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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Gerald Gatobu, Current Development Project Planner
From: Phil Custer, Current Development engineering review
Date: 1 March 2011
Subject: Belvedere Block 4A Final Before Preliminary Site Plan (SDP-2011-00005)
The final before preliminary site plan for the Belvedere Block 4A, received 3 February 2011, has been
reviewed. Engineering review for current development can recommend approval to this plan after the
following comments are addressed.
1. The recently submitted boundary line adjustment plat must be recorded prior to the approval of
this site plan or the applicant must provide a note stating that no building permit for this project
will be submitted until this boundary line adjustment is recorded.
2. This site plan does not match the approved rezoning plan and a variation must be approved by the
Planning Department.
3. The Subdivision Ordinance requires all lots to front on a private or public street. The current
layout with the open space between the lots and Belvedere Blvd. does not meet this requirement
and therefore any subsequent subdivision would be prevented without the Chief of Current
Development authorizing Shadrack Alley as a private street. Alternatively, the applicant may
simply extend the lot lines to the ROW of Belvedere Blvd. and provide an easement on the front
half of the lots to the HOA. The build -to /setback lines will need to be modified and/or varied by
the Planning Department in order for this site plan to work given this comment and comment #7.
4. An independent Erosion and Sediment Control Plan is required for the proposed disturbance.
5. Please provide the square footage of imperviousness proposed on this site plan. This number will
be checked with the assumed imperviousness for the subarea in the approved SWM plan. [18-
32.55.6.b]
6. Many of the driveways have been graded at slopes steeper than the 5% maximum allowed by the
Zoning Ordinance. [18- 4.12.15.c] The applicant must either revise the grading plan accordingly or
submit a waiver directed to the Chief of Current Development per 18- 4.12.2.c.
7. The length of driveway outside of the alley access easement is either 15ft or 17ft depending on the
lot. In a best case scenario (where cars are parked very close to the garage door), cars parked in
the driveway will be into the alley access easement. In the more likely scenario, a few cars will
overhang over the alley pavement itself. The townhouse building must be shifted 3ft to the
northwest so a parking space of 18ft length can be provided or a waiver must be requested to the
Chief of Current Development per 18- 4.12.2.c. [18- 4.12.16.b]
8. The roofdrain system should provide at least two small surface inlets in the common area at the
low point of the Swale so there is not a continual soggy condition in the lawn.
File: E1_PBC_fsp_sdp201100005 Belvedere 4A.doc