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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
Project: Martha Jefferson Medical Offices Phase III [SDP200900064]
Plan preparer: Mr. Scott Collins, PE; Collins Engineering
Owner or rep.: The Market Place of Virginia, LC
Plan received date: 31 August 2009
Date of comments: 28 September 2009
Reviewer: Phil Custer
The minor amendment for the Martha Jefferson Offices Phase III Project, received on 31 August 2009, has
been reviewed. Engineering can recommend approval to the plan after the following comments have been
addressed.
1. All proposed alterations to the plan must be bubbled and listed. I have found a few changes that
have not yet been identified including grading modifications in the upper parking lot and the
retaining wall at the rear of the property being raised to 4ft in height. Additional comments may
be required once the applicant has defined all changes.
2. All parking areas being modified since the last site plan approval must have a slope of no greater
than 5 %.
3. Please provide a typical detail for the wall at the rear of the property. Site plan approval will be
withheld until a building permit for this wall is applied for.
4. The timber retaining wall is called out as 2ft but the grading indicates the wall to be 3.5ft. Please
correct and provide a typical detail for this wall. Site plan approval will be withheld until a
building permit for this wall is applied for.
5. Please provide a note in the southwest area of the site that the swale must be maintained. It
appears that recent utility work has blocked off this channel and created a sump condition.
The following comments are not requirements but are engineering review observations added to this letter
for record keeping purposes.
1. The current site plan does not appear to be in compliance with the approved rezoning plan because
of the absence of a courtyard between Buildings 2 and 3. The travelway between these two
buildings had been approved on previous site plans, so the courtyard can not be required at this
time.
2. The Pantops Master plan indicates that a new road connecting Route 250 at the State Farm traffic
light and Rolkin Rd. will likely be proposed through the Aunt Sarah's property. Ideally, the
Martha Jefferson Medical Offices site would connect to this new road in the rear of the property.
However, the current proposed/constructed grades would likely not allow for a safe connection.
Engineering review recommends that the applicant coordinate with the Aunt Sarah's property
owner to make this connection easier to construct in the future. A connection from the lower
parking lot south of the buildings would likely not meet VDOT access requirements and may not
be permitted.