HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB201400060 Review Comments Final Plat 2014-04-24John Anderson
From:
John Anderson
Sent:
Thursday, April 24, 2014 4:07 PM
To:
Johnathan Newberry
Cc:
Glenn Brooks; Troy Austin
Subject:
RE: Appleberry Farm protest
J.T.
Thanks for your note.
I spoke with Troy Austin this afternoon. He explained that VDOT stopping sight distance for low- volume commercial
entrances ( >2 residences, shared roadway) would apply in this case. For non - posted state secondary roads (55mph), this
distance is 495 ft. I do not think the existing intersection of Appleberry Farm and Green Creek Rd meets this standard. I
will re -visit the site with Troy (VDOT, Area Land Use Engineer) Apr -28 to collect more definite information relative to
Albemarle County (AC) Code [AC § 14 -412, A.2.a.], VDOT standards, and SUB201400060.
Please note that AC Design Standards Manual —Engineering (220ct2012); AC Road Inspections & Acceptance (11 -01-
11); VDOT Road Design Manual, Appendix F, Access Management Design Standards for Entrances and Intersections wi I I
(or may) apply should Mr. Wakefield's subdivision application proceed.
Yesterday, we obtained preliminary information:
Appleberry Farm Road (existing):
WIDTH — 9' transitioning to wheel tracks
GRAVEL surface
GRADE < 7%*
* All locations (per digital level) from SR 630 to entrance (not shown) to residence shown on plat titled
Subdivision Plat, Wakefield Division, Parcel "Y ", 7.87 Acres, April 01, 2014 (Ex. House, Parcel "Y ", 4990
Appleberry Farm Rd, Schuyler, VA -James Wakefield)
ENTRANCE at Green Creek Rd (SR 630):
WIDTH — 25'
ENTR PIPE — 15 "CMP, L = 30'
HORIZ SIGHT distance (measured at 10' from EP, SR 630) — 250' (±), each direction, N -S.
( Will evaluate HORIZ SIGHT at 14.5' from EP, SR 630, Apr -28, with VDOT Area Engineer)
Thank you, J.T.
John Anderson, PE
Community Development
Albemarle County
434 - 296 -5832, ext. 3069
From: Johnathan Newberry
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 1:12 PM
To: John Anderson
Subject: FW: Appleberry Farm protest
Hi John,
As I develop a response to Mr. Wakefield's message, I may ask for your assistance. I just wanted to give you a heads up.
Thanks,
J.T.
From: linwake@aol.com [mailto:linwake @ aol.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 10:36 AM
To: Johnathan Newberry; JMichaelWakefield @ gmail.com
Subject: Appleberry Farm protest
TO: Mr. J.T. Newberry,
From: James R. Wakefield
Dear Mr. Newberry April 24, 2014
My family and I believe the Albemarle County Zoning Code has been unfairly applied to us.
We are an aging couple and desire to sell our resident home with a necessary parcel of land, move to a more suitable
location in our remaining years and leave the remainder of our farm (which our family has owned and paid taxes on since
1929) to our children.
We bought easements and built a roadway to our property to ease and get away from traffic on Appleberry Lane
roadway, which at the time had some nine families using a one lane road on a judges' prescribed 20 foot easement.
As we understand our situation, we can sell our entire farm and do nothing to our roadway and there will be two families
using the roadway, or if we could have a necessary parcel of our land to sell with our home we would still have two
families using the roadway. In either case there will be two families using the roadway as presently installed.
We do not know the cost of revising the roadway to meet subdivision requirement. Our experience in building roads
tells us we simply cannot afford to upgrade one half mile of roadway.
This letter is to request the County to grant us the right to sell our 8.87 acres with our home and leave the roadway as
is. We see this as selling part of our property with certain rights that we have earned. We are not effectively changing the
use of the roadway, or adding a lot that could be developed as a building site with additional road usage as a granted
development division would.
We also request written confirmation that my son who has a family division not be required to rebuild a roadway before
he can sell his property.
James R. Wakefield
cc Michael Wakefield