HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP201500002 Review Comments Initial Site Plan 2015-03-02County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road,
Charlottesville, VA, 22902
Phone 434 - 296 -5832
Memorandum
To: Eric Stern (eric- stern @aem- net.com)
From: Rachel Falkenstein, Senior Planner
Division: Planning
Date: March 2, 2015
Subject: SDP 201500002 Wilson Jones Company RCRA Cleanup - Initial
Fax 434 - 972 -4126
The County of Albemarle Planning Division will recommend approval of the plan referenced above once the
following comments have been satisfactorily addressed (The following comments are those that have been
identified at this time. Additional comments or conditions may be added or eliminated based on further
review.): [Each comment is preceded by the applicable reference, which is to the Subdivision /Zoning
Ordinances unless otherwise specified.]
[32.5.2(a)] Show the minimum setback lines and yard requirements. See section 26.5 for minimum
yard requirements. No construction activity, including grading or clearing vegetation (collectively,
"disturbance "), shall occur within thirty (30) feet of any district other than a commercial or industrial
district. You have a 50' setback shown, which applies to structures and buildings. The 30' buffer area
applies to clearing and grading. It is unclear how far the proposed clearing will be from the eastern
property line. Show the 30' buffer line adjacent to all non commercial /industrial parcels.
2. [32.5.2(a)] Provide boundary dimensions.
3. [32.5.2(a)] Provide the source of the topography and source of survey.
4. [32.5.2(b)] The maximum and minimum disturbed areas on sheet 0 do not match areas listed on sheet
3. Also, minimum and maximum numbers on sheet 0 appear to be reversed. Please clarify where
maximum and minimum numbers are derived from as math does not appear to add up to either
number.
5. [32.5.2(b)] Clarify the proposed use. Per a determination of the County Zoning Administrator, the
permitted use for this site is the cleanup of a previous industrial use. In the project description include
the previous use of the site and clarify how this cleanup is related.
6. [32.5.2(c)] From discussions with the applicant it seems that some phasing is proposed with excavation
of stumps to occur later. If phasing is proposed, show such on plan, and include information about
stump excavation.
7. [32.5.2(f)] Amend watershed note to state that the site is located within a water supply watershed.
8. [32.5.2(i)] Provide dimensions (widths) of proposed travelways.
9. [32.5.2(j)] Are the existing water and sewer lines shown contained within easements? If so, indicate
deed book and page reference as well as ownership and width of existing utility easements.
10. [32.5.2(n)] State the proposed paving material types for the travelway.
11. [32.6.2 (p)] Provide a landscape plan that complies with section 32.7.9.
12. [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:
a. 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.
b. Conservation checklist. The applicant shall sign a conservation checklist approved by the
agent to ensure that the specified trees will be protected during construction. Except as
otherwise expressly approved by the agent in a particular case, the checklist shall conform to
the specifications in the Virginia Erosion and Sediment Control Handbook, pages III -393
through III -413, and as hereafter amended.
13. [32.7.9.7(a)(1)] Commercial and industrial uses shall be screened from residential uses when deemed
necessary. A large portion of the clearing and excavation is directly adjacent to residential units.
Provide screening in areas adjacent to existing homes. Screening should be in compliance with section
32.7.9.7.
14. [32.7.9.8] The minimum required tree canopy for the site is ten percent. It appears the tree canopy
requirement will be met with existing trees. Provide calculations on the final site plan to show this
requirement has been met.
15. [Comment] Please distinguish between tree clearing and tree removal areas. Are you not removing the
trees from site within the tree clearing area?
Please contact Rachel Falkenstein in the Planning Division by using rfalkenstein @albemarle.org or 434 -296-
5832 ext. 3272 for further information.