HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUB201700047 Action Letter Plans Reviewed By 2017-04-27COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, Room 227
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
Road and Drainage plan review
Project title: Woolen Mills Light Industrial Park — Road Plans
Project file number: SUB201700047
Plan preparer: Dominion Engineering [dgreene@dominioneng.com]
Owner or rep.: Elemental Ecotech, LLC
Date Received: March 7, 2017
Date of comments: April 27, 2017
Reviewer: David James [djames@albemarle.org]
Engineering has reviewed your plans and has the following comments:
1. Please note that a determination has been made that a separate Road Plan is not required for this
project. Please incorporate these comments into the Final Site Plan for future review. The fee for
the Road Plan application will be refunded to the applicant.
2. Provide copies of USACOE permits for stream disturbances.
3. VDoT approval of Broadway Street connection required prior to County approval.
4. Guardrails are required for all walls adjacent vehicular areas, loading areas, or hammerhead
turnarounds. Include guardrails details with wall designs. Guardrail to be located at top of slope
embankment where shown currently at wall #7 & #8. Add guardrail on downhill side of Ford Road
from entrance to STA 12+50 approx.
5. Provide retaining wall designs (not generic manufacturer's details) and computations where walls
support critical infrastructure (travelways, hammerhead turnarounds, emergency access ways, etc.).
Contact Robbie Gilmer for emergency vehicle load information [Design Manual, Section 8].
6. Provide AutoTurn (or equal) turning movements at the Moores Creek Lane entrance to confirm
vehicles can enter/exit site within paved areas. Also, provide a breakdown of the anticipated truck
traffic trips and the types of trucks expected.
7. Provide CG-6 at the end of Stockyard Lane instead of roll-top curb.
8. Streets signs needed for traffic control (shown and labeled): stop signs at all intersections with stop
bars and crosswalks (add stop sign at first parking lot off of Belle Monte Ave). Street name signs
are also needed, typ. placed opposite of stop sign. Provide "No Parking" signs at all hammerhead
turnarounds and at the end of Stockyard Lane (across from the perpendicular parking area).
Provide a sign at each entrance indicating street is not a though street (Sect. 18-32.7.2).
9. Provide dimension between Moores Creek Lane entrance and Franklin Street.
10. Show sidewalks and crosswalks (CG-12). Adjust sign locations outside limits of sidewalks where
needed.
11. Show limits of sawcut and pavement restoration within Broadway Street and Moores Creek Lane.
Tie-in shall extend to CL of each street.
12. Provide minimum 20-ft radius on inside curve of Moores Creek Lane entrance.
13. Add stationing of intersecting streets on profiles.
14. Provide pavement crown at both entrances.
15. Drainage along Franklin Street continues in a ditch around the Moores Creek Lane intersection
and must be maintained across the Moores Creek Lane entrance. Provide culvert under the
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intersection of Moores Creek Lane and provide drainage on each side of entrance to allow
drainage to exit travelway.
16. Provide gutter pan at inlet #12.
17. Intersections (VDoT, Append B (1), Sect. E):
a. Angle of intersection — Streets should intersect at right angles; however, intersecting
angles between 60 and 90 degrees are allowed.
b. Spacing — Intersections or intersecting streets on the same or opposite side shall be spaced
200' (Min).
Engineering plan review staff are available from 2-4 PM on Thursdays, should you require a meeting to
discuss this review.
Process;
After approval, plans will need to be bonded. The bonding process is begun by submitting a bond estimate
request form and fee to the Department of Community Development. One of the plan reviewers will
prepare estimates and check parcel and easement information based on the approved plans. The County's
Management Analyst will prepare bond agreement forms, which will need to be completed by the owner
and submitted along with cash, certificates or sureties for the amounts specified. The agreements will need
to be approved and signed by the County Attorney and County Engineer. This may take 2-4 weeks to
obtain all the correct signatures and forms.
Stormwater Management Facilities Maintenance agreements will also need to be completed and recorded.
The County's Management Analyst or other staff will prepare the forms and check for ownership and
signature information. The completed forms will need to be submitted along with court recording fees.
After bonding and agreements are complete, county staff will need to enter project information in a DEQ
database for state application processing. DEQ will review the application information based on local
VSMP authority approval. At this time, the DEQ portion of the application fees will need to be paid
directly to the state. For fastest processing, this is done electronically with the emails provided on the
application. DEQ should notify applicants with instructions on how to pay fees. When DEQ approves the
application, they will issue a permit coverage letter. This should be copied to the county.
After DEQ coverage is issued, via the coverage letter, the County can hold a pre -construction conference.
Applicants will need to complete the request for a pre -construction conference form, and pay the remainder
of the application fee. The form identifies the contractor and responsible land disturber, and the fee
remaining to be paid. This will be checked by county staff, and upon approval, a pre -construction
conference will be scheduled with the County inspector. At the pre -construction conference, should
everything proceed satisfactorily, a joint VSMP and grading permit will be issued by the County so that
work may begin.
County forms can be found on the county website forms center under engineering;
http://www.albemarle.org/deptfonns.asp?department--cdengno
File: SUB201700047—Wollen Mills Light Industrial Park - Road Plan - comments.doc