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COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
1601 Orange Road
Culpeper,Virginia 22701
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David S.Ekern,P.E.
COMMISSIONER
February 26th, 2007
Mr. Bill Fritz
Dept.of Planning&Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: Special Use Permits and Rezoning Submittals
Dear Mr. Fritz:
Below are VDOT's comments for the February 2007 Rezoning and Special Use Permit
applications:
SP-2007-00001 Four Seasons Learning Center—Amendment(Elaine Echols)
• This proposal assumes on street parking is available.
• If the parking on Four Seasons Drive and Lakeview Drive creates problems from lack of
room or inadequate sight distances, VDOT will post no parking signs in those locations.
SP-2007-00002 Farm Worker Housing (Scott Clark)
• No comments
SP-2007-00003 North Point—Stream Crossing- Middle Entrance (Tamara Ambler)
• The plan view does not reflect what is shown in the typical section for the road. If the
typical section is applied in the plan view the footprint in the flood plain will be larger.
• The profile is lacking data and appears to be inaccurate. Changes to the profile will
affect the impacts to the flood plain.
• The designer needs to verify that the soils are adequate for the installation of a con-span.
The geotechnical report and structural data will need to be submitted and approved by
VDOT for the structure.
• The con-span design needs to be in accordance with VDOT's Hydraulic Design Advisory
HAD-0602. The design also needs to consider scouring of the soils around the proposed
footers.
• It appears that travel lanes are to be dropped before the crossing. Lane drops need to be
designed in accordance with VDOT's Road Design Manual and AASHTO's A Policy on
Geometric Design of Highways and Streets latest editions. If the lane drops are not
considered with the crossing future road plans could increase the impact to the flood
plain.
SP-2007-00004 5th Street—Avon Center—Parking Structure (Claudette Grant)
• I received a plan for this but no application.
• I have no comments on the parking structure.
• Cannot comment on adequacy of the proposed typical sections and roads at this time due
to lack of detailed design information.
• All proposed roads and connections that are to be for public use must be approved by
VDOT.
SP-2007-00005 Small Do2s Day Out (Amy Arnold)
• I did not receive an application for this but did receive a package of photographs.
• I have no comments on this plan.
ZMA-2007-00001 Hollymead Town Center,Area A2 (Sean Dougherty)
• The road and Right of Way widths are not adequate to accommodate the roadway section
necessary for Meeting Street. The typical section of Meeting Street should be a 4-lane
divided road.
• There also may be a roundabout at the intersection of Abington Place and Meeting Street.
• These street alignments do not comply with the streets identified in the Places 29 Study.
If you have any questions, please let me know
Sincerely,
Joel DeNunzio, P.E.
Residency Program Manager
VDOT Charlottesville Residency
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