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Home My WebLink AboutSUB200900006 Review Comments No Submittal Type Selected 2009-02-26pF G. COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126 Date: February 26, 2009 To: Mr. Robert Coleman c/o Residential Surveying Services 1214 Monticello Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 E -mail: rwcoleman@embarkmail.com Applicant: Michael W. Boyes 555 7h Street Santa Monica, CA 90402 From: Patrick Lawrence, Planner Phone # (434) 296 -5832 ext. 3297 E -mail: plawrence @albemarle.org Re: SUB200800006 — Keenan/Sorensen Easement TMP# 34 — 39G The Planner for the Zoning and Current Development Division of the Albemarle County Department of Community Development will approve 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 preceded by the applicable reference to the Albemarle County Code.] 1. [14- 302(A) 21 Vicinity map. Please show a map at a scale of one (1) inch equal to two thousand (2,000) feet showing the property and its relationship with adjoining land and streets, its relationship with landmarks in the area and, if the subdivision is a phased subdivision, all other phases of the subdivision for which a final plat has been approved, in detail adequate to describe the location of the property without field review. 2. [14- 302(A) 41 Private easements & [14- 302(A) 51 Public easements. Please show any easements pertaining to this property. 3. [14- 302(A) 61 Alleys and shared driveways. Please show the dimensions of all easements shared driveways. 4. [14- 302(A) 101 Right of further division of proposed lots. The number of lots, as assigned by the subdivider, into which each proposed lot may be further divided by right pursuant to section 10.3.1 of the zoning ordinance, if applicable. The plat shall also contain the following note [verbatim]: "Parcel [letter or number] is assigned [number] development rights and may /may not be further divided and when further divided these rights shall not comprise more than 1 [number] acres. The residue of Tax Map /Parcel [numbers] is retaining [number] development rights and when further divided it shall not consist of more than [number] acres." S. [14- 302(A) I]] Instrument creating property proposed for subdivision. Please show the deed book and page number of the instrument whereby the property was created, as recorded in the office of the clerk of the circuit court of the county. 6. [14- 302(B) 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. [South Fork of the Hardware River & is not in an Ag/Forestal District] 7. [14 -303N] Statement pertaining 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. " 8. [14 -303Q] Water supply. 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: "Under current county policy, public water and/or sewer service will not be available to this property. " 9. [14 -309] Soil evaluations. 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. 10. [14 -309] Soil evaluations. 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. 11. [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. 12. [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. 13. [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. 14. [14 -412] Standards for private streets only. In addition to the minimum design requirements set forth in section 14 -410, the following minimum design requirements shall apply to private streets 2 authorized by this chapter: A. Residential private streets. Each private street serving residential uses authorized under sections 14 -232 or 14 -233 shall satisfy the following: 1. Streets serving two lots. Each private street serving two (2) lots shall satisfy the following: (i) easement or right -of -way widths shall be thirty (30) feet minimum; (ii) the required materials and minimum depth of base shall satisfy the minimum requirements described in the design standards manual; and (iii) the surveyor shall include the following wording on the final plat: "The existing and/or proposed right -of -way is of adequate width and horizontal and vertical alignment to accommodate a travelway passable by ordinary passenger vehicles in all but temporary extreme weather conditions, together with area adequate for maintenance of the travelway, as required by section 14 -412 of the Albemarle County Code." Final tentative approval will be subject to the completion of these comments and the resolution of the access to an approved private street issue. If I may be of further assistance, please don't hesitate to call. Sincerely, J. Patrick Lawrence, Planner 3