HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB202100084 Review Comments Road Plan and Comps. 2022-03-02c or nt 401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville,VA22902-4579
County of Albemarle Telephone: 434-296-5832
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WWW.ALBEMARLE.ORG
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
Rev. 3 received:
25 Jan 2022
Date of comments:
21 June 2021
Rev. 1 comments:
07 Oct. 2021
Rev. 2 comments:
29 Dec. 2021
Rev. 3 comments:
02 March 2022
Reviewer:
Emily Cox
Dear Jeremy,
We have reviewed the above referenced plans and have the following comments:
Engineering (Emily Cox)
1. WP0202100024 must be approved before the road plan can be approved. Rev. 1: Comment not
addressed. Rev. 2: Comment addressed.
2. [Sheet Cl. 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 C1.1, 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.
Engineering Review Comments
Page 2 of 3
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
addressed.
14. Rev. 2: Applicant owes us $4.92 as they didn't add the 4% surcharge fee correctly on the 8-24-
21 payment. Rev. 3: Comment addressed.
Planning (Andy Reitelbach)
Rev. 1: See comment letter dated Oct 6, 2021 Rev. 2: See comments dated Dec 22, 2021. Rev. 3: No
objection.
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. Rev. 3: No objection.
Fire Rescue (Howard Logamarsino)
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 delineate 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.
Engineering Review Comments
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ACSA (Richard Nelson)
1. Rev. 1: See attached letter dated Oct 1, 2021. Rev. 2: Plan still under review with ACSA.
Rev. 3: Show 24-inch diameter casing pipe under Old Trail Drive.
GIS (Elise Keiwra)
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. Rev. 3: 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
Civil Engineer Il
COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Stephen C. Brich, P.E. 1401 East Broad Street
Commissioner Richmond, Virginia 23219
January 20, 2022
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 #4
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 20
January 2022, and finds them generally acceptable.
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
VirginiaDOT.org
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