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Community Development Department - Department
William D. Fritz, AICP
bfritz@albemarle.org
Telephone: (434) 296-5832 ext. 3242
To: Kurt Gloeckner (kurtgloeckner(&gmail.com), Steve Powell (smpowell116oftmail.coin
From: Bill Fritz
RE: SUB202200051 HONEY BREEZE HALL - PARCEL Y
Date: March 31, 2022
The above referenced plat, submitted March 10, 2022, has been reviewed. Comments are provided below.
Each comment contains a reference to a section in Chapter 14 of the Code of Albemarle. Staff has provided
additional comments in some instances. Staff comments are in italics and underlined. If you have any
questions about these comments, please contact me.
The plat will be approved when the following comments have been addressed:
1. Sec.14-202.1 Owners notarized signature
2. Sec.14-203 Fees. C. Other subdivision plats: L Plat for a rural subdivision, family subdivision, or
resubdivision: $817.0o and 14-203(G)(2) Groundwater assessment information required by section
14-308:1, Tier 2 Assesment: $391 and 14-203(H)(8) 4% Technology Surcharge. Total fee required
is $ea8.a8. This fee is calculated as follows 817+qn1+48_g2=1.2s6..g2-.go7.84 (fee alreadu
submitted) = 948.48. No additional review will occur until this fee is submitted.
3. Sec.14-235(B) The subdivider must provide surety for the completion of the private street as
required by section 1a-ass if the private street will not be completed prior to approval of the final
plat, unless the private street was authorized under sections 14_212(13)(1),14-2,12(B)(2), orb
ga3(B)(2)•
4. Sec.14-302A 10. Right of further division of proposed lots. The number of lots, as assigned by the
subdivider, into which each proposed lot may be further divided by right pursuant to section 18-
10.3.1, if applicable. The plat shall also contain the following note: "Parcel Y is assigned 1
development right and may not be further divided. The residue of Tax Map 43 Parcel 28 is retaining
4 development rights and when further divided it shall not consist of more than 21-553 acres. 3
Development rights are within the area originally designated Tax Map 43 Parcel 28 as it existed on
12/io/8o and 1 Development right is within the area originally designated as Tax Map 43 Parcel
28A1 as it existed on 12/10/80."
5. Sec.14-302A 11. Instrument creating property proposed for subdivision. The deed book and page
number of the instrument whereby the property was created, as recorded in the office of the clerk of
the circuit court of the county.
6. Sec.14-3o2A 9. Building sites on proposed lots. The location, area and dimensions of a building site
on each proposed lot complying with the requirements of section 18-4.2. The plat shall also contain
the following note: "Parcel Y and the residue of Tax Map 43 Parcel 28 each contain a building site
that complies with section 4.2.1 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance."
7. Sec.14-302B 8. Yards. The location of all yards required by this chapter and the zoning ordinance,
which may be shown graphically or described in a note on the plat. The yards are not correctly
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shown. Only the yards for the existing lot are shown. Yards must be shown from the proposed lot
lines. The private street is considered a front.
8. Sec.14-303 E. Dimension standards and information on all lots, streets, alleys, easements, and
shared driveways. All linear, angular, and curvilinear dimensions of lots, streets, alleys, public
easements and private easements and shared driveways shall conform to the requirements set forth
in 18 VAC 10-20-370(C), a copy of which shall be on file in the department of community
development. Curvilinear data shall include radius, central angle, arc length, and tangent distances
and may be shown either directly on the corresponding boundary or surveyed line or in table form.
Easements shown for private streets, alleys and shared driveways shall be labeled as "private street
easement', "alley easement' or "shared driveway easement." The easement holder(s) shall be
identified on the plat. If shared driveways are shown, a note shall be added to the plat stating that
maintenance shall be by the owners of the lots affected by the shared driveway easement, not by the
Virginia Department of Transportation or the county. Dimensions are not provided for Parcel Yon
Free Union Road or adjacent to Parcel X (Tax Map 43 Parcel 28G).
9. Sec.14-303 N. Statement pertaining to private improvements. "Unless specifically denoted as
public, the streets and other required improvements in this subdivision are private in nature and
will not be maintained by either the Virginia Department of Transportation or any other public
agency. The maintenance thereof is the mutual obligation of the affected lot owners. Failure to
maintain the improvements in substantially the same condition as originally approved by the
County may constitute a violation of County ordinance(s). '
io. Sec.14-308.1 Groundwater assessment information. Groundwater assessments required by section
17-402 shall be initiated by the program authority upon the submittal of the preliminary plat. The
draft groundwater management plans and acquifer testing workplans required by sections 17-403
and 17-404, as applicable, shall be submitted in conjunction with the submittal of the preliminary
plat. The requirements of sections 17-402,17-403 and 17-404 shall be satisfied prior to final plat
approval. Staffwill prepare the groundwater assessment after the fee has been submitted (see
comment above).
11. Sec.14-309 Soil evaluations. The subdivider shall submit to the agent with each final plat the results
of percolation tests or other methods of soil evaluation used to determine the suitability of the soil
for subsurface drainfields, if conventional onsite sewage systems are proposed to be used in the
development of the subdivision, and the results are requested by the agent. These results shall be
forwarded by the agent to the health director. This plat proposes drainfield easements. Offsite
12. Sec.14-310 Health director approval of individual private wells and/or onsite sewage systems. This
13. Sec.14-316 Approval of entrance onto public streets. The subdivider shall submit, prior to or with
the final plat, evidence satisfactory to the agent that the entrance of the principal means of access
for each lot onto any existing or proposed public street complies with Virginia Department of
Transportation standards; provided that this requirement shall not apply to any subdivision of a
parcel where two (2) or more dwellings existed on the parcel on October 14, 2009 and one existing
dwelling would be located on each lot created.
14. Sec.14-404 Lot location to allow access from lot onto street or shared driveway. A. Single point of
access required. Each lot, other than a corner lot within the development areas, shall have
reasonable access to the building site from only one street, shared driveway or alley established at
the same time as the subdivision; provided that, if the subdivision is in the rural areas, each lot
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created from the subsequent division of any lot within the subdivision shall enter only onto such
street(s) established at the same time as the original subdivision and shall have no immediate access
onto any other public street. Place the following note on the plat `Parcel Yand the residue shall
access the 30' Private Street Easement and shall have no direct access to Free Union Road."
15. Sec.14-412 A 2 Streets serving three to five lots. Each private street serving three to five lots shall
satisfy the following: (i) vertical centerline curvature shall meet a minimum design K value of five
for crest curves and 15 for sag curves; (ii) sight distances shall not be less than 10o feet; (iii)
turnarounds shall be provided at the end of each street per American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials guidelines; (iv) street easements or right-of-way widths
shall be 30 feet minimum; and (v) the radius for horizontal curvature shall be 40 feet or greater,
unless otherwise authorized by this chapter. Any standard in this paragraph (2) may be reduced to
the standard for streets serving two lots where a driveway departs from the street and two lots
remain to be served, and a turnaround is provided. In addition, the following shall also apply: (a)
Private streets in the rural areas. For such private streets in the rural areas: (i) travelway widths
shall be 14 feet minimum, with three feet minimum shoulder widths, and a minimum of four feet
from the edge of the shoulder to the ditch centerline; (ii) the grade shall not exceed 16 percent
calculated over a distance 50 feet; (iii) if the grade of any portion of the street exceeds seven
percent, the entire street shall be surfaced as required by Virginia Department of Transportation
standards; streets having a grade of seven percent or less may have a gravel surface; and (iv) the
street shall have a rectangular zone superjacent to the street that is clear of all obstructions,
including any structures and vegetation, that is at least 14 feet in width and 14 feet in height.
Submit road plans to satisfy this requirement.
16. Sec.14-416 Individual private wells and onsite sewage systems. A subdivision for which public water
and/or public sewerage service is not reasonably available as provided in section 14-414, and for
which a central water supply and/or a central sewerage system is not authorized under section 14-
415, shall be served by individual private wells or onsite sewage systems, or both, and shall meet all
requirements of the health department and be approved by the health director. This plat proposes
drainfield easements. Mite drainfield easements may not be used to satisfy the requirements of
the ordinance. Parcel Yand the residue must have adequate area for subsurface drainfields
within their boundaries.
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