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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP201300036 Review Comments Minor Amendment 2013-07-23Phone 434 - 296 -5832 <C`tpF aLg� c County of Albemarle Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA, 22902 Memorandum To: Scott Collins (scott @collins - engineering.com) From: Ellie Ray, CLA, Senior Planner Division: Planning Date: July 3, 2013 Rev1: July 23, 2013 Subject: SDP 2013— 00036 Northtown Phase I 1 — Minor Amendment 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. [Comment] Per email correspondence, I understand the entrance road widening is no longer included in this proposal; therefore, the road widening and associated grading, drainage, and site feature revisions have not been reviewed with this submittal. Please remove these changes on any future submittal. Rev1: Comment addressed. Road widening has been removed from the plan. 2. [Comment] Any future private street (and associated easement) must be submitted on a plat and is not reviewed /approved with this site plan submittal. The easement should be shown on the site plan (if the site plan is necessary), but should be submitted for review and approval with a subdivision application. Be aware to coordinate any easement conflicts with existing utilities or other easements. Rev1: Comment no longer valid. No easement is shown for review. 3. [Comment] Sign locations are not approved through the site plan process. However, Landscape Plan changes are; if any changes to the approved landscape plan are proposed, provide a list of the changes including any removal or relocation of approved plantings. If a sign easement will be necessary, please show the easement on the plan. Rev1: Comment not addressed. The sign location and design are not reviewed or approved through the site plan process; please remove the sign and the sign details (including the sign landscaping) from the plan. The location and design of the sign are reviewed with a sign application. It does not appear that any of the plantings on the approved landscape plan are removed. However, the proposed parking spaces are labeled with `mulch ground cover' on the landscape plan sheet; please revise. 4. [Comment] Please remove any unapproved "future" improvements from the site plan. Rev1: Comment addressed. 5. [Comment] No site changes, other than those listed on the Cover Sheet, are reviewed with this submittal. Rev1: Comment still valid. 6. [Comment] Given that the road is no longer being widened and sign locations aren't approved with a site plan, I don't think a site plan amendment is required unless changes to the approved landscape plan or other unlisted revisions are proposed. Please verify, and withdrawn this amendment if not required. Rev1: Comment addressed; now that additional parking is proposed, the amendment is required. 7. [Comment] This site plan, if required, cannot be approved until Engineering, ACSA, Fire /Rescue and inspections complete their reviews and grant their approval; comments will be forwarded upon receipt. ARB, VDOT, and E911 comments have been provided. Rev1: Comment not addressed. This site plan cannot be approved until Engineering, ACSA, VDOT and inspections complete their reviews and grant their approval; comments will be forwarded upon receipt. ARB and E911 comments have been provided. Fire /rescue has no objection. 8. [32.5.2(b) & 4.12.4(a)] The number of parking spaces provided may not exceed the number of spaces required by more than twenty (20) percent. The cover sheet indicates that 12 additional parking spaces are proposed, but the site plan sheet indicates 16 total additional spaces, 13 spaces for the current site plan and 3 that will striped no parking until future phases are built; it appears that at least 4 of the spaces need to be striped. Please contact Ellie Ray in the Planning Division by using eray(LDalbemarle.org or 434 - 296 -5832 ext. 3432 for further information.