HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP200800038 Review Comments Special Use Permit 2008-09-08COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Planning & Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 218
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
(804) 296 - 5823
Fax (804) 972 - 4035
September 8, 2008
Charles Kent, PE
695 Moores Creek Lane
Charlottesville VA 22902
Re: SP 2008-00038 Ragged Mountain Dam
Dear Mr. Kent:
Thank you for your recent submittal of the special use permit amendment application for the
Ragged Mountain Dam. Please find comments from the following departments and agencies
included in this letter:
Albemarle County Community Development Department
o Planning - Rural Areas
o Zoning
o Current Development - Engineering
Virginia Department of Transportation (to be provided when received)
Please see the attached resubmittal schedule for a list of dates on which you can submit your
revisions and responses to review comments (below and attached), as well as for possible
Planning Commission dates (please note that the listed dates are the earliest possible, but actual
dates need to be selected to suit the revision schedule for each project.)
COMMENTS
Planning — Rural Areas (Scott Clark):
Any eventual recommendation of approval would depend on Board approval of the
pending Comprehensive Plan amendment related to this project.
Any eventual approval would be conditioned to require adherence to the Memorandum of
Agreement between RWSA and the state Department of Historic Resources.
Please show which of the available access roads will actually be used for the project, and
describe the extent of work (clearing, grading, surface treatment, etc.) planned to prepare
those roads for the work.
• Please show on a plan all areas to be disturbed and/or cleared for the dam
construction/removal, including the work area, access, equipment parking/storage, etc.
• Please show all wetlands to be impacted, and provide the mitigation plans (and status of
any necessary approvals) for those wetlands.
• Please provide more detail on the area to be inundated by the higher dam, including:
o Time required to fill to the new waterline after construction is complete.
o Degree and timing of clearing to be done in the area to be inundated.
o Total forest area to be cleared for new inundation.
o Erosion management planned for this area while the reservoir is filling.
• Do you have an estimated area for the new 100 -year floodplain for the expanded
reservoir?
• Please provide information on which existing trails will be inundated or made unusable,
and show locations of new trails.
• Please show critical slopes and floodplains on an overview plan (such as the "Proposed
Project Limits" plan).
• Please estimate how long the project would limit public access to the Natural Area, and to
what degree.
• Please include any available cross-sectional views of the new dam in the next submission.
• Please provide an outline of the overall construction process, including both construction
of the new dam and removal of the old dam.
• How much of the upper dam will be removed? What will be done with the structure that
stands just upstream of that dam?
Zoning (Amelia McCulley
• Additional information about the existing and new 100 year floodplain is necessary for
review of this special use permit. Will the new floodplain encroach any further onto
adjoining properties than the existing floodplain currently does? The application states
that downstream properties will not be impacted with additional floodplain.
Current Development — Engineering (Glenn Brooks)
• There is not enough information in this submittal to evaluate the changes to the FEMA
floodplain. The application needs to provide the existing FEMA floodplain, and the
conceptual proposed new floodplain, upstream and downstream. The locations where
flood levels are expected to increase, and an evaluation of impacts needs to be provided.
Sincerely,
Scott Clark
Senior Planner
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