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Home My WebLink AboutSP200000034 Action Letter COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Repartl11_ent 9fplannigg_& c::()mrn_unitypev~Iopm_cnt 401 Mcintire Road, Room 218 Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 (804) 296 - 5823 Fax (804) 972 - 4012 May 16, 2001 Ethan A. Miller 202 East High Street POBox 1285 Charlottesville, VA 22902 RE: SP-2000-34 Spring Hill and SP-2000-38 Spring Hill Tax Map 58, Parcel 95 Dear Mr. Miller: The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors, at its meeting on April 25, 2001, unanimously approved the above-noted requests. Please note that this approval is subject to the following conditions: SP-2000-34 Spring HiII- Approved subject to the following conditions: 1. No further division of the proposed 102-acre parcel allowed by this shall be permitted. No further division of the residue of Parcel 58-95 shall be permitted without an amendment to SP- 81-01 and SP-81-55; 2. The 102-acre parcel shall be created through application for a rural division; 3. If an application for a rural division of Parcel 58-95 is not filed with the Planning Department within eighteen (18) months from the Board approval date, this permit amendment will expire; 4. Only one (1) dwelling unit shall be permitted on the 102-acre parcel; 5. Riparian buffer easements extending at least one hundred (100) feet from the bank of each stream shall be placed on all streams on the new 102-acre parcel. The Water Resources Manager shall identify the streams for which the easements shall be established. The easements shall include provisions protecting existing vegetation and a tree planting plan to be approved by the Planning and Engineering Departments and executed along Ivy Creek where existing riparian buffers extend less than one hundred (100) feet from each bank. The final plat creating the new parcel shall not be signed until these easements have been reviewed and approved by the Planning Department. The easements shall be granted to the Thomas Jefferson Soil & Water Conservation District, the County of Albemarle, or such entity approved by the County of Albemarle. If no such entity accepts the easements, the applicant shall provide written evidence from such entities declining the easements and this condition shall be null and void; and Page 2 May 16, 2001 ~.~ .i 6. Land clearing for this residential development site (including accessory structures such as sheds or pools) shall be limited to no more than two (2) acres (includes 1.05 acres required for the 35,000-square-foot building site and 10,000-square-foot septic site). This condition is not intended to limit agriculture, horticulture or forestry on the parcel. SP-2000-38. Spring Hill - Approved subject to the following conditions: 1. The applicant shall secure the following approvals before removing vegetation or beginning work on the stream crossing: a. Engineering Department approval of structural computations for the entrance and stream crossing, include structural design computations that demonstrate the bridge can safely carry the vehicles that will access the residence (including all emergency vehicles); b. Fire & Rescue Department approval of the entrance design; c. Engineering Department approval of computations and plans documenting changes to the floodplain. Plans must show floodplain limits and levels before and after construction. Sections 18-30.02.2 and 18-30.03.2 allow no increase in flood levels. On the plan sheet, indicate the FEMA panel and designation (Community-Panel # 510006 0215 B) and that this section of Ivy Creek is a detailed study area; d. Engineering Department receipt of copies of federal and state permits for disturbance of the stream channel and any associated wetlands; e. If the Engineering Department, after review of the hydraulic computations, finds that the floodplain will be changed, the applicant must obtain a map revision from FEMA; f. Engineering Department approval of an erosion and sediment control plan. [17-203] A water protection (E&SC and SWM) bond must be posted and a pre-construction conference held prior to the issuance of a grading permit; g. Engineering Department approval of a mitigation plan for repair and enhancement of the stream buffer. [17-322] Please include planting of trees to widen the Ivy Creek stream buffer; and h. Virginia Department of Transportation approval of the entrance design, including provision of adequate sight distance. 2. In order to protect downstream habitat of the endangered James Spiny-mussel, the applicant must adhere to the following conditions recommended by the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries: a. In-stream work for constructing either entrance shall not occur from May 15 to July 31 of any year; b. Any cofferdams used in in-stream work for isolating the bridge construction area shall be non-erodible; c. In-stream construction work shall block no more than fifty (50) percent of stream flow at any given time; d. Excavated material shall be removed from the floodplain to prevent reentry of that material into Ivy Creek or its tributaries; e. Where they have been altered by construction or vegetation removal, the original streambed and streambank contours shall be restored; and f. Areas where vegetation has been removed for bridge construction shall be replanted with similar species (except in the area occupied by the bridge), or must be included in the tree-planting plan required as a condition of SP-200Q-34. Page 3 May 16, 2001 3. The existing farm entrance shall be gated and locked upon completion of the new .entrance; and 4. The applicant shall grant the County the right to periodically enter the property for the purpose of inspecting this stream crossing in order to verify no additional fill has been placed and the stream crossing remains stable. In the event that the use, structure or activity for which this special use permit is issued shall not be commenced within eighteen (18) months after the issuance of such permit, the same shall be deemed abandoned and the authority granted thereunder shall thereupon terminate. For purposes of this section, the term "commenced" shall be construed to include the commencement of construction of any structure necessary to the use of such permit within two (2) years from the date of the issuance thereof which is thereafter completed within one (1) year. Before beginning this use, you must obtain a zoning clearance from the Zoning Department. Before the Zoning Department will issue a clearance, you must comply with the conditions in this letter. For further information, please call Jan Sprinkle at 296-5875. If you should have any questions or comments regarding the above-noted action, please do not hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, v~~~ Director of Planning & Com Development VWCjjd Cc: Amelia McCulley Jack Kelsey Tex Weaver Steve Allshouse Bob Ball, VDOT