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Home My WebLink AboutSDP202100084 Correspondence 2022-04-10BOHLERI County of Albemarle 401 McIntire Road North Wing Charlottesville, VA 22902-4579 Attn: Kevin McCollum Dear Mr. McCollum, 28 Blackwell Park Lane, Suite 201 Warrenton, VA 20186 o. 540.349.4500 April 8, 2022 Digital Upload Re: SDP 2021-00084 Discount Tire — Final Site Plan 2nd Review Response 1636 Seminole Trail Charlottesville, VA 22901 Albemarle County BE # V211201 Bohler Engineering is pleased to submit on behalf of Halle Properties, LLC the revised Final Site Plan 31 Submission for the Discount Tire in Albemarle County, Virginia. The following is our comment response letter addressing comments received from various departments. Each comment is addressed and responded to as follows: Applicable Comments from Initial Site Plan Action Letter (July 28, 2021) Comment 6: [32.5.2 (k)(1), 32.6.2(g)] Any new easements required for water, sewer, drainage facilities, or any proposed utilities will need to be reviewed, approved, and recorded prior to final site plan approval. Please submit an easement plat application the County for review. The final site plan will need to be updated so that all easements are shown and labeled identifying easement type, whether it's public or private, a width dimension, and the recorded instrument with deed book and page number Response 6: Easement plat to be submitted under separate cover. Final site plan to be updated with record information upon recordation of plat. Albemarle County Engineering Services — David James Comment 3: (Rev.1) Easement plat will need to be recorded prior to FSP approval. Response 3:Easement plat to be submission under separate cover. Final site plan to be updated with record information upon recordation of plat. Comment 9: Provide VDOT MASH guardrail (GR-MGS1) before wall drop-off (where height is a foot or above). (Rev.1) Specify VDOT type of guardrail. Response 9: Type of guardrail is labeled as VDOT GR-2 on Sheet C-301. VDOT GR-2 Details added to Sheet C-902. w . BohlerEngineering.com BOHLERJ Kevin McCollum Final Site Plan 2nd Review Response April 8, 2022 Page 2 of 4 Comment 11: (Rev.1) VSMP plan will need to be approved prior to FSP approval (WPO202100069). Response 11: Acknowledged. Albemarle County Fire -Rescue — Howard Lagomarsino Comment 1: The needed fire flow of 250 gpm note is not correct, this is well below the minimum threshold for non-residential buildings, especially since it is non- sprinklered. Response 1: Utility note #4 revised on Sheet C-501 to state the required fire flow for the building is 1,000 gpm. Comment 2: Please clarify, you are showing the hydrant in the NW corner with a line indicating 100 feet distance from the building. The requirement cited in previous review was in reference to a fire department connection on the building for a sprinkler or standpipe system, yet you have a note on the plan that indicates no sprinkler system (sheet 501, unitlity notes). The building code establishes whether there is a need for such a system. Keep in mind that though the size of the building may preclude the requirement for one, the storage array might make a sprinkler system necessary. In any case, if a system is required by the building code, the connection needs to be on address side, within 100 feet of a hydrant and arranged so use of the FDC and hydrant does not obstruct the travelway (the hydrant on the NW corner as presented and the building location does not meet the full breadth of the requirements of ditsance from FDC to hydrant in the appropriate arrangement to prevent obstruction of travelway). Response 2: Remote FDC has been located to the south side of the proposed building and shown on Sheet C-301. Proposed fire hydrant has been relocated to shorten water main extension and shown on Sheet C-501. Comment 3: Please place a note on the plans to indicate a knox will be required and contact the fire marshal office to discuss its placement. Response 3: Note #1 added to Firelane Plan on Sheet C-303. Comment 4: During construction, the following fire prevention steps are required, so please note them on the plan: a. Smoking shall be prohibited in areas where smoking makes conditions such as to make smoking a hazard and these areas shall be designated with no smoking signs per Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code. b. Areas where smoking can occur, shall have appropriate receptacles for discarded smoking materials per Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code. c. Per the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code, vehicular access for firefighting shall be provided at all construction and demolition sites, provide access to within 100 ft. of temporary or permanent fire department connections, and have no overhead wiring or other overhead obstructions lower than 13 ft. 6 inches; this access may be via permanent or temporary road, but shall be capable of supporting fire apparatus in all weather conditions. d. Contractor shall ensure the street numbers are always plainly visible from the frontage street during construction per the Virginia Statewide Fire Code w . BohlerEngineering.com BOHLERI Kevin McCollum Final Site Plan 2nd Review Response April 8, 2022 Page 3 of 4 e. An approved water supply for firefighting operations shall be in place and available as soon as combustible materials arrive on site. f. Waste and combustible debris shall be removed from the building at the end of each day and disposed of in accordance with the Virginia Statewide Fire Code g. Fire extinguishers shall be provided, with not less than one approved fire extinguisher at each stairwell, on all floor levels where combustible materials have accumulated, in every storage and construction shed and in areas of special; hazards, such as where flammable and combustible liquids are stored or used, in accordance with the Virginia Statewide Fire Code h. Operations involving the use of cutting and welding shall comply with the Virginia Statewide Fire Prevention Code and shall require a permit from the Albemarle County Fire Marshal's Office Response 4: Notes #2 - #9 added to Firelane Plan on Sheet C-303. Virainia Department of Transportation IVDOTI — Adam Moore Comment 1: Review the placement of the detectable warning surface and ensure it complies with the most recent version of Standard Drawing CH-12. Response 1: CG-12 detectable warning surfaces revised on Sheet C-301 per VDOT CG- 12 detail revised 04119. Albemarle County Architectural Review Board — Khristopher Taggart Comment 6: Consider revising the site plan to relocate the electrical switch cabinet to eliminate visibility from the EC. Alternatively add a wing wall and paint the cabinet to match the building. Add a note to the site plan to identify the cabinet. Response 6: Labels for proposed electrical cabinet and wing wall shown on Sheet C-301. Wing wall is to match grand blanc architectural masonry per architectural elevations. Comment 7: A note identifying the cabinet has not been added to the site plan. Also the screening wing wall has not been added to the site plan. Revise the site plan to include the wing wall and a note identifying the cabinet. Response 7: Labels for proposed electrical cabinet and wing wall shown on Sheet C-301. Comment 10: Consider revising the plan to provide additional planting area along the Rt. 29 frontage to accommodate required frontage trees free of utilities. Note that this will likely require the elimination of some parking spaces in the 8- space parking row adjacent to the Rt. 29 frontage. Alternatively, locate larger trees further into the planting area towards the building and one in the parking area, eliminating one parking space. Response 10:The planting plan has been revised to remove the five previously shown medium canopy trees with three large canopy trees with their 20-year mature tree canopy outside of the limits of the existing overhead wires. See Sheet C-701 for revised landscape plan. w . BohlerEngineering.com BOHLERI Kevin McCollum Final Site Plan 2nd Review Response April 8, 2022 Page 4 of 4 Comment 11: It appears that some of the frontage trees will still conflict with either the nearby overhead lines or other trees, I have highlighted the trees (3) below. Staff recommends revising these trees to ornamental trees and providing an increased amount of shrubs in the area highlighted in yellow below to account for the reduction of large shade trees below what is required based on the length of this parcel's frontage. Response 11: Two of the trees of concern have been moved and the tree just east of the parking lot remains. It is the opinion of the landscape architect that the location as shown is not a concern since the area shown on the plan depicts the 20-year mature tree canopy and does not conflict with the location of the existing overhead wires. See Sheet C-701 for revised landscape plan. Comment 12: Revise the deciduous landscaping along the northern perimeter of the site to evergreens. Response 12:The deciduous landscaping along the northern perimeter of the site has been updated to evergreens; see Sheet C-701 for revised landscape plan. Comment 13:The landscaping along what is labeled the northwest property line was revised to evergreens; however, the deciduous landscaping that this condition is referring to is the landscaping along what is labeled the northeast property line on the landscape plan. Revise the deciduous landscaping along the northeast property line to evergreens. Response 13: The deciduous landscaping along the northeast perimeter of the site has been updated to evergreens; see Sheet C-701 for revised landscape plan. Should you have any questions regarding this project or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me at (540) 349-4500. Sincerely, Bohler Engineering Ryan Yauger, P.E. KR/tk H:\21\V211201�Administrative\Letters\220408 Final Site Plan 2nd Review CRL.doc www. BohlerEngineering.com