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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
Project: Crozet Elementary Quick Start Tennis Courts, WP0201300077
Plan preparer: ACPS Building Services Dept
Owner or rep.: ACPS c/o Joe Letteri, Director of Building Services
Plan received date: 12 Dec 2013
Date of comments: 20 Dec 2013
Reviewer: Glenn Brooks
Stormwater Management Plan
Just for the record, I need to state that the submittal was a sketch of a tennis court location, and not actually
a plan. The letter requested consideration of whether this should be (1) a waiver /variance, (2) an
amendment to WP0201000009, or (3) a new plan.
Regarding (1), a waiver or variance; The Water Protection Ordinance allows "Exceptions" under section
17 -308 (waivers and variances are terms used for zoning and erosion and sediment control). Exceptions
are granted by the Board of Supervisors. This is an item that could be put on a board agenda as a request
for exception, based on the fact it is a donation, and that the isolated (disconnected from other impervious
areas) location, and a well- maintained grass area for runoff mitigates stormwater concerns. There is a risk
however, as it is at the Board's discretion. Please let me know if I should schedule this for the Board.
Regarding (2), this is not eligible for an amendment, as the referenced plan was completed, released, and
the file closed out. I'm not sure there would be any advantage over a new plan, which is item (3). A new
plan is certainly possible. In the same way as an amendment, it could assess the current facilities on the
site to see if capacity is already available for additional impervious area.
Stormwater management requirements come from code section 17 -315, which does not have a lower
threshold;
"Sec. 17 -315 Best management practices.
Each stormwater management/BMP plan shall require that best management practices be provided in
conjunction with or in addition to stormwater management facilities designed for water quantity treatment, as
provided herein:
A. Best management practices shall be designed and sited to capture runoff from the entire land development
project area and, in particular, areas of impervious cover within the land development, to the maximum
extent practicable.
B. Best management practices shall be designed to remove the difference between post - development and
pre - development total phosphorus loads in cases where post - development loads exceed pre - development
loads. "