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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB202100036 Correspondence 2022-01-250000001 a • 28Imperial Drive T I M M O N S GROUP Staunton, VA 24401 YOUR VISION ACHIEVED THROUGH OURS. January 25, 2022 County of Albemarle I Community Development Department Planning Services RE: COMMENT RESPONSE to Review: SUB20210036, Southwood Village 1 Subdivision, dated November 20, 2021 TO: Ms. Rebecca Ragsdale P 434.327.1689 www.timmons.com Please find below our responses to review of the plat referenced above (Southwood Village 1 Subdivision); we appreciate your comments and review. Included (below) are comments provided by Albemarle County with responses (in red), accordingly: Subdivision Ordinance Comments: I. [14-302(A)(1)] Name: The name of the plat should include information on the blocks and number of lots included with the application. Example: 'Portion of Blocks 3. 4. 5. 7. and 8. Lots 1-40)". Rev1: Comment addressed. 2. [14-302(A)(4)(5)]; [14-317]; [14-303(L)] Easements: a. Confirm that all easements are shown on the plat that were shown on the site plan and road plans. It appears that many are missing from the plat. There are private drainage easements, stormwater management easements, and an emergency access, as examples, that are not being shown. Please cross reference all the easements shown on prior approved plans with what is being proposed on this plat. All easements need to be platted and dimensions of the easements need to be shown Rev1: Some easements are still not being shown. See attached markup of plat. Rev2: Comment not fully addressed. Landscape easements on lots for street trees are not shown on plat. Pedestrian access easement is not shown between lots 1 D and 2A. See Enginneering Addressed. See Sheet 9 for landscape easement adjacent to Wardell Crest. See Sheet 7 for Access Easement at Lots 1D — 2A. b. There is an accessway for lots 15-24, however there is only an access easement shown on the lots and no easement for the access from Cardinal Hill Lane provided. Access easements, as well as private drainage easements, require maintenance agreements. See templatethatyou can modify here. County Attorneys Office approval is needed. Rev1: Comment partially met. Deeds were submitted 8/23/21 and will need to be reviewed and approved prior to plat approval. Rev2: Plat corrected. Deed checklist and comments attached. c. The public drainage easements require a deed of dedication to the County. County Attorneys Office approval is needed. Rev1: Comment partially met. Deeds were submitted 8/23/21 and CIVIL ENGINEERING I ENVIRONMENTAL I SURVEYING I GIs I LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE I CONSTRUCTION SERVICES will need to be reviewed and approved prior to plat approval. Rev2: See Engineering comments below. (deed topic) d. Coordinate with Engineering on the SWM easements and deeds. Reference [14-431]. Rev1: Comment partially met. Deeds were submitted 8/23/21 and will need to be reviewed and approved prior to plat approval. Rev2: See Engineering comments below. (deed topic) e. The emergency access that was shown on the site plan is not being shown on the plat. An access easement over the emergency access is needed, as it crosses lots. Rev1: Partially met. Access easement is still not shown on the plat, however emergency access is shown. Deeds were submitted 8/23121 and will need to be reviewed and approved prior to plat approval. Rev2: The public access easement shown below on the site plan is not shown on the final plat. It should be clear on the plat that the access easement is for the benefit of Lot 13 as well. Addressed. See Sheet 7. Included in label (at Cardinal Hill) is reference to Lots 8-13 for private access f. Note that if any required landscaping is provided on a lot not owned/controlled by the HOA, then a landscaping easement will be required. Rev1: Comment partially met. Deeds were submitted 8/23/21 and will need to be reviewed and approved prior to plat approval. Rev2: Landscape easements not provided on plat. Addressed. Please see sheet at Wardell Crest. Grading easements are needed for the grading done on parcel 90A1-1 D, since this is 'offsite' work. Easements must be provided for other improvements (such as drainage pipes and the F/R emergency access). Rev1: Please indicate on the plat whether the grading easement is public or private. If it is private, a deed will not be needed. h. There was pedestrian access shown between lots 18 and 19 that is not being shown on this plat. Again, please cross reference the plat with the approved site plan. Rev1: Comment partially met. Easement now shown. Deeds were submitted 8/23/21 and will need to be reviewed and approved prior to plat approval. Rev2: Pedestrian access easement not shown between lots 18 and 19. Also not shown between lots 1 D and 2A. Addressed. Please see sheet 8 nat is the 10 foot public access easement? Is this the trails? Will these be dedicated to the County? If so, a greenway/trail deed will be required. Rev1: If this is a public easement, as labeled, it needs a dedication and deed to the County. Public means open to the public. If it is intended to only serve residents of the development, it needs to be labeled as private and be privately maintained. j. A maintenance agreement for retaining walls that cross property lines will need to be submitted and approved. Also, revise the retaining wall easement label to state "retaining wall maintenance easement" and not just "maint easement". Again, include dimensions of the easements. Rev1: Comment partially met. A minimum of 5' from the wall needs to be established for the easement on the private lots. There are easements that need to be added for retaining walls, see attached markup of the plat. Deeds were submitted 8123/21 and will need to be reviewed and approved prior to plat approval. Rev2:The minimum easement width has not been established on the plat and is also not specified in the Declaration. Addressed. Retaining wall easements are a minimum of 5' wide and presented as such. 3. [14-302(A)(8)], Proposed Lots. Include a table of proposed lots by Block. This is a COD requirement also. Rev 1: Comment Addressed Rev2: How was this comment previously addressed? Only line and curve tables, along with on area tabulation chart is included on the plat. Based on the plat there are 61 proposed lots. Please explain why all lots were not numbered consistently and sequentially? Why are some numbered as 1A, 1B, for example? Addressed. See last sheet for Lot table with unit / lot types. The site plan breakdown on left and plat on right; (images omitted) 4. [14-302(A)(9)] Building sites. Modify the building site note to the following: "Lots 1-41, and the residue of Tax Map Parcel 90A1-1 E each contain a building site that complies with section 4.2.1 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance". Rev1: Comment addressed. 5. [14-302(A)(14)] Land to be dedicated in fee or reserved. Include the location, acreage, and owner of all land to be dedicated to the public or reserved in a deed for the residents of this development. This includes required open space, and any land that may be being dedicated to the County. Clarify if any land or easement is being dedicated for public use. Rev1: See Sheet C4.06 in the most recent site plan amendment on the required open space. This open space should be platted and noted as open space, as it is required under the zoning. Plat the open space areas, label, and include the acreage. As commented above, the covenants and restrictions that cover the open space will need to be reviewed and approved by the County Attorney's office. Rev2: Comment not fully addressed with regard to open space. Open space present at rear of Lots 14-23 .. annotated on Sheet 4 6. [14-303(F)] Show the block areas per the rezoning on the overall sheet key on the plat. Rev1: Comment addressed. Rev2: A key was provided on Sheet 1 but blocks are not clearly delineated on that sheets or all other sheets. Block locations are presented in key and further emphasized for clarity. Table showing Blocks, lots, unit type on last sheet of plat (sheet 12). 7. [14-303(G)] Ownership of common areas. a. Indicate the intended ownership of all common areas and open space. See comments on the easements and the open space under the code of development. b. How will the shared parking for the condos be maintained? Will an easement be provided for those parking areas for the shared parking? If so, show the easement. Maintenance will need to be assured for those parking areas, as well as a shared parking agreement. c. Maintenance of these areas will need to be provided via a recorded document, such as HOAdocument. Rev1: Comment not addressed. A response was not included in the response letter to these comments. See above comment about the open space and declaration review. Rev2: Comment partially addressed. I believe Note 10 is intended to help address this comment but should be expanded to list all specific areas that will be maintained by the HOA. Addessed. Note 12 added sheet 1. 8. [14-307.1] Show the limits of the dam break inundation zone on the plat. Rev I: Comment addressed. 9. [ 14-411] Public street standards. Revise the dedication label to read "hereby dedicated for public use". Revl: Comment addressed. 10. [18-30.7] Label and show the preserved slopes on the plat. It appears that some of the lots may be impacting the preserved slopes. Rev 1: Compare the site plan to the plat. The preserved slopes shown on the plat are different than those on the site plan. If the site plan is correct, grading/lots are not impacting slopes, however if the plat is correct, grading/lots are impacting slopes. Please clarify. See sheet C4.10 from site plan, clippedbelow. Code of Development Comments: 11. [Code of Development]: The stream buffer is within Lot 36 which is not permitted per the COD. Revise so that the buffer is not located on lots. =v1: Comment addressed. 12. [Code of Development]: Vehicle Trips per Day a. Include the daily vehicle trip count with this plat, per the Traffic Impact requirement on Page 17 of the COD. Rev1: Comment addressed. 13.Code of Development]: Affordable Housing a. Include the number of affordable units provided with this plat and minimum number of affordable units required per the COD, per the requirement on Page 21. b. Include a table showing affordable units required, provided, and total across the development. c. Label the affordable units on the plat. Rev1: Comment partially addressed. The individual lots need to be labeled to identify which lots will be affordable. Rev2: Comment not addressed. In addition to labeling ADU lots, lots subject to CDBG funds and County of Albemarle construction easement must be designated. COD page21: Addressed ADU lot provision (total number) part of sheet 1, note 13 14. [Code of Development]: Trails a. The plat includes Blocks 9-11 where future trails, buffers, open space, etc are required. These will need to be platted in the future. Rev1: Comment addressed. See above for comments related to platting of open space for this area/blocks. Rev2: Response letter indicated see prior response? Addressed insofar as open space is shown (0.847 Acres behind lots 14-23) 15. [Code of Development]: Required Amenities/Open Space a. Label the provided required amenity areas and greenspaces on the plat. b. Include a table showing the required amen ities/greenspace and showing whathasbeen provided with this plat. This table should be continually updated with submittals. The requirements are included on Page 15 of the COD. Note that both the required amount (sq. ft. or acreage) and type (e.g. neighborhood park) must be included in the table and labeled/shown on the plat. c. An exhibit may also be provided, as a supplemental document, showing where the rest of the required amenities/open space for the Blocks included in this submittal will be located (to show there is sufficient space for them). Rev1: Comment not addressed. While the response stated this information was provided on sheet 12, it was not provided on that sheet. See comment #5 above. Rev 2: Comment not addressed. Plat will not address amenity assignments. Engineering Comments: Show all drainage easements. Show the SWM Forest & Open Space Easement on the plat. Disturbed areas from Village 2 should not be located in the F&OS easement. All easements should be labelled whether they are dedicated to public or private use. It appears an easement is missing on Pipe 205A. Easements will also be needed on mitigation areas outside of the buffer. Pipe 205 now included in SWM Facility Easement for this area .. SWM Forest & Open Space Easement now included. Said SWM Forest & Open space easement includes mitigation areas shown on plan. 2. The following note will need to be placed on the Plat: "The SWM Forest and Open Space Easement is subject to the guidance set forth by DEQ in the Virginia Stormwater Management Program. The areas will remain undisturbed in a natural, vegetated state, except for activities as approved by the local program authority, such as forest management, control of invasive species, replanting and revegetating, passive recreation (e.g., trails), and limited bush hogging to maintain desired vegetative community (but no more than four times a year)." Addressed. 3. A Deed of Dedication will need to be signed and recorded for the SWM facility easements. This will be filled out by the County and forwarded to the applicant when the final plat is nearing approval. This deed cannot be prepared until all easements are shown. (deed topic) 4. A deed will also be required for the public drainage easements. This will filled be out by the County and forwarded to the applicant when the final plat is nearing approval. This deed cannot be prepared until all easements are Shown. (deed topic) Other reviewers: No Objections received from: Fire Rescue and E-911; VDOT-See attached letter dated October 14, 2021; 1 believe ACSA (*) comments, if any, were sent directly to you. (Please see next page for ACSA comments) (*) ACSA comments rec'd Jan. 19, 2022 via Richard Nelson: Good afternoon Joe, Below are comments for SUB202100036 Southwood Village 1 Final Plat, dated September 29, 2021: Include existing ACSA sewer easement along Sheet S. Copy of deed and plat attached. Addressed. Delineate which lots will be affordable housing and market price. This information will be used to track homes that will receive a connection fee credit Per coordination with planning, this info will be referenced by site plan with regard to specific lot ADU assignments. We are noting number of ADU lots with Survey Note. Thank you. Joe Medley / Timmons Group / 540.607.7500