HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP201300024 Review Comments Final Site Plan and Comps. 2013-07-17County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road,
Charlottesville, VA, 22902
Phone 434 - 296 -5832
Memorandum
To: Mark Keller (mkeller @terraconceptspc.com)
From: Ellie Ray, PLA, Senior Planner
Division: Planning
Date: July 17, 2013
Subject: SDP 2013— 00024 Albrecht Place — Final Site Development Plan
Fax 434 - 972 -4126
The County of Albemarle Planning Division will recommend approval of the plan 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. [32.5.2(a)] The graphic and written scales on sheet 2 don't match; please revise.
2. [32.5.2(a)] Please add EC (Entrance Corridor) and AIA (Airport Impact Area) to the Zoning note.
3. [32.5.2(a)] Please add the 20' undisturbed buffer to the setback notes.
4. [32.5.2(b)] This plan proposes a new use (retail) and modifies several of the areas assigned to other uses
(warehouse, indoor recreation, etc) in relation the information presented on the approved ZMA Application
Plan and the Preliminary Plan; Zoning will determine if the proposed uses, areas, and parking provided are
approvable. Their determination will be forwarded once complete.
5. [32.5.2(b)] Provide the maximum amount of paved parking and vehicular circulation area on the Cover
Sheet and Landscape Sheet.
6. [32.5.2(m)] Please clarify the 15' ingress /egress easement in the southeast corner of the site; who holds
this easement? Can improvements be constructed in it?
7. [32.5.2(n)] Label the guardrail on the layout sheet.
8. [32.5.2(n)] Label the concrete area on the top of the northern retaining wall.
9. [32.5.2(n)] Dimension the length of the dumpster pads behind the building.
10. [32.5.2(1) & 32.6.2(g)] Please verify that the location of all existing and proposed utilities and utility
easements, including telephone, cable, electric and gas easements are shown on the plan. Any new
easements may be generally shown and dedicated by separate plat.
11. [32.6.2(h)] Please add a line for VDOT on the signature panel.
12. [32.6.20) & Comment] Provide a legend of all symbols and abbreviations used on the landscape plan.
13. [32.6.20) & Comment] No grading, planting or disturbance of any type is allowed within the 20' undisturbed
buffer; please clarify the note regarding evergreen screen planting, and verify that the diversion dike
construction will not disturb the buffer. The 20' undisturbed buffer requires tree protection fencing and a
signed conservation plan checklist.
14. [32.6.20) & Comment] Please show utilities and associated easements on the landscape plan to verify that
no conflicts exist with plantings and lighting locations. Among possible others, it appears the UGE on the
southeast corner of the building may pose some issues.
15. [32.6.20), 32.7.9.4(b)] Existing trees may be preserved in lieu of planting new plant materials in order to
satisfy the landscaping and screening requirements of section 32.7.9, subject to the agent's approval. It
appears that the undisturbed buffer area is being used toward the tree canopy requirement. The landscape
plan should show the trees to be preserved, the limits of clearing, the location and type of protective fencing,
grade changes requiring tree wells or walls, and trenching or tunneling proposed beyond the limits of
clearing. The applicant shall also sign a conservation checklist approved by the agent to ensure that the
specified trees will be protected during construction. The checklist shall conform to the specifications in the
Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook, pages III -393 through III -413, and as hereafter amended.
16. [32.6.20) & 32.7.9.6(a)] An area of at least five (5) percent of the paved parking and vehicular circulation
area shall be landscaped with trees or shrubs. Neither the areas of street trees and shrubs required by
sections 32.7.9.5(d) and (e), nor shrubs planted between a parking area and the building shall be counted
toward the minimum landscaped area for a parking lot. As noted above, the square footage of `paved
parking and vehicular circulation area' has not been provided. Please provide all relevant information to
verify this requirement is satisfied.
17. [32.6.20) & 32.7.9.6(b)] The 5% landscaped area required shall be planted with a mixture of shade trees
and shrubs and shall include one (1) large or medium shade tree per ten (10) parking spaces or portion
thereof, if five (5) spaces or more. Crataegus viridus "Winter King" is classified as a small deciduous tree on
the County's plant list; therefore there are 16 parking lot trees provided, not 24 as indicated on the plan.
Given the parking count of 180, a minimum of 18 large or medium shade trees is required; please revise.
18. [32.6.20) & 32.7.9.8] Please clarify the "Preservation Credit" listed in the tree canopy calculation. Is this
referring to the buffer area? If so, please label as such and show the acreage on the plan.
19. [Comment] The "landscape, lighting, and signing plan" shows a proposed sign location. Sign locations are
not reviewed or approved on site plan applications.
20. [32.6.2(k) & 4.17] The fixture locations shown on the "landscape, lighting, and signing plan" do not match
all of the locations on the photometric plan; please revise.
21. [32.6.2(k) & 4.17] The lighting cut sheets provided are not legible; please provide readable information at a
size that can be used to determine if fixtures are full cutoff.
22. [32.6.2(k) & 4.17] Provide the lumen level for all fixtures. Fixture A is definitely not full cutoff; the lumen
level will have to lower than 3000 in order for this fixture to be approved.
23. [32.6.2(k) & 4.17] The photometric plan does not provide any foot - candle readings; please provide foot -
candle values throughout the site and especially at all boundary lines.
24. [32.6.2(k) & 4.17] Provide the following standard lighting note on the lighting plan: Each outdoor luminaire
equipped with a lamp that emits 3, 000 or more initial lumens shall be a full cutoff luminaire and shall be
arranged or shielded to reflect light away from adjoining residential districts and away from adjacent roads.
The spillover of lighting from luminaires onto public roads and property in residential or rural areas zoning
districts shall not exceed one -half foot - candle.
25. [Comment] Provide documentation of all off -site easements, including temporary and permanent
easements for the work proposed on TM Ps 61U -1 -14, 61U -1 -13, and 61M -12 -1 C.
26. [Comment] This site plan cannot be approved until all site review committee members grant their approval.
Engineering and ARB comments have been provided. E911, Inspections and Fire /Rescue had no objection
to the first submittal. ACSA and VDOT reviews are being handled directly with the agency, but their
signature is required on the site plan.
Please contact Ellie Ray in the Planning Division by using eray(LDalbemarle.ora or 434 - 296 -5832 ext. 3432 for
further information.