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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB200700404 Review Comments Final Plat 2008-07-23pF G. COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4025 Date: January 8, 2008 July 23, 2008 Comments To: Mr. Andy Graff c/o Old Albemarle Surveying, Inc. 612 E. Jefferson Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 Phone # (434) 293 -7530 - Fax # (434) 293 -7581 Owner: William J. and Claire Lyu Maloney 1904 E. Market Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 Email: wimaloney @ntelos.net From: Patrick Lawrence, Planner E -mail: plawrence @albemarle.org Re: SP200700404 - Maloney Div. of TMP# 55 - 57A Revisions Received July 22, 2008 The Planner for the Zoning and Current Development Division of the Albemarle County Department of Community Development will recommend approval of the plat referred to above when the following items have been satisfactorily addressed. (The following comments are those that have been identified at this time. Additional comments or conditions may be added or eliminated bases upon further review.) [Each comment is precede by the applicable reference to the Albemarle County Code.] 1. [14-302(A)II Name of subdivision. Please supply the title under which the subdivision is recorded. The title shall not duplicate or be a homonym of an existing or reserved subdivision name within the county, the City of Charlottesville, or the Town of Scottsville, except if the subdivision is an extension of an existing subdivision. This comment has been sufficiently addressed. 2. [14- 302(A) 4 & 51 Public & Private Easements - Please show any and all easements, public and private pertaining to this property, where applicable. This comment has been sufficiently addressed. 3. [14- 302(A) 9] Building sites on proposed lots. Please show the location, area and dimensions of a building site on each proposed lot complying with the requirements of section 4.2 of the zoning ordinance. The plat shall also contain the following note: "Parcel [letter or number] and the residue of Tax Map /Parcel [numbers] each contain a building site that complies with section 4.2.1 of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance. " This comment has been sufficiently addressed. 4. [14- 302(B) 2] Name of plat preparer. Please show the name of the person who prepared the plat. This comment has not been sufficiently addressed. S. [14- 302(6) 7] Reservoir watershed; agricultural forestal district. Please show a notation as to whether the land is within an Albemarle County and/or City of Charlottesville water supply watershed or an agricultural - forestal district. (Is not in an Agricultural /Forestal District and is within the Lickinghole Water Supply Protection Area) This comment has not been sufficiently addressed. 6. [14- 302(B) 81 Yards. Please show 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. This comment has been sufficiently addressed. 7. [14 -303J] Restrictions. Please include any restrictions imposed in conjunction with the approval of the preliminary plat and their period of existence that may apply. Please supply any restrictions that may apply. 8. [14 -303N] Statementpertaining to private streets. If the subdivision will contain one or more private streets, the following statement: "The streets in this subdivision may not meet the standards for acceptance into the secondary system of state highways and will not be maintained by the Virginia Department of Transportation or the County of Albemarle. " This comment has been sufficiently addressed. 9. [14 -303Q] Water supply. Please show a statement as to whether the subdivision will be served by a public water supply and a public sewer system. If the property is not within the service authority jurisdictional area, the following statement: "Undercurrent county policy, public water and/or sewer service will not be available to this property. " This comment has been sufficiently addressed. 10. [14 -3035] Control points. Please show least four (4) control points, evenly distributed across the property and located at survey property corners, and shown on each sheet depicting the property. At the option of the subdivider, the control points may be shown on a copy of the final plat, rather than on the original final plat. This comment has not been sufficiently addressed. 11. [14 -309] Soil evaluations. Please supply soils and drain field information for approval. 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 septic systems with conventional drain fields, if septic 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 comment has been sufficiently addressed. 12. [14 -310] Health director approval of individual private wells and/or septic systems. If required as a condition of final plat approval, a final plat shall not be approved if individual private wells are proposed for the subdivision until written approval has been received from the health director by the agent. A final plat shall not be approved if septic systems are proposed for the subdivision until written approval has been received from the health director by the agent as follows: A. The health director shall determine the suitability of the soil of each lot of the subdivision for which septic systems with a conventional drain field will be constructed, and shall submit his opinion to the agent. B. The health director may require as a condition of his approval of the installation of septic systems and, whenever necessary for the satisfactory installation of the septic systems, that individual lots be graded and drained so as to assure the effective removal of surface water from each lot. This comment has not been sufficiently addressed. 13. [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. This comment has been sufficiently addressed. 14.[14-317] Instrument evidencing maintenance of certain improvements. If the subdivision will contain one (1) or more improvements that are not to be maintained by the county or any authority or other public agency, the subdivider shall submit with the final plat an instrument assuring the perpetual maintenance of the improvement, as follows: 14 -317A. The instrument shall, at a minimum: 1. Identify the plat to which the instrument applies; if the plat has been recorded, the identification shall include a deed book and page number. 2. State that the improvement will be maintained in perpetuity. 3. State that the improvement will be maintained to a standard that, at a minimum, assures that it will remain in substantially the condition it was in when approved by the county; for a private street, shared driveway, or alley, the instrument also shall state verbatim: "The travelway shall at all times be maintained so that it is safe and convenient for passenger automobiles and emergency vehicles at all times except in severe temporary weather conditions. " 4. If the instrument pertains to the maintenance of one or more private streets, alleys or shared driveways, it shall define "maintenance" by stating verbatim: "For purposes of this instrument, `maintenance' includes the maintenance of the private streets or alleys, and all curbs, curbs and gutters, drainage facilities, utilities, dams, bridges and other private street improvements, and the prompt removal of snow, water, debris, or any other obstruction so as to keep the private street or alley reasonably open for usage by all vehicles, including emergency services vehicles." 5. Describe the condition of the improvement when it was approved by the county. 6. Identify the timing or conditions warranting maintenance of the improvement. 7. State a means to collect funds necessary for the cost of maintaining the improvement; at a minimum, the means stated shall include the right of any landowner subject to the instrument to record a lien against a non - contributing landowner, to bring an action at law to collect the funds, or both. 8. Describe how maintenance costs will be prorated among the landowners subject to the instrument (e.g., "equally," or on a percentage basis); if any lot within the subdivision may be further divided, the instrument shall also describe how maintenance costs will be prorated among the landowners after division. This comment is currently being reviewed by the County Attorney's Office 9. State verbatim: "No public agency, including the Virginia Department of Transportation and the County of Albemarle, Virginia, will be responsible for maintaining any improvement identified herein. " This comment has been sufficiently addressed. Final tentative approval will be subject to the completion of these comments.If I may be of further assistance, please don't hesitate to call. Sincerely, J. Patrick Lawrence, Planner The Maintenance Agreement was received and sent to the County Attorney's Office 1111108 The soils report was received 4124108 and is yet to be resolved by the Health Department The Virginia Department of Transportation has reviewed and approved the proposed shared entrance 4124108 The existing entrance shown on the plat must be closed prior to final approval.