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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
July 18, 2014
Brian Smith, P.E.
4835 Three Chopt Road
Troy, VA 22902
bpspe @embargmail.com
RE: SDP201400038 Faith Christian Center International — Initial Site Development Plan
Dear Mr. Smith:
The Agent for the Board of Supervisors hereby grants administrative approval to the above referenced
site plan.
This approval shall be valid for a period of five (5) years from the date of this letter, provided that the
developer submits a final site plan for all or a portion of the site within one (1) year after the date of this
letter as provided in section 32.4.3.1 of Chapter 18 of the Code of the County of Albemarle, and
thereafter diligently pursues approval of the final site plan.
An Erosion and Sediment Control Permit may be issued after the following approvals are received:
1. Approval an Erosion and Sediment Control Plan meeting the requirements of Chapter 17 of the
Code of the County of Albemarle.
2. Approval of a Stormwater Management Plan meeting the requirements of Chapter 17 of the
Code.
3. Approval of all easements for facilities for stormwater management and drainage control.
4. Approval of a mitigation plan for the disturbance of Water Protection Ordinance buffers.
5. Submittal of a tree conservation checklist, if applicable.
The final site plan will not be considered to have been officially submitted until the following items are
received:
1. A final site plan that satisfies all of the requirements of section 32.6 of Chapter 18 of the Code.
2. A fee of $1,500.
Please submit 7 copies of the final plans to the Community Development Department. The assigned
Lead Reviewer will then distribute the plans to all reviewing agencies. Once you receive the first set of
comments on the final site plan, please work with each reviewer individually to satisfy their
requirements. Provide proof of each reviewer's tentative approval once received. The Lead Review will
notify you when it is time to submit copies for signature.
The final site plan will not be approved until the following conditions are met:
The Department of Community Development shall not accept submittal of the final site plan for
signature until tentative approvals for the following conditions have been obtained:
Planning Division Approval of: (3 copies)
1. A site plan meeting all the requirements of section 32.6 of Chapter 18 of the Code.
2. A landscape plan meeting the requirements of section 32.7.9 of Chapter 18 of the Code.
3. [32.5.2(a)] Add Entrance Corridor (EC) to the Zoning note.
4. [32.5.2(a)] State on the plans waivers and waiver conditions approved with the SP application.
5. [32.5.2(a)] The front setback for this property shall comply with RA front yard requirement of 75
feet. Amend the setback note to reflect this.
6. [32.5.2(a)] Show setback lines on plans.
7. [32.5.2(a)] On demolition sheets make sure all portions of property are shown. Portions of the
southern property line (along Rt. 250) are currently cut off. Include boundary dimensions for
southern property line.
8. [32.5.2(d) & section 4.2 waiver] Provide evidence that Section 4.2 Critical Slopes Waiver
requirements are met. Show areas of the site where existing slopes are critical slopes and show
which slopes will be disturbed on plans. Provide calculations of total acreage of critical slopes
disturbed. If slopes are disturbed beyond those that were approved in the waiver, an additional
critical slopes waiver will be required.
9. [32.5.2(1)] Provide the location of any other existing or proposed utilities and utility easements.
10. [32.5.2(n)] Show existing house on demolition plans.
11. [32.5.2(n)] Show limits of disturbance on demolition plan sheets and show areas where existing
vegetation will be removed.
12. [32.5.2(e) & 32.7.9.4(c)] In landscape plan identify weather existing wooded areas are composed of
evergreen, deciduous, or a mix of type.
13. [32.5.2(p) & 32.7.9.4(b)] Existing trees may be preserved in lieu of planting new plant materials in
order to satisfy the landscaping and screening requirements of section 32.7.9, subject to the agent's
approval. If you intend to use existing trees to satisfy any of the landscape plan requirements,
please include the following:
1. Areas and other features shown on landscape plan. The landscape plan shall show the trees
to be preserved, the limits of clearing, the location and type of protective fencing, grade
changes requiring tree wells or walls, and trenching or tunneling proposed beyond the limits of
clearing.
14. [32.5.2(p) & 32.7.9.8] It appears the majority of the tree canopy requirement will be met with
existing trees; see #12 above for direction on how to verify and document preservation of existing
trees. The minimum required tree canopy for the site is ten percent. Provide calculations to show
this requirement has been met.
15. [32.5.2(p) & 32.7.9.6] An area of at least five percent of the paved parking and vehicular circulation
area shall be landscaped with trees or shrubs with at least one large or medium shade tree per ten
parking spaces or portion thereof. Provide calculations to show this requirement has been met.
16. [32.5.2(p) & SP Condition #6] Show boundary of replanting areas on landscape plan (as shown on
Concept Plan) and show all proposed plantings in these areas. Condition 6 requires replanting areas
to be replanted with species listed in "Native Plants for Conservation, Restoration, and Landscaping:
Piedmont Plateau" brochure. Plains Lovegrass is not included on this list.
17. [Section 21.7 Waiver Condition] Show setback lines and all proposed plantings in required yards on
landscape plan. The waiver condition requires these areas to be replanted with species listed in
"Native Plants for Conservation, Restoration, and Landscaping: Piedmont Plateau" brochure.
18. [32.5.2(n)] Show proposed lighting locations on final site plan.
19. [4.17 & SP condition #4] Include cut sheets for proposed lights and provide legible photometric plan
on final site plan.
20. [SP condition # 5] Health Department Approval of well and /or septic systems will be required prior
to approval of final site plan.
21. [17 -403] A Tier III Groundwater Assessment is required prior to approval of final site plan.
Engineering Division Approval of: (1 copy)
1. Please explore whether proximity to Albemarle County Service Authority requires FCCI to
connect to ACSA system. Some PSAs have proximity connection requirements. If not, please
make provision for Tier III ( <2,000 gpd, average) or IV ( >2,000 gpd) groundwater assessment (AC
Code 18- 4.1.a. /b.; 17 -1003, - 1004). Thank you for correspondence on topic of use rates. Please
calculate fire suppression system demand to be certain existing well meets fire suppression
system demand. Ref. also ACDSM, 2.D.
2. Ref. Code Sec. 18- 4.1.b.1./2.: On -site sewage systems. Construction of on -site septic fields,
force main, distribution header and boxes, and use of on -site well require coordination with VA
Department of Health. Please contact VDH and furnish agency information required for their
review needs. Furnish or attach septic field design by Old Dominion Engineering; on revised
C4.0, furnish number /length of drain field lines and L x W of each of eight proposed fields.
Note- portions of 4 fields lie on slopes of twenty (20) percent or greater. 18 -4.2.4 states that
"the Virginia Department of Health should be mindful of the intent of section 4.2, and
particularly mindful of the intent to discourage onsite sewage systems on slopes of twenty (20)
percent or greater. Any onsite sewage system shall be located within a building site" -defer to
Planning Division on proposed location of septic system.
3. A mitigation plan will be required with final WPO plans. There should be a concept for
mitigation on the initial site plan. Proposed development lies on steep wooded terrain with
areas of disturbance within stream buffer. Impacts to stream buffer granted by waiver must
nevertheless offset impacts. Please find mitigation requirements and options at 17 -600 through
17 -604.
4. Please show critical slopes ( >25 %) on sheets C2.0, 2.1, 2.2, C3.0, C4.0, 4.1, and 4.2. Furnish
typical detail for the grassed channel shown at the top of the 499.5 -ft wall. Provide details for
routing from this point to point of treatment, or release.
5. Extend existing contours (C3.0, 3.1, 3.2) at least 50 -ft beyond each PL boundary, and at least to
the west bank of Shadwell Creek near and along PL with C. R. Moore Well Drilling (up to 100 -ft).
6. Length of travelway ( >100 -ft without parking [ACDSM, 7.C.1.b.]) means travelway at all points
between Rte. 250 and parking areas must meet private street standards listed at 14 -410, 14 -412
(RW, sight distance [comment #7], max grade, min K- crest /K -sag). Ref Albemarle County Design
Standards Manual, 7.F. (p. 12) and table, Private Street Standards for Albemarle County. Table is
last p. of Manual. [link to .pdf -
http: / /www.albemarle.org /upload /images /forms center /departments /community developme
nt /forms /design standards manual /Albemarle County Design Standards Manual 29Apr2014
draft.pdf]
7. In order to evaluate vertical /horizontal sight distance for travelway between Center and Rte.
250, please furnish profile with stations. Show vertical sight distance is at least 100 -ft. Show
horizontal sight distance is at least 225 ft. [18- 4.12.15.d.]
8. Consider barriers in addition to curb for steep portions of fill slope E of travelway, and vehicle
and pedestrian protection at steep constructed fill slopes below NE parking areas [link:
http: / /www.virginiadot.org /business /resources /LocDes /2010 GRIT Manual.pdf].
9. Parking sight distance: ensure 100 -ft sight distance in curved section of NE corner of site parking
[ACDSM, 7.C.1.; Code 18- 4.12.17.d]. Increase all curb radii to 3 -ft, min. Furnish island at the N
end of west parking bays in the S parking lot (sheet C4.1). Ref. design /islands in North parking
lot. [18- 4.12.15.f]
10. Sheet C4.0 provides 3 -ft flare for southernmost parking bays; recommend widening the 2
parking spaces nearest the Center in N parking lot by at least 3 -ft to facilitate reverse -exit
maneuver.
11. WPO application and approval are required prior to final site plan approval. Link to Engineering
and WPO Forms Center- http : / /www.albemarle.org /deptforms .asp ?department = cdengwpo.
With WPO application, we will need storm drain pipe dimensions (L, DIA) for all structures and
outfalls. Please dimension outfall riprap protection. Please contact reviewer to discuss SWM
application requirements, which now include VSMP permit requirements. With next revision,
show VDEQ VPDES permit number for this project on cover sheet, if permit issued.
12. Sheet C4.1– Access labeled New Well Access, 4 " -21A stone, 10 feet wide is at 25% grade over
disturbed slopes. This is untenable; please furnish paved design for well access. Include
structural barrier to prevent vehicles leaving the access. There is nothing to stop a vehicle that
leaves this surface from traveling over a high retaining wall. Furnish timber guardrail, or
alternate. [ACDSM 8.13.3.]
13. Furnish dates for topography /survey (cover page, topo /survey by Roger W. Ray & Assoc).
14. Sheet C2.0, C2.1– Confirm whether existing telephone lines will be removed (all poles slated for
removal); label existing culvert pipe at Rte. 250 entrance (label TBR); confirm that existing pole
to be adjusted (C2.0) is shown in final location on sheet C4.0.
15. Confirm that match lines, sheets C4.0 and C3.0, in fact align. On sheet C3.0, near entrance to
Center, extend existing contours north. There appears to be missing detail. Also, please label
match line on sheet C3.0.
For final plans:
16. Sheet C7.0 – Show typical site pavement section in its entirety; dimension proposed width.
Show VDOT #21A base stone extending at least 1 -ft beyond 10 -ft wide paved surface in Typical
Site Pavement Section detail (as detail applies to well and septic field access, not parking), or
else increase paved width to at least 12 -ft. for each access. [ACDSM, 7.D.2.]
17. Label retaining wall material, for the wall shown at septic fields (C4.0). Label concrete and
reference concrete wall details, S3, if these details are for this wall.
18. For proposed 499.5 -ft retaining wall west of parking area, transfer wall stations shown on S3 to
plan view of wall shown on C4.1, C4.2.
19. Consider and furnish bedding details for force main between Center and septic field. Consider
effect of placing force main line in 12' -14' constructed fill slopes on the E side of the Center.
Recommend utility plan sheet.
20. Cover sheet states site is not within a development area, and references critical slopes waiver.
Please publish conditions or exemptions granted by critical slopes waiver on plans. Although
waiver to disturb critical slopes is cited, there are pending requirements for activity on critical
slopes [see ACDSM, 8.A.5.];
21. Provide and specify ground cover hardier than grass for slopes steeper than 3:1 —defer to
Planning on question of whether Plains Lovegrass qualifies. [ACDSM, 8.A.2.]
22. Items to consider, or that we need, with VSMP application: i) confirm that Filterra units in
tandem with underground storage systems meet water quality and quantity requirements found
at Sec. 17 -501; ii) storm inlets must flank each Filterra (a single inlet may serve more than one
Filterra, if located between them); iii) runoff from paved sections (main travelway, septic system
access road (C.4)) should be included in overall site SWM design (provide control); iv) schematics
of drainage areas for each Filterra unit with (Mfr) sizing /design table; v) dimensions and typical
section for each Filterra unit; vi) Filterra general maintenance notes; vii) 2 -, 10 -yr storm routing
calcs for inlets (4" spread, 6.5" capacity), pipes, and detention systems; viii) all inlets labeled
using std. (VDOT) nomenclature.
23. Furnish: i) labels that describe UG SWM detention system pipes (material, number, length,
depth, DIA); ii) show cross sections for conveyance channels beside septic field access road and
above 499.5 -ft retaining wall (include side slope grades, W, D, material); iii) culvert outfall
protection, with dimensions; show sheet C5.0 riprap on C4.0, as well.
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24. Retaining wall —ref. ACDSM 8.13. guidance. Revise to show: i) where 4" drain tiles daylight at end
of walls (at Center; at septic fields); ii) provide landscape planting clusters in addition to
plantings shown on C5.0 to discourage children climbing above the 499.5 -ft retaining wall which
measures 13 -ft high in places; iii) show and label rail (by others) on sheet C4.1; iv) design should
avoid right hand bends (90 -deg) if possible; v) provide flat grade beneath rail (sheet S3) and 24"
min. separation between runoff conveyance (swale, shown in detail) and back of wall; vi) specify
rail design; vii) furnish note specifying allowable penetration of geogrid by posts, plantings, etc;
note should specify allowable, or prohibit, penetration of retaining wall geogrid.
25. Show proposed new entrance culvert (pipe type, L, DIA), sheet C3.1; furnish ditch detail and
provide riprap inlet /outlet protection.
Albemarle County Architectural Review Board Approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness. U copy)
A Certificate of Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval. The following items (in
addition to all other relevant checklist items) will need to be addressed with the next ARB submittal:
1. Eliminate the service drive to the septic fields. If the drive can't be eliminated, relocate and /or
reorient the drive to significantly reduce visibility from the EC and provide landscaping to better
integrate the drive into the surrounding natural landscape.
2. Add trees on the re- graded slopes at the south end of the building and parking areas to help
integrate the regular grading of the slopes into the surrounding natural landscape.
3. Revise the landscape plan to include details regarding the replanting of disturbed areas within
the stream buffer and the 20' buffer on the west side of the site.
4. Clarify the appearance of the pipes and ditches at the lower end of the entrance drive. Show
how these elements will have an appropriate appearance from the EC.
5. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to the site and architectural drawings: "Visibility
of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
6. Provide a legible lighting plan. Include cut sheets for the proposed fixtures in the site plan.
Ensure that spillover does not exceed .3 fc at all property lines and coordinate this requirement
with the notes on the plan.
7. Remove the "This plan received preliminary ARB approval...." note from the landscape plan.
8. Show the existing tree line along the Rt. 250 frontage and the tree line to remain consistently on
all sheets. (The tree line is not shown on the Rt. 250 Improvements plans or the existing
conditions plans.)
9. Revise the plans to include all easements associated with all utilities.
10. Provide documentation from VDOT stating that the proposed grading and planting in the right -
of -way is acceptable.
11. Provide large shade trees at 3%" caliper, 35' on center, and interspersed ornamental trees,
along the Rt. 250 frontage of the property in areas where grading is proposed and in areas
where on -site wooded area to remain is thin.
12. Increase landscaping to better integrate the entrance drive into the surroundings. Provide 2%2"
caliper trees, spaced 40' on center, along the full length of the entrance drive.
13. Provide perimeter trees for the southern parking lot, 40' on center, 2%" caliper at planting.
Provide a staggered row of evergreen shrubs along the eastern and southern perimeters of the
southern parking lot, 24" minimum at planting.
14. Add the standard planting note to the plan: "All site plantings of trees and shrubs shall be
allowed to reach, and be maintained at, mature height; the topping of trees is prohibited.
Shrubs and trees shall be pruned minimally and only to support the overall health of the plant."
15. Coordinate the landscape plan and the Rt. 250 Improvements plan regarding off -site grading.
Virginia Department of Transportation Approval. U copy)
The solid line along the southern edge of Route 250 should be white rather than the yellow calld
for on the site plan.
2. The new dashed line for the extended turn land should be white rather than the yellow called
for on the site plan
3. The taper for the proposed entrance improvements shown on sheet C3.1 should extend to
Route 250
4. All guard rails, existing or proposed, should be clearly identified on the site plan.
5. There appears to be a need for a culvert under the proposed entrance improvements shown on
sheet C3.1. Said culvert appears on sheet 5.0, the landscape plan. Details for the culvert need to
be included, such as invert elevations, pipe diameter /material, pipe length, etc.
6. The throat width of the proposed entrance should be added to the site plan.
7. The anticipated vehicle trips per day for the entrance should be added to the site plan. It is likely
that a Moderate Volume Commercial Entrance as defined in Appendix F of the Road Design
Manual will be adequate, but this will need to be verified based on the trip generation for the
site.
8. An AM -E spacing exception will need to be obtained for this entrance. An application was
submitted in March 2010; however, it does not appear that the exception has formally been
approved. As the well drilling business has since closed, one final attempt to combine access to
both parcels into a single entrance should be made prior to action on the spacing exception.
Fire Rescue Approval. (1 copy)
1. Roads greater than 150 ft in length may require an approved turn around.
If you have any questions about these conditions or the submittal requirements please feel free to
contact me at Extension 3272, rfalkenstein @albemarle.org.
Sincerely,
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Rachel Falkenstein
Senior Planner