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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road,
Charlottesville, VA, 22902
Memorandum
Fax 434 - 972 -4126
To:
Claudette Grant
From:
Michelle Roberge, Engineering Department
Division:
Engineering
Date:
May 12, 2015
Subject:
ZMA 2015 -00003 Riverside Village NMD
I have reviewed the concept plan for the application noted above and offer the following comments for the
applicant. The comments are those that have been identified at this time. Additional comments may be added
or eliminated based on further review.
Please verify the setbacks are correct. They may change with the proposed carriage units /rental units.
2. Please clarify if the carriage units will be rented only.
3. 1 do not recommend approval of the carriage units /rental units for the following reasons:
a) The parking for the carriage units appears to be within a parking lot. There are no sidewalks from the
parking lot to the units. Residents will need to walk through narrow alleys to access the rental units.
Parking for the carriage units and single family dwellings will work best if they are within the same
driveway.
b) The alleys appear to be one way only and does not work well for the site. In order to access driveways
residents must follow the one way circulation pattern, so it is an inconvience for the residents. Also,
alleys should only serve as a secondary road to access lots. The proposal is showing alleys as the
primary road to access lots.
c) The alleys appear to be to narrow. Please clarify width.
d) Fire Rescue cannot access the carriage house due to the narrow alleys. This is a safety concern.
e) The frontage for the carriage units and single family dwellings are different. The single family dwelling
fronts a pedestrian muse and the carriage house fronts an alley, but both dwellings are within one lot.
This configuration is confusing. For example, where will the mailbox be located?
Please contact Michelle Roberge in the Engineering Dept at mroberge(@albemarle.org or 434 - 296 -5832 ext.
3458 for further information.