design Planner approval of a landscape plan. The landscape plan shall be shown on
the road plans and erosion and sediment control plans submitted for North Side Drive.
The landscape plan shall include a complete planting schedule keyed to the plan and
shall provide the following:
a. Existing tree line and proposed tree line to remain, the limits of clearing and
grading, and tree protection;
b. Provide an informal planting of mixed tree and shrub species and sizes to
compensate for removed vegetation, and low -growing plants to stabilize slopes in
the areas of proposed grading and tree removal. This planting shall occur
regardless of the grading proposal (DDR or KCA) chosen;
C. Provide large shade trees on the north and south side of North Side Drive, along
the sidewalk and space reserved for the sidewalk, two and one-half (2'/2) inches
caliper minimum at planting, forty (40) feet on center, for a minimum distance of
four hundred (400) feet from the existing edge of pavement of Route 29 North;
and
d. Provide large shade trees on the north and south side of North Side Drive, along
the sidewalk and space reserved for the sidewalk, two and one-half (2'/2) inches
caliper minimum at planting, forty (40) feet on center, for a minimum distance of
four hundred (400) feet from the existing edge of pavement of Route 29 North.
11. Design details of the retaining walls, including column cap design, pier design, stone
finish, etc. shall be shown on the road plans and are subject to review of the Design
Planner; and
12. If the use, structure, or activity for which this special use permit is issued is not
commenced within sixty (60) months after the permit is issued, the permit shall be
deemed abandoned and the authority granted there under shall thereupon terminate.
Please be advised that although the Albemarle County Board of Supervisors took action
on the project noted above, no uses on the property as approved above may lawfully
begin until all applicable approvals have been received and conditions have been met.
This includes:
compliance with conditions of the SPECIAL USE PERMIT;
approval of and compliance with a SITE PLAN; and
approval of a ZONING COMPLIANCE CLEARANCE.
In the event that the use, structure or activity for which this special use permit is issued is not
commenced within sixty (60) months from the date of Board approval, it shall be deemed
abandoned and the permit terminated. The term "commenced" means "construction of any
structure necessary to the use of the permit."
If you have questions or comments regarding the above -noted action, please do not hesitate to
contact Sherri Proctor at 296-5832.
Sincerely,
V. Wayne Cilimberg
Director of Planning
Cc: CWH Properties Limited Partnership
P O Box 5526
Charlottesville, VA 22905
North Pointe Charlottesville
PO Box 5526
Charlottesville, VA 22905
Tex Weaver
Chuck Proctor
Sherri Proctor
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