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Home My WebLink AboutZMA201500003 Correspondence 2015-06-18 SH- INI PROJECT MANAGEMENT ENGINEERING LAND PLANNING ENGINEERING C- June 18, 2015 Ms. Claudette Grant Senior Planner Albemarle County Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 Regarding: ZMA201500003 Riverside Village Neighborhood Model District Dear Claudette, As per your letter from yesterday, we have revised the table in Section IV of the Code of Development(Sheet 5 of 8) and removed the accessory apartments as an allowed use in Block 5. This was erroneously missed in earlier revisions. Please find attached 10 sets of the above referenced plan for the Planning Commission packets. We will submit an electronic set of the plans to your e-mail account today. If you have any questions please contact Justin at: Justin@a.shimp-engineering.com or by phone at 434-953-6116. Best Regards, PA6r 1717"b Kelly Strickland Shimp Engineering, P.C. KellyCc Shimp-Engineering.com 434.981.6029 -. .. ,....„ ,........ SHIMP PROJECT MANAGEMENT CIVIL ENGINEERING LAND PLANNING ENGINEERING ______.> May 14, 2015 Ms. Claudette Grant Senior Planner Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 Regarding: ZMA201500003 Riverside Village Neighborhood Model District Responses to May 1, 2015 Community Development Comments Dear Ms. Grant, In response to recommendations from County Staff as articulated in your May 1, 2015 letter; please review the attached documents for presentation to the Planning Commission as they relate to the requested zoning amendment. Included for your review, please find: eight(8) sets of the revised Application Plan with a current revision date of May 18, 2015 and revised proffers for the development. As we mentioned in our meeting with you last week, our original intention in requesting the zoning change was two-fold: (1) to allow carriage house units as an additional option for the required affordable units, and (2)to allow affordable units within Block 5 of the development. It is evident from Staff comments and from meeting with you that the carriage house units will not be a practical addition to the approved development(which is under construction) and our revised documents have removed this requested addition. We are currently requesting only the change to the current NMD zoning to allow affordable units within Block 5 of the District. Please consider the following responses to comments provided by County and VDOT Staff: COMPREHENSIVE PLAN: • Neighborhood Density Residential—No changes are proposed...no comments to address. • Greenspace- No changes are proposed...no comments to address. • Neighborhood Model—"The Neighborhood Model District remains consistent with both plans...The general proposed intent of this rezoning amendment request is not substantially different than the approved rezoning..." no comments to address. PLANNING: • Community Meeting Requirement—As you mentioned, the next regular meeting of the Pantops Advisory Council is June 22, and it is our intent to go before the Planning Commission on July 14. Justin will contact you to coordinate our request as an agenda item for the June 22 PAC meeting. • Density—No changes are proposed for the density of the site. This was confusing because the Applicant was requesting to provide detached Carriage House Units in Block 2 above the garage. Since these accessory units would count toward the overall density of the site, the Applicant is no longer proposing to provide Carriage House Units and the Application Plan has been revised accordingly. • Carriage House Units(access and parking)—Fire-Rescue and Zoning have expressed concerns with the ability to access the Carriage House units and to provide adequate parking for the same. The Applicant has acknowledged these concerns and is no longer requesting to allow Carriage house units for the development and the Application Plan has been revised accordingly. • Sheet 6/Table VI—Should include affordable units by type for Block 5. This change has been made to allow multi-family housing type in Block 6 as Affordable Units. • Authorized Signature—Documentation will be provided to permit Chris Henry as an authorized signature on the application. ZONING: • Affordable Housing Exhibit—The exhibit is difficult to read. The Exhibit showed additional locations for affordable units within the Carriage House units in Block 2 and within the multi-family units in Block 5. Because of reasons mentioned above, the request is now amended to only include additional location for affordable units within the multi-family units of Block 5. • Density—Carriage houses count as a unit towards density. The application plan has been amended and Carriage house units are no longer proposed. • Accessory Apartments (COD)—Accessory apartments are subject to Section 5.1.34 of the Zoning Ordinance. Note 2, accompanying Table IV on Sheet 5 of the Application Plan has been added to acknowledge that accessory apartments are subject to Section 5.1.34. Shimp Engineering PC ZMA 201500003 2 a irr ter" • Additional Off-street Parking—There may not be adequate parking in Block 2 for carriage houses or accessory apartments. Carriage houses are no longer proposed with this plan and accommodations to the site plan will be provided if additional parking is needed in Block 2. • Sheet 6/Table VI—Should include affordable units by type for Block 5. This change has been made to allow affordable units in Block 5 as a multi-family housing type. ENGINEERING AND WATER RESOURCES: • No Comments Received ENTRANCE CORRIDOR: • No Impact is anticipated—No comments to address. VDOT: • No Objection to Proposed Amendment— No comments to address. ACSA: • No Comments Provided— No comments to address. RWSA: • No Comments Provided—No comments to address. FIRE/RESCUE: • 20' Unobstructed Access Required for Carriage House Units—The carriage house units are no longer proposed for the development. Shimp Engineering PC ZMA 201500003 3 • • PROFFERS: • Concerns with Park Dedication/Design/Trail Construction—No changes are requested that affect the Park dedication, design, or trail construction. As a separate item from this application,the Applicant will contact Parks and Recreation to discuss and resolve their concerns. As always if you have any questions or concerns about these revisions please feel free to call me at(434) 207-8086 and we can discuss in further detail. As we discussed, It is our wish to proceed to a public hearing on July 14 and please let us know if any concerns arise that might prevent you from offering a recommendation of approval at that hearing. Best Regards, i1■44‘, J. tin Shimp, P.E. Shimp Engineering, P.C. Att: Eight copies of revised Application Plan(revision date 05-18-2015) Eight copies of revised proffers Cc: Chris Henry, Riverside Village Properties Shimp Engineering PC ZMA 201500003 4 t 7 Claudette Grant From: Greg Kamptner Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 9:35 AM To: Ellie Ray; Claudette Grant; Dan Mahon Cc: Bob Crickenberger Subject: RE: Riverside Village park dedication My recollection is that issues 1 and 3 identified by Dan below were also raised when the Riverside Village ZMA was under review, but we should raise them again particularly given that they have a ZMA pending anyway and the applicant's desire may have changed. I found a 2011 email related to Dan's third comment regarding trail design being subject to RV-HOA approval, and the reply was that the trails were to meet the design standards in the RV Code of Development. Greg Kamptner Deputy County Attorney County of Albemarle gkamptner@albemarle.org From: Ellie Ray Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 11:36 AM To: Claudette Grant; Dan Mahon; Greg Kamptner Cc: Bob Crickenberger Subject: RE: Riverside Village park dedication Claudette, Ok,just making sure we're all on the same page...my first email mistakenly said Greg,when I meant to say I assumed you and Dan had spoken about it. I'm just trying to make sure we don't cause an additional ZMA. Ellie Carter Ray, PLA, f_._.EL'GRE.." d Senior Planner Albemarle County Community Development ph: 434.296.5832 x. 3432 From: Claudette Grant Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 8:44 AM To: Dan Mahon; Ellie Ray; Greg Kamptner Cc: Bob Crickenberger Subject: RE: Riverside Village park dedication Ellie, Based on a conversation Dan and I had earlier this week, it is my understanding that Parks and Recreation would like to see a few revisions relating to the park and trail system proffers that are not currently stated in the proffers. I do believe the proffers would need to be amended to make the changes Dan is suggesting.As I mentioned to Dan, if this is what Parks and Recreation would like and the applicant is agreeable to this, then now is a good time to amend those proffers, since we have another proffer amendment currently under review. I hope this helps to clarify.Thanks Claudette From: Dan Mahon Sent: Friday, April 24, 2015 8:16 AM From: Bob Crickenberger Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 8:13 AM To: Dan Mahon Subject: FW: Riverside Village park dedication Need to discuss and comment. From: Greg Kamptner Sent: Monday, April 20, 2015 9:13 AM To: Bob Crickenberger Cc: Ellie Ray Subject: Riverside Village park dedication Bob- Attached is the proposed deed to convey the park land within the Riverside Village development along the Rivanna River near the intersection of Routes 20 and 250.The park dedication was proffered as part of the rezoning(see proffer 1 of the attached). Ellie Ray will be sending you a copy of the plat. Please review and let us know if you have any comments. Greg Kamptner Deputy County Attorney County of Albemarle gkamptner @albemarle.org 3