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County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
Memorandum
To: Dave Brockman, Bill Ledbetter, Jeremy Fox
From: Megan Yaniglos- Principal Planner
Division: Planning Services
Date: October 9, 2017
Subject: SDP-2017-057 Old Trail- Block 22- Final Site Plan
The Planner for the Planning Services Division of the Albemarle County Department Community
Development will recommend approve the plan referred to above when the following items
have been satisfactorily addressed. (The following comments are those that have been
identified at this time. Additional comments or conditions may be added or eliminated based
on further review.) [Each comment is preceded by the applicable reference to the Albemarle
County Code.]
Requirements:
1. [ZMA Application Plan] Fire Rescue has stated that an emergency access to Block 32
should be provided. Show this on the plan.
2. [32.5.2(b)] List the accessory units in the table on Sheet 3 for the total number of units.
So instead of 46 total units, there should be 57, with the 11 for the affordable/accessory
counted.
3. [4.12.6] Provide parking calculation for the accessory units. One space must be provided
for each unit. This should be shown on the cover sheet.
4. [4.12.6] In order for the driveway parking to be counted for the guest parking and
accessory unit parking, they must meet the minimum size requirements (18'x9')
measured from the back of the sidewalk, not the edge of the pavement. Parking is not
permitted so that the car is within the sidewalk.
5. [32.7.2.3] Sidewalks should be provided from the units facing Golf drive to the sidewalk
along Golf Drive.
6. [COD pg 9] Where units are frontloaded, the garages shall be setback a minimum of 3'.
Revise to meet this requirement.
7. [32.7.9.5] State the species type and size for the street trees.
8. [32.7.9.81 Provide the calculation for tree canopy required and provided.
Regarding Waiver/Exception Requests:
At this time staff cannot support the requests for modification to the planting strip/sidewalk
locations or the request for not providing sidewalk on both sides of the street. The justification
of density is not adequate for staff to support those requests. Density can still be achieved by
providing smaller unit types and therefore, the facilities would be able to be provided in this
Block. Density shall not be to the detriment of the pedestrian facilities and form of
development. The COD states that pedestrian access is paramount at Old Trail, and not
providing sidewalks is not in keeping with the form of development, as this type of design
(sidewalk adjacent to the curb) has not been approved in other sections of Old Trail. If you
would like to move forward with these requests, Staff will schedule these as a regular item on
the PC agenda.
Please contact Megan Yaniglos at the Department of Community Development 296-5832
ext. 3004 for further information.