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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: 5''' Street Station
Plan preparer: Bohler Engineering, [dhines @bohlereng.com]
Owner or rep.: New Era Properties [alan.taylor @redlightmanagement.com]
Plan received date: 16 Dec 2013
Rev. 1: 22 May 2014
Date of comments: 12 Feb 2014
Rev. 1: 11 June 2014
Reviewer: Glenn Brooks
A. Road and drainage plans (SU13201300179)
1. VDOT approval is required.
Rev. 1: Provide documentation of VDOT approval.
2. Bent Creek Road bridge plans and VDOT approval of bridge plans is required. The preliminary
drawings that do not reflect actual conditions on sheet 15 are not sufficient.
Rev. 1: Provide final plans for the refurbishment of the bridge and abutments, and VDOT approval.
3. Plans for the Arch, footings and endwalls are required. These may also require VDOT approval.
Rev. 1: Provide final plans for the arch culvert, footings and endwalls, and VDOT approval.
4. Stormwater management for the roadway is required. Portions of the road appear to drain directly to
the creek.
Rev. 1: More of the roadway needs to be captured and treated before release. It appears the horizontal
curve around the north end of the site is untreated.
The site cannot be graded as part of the road plan. The site grading is shown on other plans, and there
seems to be some confusion on what plans cover which items and when they will occur.
Rev. 1: addressed.
6. Retaining wall plans must be included. It does not appear possible to build the roadway without the
walls. The generic manufacturer's details on sheet 14 are not sufficient.
Rev. 1: Provide final structural plans for the retaining walls.
7. Provide horizontal curvature information. This was not found. A 25 mph speed limit does not appear
adequate for this road. A 35mph speed limit seems appropriate as a minimum.
Rev. 1: The design speed of 30mph for an urban collector, as indicated in the VDOT Road Design
Manual, is acceptable.
8. Planning approval will be required for the landscape plans.
Rev. 1: Please refer to comments from Megan Yaniglos.
9. The drainage areas were not provided as indicated on sheets 8A -C. Drainage computations could not
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be reviewed. Provide drainage computations for the stormsewer, and for the arch culvert crossing. It
is not clear why HGL tables are included. All pipes should be designed within open channel flow
capacity.
Rev. 1: Computations were not found for the arch culvert.
10. The topography is out of date on the Avon side. Please update the topography.
Rev. 1: Please indicate the date and source of existing topography on the plan.
11. The stream buffer line is not legible. Please correct. Regarding the stream buffer; A mitigation plan is
required and will need to address;
a. The large basin in the stream buffer will need to be moved. See the phase 2 comments.
b. There is too much clearing shown for the stormsewer outfalls and pipes, and these will need to
be narrowed.
c. It is not clear why the streambank is proposed to be graded out at each pipe discharge. This
does not appear acceptable.
Rev. 1: The mitigation plan is being reviewed separately.
12. The demolition plans could not be deciphered. They appear unnecessary, as the limits of the
disturbance on the erosion and sediment control plans will govern, and they are not in this plan set.
Rev. 1: no change.
13. Show easements over all drainage outside the right -of -way.
Rev. 1: addressed
14. Proposed slopes steeper than 3:1 must have low maintenance ground cover specified (not grass).
Rev. 1: address
15. Please provide a copy of your critical slopes waiver for the disturbances shown on the plan.
Rev. 1: A new zoning ordinance section was approved since this plan was last reviewed. This is the
steep slopes overlay district, which will apply to some of the preserved slopes on this site. This will
limit the design of retaining wall in this area. Please refer to 18 -30.7.
16. All proposed entrances must have a standard VDOT designation and be 4% or flatter for 40'. Site
entrances must be part of an approved site plan.
Rev. 1: a. Show the profile through the entrance at the bridge. The road appears to come to an abrupt
end of grade.
b. Show the cross -grade on Avon to be intersected.
17. Please provide the traffic study for all the turn lane lengths and all the entrances. It seems odd that
there are so many entrances with left turn lanes, but no right turn lanes or tapers.
Rev. 1: Nothing received.
18. Specify the guardrail type and end sections.
Rev. 1: not found. Note GR types on plan sheet locations.
19. The signage plan does not appear adequate. More speed limit signs are needed, warning signs for the
cross - walks, end -of -state maintenance, street name signs., park- and -ride signage, etc.
Rev. 1: Show and label county street name signs according to the County Road Naming and Property
Numbering Ordinance. Note special plates on signals also.
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20. Provide pavement design computations.
Rev. 1: addressed.
21. Provide atypical sidewalk detail.
Rev. 1: The detail says width varies. I do not find any but 5' sidewalks.
22. A grade transition needs to be provided from Avon Street at the crown tangent of -2 %.
Rev. 1: could not determine on drawings.
23. Specify underdrains and cross - drains on the plans and profiles.
Rev. 1: Nothing was found on profiles. UD -4 callouts were on the plan sheets. UD -3 under sidewalk
is also appear to be necessary to meet VDOT standards.
24. The typical sections must specify maximum shoulder and clear zone grades, rather than simply "tie -
out".
Rev. 1: addressed.
25. Planting strips must be a minimum of 6' wide.
Rev. 1: addressed
26. Drainage profiles need to show;
a. All utility crossings
Rev. 1: addressed.
b. material structural classification for pipe.
Rev. 1: not found.
c. inlet shaping for any drop of 4' or more
Rev. 1: not found.
d. safety slabs in any structure taller than 12'
Rev. 1: addressed.
e. flatter grades at discharge. Steep pipes with high velocity discharges should be avoided. Energy
dissipation and scour protection are needed.
Rev. 1: addressed.
27. The park and ride area will need to follow the county site plan requirements (Code 18 -32, 18- 4.12),
using curb and gutter.
Rev. 1: addressed.
28. The drainage system from the entrance on Avon cannot simply release above the park and ride lot.
Rev. 1: addressed.
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B. Stormwater Management and Mitigation Plan
Plans addressing the road have not been received. Comments on the phase 2 plans and the site plan have
been sent previously and seem to cover some of the items shown on this plan. It is not clear where a
demarcation lies.
Rev. 1: These plans and amendments are being reviewed separately.
C. Erosion Control Plan (WPO201300074)
Michael Koslow, who had these plans in his review queue, has left the county. After his departure, this
plan was found to be beyond the 45 time limit for review, and so it is approved on that technicality. It is
noted that the limits do not include the road. There will also need to be an approved mitigation plan before
a permit can be issued.
Rev. 1: These plans and amendments are being reviewed separately.