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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FEB U 4 1997
AGENDA TITLE: AGENDA DATE: !TEM NUMBER:
Lochallen Land Trust-Request for Jurisdictional Area February 12, 1997
Designation for Limited Service (Sewer)to Existing
Structure(s) ACTION: X INFORMATION:
SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST: CONSENT AGENDA:
Public Hearing for a Request to Consider Limited Service ACTION: INFORMATION:
(Sewer)to Existing Structures on Tax Map 58, Parcels 6B
&6C.
ATTACHMENTS: Yes
STAFF CONTACT(S):
Messrs. Tucker, Cilimberg REVIEWED BY: `
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BACKGROUND:
The applicant, Lochallen Land Trust, requests Jurisdictional Area designation for Limited Service (Sewer) to Existing
Structures (See Attachment A). The request is for service to nine rental units (13 bedrooms), of which six units are
located in one building and three units are located in a second building. The two buildings located on Tax Map 58 Parcels
6B & 6C are between Route 250 West(Ivy Road) and Route 853 (Allendale Drive),just south of Glenaire Subdivision.
These parcels are 1.035 acres and .574 acres respectively. The parcels are not within a designated Development Area,
and are located within the South Fork Rivanna River Reservoir watershed (See Attachment B).
The applicant has stated in a letter dated November 18, 1996 that the two apartment units have been located on this
property for approximately 30 years and that the septic fields that have served these two units over that time have failed
(See Attachment C).The applicant further stated that these systems are presently incapable of serving even one rental
unit. There is insufficient land on the existing parcels to locate new septic fields. Attempts have been made to locate a
septic field to serve these units on adjacent properties;however,either the adjacent property owners are unwilling to grant
an easement or there is insufficient land area available on the adjacent properties to locate a new septic field. Also,the
applicant has explored the possibility of installing an alternative type system on the existing parcels; however, again,
adequate land area is not available. The owner is currently using the pump and haul method to remove the waste. In
a letter dated December 20, 1996 from Gary Rice of the Thomas Jefferson Health District,the information regarding the
condition of the septic fields and the infeasibility of providing an alternative system was confirmed. Also, the Thomas
Jefferson Health District has indicated that the best alternative to serve the property is a connection to the Crozet
Interceptor (See Attachment D).
A connection to the Crozet interceptor would require a duplex pump station with approximately 1,000 feet of force main
and another 1,000 feet of gravity line. The applicant has stated that this would be a private system and cleanouts would
be used in lieu of manholes to discourage any additional connections to the system. The applicant has indicated that all
the necessary easements can be obtained.
DISCUSSION
In preparation for the Board of Supervisors February 12, 1997 consideration of this request, staff has provided a summary
of all requests to amend the ACSA jurisdictional area map to allow a connection to the Crozet Interceptor(See Table I)
and comments from David Hirschman,Water Resources Manager, concerning this request(See Attachment E). In the
attached memorandum, W. Hirschman states that he supports connection to the Crozet Interceptor for the property in
question as the best technical and long-term solution to a public health and safety problem.
Summary of Requests to Amend the ACSA Jurisdictional Area Map
to Allow Connection to the Crozet Interceptor
Table I
Applicant Date TM/Parcels Action Comments
Christian Aid Mission 7/13/83 TM59,Parcel 23G Denied Request not consistent with goals and
objectives of the Comprehensive Plan.
No verification of endangerment to
public health and safety.
Sieg/Kirtley&Javor 7/14/84 TM 59,Parcels Approved Board establishes policy regarding
23C,23 B,23(B) sewer service in the Rt.250W area by
1 and 23 F allowing those properties with pre-
(Portions) existing zoning,which could be served
by gravity flow and which drain away
from the S. Fork Rivanna Watershed to
be designated for sewer service.
Albemarle County-Area 3/21/89 TM 55&56- Approved Limited service to existing structures
north of Route 240 in multiple parcels only.
Crozet
Ridge Restaurant 9/7/92 TM 57, Parcel 31A Approved Original septic system washed away in
1969 flood. The size of the site would
not accommodate a new septic field and
reserve area. Service approved to the
existing structure,existing use and
existing capacity only.
Charlottesville Oil 9/7/94 TM 59, Parcels 77 Approved Septic field failed. The size of the site
&80B would not accommodate new septic field
and reserve area. Verification was
made that this was a public health and
safety issue.
Cafe No Problem- 7/7/95 TM 57, Parcel 31A Approved Approved amendment of the ACSA
(Previously referred to as jurisdictional designation for the
the Ridge Restaurant) restaurant formerly known as the Ridge
to allow sewer service to an associated
employee apartment above the
restaurant.
Virginia Department of 12/6/95 TM 73, 1-64 Right- Approved Existing mineral oil sewage system
Transportation-1-64 Rest of-Way failed. Limited Service to existing rest
Stops stop structures only.
Rivanna Solid Waste 12/6/95 TM 73, Parcel 28 Approved Approved as a solution to safely
Facility-Ivy Landfill transport leachate.
Christian Aid Mission 8/7/96 TM 59,Parcel 23G Not taken to Public Property located within S. Fork Rivanna
Hearing. Watershed. No circumstances had
changed since the 1983 request.
Tie subject property for this request is not within a Development Area. The Comprehensive Plan provides the following
concerning sewer service in the Rural Area:
General Principle: Utilization of central water and/or sewer systems or the extension of public water or sewer into the
Rural Area is strongly discouraged except in cases where public health and safety are at issue.
Recommendation: Only allow changes in jurisdictional areas outside of designated Development Area boundaries in
cases where the property is:(1)adjacent to existing lines;and(2)public health or safety is endangered"(p. 112).
Recommendation: Prohibit access to the Crozet Interceptor between the boundary of the Crozet Community and the
Urban Area (p.112).
With the applicant's septic system backing up through the distribution box,the request for jurisdictional area designation
seems to meet the health and safety requirement. The subject request is located approximately 2,000 feet from the
Crozet Interceptor,therefore,the request does not satisfy the adjacent existing line requirement.
RECOMMENDATION:
This is an unique and potentially precedent-setting request.A connection to the Crozet sewer for a residential property
deserves particularly careful consideration in that,while not fully meeting the Comprehensive Plan intent for such service
in the Rural Area and connection to the Crozet Interceptor, it does address an existing waste disposal problem and
apparent health and safety problem within the South Fork Reservoir Rivanna River watershed.
The applicant has actively sought alternative solutions to provide a replacement system for the apartment units without
success. The Thomas Jefferson Health District and the Water Resources Manager have indicated that the best
alternative to serve the property is a connection to the Crozet Interceptor.Also, staff believes that the effect on the intent
of the Comprehensive Plan of an amendment to the jurisdictional area map to allow public sewer service limited to that
necessary to address this problem is not compromised since no additional development will result from such change.
For these reasons staff recommends amendment of the jurisdictional area map to allow for Limit Service (Sewer) to
Existing Structures for two (2) apartment buildings (total of 9 rental units) located on Tax Map 58, Parcels 6B &6C.
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APPLICATION TO AMEND TILE ,�y°i A :?1. County of AIL.......rle (ATTACHMENT A,
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SERVICE AUTHORITY a �:: 401 McIntire Road
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JURISDICTIONAL AREAS ��„ ,N,P 804 296-5823
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JURISDICTIONAL AREA DESIGNATION REQUESTED:
❑ Water and Sewer ❑ Water Only
O Water Only to Existing Structure(s) tg, Limited Service (Describe in Justification
below) sc.nJv...,
PROPERTY LOCATION (Address) 1
Tax Map(s)/Parcel Number(s): (T N P) 1--OT 7._► 1Q SF) — Co G } G
CURRENT SERVICE AREA DESIGNATION (If any):
❑ Water and Sewer 0 Water Only
0 Water Only to Existing Structures • 0 Limited Service
JUSTIFICATION FOR REQUEST: f'c`Rip SI\14 ' I 'e 'I"\c. "1E.tr- S
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DATE SUBMITTED: //—des—p.6 DATE$130 FEE PAID: 4V a V• 2 i9 4 ems'
PROPERTY IS LOCATED (Check Appropriate):
❑ Inside or ❑Outside a Growth Area? ❑ Adjacent to SAJA?
❑ Inside or ❑Outside a Water-Supply Watershed? 0 Adjacent to a Growth Area?
Location and distance of water/sewer line proposed to provide service
REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT ADOPTED: ❑ Yes ❑ No Date of Action
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SAMUEL MILLER DISTRICT SECTION 58
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GLOECKNER ENGINEERING/SURVEYING, INC
Engineers—Surveyors—Land Planners
Kurt M. Gloeckner, P.E., PL.S. ATTACHMENT C
President
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November 18, 1996 PEE
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Ms. Claudia Paine
Planning and Community Development
County of Albemarle
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Re: Lochallen Residential Units
Septic Field Failures
Dear Ms. Paine,
I have been asked by my clients (Lochallen Land Trust) who are
the owners of the above referenced property to partition the
Board of Supervisors to extend the jurisdictional area to allow
one single private connection to the Crozet sanitary sewer
interceptor.
The request is made based on hardship. The units on the property
have been in place for over 28 years and at this time, both
septic fields have failed. The owner, for health reasons, has
been using the pump and haul method to relieve the health hazard.
In the meantime efforts have been made for many months to seek
solution replacement systems and adjacent lands to receive new
distribution fields. Neither systems or sufficient land is
available.
The Crozet interceptor is approximately 2 , 000 linear feet from
the failed systems. To reach the receiving manhole would require
approximately 2 , 000 linear feet of sewer line. Because of
topography, a pump station will be required along with 1, 000 feet
of 3 inch force main and then the rest would be gravity (with
cleanouts/no manholes) to the receiving manhole at the dry bridge
area.
The enclosed are copies of letters from the Health Department
which are strongly in support of this course of action to
alleviate the health hazard. I look forward to appearing before
the Board of Supervisors as soon as possible in order to proceed
with the remedy.
Ih,„1 '.ni,, I I ( �i ii�.,ili•.�i��r ��1�1'In�.i ,,,1111 • Ii 1 r,,,,i l i)7( 1 5t)( • I\ (}21111 )!ld 71,1 7
Ms. Claudia Paine
November 18 , 1996
Page 2
Thank you for your assistance in this matter.
Sincerel ,
Kurt M. Gloeckner, P. E. , P. L.S .
President
KMG:tpm
cc: Doug Caton
Connie Dunn
, ..lei 'I,0 ATTACHMENT D
COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA
In Cooperation with the Thomas Jefferson Health District ALBEMARLE—CHARLOTTESVILLE
State Department of Health FLUVANNA OOVNTY (PALMYRA)
1138 Rose Hill Drive OREENE COUNTY (BTANARDBVILLE)
Office of Environmental Health LOUIsA COUNTY (LOUISA)
Phone (804) 972-6259 P. O. Box 7548 NELSON COUNTY (LOVINOSTON)
FAX (804) 972-4310 Charlottesville, Virginia 22906
December 20, 1996
Ken Baker
Albemarle County Planning Department
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Dear Mr, Baker:
As a follow up to a recent site visit on December 18, 1996, to the property located at the
intersection of Rt_ 676 and Rt. 250, I am writing to reiterate previous concerns with regard to
the malfunction of the existing drainfield serving the residences on the property as outlined in a
letter to Mr. Kurt aloeckner from Dwayne Roadcap, Environmental Health Specialist Senior,
Mr. Roadcap and 1, as well as other health department staff, have carefully examined the
premises in hopes finding suitable area to install conventional drainfield ditches to alleviate the
problem, but can not find sufficient area to meet the Sewage Handling and Disposal regulations.
The possibility of installing "unconventional" sewage disposal systems (i.e., Low Pressure
Distribution, Peat Moss system, sand filtration, etc.) has also been given serious consideration,
but minimum requirements needed to propose the use and installation of these systems do not
seem to be a viable solution.
Mr, Torn Ashton, American Manufacturing, has proposed a preliminary plan to install a drip
irrigation system incorporating sand filtration in addition to drip lines being installed. However
the proposal calls for the installation of drip irrigation lines on top of existing drainfield that has
alrertly failed. This Department does not feel that this is a desirable option for consideration, in
addition to the fact that the cost for his proposed installation exceeds the estimated costs for
possibly constructing a sewer line to connect to a nearby public sewer manhole, if available.
With this in mind, this department would like to express its support for consideration that
Management Services Corporation be allowed to connect these apartment units to public sewer.
It is our feeling that this is the best viably solution, given the costs entailed in addressing needed
repairs and the desperate need for a Ilrm9DGA1 means for proper sewage disposal for the
residences on this property. If no viable means of repair for this property can be found, it may be
necessary to drastically reduce or even eliminate use of theses units as apartments.
Should you need to discuss this matter or have any other questions, please feel free to contact
me at the Charlottesville-Albemarle Health Department(972-6259).
Sincerely,
G. Stephen Rice
Senior Field Advisor
cc: Kurt Gloeckner
Dwayne Roadcap, SEIIS
Connie Dunn, Management Services Corporation
COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE ► ''ACHM;ENT E
OF AL% ,I AN I .7 1° i
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Ken Baker - Senior Planner
FROM: David Hirschman - Water Resources Manager `4
DATE: January 13, 1997
RE: Lochallen Land Trust Jurisdictional Area Request for Sewer
Similar requests in the past have revolved around the issues of: (I) remedying a public health and safety
concern, and (2)allowing the continued use of property when state local or state policies may limit or
eliminate that use in response to a wastewater problem. This was the reasoning in both the Café No
Problem and VDOT Rest Area situations.
The Lochallen case is similar. Prior to the temporary pump and haul, the situation posed an on-site
public health and safety problem in addition to discharging partially treated sewage into a tributary
stream to the South Fork Rivanna Reservoir. As documented by Gary Rices' 12/20/96 letter to Ken
Baker, the I lealth Department has not found any feasible on-site alternatives.
In cases such as this, the property owner must make a capital investment to correct the problem. For the
sake of this investment and for reservoir watershed objectives, the chosen solution should represent the
best feasible long-term solution. If alternative on-site options pose too high a risk due to site conditions,
then the best option is often hooking up to the public system where proximity to a sewer line makes this
feasible. As stated in the Health Department letter, this is the case with the Lochallen request.
At this point,the County has received this type of request for residential (Lochallen), institutional
(VDOT Rest Area), and commercial (Café No Problem) properties within the reservoir watershed area.
None of these cases have conformed to all pertinent Comprehensive Plan recommendations (e.g.,
adjacent to an existing line,access to Crozet Interceptor). We have found that with these real-world
situations, we cannot allow unsafe conditions to prevail in the reservoir watershed or promote partial or
temporary solutions. At the same time, we are compelled to consider land use implications. One thing
we know for certain is that we have not heard the last of this type of case. Perhaps the Lochallen request
is our cue to modify the Comprehensive Plan language to make it more realistic while still upholding the
land use objectives.
In the meantime, 1 support connection to the Crozet Interceptor for the property in question as the best
• technical, long-term solution to a public health and safety problem.
DJI-1/ctj
Copy: Jack Kelsey, Chief of Engineering
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