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AUNT
August 19, 2010
Megan Yaniglos
Albemarle County Department of Community Development
Division of Current Development and Zoning
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Dear Ms. Yaniglos,
Thank you for the opportunity to review SDP201000063, National College - Preliminary. JAUNT
has the following advisory comments.
.• The design of the parking lot will allow JAUNT vehicles to turnaround fairly easily.
• There are no accessible parking spaces shown on the plan, and the cover page indicates
that parking requirements are "undefined." JAUNT encourages the applicant to provide
an adequate number of accessible parking spaces.
• The sidewalk along the driveway from the building to U.S. 29 is a good feature assuming
pedestrian facilities along 29 will be improved in the future. Some comments on it:
• Width was unspecified but appeared to be 4', which may be uncomfortably
narrow for users and wouldn't meet ADA requirements without 5' passing zones.
• The grading plan shows slopes across the sidewalk. Its cross -slope should not
exceed 2% in order to comply with ADA requirements.
• The revised plan should show a ramp where this sidewalk ends at 29.
• The County should consider whether the developer should build a short chunk of
sidewalk along 29 within the project limits... this would be a "sidewalk to
nowhere" right now but might connect to adjacent parcels if redeveloped.
r The future pedestrian connection shown to the south is a positive element. A future
road or pedestrian connection to the west could be beneficial, depending on
development of the University of Virginia Research Park.
Please contact me with any questions.
Peter Ohlms, JAUNT Mobility Manager - petero @rideiaunt.org - 296 -3184, ext. 120
104 Keystone Place, Charlottesville VA 22902 www.rideiaunt.org info@rideiaunt.org (434) 296 -3184