HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP200800029 Review Comments Special Use Permit 2009-02-03County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Scott Clark, Senior Planner
From: Glenn Brooks, County Engineer
Date: 1 Dec 2008
Rev. 1: 3 Feb 2009
Subject: South Plains Presb. Church (SP200800029)
Please remove one entrance on Rt. 616 such that all site parking areas are accessible from within the
site, and site circulation will not be on the public road.
Rev. 1: Comment addressed.
2. Primary entrances and required parking should be asphalt or an equivalent. The grasspave product
will not be acceptable for this purpose. Installations of this product in the county have not been
successful.
Rev. 1: The applicant has indicated they wish a waiver. This should be processed with the special use
permit. Denial is recommended, as the product they have proposed is inadequate. It is recommended
that alternative surfaces be approved with the site plan review according to section 18-4.12.15a.
3. Stormwater management for water quality and volume should be provided on the concept plan.
Rev. 1: This comment may be addressed with the site plan. The special use permit application plan is
inadequate in this regard. The plan will need to meet the WPO requirements prior to final site plan
approval.
4. The peak traffic for the site together with the counts on Rt. 616 should be compared to the VDOT turn
lane thresholds.
Rev. 1: Traffic appears low enough not to warrant turn lanes by volume.
5. The layout of the parking needs to preserve the minimum travelway width and provide adequate radii
for turning and sight distance. The entrance travelways do not currently provide adequate radii into
the parking aisles. It is not clear whether the curved parking would meet the minimum radii in the
Design Standards Manual, Chapter 7.
Rev. 1: This comment has been addressed by a change to the layout.
filc: E3_sp_GEB_SouthPlains.doc