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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZMA201000005 Review Comments Zoning Map Amendment 2010-09-02- � 9 �'IRGII�ZP COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4176 September 2, 2010 Neal Wright, P.E. Dominion Engineering 172 S. Pantops Drive Charlottesville, VA 22911 RE: ZMA 2010 - 00005, Richmond Road Entrance Dear Mr. Wright: Staff has reviewed your initial submittal for a zoning map amendment to allow for a change in the application plan for the parcel to permit construction of a new entrance from Richmond Road. We have a number of questions and comments which we believe should be resolved before your request for a zoning map amendment goes to public hearing. We would be glad to meet with you to discuss these issues. Our comments are consolidated below: Planning Comprehensive Plan This section provides initial comments on how your proposal generally relates to the County's Comprehensive Plan. Comments on conformity with the Comprehensive Plan are provided to the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors as part of the staff report. The subject parcel is in the Pantops Development Area and is designated Urban Mixed Use on the Pantops Master Plan Framework Map (Land Use). The parcel is in the Riverbend (Pantops Shopping Center) Mixed -Use Neighborhood, which includes the Core area of Pantops. The Master Plan recommends the following for this Neighborhood: Intensify use of the area with Urban Mixed Uses serving as a Core for the Pantops Development Area. It is expected that this area of Pantops would exhibit the greatest density and formal design as a Core center. (Pantops Master Plan, page 27) The subject parcel is in this Core center. The change to the entrance into the site should allow for connection to sidewalks on Rt 250. Neighborhood Model The Neighborhood Model is a part of the Comprehensive Plan which promotes compact urban development areas that are walkable. Staff notes that this site is already developed. If a redevelopment plan for the site is proposed, staff will provide more detailed comments at that time. ZMA 2010 - 00005, Richmond Road Entrance, Neal Wright, September 2, 2010 2 Additional Information Required Staff has begun its review of the proposed new entrance to the parcel from Richmond Road. However, before the County can complete this evaluation, staff needs the following additional information: An existing conditions plan showing the "as- built" status of the parcel and the surrounding parcels that make up the area zoned PD -SC. The approved site plan SDP2008- 00033, which was originally done by B. Aubrey Huffman and dated 2/16/98 may be suitable as a starting point for your plan. However, more detail is needed for the outparcels fronting on Route 250 and Riverbend Drive than is shown on the rezoning plan. There are older site plans, specifically SDP 1987- 00081, that provide more detail for this area. The plan should show the: • Entrances, exits, building sites, and parking lots for all parcels in the PD -SC area • Existing entrance /exit to the subject parcel • Internal circulation on subject parcel • Location of all parking spaces now on the subject parcel • Utilities, if any, on the site, including easements • The same details for all other parcels fronting on US 250 and Riverbend Drive 2. An Application Plan showing the: • Layout of travelways and parking spaces within the site. At this time, the issue of the internal circulation is staff's primary concern, along with the potential threat to pedestrians walking through the parking lot to /from the restaurant. The proposed new entrance is not aligned with any travelway. The location of parking and onsite circulation is not clearly delineated. Parking near the new entrance onto Route 250 cannot back into the entrance. (note VDOT's requirement stated in their comments attached to this letter that the internal circulation must ensure that traffic will not queue back into Route 250 at the entrance). • Proposed new entrance labeled as a right -in only entrance, if that is what is proposed. • Any pedestrian paths within the site • Any changes to utilities and /or easements • All other items listed in Section 8.5.1 of the Zoning Ordinance Staff is also concerned that a new entrance from Richmond Road might encourage traffic to cut through the restaurant parking lot to reach to other parts of the shopping center. Such cut - through traffic would congest the parking lot travelways further. The layout of parking spaces and travelways in the parking lot should discourage cut - through traffic. 3. A parking study to demonstrate how the number of parking spaces shown on the rezoning plan was calculated. The prior site plan for this site (SDP 1987- 00081) provided 92 parking spaces. It appears that the calculation was based on the restaurant use, which is 13 spaces per 1000 square feet. The applicant may wish to use the PD -SC parking calculation of 4.75 spaces per 1000 square feet for the entire site. Other alternatives may include using the square footage of the individual parcel, which contains a 7211 square foot building, since an argument could be made that the site operates as an outparcel. Both of these alternatives would result in a lower parking requirement and may allow the applicant to provide better internal circulation. If any alternative parking standard is used, staff will require a parking study for justification. ZMA 2010 - 00005, Richmond Road Entrance, Neal Wright, September 2, 2010 3 To assist the applicant in preparing the additional plans and information requested by the County, the following technical comments may be useful: Current Development The following comments have been provided by Bill Fritz and are related to how your proposal may or may not be able to meet site plan or subdivision ordinance requirements: Onsite circulation appears awkward, but without sufficient detail showing the layout of parking and circulation, I cannot provide detailed comments. If this rezoning is approved, a site plan amendment will be required. In addition to showing all of the physical conditions and changes onsite, the site plan amendment will need to include parking calculations to indicate how many parking spaces are being removed and how many installed. VDOT Comments from VDOT are attached (see Attachment 1). Engineering and Water Resources The comments related to engineering and water resources have been provided by Glenn Brooks, county engineer, and are attached to this letter (see Attachment 2). Please note that the County Engineer has stated that it may be possible to move the entrance to achieve a redesign that will provide for circulation which may meet County requirements. VDOT comments suggest that moving the entrance would not meet their requirements. You would need to pursue this possibility with VDOT to see if there is any leeway with their requirements. Entrance Corridor The following comments related to the Entrance Corridor Guidelines have been provided by Margaret Maliszewski: Construction of this site predates the establishment of Route 250 East as an Entrance Corridor. The Entrance Corridor frontage includes no trees or shrubs. The opening of an entrance through the planting strip limits the planting area and the future potential to establish a continuous landscape along the Corridor from Newhouse Drive to Riverbend Drive. (If utilities exist in the planting area, they should be identified on the plan.) As noted above, Current Development indicates that a site plan amendment will be necessary if the rezoning is approved. Please be advised that a site plan amendment requires Architectural Review Board (ARB) approval. During this review and approval process, the ARB will consider landscaping along the frontage. Rivanna Water & Sewer Authoritv Comments from RWSA are attached (see Attachment 3). Proffers No draft proffers were submitted with the application for this rezoning. The original rezoning was approved on June 15, 1983, with a number of conditions that will continue to apply to the entire PD -SC area. Staff knows of no proffers that would be necessary for this rezoning; however, the need for proffers may become apparent after you have submitted the application plan. ZMA 2010 - 00005, Richmond Road Entrance, Neal Wright, September 2, 2010 4 Resubmittal or Public Hearing Within 30 days of the date of this letter, please do one of the following: (1) Resubmit in response to these comments on a resubmittal date as published in the project review schedule (the full resubmittal schedule may be found at www.albemarle.org in the "forms" section at the Community Development page), OR (2) Request a public hearing be set with the Planning Commission based on the information provided with your original submittal (a date will be set in accordance with the Planning Commission's published schedule as mutually agreed to by you and the County), OR (3) Request indefinite deferral and state your justification for requesting the deferral. (Indefinite deferral means that you intend to resubmit /request a public hearing be set with the Planning Commission after the 30 day period.) If we have not received a response from you within 30 days, we will contact you again. At that time, you will be given 10 days to do one of the following: a) request withdrawal of your application, b) request deferral of your application to a specific Planning Commission date as mutually agreed to with staff, or c) request indefinite deferral and state your justification for requesting the deferral. If none of these actions is taken, staff will schedule your application for a public hearing based on the information provided with your original submittal. Unless you fail to respond within the time periods specified above, a public hearing with the Planning Commission will not be advertised until you advise us that the project is ready to proceed to a public hearing. At that time, a legal advertisement will be run in the newspaper and a staff report will be prepared to go to the Planning Commission. Please be advised that, once a public hearing has been advertised, only one deferral prior to the Planning Commission's public hearing will be allowed during the life of the application. The only exception to this rule will be extraordinary circumstances, such as a major change in the project proposal by the applicant or more issues identified by staff that have not previously been brought to the applicant's attention. As always, an applicant may request deferral at the Planning Commission meeting. Please feel free to contact me if you wish to meet or need additional information. Sincerely, Judith C. Wiegand Senior Planner Community Development cc: Hurt Investment Co. River Bend Drive Charlottesville, VA 222911 Jeremy Harvey (via e -mail) ZMA 2010 - 00005, Richmond Road Entrance, Neal Wright, September 2, 2010 5 Attachments Attachment 1 Comments from Glenn Brooks, county engineer, dated August 13, 2010 Attachment 2 Comments from VDOT, dated August 19, 2010 Attachment 3 Comments from Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority, dated August 18, 2010 ZMA 2010 - 00005, Richmond Road Entrance, Neal Wright, September 2, 2010 6 ATTACHMENT 1 n DEPR FITMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 04ARLOTTM ILLE RESIDENCY OFRCE 361 V DOT WAY CHARLOTTESVI —, VA 22911 Gregory A WIWdep MfiM OOf" .August 141e, 2010 ML Sill Fritz Dept of Planning & Community Development 441 McIntire Rand Charlottesville, VA 22902 RE: Special Use Permits and Rezoning 5ubrrfivals dearMr. Fritz: Below are VDDT's comments for the July 10. 2010 Rezoning and Special Use Permit applications: SP-2010-M17 The Y and Friends Child Care Center-(S Clark) ■ A plat needs to be provided with the existing entrance location ko verify that the site either has adequate sight distance or sight easements can provide adequate sight lines. Sl? =010.0[Ma21 Calrterrs Mauaia Tail lieriaom As Tier ID { E�sabetll nth ■ No comments SP =2010400022 Heard, s Mm ah Verizon Wirehess Tier III i Megan Yami-Elos) a No Corm ants ZKA- 20104)M Rkhmomd load Entrance (Judith WieBl md) ■ The entrance meets the minimum spacing standards for a partial access to a Principal Arterial hoed for 35 to 45 mph The entrance is located within the functional wea of the Route 250 Route 20 intersection and will he restricted to acne way access iuto the property. ■ Internal circulation should be shown in the parking ]at to ensure that traffic will not queue hack into route 250 at the entrance. V irginiaDDT.arg WE KEEPVIRGINIA MOVING ZMA 2010 - 00005, Richmond Road Entrance, Neal Wright, September 2, 2010 ZMA -2014 00006 HeNYHwad Town Center, Area A2 (Judith Wiemod) This proposal may increase the density frorn the original mooning and traffic study. The original trip generation table stiould be shown in omparison with what has been built and what changes are proposed to determine the adequacy of the original traffic study. A supplernental traffic analysis in accordance with the requirements of 24 VAC 34155 -54 will be requited with the proposed change in development. ■ Cortunercial entrances to the site need to be lined up with access paints across Tc-ncenter Dr. I f .%—u have any questions, please cones me_ 5inoetely, Joel DeNunzio; P_E. Land Use Engineer VDDT Culpeper M111 :3 l:11:1501:19110IFAALrOM19101 ZMA 2010 - 00005, Richmond Road Entrance, Neal Wright, September 2, 2010 County Of Alb ms rke Department of Community Development Memorandum To: Judy 1Wiegand Senior Planner ftom: Glenn Brooks, Courrty Enonmr Date: 13Aug?010 Subject: Pantops PDSC newcnlranoe for restaurantaMA201O(OD5) The pwposnd newenlrance art Rt. 250, Richmond Road. has been mviewed `fhis righl- idright -oul entrance on the slab-. mad will be up tv V DDT to appruye. HwreYor, it is nab-.d that it is proposed within the operational area of the inlerseudon. As such. it is IiLely thal exiting cars sacking loewLer through lanes during cl=ing have the pol-.ntial to block the right -Itmt tan-.. The internal site circulation appears to be € napmmiwd, both by the placement of theentrartce next to the building and pedeslrims and by the re- aQrangem-.n1 of the parking spaces. which removes the circulation loops in the parking lot. 11 is Fecammended that the €irculalion loops in the parking lot be mtained, and the entrance be maned eau if it is to be permitted by V DDT. . - ! ; — ; f" T r -- !.nqr [ i� ! ZMA 2010 - 00005, Richmond Road Entrance, Neal Wright, September 2, 2010 9 From: ,bstin Weiler [jweiler@rivanna.org] ATTACHMENT 3 Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 3:17 PM To: Jidith Wiegand abject: ZMA201000005 Richmond Fbad Entrance Follow Up Rag: Follow up Rag Status Ragged Judy, RWSA has reviewed the application for ZMA201000005 Richmond Road Entrance. Below is a completed copy of the form that was provided to us by Elaine Echols for ZMA applications. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks. Justin To be filled out by RWSA for ZMAs and SPs 1. Capacity issues for sewer that may affect this proposal None Known 2. Requires Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority capacity certification _ X _Yes No 3. Water flow or pressure issues that may affect this proposal None Known 4. "Red flags" regarding service provision (Use attachments if necessary) None Known Justin Weiler, E.I.T. Civil Engineer Rivanna Water and Sewer Authority 695 Moores Creek Lane Charlottesville, VA 22902 Phone: 434.977.2970 ext.206 Fax: 434.295.1146