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Home My WebLink AboutSDP200900097 Review Comments Final Site Plan and Comps. 2009-12-30• �I_''illll IIII��• .R -.r COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, Room 227 Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126 December 30, 2009 Mr. L.J. Lopez Stonehaus Development 2421 Ivy Road Charlottesville, VA 22903 RE: ZMA 07 -04 Belvedere Code of Development SDP 09 -97 The Reserve at Belvedere Dear L.J.: Thank you for your submittal of the revised Code of Development on December 18, 2009. This letter provides comments on changes which are needed to the Code of Development in conjunction with your request to withdraw certain variation requests /approvals. Thank you for providing the variation number approved variations in the Code of Development. With the variation numbers, I have been able to reread the approved variations to make sure that they are appropriately stated in your revised Code and have found additional changes that are needed to your revised Code. This letter provides information on those changes as well as additional variation requests which need to be made on the County's application form. Changes needed to the Code of Development Provide a date on the footer of the Code of Development that matches the date on the front cover. 2. On Page 11 for Variations #16,17,18, please reword as follows: Variations # 15, 16, 17, and 18 (approved 9.17.09) — The Neighborhood Center area will provide amenities for the Belvedere development as well as for the Charlottesville /Albemarle community. A fieldhouse will be provided with a footprint of approximately 39,000 square feet which will consist of an indoor multi - purpose playing surface to be primarily used for soccer as well as associated offices, locker rooms, storage and other customary accessory uses. A private educational facility or day care with a building of no more than 8,000 square feet plus outdoor play area will be provided on the Neighborhood Center site. A community meeting house for Belvedere will be provided in the Neighborhood Center area. This meeting house may include meeting rooms, offices, small -scale retail /food and beverage facilities and restrooms /changing rooms. It may also include a hardscape plaza for gatherings. Other amenities for the Belvedere development will include provision of a minimum of 100 memberships in the Fairview Swim Club. Part of the parking requirements may be satisfied using on- street parking, if determined by the County as appropriate, as part of the site review process. 3. On Page 13 for SUP 2007 -58, please change the last sentence to say, "This amenity package is to include turf fields, a concession area, and an organic farm." 4. On page 15 for Variation 13, I see that you have noted the deficit in Blocks 3,4A, 5A, 6 & 9A, but, I'm having difficulty understanding how the table on page 14 is to be used with the table on page 15. It may be something simple that I am not seeing. In addition, it isn't clear where the deficit will be made up in Block 2. 5. On page 32, you have some changes to the table that are not noted with their variation number. I think that some of the changes on this page are not correct because Variation requests 10 and 11 were not approved. If there is a variation that was approved for the changes to Roads D, B, B1, C, C -1, E, F, G, H, I, M, N, O, Q, S, and K, please note it so I can recheck it. Also, I see "Roundabout 41 deleted ". Please provide the variation # associated with this change. 6. For Table 9 on page 35, the table and words in the Code should match exactly what was approved with Variation 21, 22, and 23 in the letter dated July 25, 2008. 7. For Table 10 on page 36, our letter of July 25, 2008 is not clear as to the exact changes granted with the variation for Blocks 1, 2, and 4. There is some ambiguity on our part that we need to help resolve so that Table. 10 is correct. As it is shown in your revised Code, the numbers aren't the same as the ones which you requested in your variation request and our letter doesn't note the exact numbers which were approved. Additional Variations Request On November 25, Scott Collins provided a letter indicating the changes that were being requested by variation. The request needs to be made by your firm on the County Form and should be explicit as indicated below: Variations you should request are to: 426 Replace the central part of Block 2 with an apartment complex. Block 2 on the approved General Development Plan has a mixture of housing types. #27 Move the neighborhood center to the comer of Belvedere Blvd. in Block 2 from a more central location. #28 Move the detention pond from where it is shown on -line in a stream to an area near the same location that is not on the stream. 2 #29 Provide small units facing Belvedere Blvd. to block the view of the parking lot. #30 Provide diagonal parking spaces in front of a portion of the units. #31 Eliminate road C shown on the General Development Plan but provide sidewalks to connect both sides of the development. #32 Change the streets in this section of Block 2 from public to private streets. Scott's letter provides the rationale for the variation requests that I can attach to the form. In addition, you need to request the following variations in support of the site plan: #33 Modification of Tables 1 and 2 to reflect the desired mix of unit types by block. #34 Change in layout of Block 2A with the conceptual drawing which we reviewed last fall. #35 Change of wording of paragraph for Block 2 page 7 of the Code. Recommended language: "With close proximity to Rio Road, potential non - residential uses and the Community Center site, Block 2 has been patterned for higher density residential uses oriented towards a center median and surrounded by open space on two sides. A neighborhood center serving the recreational needs of the residents in Blocks 1 and 2 will be oriented to the development in Block to and will back onto Town Run. The greenway corridor along Belvedere Boulevard will extend along the front of Block 2." Please include all ten variation requests on the variation form you submit. Please provide your justifications for Variations 33 and 34 so that they can be part of the written record we use to track variations. I look forward to receiving your revised Code of Development with items 1 — 6 from the first part of this letter addressed. For item 7, I will need to provide additional information next week. I also look forward to receiving the variation form with the 10 variation requests. With both of these items, I can let the other reviewers know the current state of variations so that they can review your next submittal with all of the up -to -date information. Sincerely, Elaine K. Echols, AICP Principal Planner for the Development Areas C: Summer Frederick, Senior Planner for Current Development Philip Custer, Current Development Engineer e -copy to Scott Collins representing Cathcart Development