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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road,
Charlottesville, VA, 22902
Phone 434 - 296 -5832
Memorandum
To: Scott Collins (scott @collins - engineering.com)
From: Ellie Ray, PLA, Senior Planner
Division: Planning
Date: February 3, 2012
Subject: SUB 2012— 00010 Old Trail Creekside III, Phase 2 - Final
Fax 434 - 972 -4126
The County of Albemarle Planning Division will approve the plat referenced above once the following comments
have been satisfactorily addressed (The following comments are those that have been identified at this time.
Additional comments or conditions may be added or eliminated based on further review.): [Each comment is
preceded by the applicable reference, which is to the Subdivision /Zoning Ordinances unless otherwise
specified.]
1. [Comment] Please provide a summary of the overall Creekside project (each phase and total) that
indicates total acreage, as well as the breakdown of acreage in lots, open space (required and provided),
and right -of -way. The summary should also include acreage dedicated to the County, number of lots, and
density.
2. [Comment & 13.3] Provide information regarding bonus factors and approved /proposed density on the
Cover Sheet. It appears the approved density of 1.26 DU /AC is exceeded with the addition of this phase;
please verify and correct, if necessary.
3. [Comment] Land intended for dedication to the County on previous plats hasn't in fact been dedicated.
There also appear to be some discrepancies as to the areas that were approved for dedication versus what
is shown on the plats. We should schedule a meeting to discuss this and develop a plan for moving
forward.
4. [Comment] Include all easement and utility notes shown on previous phase plats.
5. [Comment] The `Common Area' on this plat is labeled as `Tree Preservation Area' on the approved
preliminary plat; please clarify.
6. [14- 302(A) 4 & 5] Private & Public easements. Label all existing easements with the deed book, page
number and owner of record. Label all proposed easements with the intended owner, or provide notes
clarifying ownership. For example, who is the variable grading easement dedicated to?
7. [14- 302(A) 4 & 5] Private & Public easements. The landscape and sidewalk easements from previous
phases don't appear to extend into this phase; please add the appropriate easements.
8. [14- 302(A)8] Proposed lots. List the number of proposed lots on the Cover Sheet.
9. [14- 302(A)9] Building sites on proposed lots. Please provide the minimum size building site provided on
each lot or provide a `typical' diagram of the building sites indicating the minimum size. An example
diagram can be provided upon request. A note regarding compliance with section 18.4.2.1 is also required.
10. [14- 302(A)11] Instrument creating property proposed for subdivision. The instrument provided for TMP 55-
78 refers to it as a 46.039 acre parcel, while County records indicate a 36.067 acre parcel. Please provide
the most recent instrument for this parcel.
11. [14- 302(A)14] Land to be dedicated in fee or reserved. Provide the location, acreage, and current owner of
all land intended to be dedicated in fee or reserved for public use, or to be reserved in a deed for the
common use of lot owners in the subdivision. The `Common Area' appears to be a portion of the project
that what was intended to be dedicated to the County in order to achieve the approved bonus density;
please clarify and add any necessary notes.
12. [14- 302(6)1] General information. Add the sheet number on sheet 3.
13. [14- 302(6)7] Reservoir watershed. Revise the note regarding the watershed to read, `this property is
located within the Lickinghole Creek water supply protection area'.
14. [14- 303(C)] Boundary lines. Show and label all existing boundary lines to clarify the location of this phase
within the existing parcel. Provide dimensions on all open space boundary lines.
15. [14- 303(D)] Acreage of lots. Please provide the acreage of the existing parcel and the residue after this
phase of the subdivision.
16. [14- 303(G)] Ownership of common areas. As indicated under land to be dedicated in fee or reserved'
above, please clarify the ownership of the 'Common Area' and add any necessary notes to both the plat and
the Cover Sheet. Any land intended to be dedicated to the County should be labeled 'Hereby dedicated to
Albemarle County' with the corresponding acreage.
17. [14- 303(H)] Monuments. Provide the location and material of all permanent reference monuments.
18. [14- 303(1)] Bearing and distance ties. Provide a definite bearing and distance tie between not less than two
permanent monuments on the exterior boundary of the property.
19. [14- 303(M)] Street names. One of the proposed street names is not valid; please see the comment
provided by Andy Slack (E911) for further information.
20. [14- 303(N)] Statement pertaining to private streets. Note #16 on the Cover Sheet indicates that the streets
in this subdivision are intended to be private. If private streets are proposed, please see the next comment.
If public streets are proposed, please remove Note #16 and replace it with a note dedicating the streets to
public use.
21. [14 -306] Private streets information. Clarify if authorization for any private streets is being requested. If
authorization for one or more private streets is requested and has not been previously approved as provided
by section 14 -234, the subdivider shall submit with each preliminary plat or, if none, with each final plat, the
information required to support authorization under the applicable requirements of sections 14 -232, 14 -233
and 14- 234(A).
22. [14- 303(S)] Control points. Provide at least four (4) control points, evenly distributed across the property
and located at survey property corners, and shown on each sheet depicting the property. At the option of the
subdivider, the control points may be shown on a copy of the final plat, rather than on the original final plat.
23. [13.3] Area and bulk regulations. It appears Lot 37 may not meet the minimum width requirement of 80';
please verify.
24. [13.4.1] Environmental standards. For your reference, street trees are required to be shown on the road
plans for this development to meet the requirement for bonus density.
25. [2.2.3] Minimum open space required. As mentioned above, please provide a table on the cover sheet
indicating the required and provided open space for each phase and a tabulation of the project as a whole.
26. [14- 409(6)] Extension of streets. All public streets within a subdivision shall be extended and constructed to
the abutting property lines to provide vehicular and pedestrian interconnections to future development on
adjoining lands, terminating within the subdivision with a temporary turnaround. The arrangement of the
public streets shall provide adequate access to adjoining lands within the subdivision where necessary to
provide for the orderly development of the county including, but not limited to, reserving temporary
construction easements of sufficient area to accommodate the future completion of the street when the
adjoining lands are developed. With the addition of this phase, please reserve the future right -of -way for
connection to Route 691.
Please contact Ellie Ray in the Planning Division by using eray(LDalbemarle.org or 434 - 296 -5832 ext. 3432 for
further information.