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GDMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
1601 Orange Road
Culpeper, Virginia 22701
Charles A. Kilpatrick, P.E.
Commissioner
February 28, 2014
Mr. Christopher Perez
Senior Planner
County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Re: SDP - 2014 -00011 Jim Price Automotive —Minor Amendment
Dear Mr. Perez:
We have reviewed the minor site plan amendment for Jim Price Automotive dated 213114 as submitted by
Dominion Engineering and offer the following comments:
The existing trip generation for the site and the proposed trip generation for the site need to be
added to the plan. The number of trips generated by the site will certainly increase as a result of
the service facility being added to the site. The warrant for a dedicated right -turn lane for the
entrances needs to be evaluated.
The existing entrances do not meet the access management spacing requirement for partial access
entrances. An AM -E exception form needs to be completed and submitted for consideration of
approval.
The existing storm sewer under Berkmar Drive should not be connected to a private, enclosed
storm sewer system. There are a couple of apparent options to this situation:
• A private grate inlet could be installed so that the outfall runoff from the Berkmar storm
sewer would drain to the new private inlet. This option may require the proposed
maintenance building to be shifted on -site so that there is adequate space to capture the
runoff.
• The existing storm sewer could be evaluated to see if there is a way to connect the
existing grate inlet on the west side of Berkmar Drive to the existing drop inlet to the
north of the grate inlet on the west side of Berkmar Drive. The capacity and adequacy of
the downstream storm sewer along Berkmar would need to be evaluated in addition to the
physical ability to make the connection.
If you need additional information concerning this project, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Troy ustin, P.E.
Area Land Use Engineer
Culpeper District
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