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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.