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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Bill Atwood, Atwood Architects, Inc.
David Garth, South Plains Presbyterian Church of Keswick Virginia, Inc.
om: Elizabeth M. Marotta, Senior Planner
Division: Zoning & Current Development
Date: October 14, 2009
Subject: SDP 2009 -80 South Plains Presbyterian Church -Final
The Planner /Engineer for the Zoning & Current Development Division of the Albemarle County
Department Community Development will recommend approve the Final plan 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 based on further
review.) [Each comment is preceded by the applicable reference to the Albemarle County Code.]
1. [32.5.6.b] Denote tree buffer along shared property line with Mr. Rintels as part of Phase I work.
2. [32.5.6.p/ SP08 -28 #10] Change Arborvitae to "Green Giant" per Mr. Rintels email to Bill
Atwood dated 10/9/09 (attached) and pursuant to establishing a private agreement.
3. [32:5.6.n] New concrete walkway is not drawn connecting to proposed building. Please revise
drawing to show connection.
4. [32.6.6J] Standard lighting note must be provided. This may be provided on the cover sheet
under Project Notes. Note is: Each outdoor lumi.naire equipped with a lamp that emits 3,000 or
more initial lumens shall be a full cutoff luminaire. The spillover of lighting from luminaires onto
public roads and property in residential or rural areas zoning districts shall not exceed one -half
footcandle.
5. [COMMENT] Please clarify on the plans the intent of hatching the "wooded area ". Generally,
treelines are depicted with a simple treeline linetype, therefore the hatching seems to indicate
special conditions. Per the conditions of the SP, this tree buffer may not be removed, so a note
indicating trees in the wooded area is hatched in order to indicate they must remain may be
appropriate...
6. [COAUdENT] Engineering, Fire Rescue, Inspections, and ARB approval is required.
Please contact Elizabeth M. Marotta at the Department of Community Development 296 -5832 ext. 3432
for further information.
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:Elizabeth Marotta
From: Jonathan Rintels Drintels @gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 11:18 AM
To: Bill Atwood
Cc: Elizabeth Marotta
Subject: From Jon Rintels re South Plains Church
Hi Bill,
I met with Elizabeth Marotta and reviewed the Sept 16 site plan for the church. I noticed that the
arborvitae specified is not the Green Giant variety that we agreed to with the church and presented as the
agreed upon planting at the Board of Supervisors meeting. The Green Giant variety is Thuja
standishii x plicata.
Instead, the site plan specifies Thuja occidentalis 'Techny' (also known as 'Mission'). This is described
on the Internet as "the long - standing traditional cultivar that has dark green foliage year - round, to 12' tall
by 4' wide, broadly pyramidal or upright oval in shape."
http: / /hcs osu edii/hes /TMI/Plantlist /th talis.htlnl
http:llwww westonnurseries. com/ index. cfm ?fuseaction:—:�plants.plantDetail &plant id =986
The Green Giant arborvitae is fast growing and reaches 50 feet tall and eight feet wide. The Techny that
is specified reaches only 12 -20 feet, is slow growing, and only 4 -6 feet wide. Thus, because of the
lower elevation where these trees are to be planted, the arborvitae specified on the site plan doesn't help
us at all.
If the site plan were changed to specify the Green Giant arborvitae, as we agreed with the Church, then
we would be willing to sign off on the staggered planting of the trees on the Church side of the property
line as shown on the Sept. 16 site plan.
I look forward to hearing from you on this.
Best, .Jon
Jonathan Rintels
434.971.8894 v
949.209.4081 f
jrintels@gmail.com
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