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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
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Wickham Pond Phase 2 Block 2
The Timmons Group
Weather Hill Development, LLC
25 March 2008
04 June 2008 (Revl)
9 May 2008
21 July 2008 (Revl)
Phil Custer
[SDP200800056, WP02008000331
fax 295 -8317
Jonathan Sharp (Revl) [phone: 566 -25781
fax 296 -2560
The site, SWM, and ESC plans for Wickham Pond Phase 2 Block 2 have been reviewed. The plans cannot
be approved as submitted and will require the following changes.
The proposed site plan is incomplete. The underground parking structure has not been designed (only a
layout has been provided). Proposed grading and structure information (walls, columns, elevations) must
be provided for the underground parking structure in order to verify that the plans meet all applicable
Zoning Ordinances.
A. Final Site Plan
1. Please provide a benchmark on the plan with a set elevation. A benchmark is referred to but is not
near the project area and must be shown on the plan. [DM]
Rev]: comments addressed.
2. Please specify a VDOT standard entrance for each site access point onto the roadway.
Rev]: comment addressed.
3. Sight distance does not appear to be shown to the VDOT standard for entrances onto the roadway.
One hundred feet of sight distance is required for all internal intersections and not entrances onto
VDOT ROW.
Rev]: Adequate sight distances should be provided on Wickham Way.
4. Please show the necessary walls and pillars from the structural plans for the garage on sheet S -1.
The garage configuration and layout must be approved by the Zoning department in order to waive
the 100ft internal sight distance requirement specified in our ordinance.
Rev1: The plans still do not show whether or not all parking and travelway ordinances are met,
as the elevations of the garage and the footprint of the underground parking structure are not
shown. Only the travelway widths and parking dimensions appear to meet the ordinances. One
hundred foot sight distances and grade restrictions will need to be maintained unless a waiver is
granted from the Zoning Administrator. Please show the footprint for the design of the
underground parking garage, including the location of walls, columns, footers, etc. as these
will affect sight distances. All proposed grading on site is required, including grading for the
underground parking structure. [18- 32.6.6b, h6]
5. Please provide traffic control devices on the site. There appears to be several conflict points in the
garage and surrounding drive aisle that may need signage.
Rev]: comments not addressed. Traffic control design for all parking areas must be provided
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prior to final site plan approval.
6. The dumpster and loading space configurations are not currently acceptable to engineering review.
The dump trucks and vehicles using the loading spaces will not be permitted to back out into the
roadway. The loading spaces also cannot block the dumpsters. [18- 32.7.2]
Rev]: I am unsure as to how underground trash collection will work. Will there not be a
dumpster? Underground parking garages tend to have very low ceilings and garbage trucks
would not be able to pick the dumpsters up. [18- 32.7.21
7. Please provide greater detail with regards to grading throughout the site, specifically of the garage,
courtyard, and access aisles from the roadway to the garage. Entrances cannot exceed 4% for the
first 40' from the intersected street. Across the garage there appears to be a vertical drop of loft.
Rev]: comments not addressed. Proposed grading is required. All proposed grading for
travelways and parking areas must meet zoning ordinances. [18- 32.6.6b]
8. Please provide more detail in reference to the "stairs to elevator" specified on sheet S -1.
Rev]: All proposed grading should be shown. Any drops of 4' or greater require safety railing.
[DMI
9. Please provide more information regarding the drainage system around the buildings, in the plaza,
and around the parking structure. Will the buildings have roofdrains taking runoff to the biofilter
or is there an underground drainage system taking water around the parking structure? How is
infiltrated water from the courtyard reaching the biofilter? Please also show the trenchdrains.
Rev]: The plans indicate that Post DA 4 and 6 are piped to structure 163, but no pipes or drains
have been provided.
10. Please provide a section detail for the replacement of the paved pedestrian path.
Rev]: comments not addressed.
11. Please do not provide an entrance from the VDOT ROW for the biofilter maintenance path. The
access must be given from another entrance on site.
Rev]: comments addressed.
12. On all slopes steeper than 3:1, please specify a low- maintenance groundcover. [DM]
Rev]: comments addressed.
13. Additional comments may be forthcoming on the next submittal due to the required changes.
a. (Revl) Engineering recommends redesigning the concrete area between buildings C
and D, as the grade is shown at 10 %. Is there a reason why the elevation at building
C is at 654? What is the crest elevation of Wickham Place adjacent to building C?
The elevation at building C could be lowered to provide a more suitable grade
between buildings C and D.
b. Engineering recommends directing drainage away from the proposed "stairs to
underground parking garage."
B. Stormwater Management Plan
14. The Lickinghole SWM basin pro -rata fee will be computed once the site plan has been approved.
Rev]: The Lickinghole SWM basin pro -rata fee will be computed once the site plan has been
approved.
15. The hydrologic characteristics of Post - Development Drainage area 1 are not reasonable. I do not
see how the time of concentration increases from 16 minutes to 19 minutes. I believe a post -
development time of concentration between 5 and 10 minutes would be much more reasonable.
Please provide a breakdown of the C coefficient for the DA 1. It is likely that grassed area over
the courtyard will be highly compacted and a coefficient of around 0.6, rather than 0.3, should be
used.
Rev]: comments addressed.
16. Please submit a modified simple spreadsheet for DA 1.
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Rev]: Please provide adequate Water Quality Calculations for the entire site (calculations have
only been provided for the area draining toward Three Notched Road). During the rezoning,
was it the intent to provide additional water quality for Wickham Pond Phase II block 2? If so,
adequate water quality measures should be provided per the rezoning. Otherwise, water quality
is provided per payment of a pro rata share to the Lickinghole Basin.
17. The project area data seems to be incorrect in Table 12.
Rev]: comments addressed.
18. Please provide a detention compliance summary.
Rev1: Detention computations are required. If detention is provided offsite, please provide
calculations verifying that the offsite facilities are adequately providing detention for the
proposed site.
19. Please remove any reference to the luckstone mix from the biofilter detail. The county now
requires that the biofilter mix meets the approved state standard.
Revl: comments addressed.
20. Please provide lft freeboard of the 100 -year storm in the biofilter facility.
Rev]: comments addressed.
21. The post - development drainage area does not appear to be accurate.
Rev]: comments addressed.
22. The planting plan for the biofilter should be amended. All required plantings should be provided
in the bed area. Based on the bed area of the facility, there should be close to 83 trees /shrubs
while maintaining a tree to shrub ratio between 2:1 and 3:1. Please adjust the "R -ARA" typo in
the lower right corner of the planting detail for the biofilter.
Rev]: comments addressed.
23. The minimum pipe size out of the facility is 15 ". [DM]
Rev]: comments addressed.
24. A bond amount will be computed by the County when the plans have been approved.
Rev]: A bond amount will be computed by the County when the plans have been approved.
25. Please submit signed copy of the Stormwater Maintenance Agreement and $17 fee to the County.
Rev]: Please provide easements for the use of the offsite SWM facilities.
26. Additional comments may be forthcoming on the next submittal due to the required changes.
C. Erosion and Sediment Control Plan
27. Please remove the "Silt Trap to Biofilter Conversion detail ". The detail shown in the Stormwater
management sheet is acceptable and another detail does not need to be included in the ESC plan.
Rev]: comments addressed.
28. Please provide a soil stockpile area.
Rev]: The stockpile area is shown in a location of cut (for the underground parking structure).
Where will all the excess cut be stockpiled? There does not appear to be enough room offite as
shown.
29. Please show the outlet to the sediment trap to scale.
Rev]: comments not addressed.
30. How is site runoff flowing out of the sediment trap to pass the paved pedestrian path? A method
to pass the pedestrian path should be accounted for in the ESC plan.
Rev1: comments not addressed. Adequate downstream channels should be provided from the
outlet of the sediment trap while the sediment trap is in place. At a minimum, an adequate
channel should be provided to the existing ditch below.
31. In the construction sequence, please move the biofilter conversion step to the end of the sequence
and note the conversion is only authorized by the County Water Protection Inspector.
Revl: comments addressed.
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32. Please do not show tree protection fencing within the dripline of trees. On the northern side of the
property, it may be best to put the fencing south of the paved pathway. Please note that ARB
requirement for tree protection fencing is 5ft from the dripline of a protected tree. Please
coordinate ESC with ARB tree conversation plans.
Rev]: comments addressed.
33. Please move the construction entrance into the watershed of the sediment trap and provide a
diversion on the northside of the CE direction water into the trap.
Rev]: comments addressed.
34. Please replace the silt fence on the western portion of the property with a diversion direction water
into the sediment trap.
Rev]: comments addressed.
35. A bond amount will be computed by the County when the plans have been approved.
Rev]: A bond amount will be computed by the County when the plans have been approved.
36. Additional comments may be forthcoming on the next submittal due to the required changes.
a. (Revl) Outlet protection in Phase I of the ESC plans is shown outside the limits of
disturbance.
b. (Revl) Please show a Construction Entrance (CE) and limits of disturbance on
phase II of the ESC plans.
c. (Revl) The plans show proposed grading and improvements for Wickham Pond
Phase II Block 1 as existing. The proposed ESC plans may not work if construction
begins prior to the completion of Block 1.
d. (Revl) The proposed sediment basin is very close in proximity to the construction of
the proposed underground parking structure. The plans may need to revised to
avoid ESC measures in the way of construction or grading.
e. (Revl) As the proposed buildings and structures are very close to the proposed
Wickham Place and Wickham Way and encompass the majority of the back half of
the site, construction access and coordination may be required in the right -of -way. If
Block 1 is constructed prior to Block 2, cordination may be required to divert traffic
through Wickham Pond Phase 1 during the construction of Block 2.
f. (Revl) Please provide adequate channel calculations for the outfall following
structure 403 and for the pipe systems from stuctures 127 and 163 to the pond in
phase I. [MS -19]