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Elizabeth Marotta
From: Elizabeth Marotta
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2009 3:22 PM
To: 'Justin Shimp'
Cc: John Paul Diez; Bill Fritz
Subject: Free Bridge Critical slopes waiver request
Justin,
We have looked at your critical slopes waiver request. While the WPO and SDP00 -62 do approve /create
some of the critical slopes that will be impacted by the proposed site plan, not all of the critical slopes that
will be impacted were created pursuant to an approved site plan.
We cannot accept that the slopes on the eastern portion of the site were created as a result of an
approved site plan because SDP2008 -20 is a preliminary plan. Grading cannot take place
with preliminary approval, thus, any slopes that exist in the field now could not have been as a result of
that plan. Further, WPO and SDP00 -62 do not meet or overlap, as the limits you have drawn indicate. It
appears that there is a gap between contour 447 (just south of "existing pipe to be removed ") and north of
the outfall of "Existing outlet structure and pipe to be removed" where critical slopes were not approved to
be created.
In order to obtain waivers for all critical slopes that are proposed to be disturbed, you must request a
waiver from the Planning Commission for any slopes not previously approved by an approved final site
plan. Please revise your waiver request to be specific about the limits of what is being presented to the
Planning Commission (and pursuant to Chapter 18- 4.2.5.a of the Albemarle County Code), and submit it
to me as soon as possible. It may be cleaner and easier to submit two seperate requests: one for
administrative review and another to go to the Planning Commission.
In an effort to move this forward as quickly as possible, I am already working to get this item on the next
available Planning Commission agenda. Once I get a meeting date confirmed I will send you a schedule
and let you know of any pertinent deadlines. Depending on what meeting date we can get this on, any
delay in submitting a revised request to me may result in your item being removed from the agenda and
being placed on the next available agenda.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns,
Elizabeth M. Marotta
Senior Planner
County of Albemarle Community Development Department
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
(434) 296 -5832 Ext. 3432
10/30/2009