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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZMA200900001 Correspondence 2012-08-09Claudette Grant From: Alex Morrison[amorrison@serviceauthority.org] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 2:30 PM To: Claudette Grant Subject: ZMA200900001 & SP201000003: 5th Street - Avon Center Amendment COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, Room 227 Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 Dear Claudette : The Albemarle County Service Authority (ACSA) has received and reviewed the plan/document/project described above. All ACSA comments have been addressed by the applicant. The ACSA hereby approves the plan/document/project described above. Please feel free to contact me at the number below with any comments or questions you may have. Thank you. Alexander J. Morrison, EIT Civil Engineer �'I�tfll�r�� Iwdfi��! Service Auth 6rity 168 Spotnap Road Charlottesville, VA 22911 Office: (434)977-4511 EXT: 116 This email may contain confidential information that should not be shared with anyone other than its intended recipient(s). ATTACHMENT G Claudette Grant From: DeNunzio, Joel D., P.E. (VDOT) [Joel.DeNunzio@VDOT.virginia.gov] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2012 10:51 AM To: Claudette Grant Subject: ZMA-2009-00003 5th Street Avon Center Amendment ZMA-2009-00003 5th Street Avon Center Amendment Claudette, I have reviewed the subject rezoning amendment and have only one comment: • The VDOT SSAR regulations have specific requirements for pedestrian accommodations on proposed state maintained roads. These requirements are generally dependent upon the lot sizes but they also include requirements for the amount of traffic on a road. The proposed Bent Creek Parkway shows sidewalk on one side of the road but VDOT requires sidewalk on both sides of roads with an ADT in excess of 8,000 vehicles.per day.. According to the traffic studies and amendments, this road may exceed that threshold and require sidewalks on both sides. Thanks, Joel Joel DeNunzio, P.E. VDOT Culpeper Land Development 434-589-5871 ioel.den unzio(c vdot.virainia.cov 1 ATTACHMENT F Abbreviated Approved Rezoning Proposed Rezoning Comprehensive Plan Compared with CPA Compared with CPA Amendment (CPA) (Items in red are not (Items in red are not consistent with consistent with CPA/outstanding CPA/outstanding issues) issues) Neighborhood Four Provides primarily retail Provides primarily retail Profile and employment, also and employment, also It is intended to fulfill a provides professional provides professional "town center" role by office, open space, office and open space. providing a commercial greenway trail and Proffer of cash towards and employment focal parkland, public greenway trail/parkland point within amenities. Does not development. Does not Neighborhoods 4 and 5. provide industrial, light provide public industrial, residential, amenities, industrial, live/work. light industrial, residential, live/work. Environmental Protection A. Preserve existing A. Some preservation of A. Some preservation of vegetation, especially existing vegetation, old existing vegetation, old exemplary specimen or growth trees and growth trees and old growth trees, rock natural features as a natural features as a formations sloping visual buffer will be visual buffer will be down to the existing done. Rock formation is done. Rock formation roads, natural features preserved. not preserved. as a visual buffer. B. Protect bluffs and B. Bluffs and riparian B. Bluffs and riparian riparian forest along forest appear to be forest appear to be existing access protected. Grading protected. Grading road/Moore's Creek along access road could along access road could corridor. make this protection make this protection difficult. difficult. C. Retain streams and C. A stream crossing will C. A stream crossing will stream buffers. be needed for Bent be needed for Bent Creek Parkway. Special Creek Parkway. Special Use Permit is needed Use Permit is needed for this activity. for this activity. D. Greenway along D. Greenway trails are D. Greenway trails are Biscuit Run and Moore's proposed for areas proposed for areas Creek. along Biscuit Run and along Biscuit Run and Moore's Creek. Moore's Creek. A cash Applicant proffers to contribution toward construct the trail. construction has been proffered. County has to construct the trail and pay any additional ATTACHMENT E Abbreviated Approved Rezoning Proposed Rezoning Comprehensive Plan Compared with CPA Compared with CPA Amendment (CPA) (Items in red are not (Items in red are not consistent with consistent with CPA/outstanding CPA/outstanding issues) issues) costs above and beyond the contribution. E. Preserve and E. Plan shows E. Plan shows enhance the existing enhancement of the enhancement of the vegetated buffer buffer adjacent to 1-64 buffer adjacent to 1-64 adjacent to 1-64 corridor. corridor. corridor. F. Floodplain area F. Passive open space F. Passive open space northeast of Biscuit Run and trailhead park is and trailhead park is and Moore's Creek shown to be built by shown east of the should become public applicant on the plan Biscuit Run and Moore's open space. east of the Biscuit Run Creek confluence. Park and Moore's Creek will not be built by confluence. applicant. Cash contribution provided. SWM/BMP Facility is shown in the floodplain area. G. Should incorporate G. Proffers provided to G. Proffers provided to principles of low impact address low impact address low impact development and development and development and sustainable design. sustainable design. sustainable design. Transportation H. Collaboration H. Integrated H. Integrated between government transportation system transportation system agencies, and neighbors has been achieved has been achieved to develop an through proffers. through proffers. integrated transportation system. 1. Integrated 1. A proffer is provided 1. A proffer is provided transportation system for roadway for roadway should include: improvements and improvements and roadway dedication for the dedication for the improvements, greenway park, trail, greenway park, trail, pedestrian and bicycle and bike/pedestrian and bike/pedestrian facilities and site design Master Plan. Proffer is Master Plan. Proffer for to accommodated mass also provided for transit funding is transportation. continuous transit reduced to one time funding. contribution of $100,000. ATTACHMENT E Abbreviated Approved Rezoning Proposed Rezoning Comprehensive Plan Compared with CPA Compared with CPA Amendment (CPA) (Items in red are not (Items in red are not consistent with consistent with CPA/outstanding CPA/outstanding issues) issues) J. As the site is J. Proffers are provided J. Proffers are provided developed a connection that commit to the that commit to the from Fifth Street development of this development of this Extended to Avon connection. connection. Street Extended via the Bent Creek Bridge should be constructed. K. The existing road K. The existing road is K. The existing road is should become a proffered to be a rural proffered to be a rural parkway along Moore's section in order to section in order to Creek. protect the stream protect the stream buffer. buffer. L. There should be a L. Two commercial L. A commercial street new road designed as a streets traversing the traversing the town main commercial street town center with center with elements of traversing the town elements of the the Neighborhood center. The road should Neighborhood Model Model is shown on the have design elements are shown on the plan. A second road is pertinent to the conceptual plan. A third shown at the southern Neighborhood Model. road is shown at the portion of the site. There should be second southern portion of the road for service traffic site. at the southern portion of the site. M. The intersection of M. The intersection of M. The intersection of existing and new roads the existing and new the existing and new with Bent Creek Bridge roads with Bent Creek roads with Bent Creek should be designed to Bridge is designed with Bridge is designed as a avoid or minimize A traffic circle and the T -intersection. disturbance to the 100 preservation of the rock year flood plain, stream outcropping. buffer and the preserved areas located above and to the east of it. N. Pedestrian bridge to N. A proffer is provided N. Applicant has revised be constructed with commitment to proffer to provide a between the south side construction of the $25,000 cash of Moore's Creek and Willoughby Pedestrian contribution for the Willoughby link if the Owner can pedestrian link to neighborhood. obtain right-of-way. Willoughby Subdivision. ATTACHMENT E Abbreviated Approved Rezoning Proposed Rezoning Comprehensive Plan Compared with CPA Compared with CPA Amendment (CPA) (Items in red are not (Items in red are not consistent with consistent with CPA/outstanding CPA/outstanding issues) issues) Land Use 0. Development should 0. This proposal is for a 0. This proposal is for a achieve moderate to regional shopping regional shopping high levels of density. center. Light Industrial center. Light Industrial Employment uses, nor flex space uses, nor flex space opportunities via light appear to be intended appear to be intended industrial uses and/or for this development. for this development. flex space are encouraged. P. Development on the P. This is difficult to P. This is difficult to site may balance retail determine since we do determine since we do with employment- not know the entire not know the entire based uses and other tenant base. tenant base. land uses. Q. Residential, Q. The proposal does Q. The proposal does live/work and/or small not provide for not provide for professional office uses residential, or live/work residential, or live/work are recommended opportunities. opportunities. along the northern edge of the town center. R. Western commercial R. The approved plan R. It is difficult to area is to be a compact, showed buildings and determine the mix of high density area which building zones. The uses, not knowing what mixes retail businesses, approved Development uses will end up in the services, public facilities Framework identified development. It is also and civic spaces. planned uses for the difficult to determine if Buildings should be various sections shown buildings are oriented oriented to major on the plan. Buildings to major roads; roads; designed, sized have an internal designed, sized and and massed with orientation as opposed massed with consideration for to an orientation to consideration of other adjacent and nearby Bent Creek Parkway. nearby uses because we smaller uses in the The Development do not know the Center and on the Framework provided specific location of larger site; and parking some information that buildings and parking. should be relegated to gave a sense of design, We have envelopes, so the greatest extent size and mass of we have general possible. proposed buildings. information of location, Parking is not relegated but is parking from Bent Creek relegated? Parkway. The plan and development ATTACHMENT E Abbreviated Approved Rezoning Proposed Rezoning Comprehensive Plan Compared with CPA Compared with CPA Amendment (CPA) (Items in red are not (Items in red are not consistent with consistent with CPA/outstanding CPA/outstanding issues) issues) framework provide a general sense of where the parking structure is to be located. S. Description of S. Proffers, the S. The submitted plan architecture, urban Application Plan and does not provide design and landscape the Development enough information to treatment of the Framework provide determine if this Property should be guidance regarding Comprehensive Plan integrated to ensure architecture, urban description is met. visual interest, massing, design and landscape scale and organization treatment. of the development. Maximum building footprints (excluding garden centers, outside sales and display, awnings, storage areas and grocery stores), the largest single big box footprint should not exceed 150,000 s.f. A grocery store is not considered a big box. T. Maximum total s.f. of T. The Development T. The Development big box structures Framework describes Framework describes defined as those having the maximum square the maximum square a greater than 75,000 footage of gross floor footage of gross floor s.f. (exclude garden area (sfgfa) for all uses area (sfgfa) for all uses centers, outside sales in the total project area in the total project area and display, awnings, to be 470,000 sfgfa. to be 470,000 sfgfa. storage areas, and This remains unchanged grocery stores) is from the approved 300,000 s.f. A grocery rezoning. store is not considered a big box. If the big box is developed in a two- story or greater configuration, this limitation may be ATTACHMENT E Abbreviated Approved Rezoning Proposed Rezoning Comprehensive Plan Compared with CPA Compared with CPA Amendment (CPA) (Items in red are not (Items in red are not consistent with consistent with CPA/outstanding CPA/outstanding issues) issues) adjusted upward. U. Preference will be U. The approved U. The approved given to proposals that rezoning did not rezoning did not maximize the range and maximize the range and maximize the range and mixture of uses, along mixture of uses. It does mixture of uses. There with a phasing plan that include a phasing plan. is no longer a phasing assures a mixture of plan. Staff suggested uses and addresses all the applicant eliminate parts of the site during the phasing plan that the development of the was proposed because project. it did not phase any of the development. Public Space and Public Facilities/Amenities V. Provision should be V. The proffers and V. The proffers now made on the site for application plan provide a decrease in transit service and a provided transit service funding for transit park and ride facility. and a park and ride service. The applicant is facility. proffering a one-time $100,000 contribution. A park and ride facility is still proposed for the site. W. At least ten percent W. At least ten percent W. At least ten percent of the gross site acreage of the gross site acreage of the gross site acreage should be devoted to is devoted to amenities is devoted to amenities amenities and 15 and at least 15 percent and at least 15 percent percent should be is preserved or created is preserved or created preserved or created as as green space. Public as green space. It is green space. Public amenities are also difficult to determine if amenities can be paved provided within the public amenities are areas, such as plazas, development. provided due to the lack courtyards or patios, of detail on plan, landscaped areas such proffers, and as parks or water development features and/or natural framework. areas left largely in their undisturbed state. Preserved areas should count toward both ATTACHMENT E Abbreviated Approved Rezoning Proposed Rezoning Comprehensive Plan Compared with CPA Compared with CPA Amendment (CPA) (Items in red are not (Items in red are not consistent with consistent with CPA/outstanding CPA/outstanding issues) issues) amenity and green space percentages. ATTACHMENT E