HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP200800042 Review Comments Special Use Permit 2008-09-29COMMONWEALTH of VIIRCjINIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CHARLOTTESVILLE RESIDENCY OFFICE
701 VDOT WAY
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22911
DAVID S. EKERN, P.E.
COMMISSIONER
September 26, 2008
Mr. Bill Fritz
Dept. of Planning & Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: Special Use Permits and Rezoning Submittals
Dear Mr. Fritz:
Below are VDOT's comments for the September 2008 Rezoning and Special Use Permit
applications:
SP -2008-042 Keswick Hall / Club Amendment (Joan McDowell)
• Comments from VDOT on site plan SDP -00-063 and SP -00-033 require left and right
turn lane installations on Route 22 at Route 744 and a widening of Route 744 to
accommodate over 1000 vehicles that would result from the expansion of 75 guest rooms
for this site. This proposal only shows an increase in traffic of 3 VPD from this SP.
According to the existing traffic and the increase of only 3 vpd, the identified
improvements from the 2000 Special Use Permit are not yet triggered by this proposed
expansion of the spa.
SP -2008-043 Ayres Property / Verizon Wireless Tier III PWSF (Megan Yaniglos)
• The site plan will have to show adequate sight distances on Route 627.
SP -2008-044 Charlottesville First Assembly Amendment (Judy Wiegand)
• The change will increase the size of the church in phases from the current 345 seat church
to 750 seats. The traffic generated by the church according to ITE will increase from a
week day volume of 98 to 375 and a Sunday volume of 528 to 1509 vehicle trips per day.
In addition, during the weekend peak hours (i.e. Saturday and Sunday Midday), the
traffic increases from 207 vehicle per hour (vph) to 450 vph on Saturdays and from 218
vph to 473 vph on Sundays. This is an increase of more than 100 vph and meets the
Chapter 527 TIA requirements. In addition, the existing entrances may need to be
improved to meet the current standards, if not improved with the currently project (Note:
The current plans do not show adequate entrance improvements to accommodate the
proposed capacity increase with this expansion).
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COMMONWEALTH of VIRCjINIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
CHARLOTTESVILLE RESIDENCY OFFICE
701 VDOT WAY
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA 22911
DAVID S. EKERN, P.E.
COMMISSIONER
SP -2008-045, 046-ZMA-2008-004 NGIC Expansion — Amendment (Claudette Grant)
• No comments.
If you have any questions, please let me know
Sincerely,
Joel DeNunzio, P.E.
Staff Engineer
VDOT Charlottesville Residency
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