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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
To: Patrick Lawrence, Current Development Planner
From: Phil Custer, Current Development Engineer
Subject: SUB - 2008 - 00138, Westhall Subdivision V, Private Road Request
Date received: 30 June 2008 (plat rev. date 9 April 2008)
Date of Comment: 10 July 2008
The applicant has submitted a written private road request, dated 30 June 2008, for the Westhall
Subdivision Phase V (Lots 93 -125) in accordance with County Code section 14 -234. The engineering
review for current development has reviewed this request.
The applicant requests that the waiver be granted through the circumstance stated in County Code section
14- 233A3, General Welfare. This section states: "The general welfare, as opposed to the proprietary
interest of the subdivider, would be better served by the construction of one or more private streets than by
the construction of public streets".
There are no engineering issues that support approval or denial of the private street waiver based on this
criterion.
This subdivision is located in a development area and must follow the criteria stated in County Code
section 14- 412A3b:
Private Streets serving six lots or more in the development area
For such private streets in the development areas, the agent may approve Virginia Department of
Transportation standards for mountainous terrain or an alternative standard deemed adeauate by the
county engineer to be equivalent to or greater than the applicable standard in the design standards
manual, so as to adequately protect the public health, safety, and welfare.
The current design does not meet VDOT standards, but the applicant is currently in the process of working
with engineering staff to develop an "alternative standard deemed adequate by the county engineer."
File: El_pn_PBC_08 -138 Westhall Subdivision V (Lots 93 -125)