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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP201000038 Review CommentsFro VId rR 10 )AV LO, am f" o� Ur),Iye i 7U in the County Ordinance. It is appropriate to make the connection to Connor Drive with this proposed development to provide safe and convenient vehicular and pedestrian access for hotel patrons to the Hollymead Town Center shopping area. The Hollymead Town Center Code of Development for Area C (Page 21) states that water quality swales, which will reduce the amount of untreated runoff entering the ponds, are proposed within several development Blocks, including Block I. Although an existing water quality swale is located adjacent to this site, it is not clear that any of the developed flow will enter it. REV I. the southern forebay to the pond will serve to collect larger particles of sediment and pollutants, as well as trash and debris from the development. Even with bio filter plantings, it will not appropriately function as a water quality feature. A water quality Swale (or a BMP of equal treatment capability) to pre- treat stormwater before it enters the pond is required within Block l per the Code of Development, Please contact Engineer at 296 -5832 ext 3069 if you have questions or require additional information. Albemarle County-Service Authority approval to include: ❑ There are outstanding issues concerning Hollymead Town Center that must be resolved before preliminary site plan approval is granted for this project. U i1 1' .? cut 15 I pt'j Final dedication of Hollymead Town Center Area C Phase 1 Infrastructure is � required. 6011 t `�"' • Final dedication of Hollymead Town Center Area C Block 9 is required. The developer must enter into an agreement to address sanitary sewer capacity. As you can see, this is not going to be the usual preliminary approval path from the Service Authority side. Please instruct the applicant to contact us for additional information regarding this project. Please contact -Gary'Whelan at 977 -4511 if you have questions or require additional information. Fire & Rescue approval-to include: Fr rr 1 � 0! ! ( .❑ Verify adequate fire flow is available. Must comply with the Virginia Statewide Fire + Prevention Code. Approval is subject to field inspection and verification. Please contact James Barber at 296 =5833 if you have questions or require additional information. 'VDOT approval-to include: ❑ Comment #4 (Median Conner Dr.) The connection to Conner Dr should be a requirement for approval of this site plan. Without the connection, the site does not have adequate access to and from Hollymead TC and will force vehicles to use Route 29 to get to Hollymead TC. This connection is part of the rezoning plan and the TIA. Changes to this i access will change the impacts to Route 29 and require a reassessment of the connection on route 29 which will most likely require aright turn / deceleration lane on Route 29 outside of the existing right turn / through lane that is there. Comment #5 (Preventing Left Turn on Timberwood) The medians will not be permitted 'Or as mountable curb on Timberwood Blvd. I agree that left turning traffic, or u -turns create m F d ( I n01 a problem at this site. Much of this is because the existing channelization on Timberwood (A��I is poorly designed and the entrance to this site does not line up with the median opening. In addition, there is an existing problem with vehicles approaching Route 29 on Timberwood and using this median break as an entrance to CVS. For these safety reasons the existing median opening on Timberwood Blvd needs to be closed entirely. The connection at Conner Dr. into the site will provide adequate access. In addition to these responses I would like to add the following comments: r,r'S e �K .❑ Sight distances need to be shown at the connection to Timberwood Blvd. Any sight lines that fall outside of the right of way will require sight easements. p G i "f r ' % - r �� • .❑ The street trees proposed on Timberwood Blvd. must be placed behind the sidewalk. ❑ If the connection to Conner Dr. is added back to the plan and the right turn lane on Route E Vi 5 P., .29 is not necessary, the pavement marking on Route 29 should be a shared right through. Please contact Joel Denunzio at 293 -0011 ext 120 if you have questions or require additional information. Architectural Review Board approval-to Include: 3 t j c- p; a..(i . ❑ This project was approved by the ARB (ARB -08 -160) pending conditions to be reviewed by staff. We are waiting for a revised submittal that addresses those ARB conditions of approval. e- :1� _❑ Please note that a cursory review of the site plan with revision date of 3 -2 -09 has shown a that the proposed retaining walls at the sediment basin are not shown consistently on all Q TO ! r ! I 0 ; U� Q plans. This needs to be coordinated. Also, the landscape plan has been printed in a way u rY1_p,I d bo ju n' U that does not provide distinction between existing and proposed plants. This needs to be clarified. Furthermore, the timing of the planting at the basin, as outlined in the ARB's Y P 10 ( OL I ©n conditions of approval, should be clearly noted on the landscape plan. ' Please contact Margaret Maliszewski at 296 -5832 ext 3276 if you have questions or require additional DSO �Gn�SCU�Cinf'ormation. Albemarle °County Department of Geographic and Data Services: Comments'from Andy Slack ❑ BEFORE FINAL SITE PLAN APPROVAL IS GRANTED, THE APPLICANT SHOULD CONTACT THIS OFFICE WITH A LIST OF ROAD NAME SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS PROJECT. Please contact Andy Slack at .296-5832 ext 3384 if you have questions or require additional information. Sincerely, Gerald Gatobu, Principal Planner Zoning & Current Development File: SDP - 200900006 Cc: 4