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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Gerald Gatobu, Principal Planner
From: Phil Custer, Engineering Review
Date: August 22, 2011
Subiect: SUB - 2011 -00010 North Pointe Greenwav and Conservation Area Dedication Plat
The Greenway and Conservation Area Dedication Plat for North Pointe Northwest Residential area,
received 28 July 2011, has been reviewed by engineering. The following comments are provided.
1. The conservation area along Flat Branch appears to match the area shown on the preliminary site
plan that was conditionally approved on April 24th 2009. During the review of this preliminary
site plan, there was some question as to whether the conservation area matched the approved
application plan and a condition to site plan approval was added that required a "written
certification from a licensed surveyor or engineer confirming that the conservation line shown on
the application plan ... and the conservation line shown on the site plan are in the exact same
location" be provided to the county. The applicant should provide this certification now, noting
the change to the conservation area required by the county per comment #3 below.
(Rev. 1) The note has been added to the plan and will need to be signed by the surveyor.
2. The various ESC plans currently under review shows construction activities, not to mention the
mitigation work, within the conservation area along Flat Branch that is to be dedicated to the
county. Dedicating the conservation area to the county before all this work is done will create
legal issues with the county allowing construction on publicly owned land. The Flat Branch
conservation area must be "reserved for dedication upon demand by the county" instead of
dedicated at this time.
(Rev. 1) Comment has been addressed.
3. After consulting with the Zoning Administrator, Chief of Current Development, and the County
Attorney, it was discovered that the existing construction and access easements to TMP 32 -22K1
through county owned land would be problematic. Therefore, the conservation area must be
reduced so that it does not include any of the access and construction easements platted on Page
648 of Deedbook 1663.
(Rev. I) Comment has been addressed.
4. (Rev. 1) Similar to comment 2, it may be advisable for the applicant to reserve for dedication
the land that would need to be disturbed for the construction of the sewer line from the single
family residential area. Since the first review of the plan, the owners of TMP 32 -23 have
approached the county with conceptual sewer alignment and grading plans showing
disturbance in GI, which would be dedicated to the county with this plat. However, if a small
portion of GI was to be "reserved for dedication to public use upon demand of the county ". the
county would not need to grant construction and sewer easements when the single family lots
are developed. This comment is only advisory; no change to the plat is required.
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