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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP201100002 Review Comments Special Use Permit 2011-06-01A �'IRGII314+ COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4176 June 1, 2011 Mr. John M. Rhett Castle Hill Cider 6065 Turkey Sag Road Keswick VA 22947 RE: SP201100002 Castle Hill Cider Dear Mr. Rhett, Staff has reviewed your resubmittal for these special use permits. We have a few questions and comments which are indicated below: Planning Zonin Please submit a revised conceptual plan reflecting the reviewers' comments. This plan should show the entire area involved in this use. Please note that amplified music /sound outside the barn will increase the probability of nuisance noise effects on neighbors. The use will be subject to the noise requirements of the Zoning Ordinance. The fact that outdoor amplification is planned is another reason for our recommendation of limited hours of operation (see Zoning comments). What would be the minimum event size for ticket checks at the entrance gate? How would the ticket check be managed to prevent traffic backing up onto the public road? I will refrain from commenting on individual design elements until the other reviewers' comments are addressed in the next revision. Before this application goes to its first public hearing, we will need to have a letter from The Nature Conservancy stating that the proposal as it stands at that point would be in compliance with the conservation easement. Please see the attached memo from Francis MacCall. Engineering and Water Resources (Glenn Brooks) I have received the response letter, and have no changes to my previous comments. Mr. Thacker's letter regarding the farm pond was an agricultural exemption from the WPO. Zoning and FEMA regulations still apply, and an SP is needed for the dam and stream crossing. VDOT (Joel Denunzio) Current comments from VDOT will be supplied as soon as they are available. These are the original comments: 1. There is inadequate sight distance to the right from the egress of the entrance to Route 640. The trees across the road block sight distance and need to be removed and a sight distance easement will need to be platted for the sight lines. 2. The entrance width and throat do not meet the minimum standards. This entrance should at a minimum meet the standard for a private road entrance which would be 24 feet paved with 25 foot radii and an entrance throat length of 30 feet. The brick columns on either side of the entrance should be relocated to add additional width to reduce the chance of occurrence of traffic queuing on Route 640 when events have continuous ingress and egress traffic conflicting with one another. 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). Please use the enclosed resubmittal form; OR (2) Request a public hearing be set with the Planning Commission based on the information provided with your previous 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. 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, Scott Clark Senior Planner, Planning Division PA