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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Gerald Gatobu, Current Development Project Planner
From: Phil Custer, Current Development engineering review
Date: 12 August 2009
Subject: Harris Garage Site Plan Waiver (SDP- 2009 - 00057)
The site plan waiver, received on 27 July 2009, has been reviewed. The engineering review for current
development can recommend approval to this application after the following changes:
1. As a condition of the critical slope waiver for this development, the applicant must
provide mitigation planting in all areas within the stream buffer that is not currently
forested. Please submit a WPO application and $85 fee for the review of a mitigation
plan. Please also make the following corrections to the mitigation plan:
- The stream buffer is not accurately represented on this site plan. And, since the
stream buffer is not shown accurately, the mitigated area and number of
required seedlings are not correctly calculated. After measuring the stream
buffer area in the site plan, it appears that 0.18acres can be planted and, at a
density of 1210 stems an acre, the required number of seedlings is 218.
- Whatever the required number of seedlings within the buffer is, please provide a
note stating that half of the mitigation plants must have survived after the first
two growing seasons. The county will hold a bond for 5 years to assure that this
minimum number of plants survives.
- Please specify on the plan the species and height of the seedlings to be planted
for mitigation.
- Please provide a rough cost estimate for the purchase and labor of planting of
these seedlings so that it can be bonded.
2. Please call out the Swale at the southeast corner of the plan and specify the material and
dimensions.
3. A low maintenance, non -grass groundcover should be provided on any portion of the
slope above the new retaining wall that is steeper than 3:1. Acceptable groundcovers can
be found in Table 3.37C of the VESCH.
4. Please provide a note in the area of the dumpster pad that surface runoff is not to drain
into or across the dumpster pad.
File: El_spw_PBC_sdp200900057.doc