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Home My WebLink AboutSDP201800012 Review Comments Final Site Plan and Comps. 2018-04-04County of Albemarle Department of Community Development Memorandum To: Craig Kotarski, P.E. From: Bill Fritz, AICP Date: April 4, 2018 Subject: SDP 2018-12 Woolen Mills Final Site Plan This is a follow up to our conversation of last week. You have requested a waiver of Section 4.12.15(g). This request is to eliminate the requirement for curb and gutter for the area near Moores Creek. This request has been reviewed in accord with the provisions of Section 4.12.12. The County agrees that curb and gutter is not necessary and does not improve the stormwater system and therefore approves the waiver. In our conversation last week I stated that wheel stops would be needed for the parking near Moores Creek. However, after reviewing the engineering comments the waiver is approved with the requirement that bollards or some other form of physical barrier are necessary adjacent to Moores Creek. With this barrier, wheel stops are not necessary. The plan requires modification to meet the recreation requirements of Section 4.16. Please note that the play area shall contain: One (1) swing (four (4) seats) One (1) slide Two (2) climbers One (1) buckabout or whirl Two (2) benches. Alternative amenities may be approved. If you propose alternatives please call me to discuss them. The proffer requires "a plan for educating the public about the Woolen Mills cultural resources, including but not limited to onsite markers, interpretive exhibits, and the like which are visible in publicly accessible areas". The site plan must be revised to address this proffer. You have requested an exception from Section 4.12.17(c)1 to allow a reduction in the design of the travelway accessing Market Street. This request has been reviewed by the Site Review Committee members and approved. This exception is subject to the travelway being improved as shown on the site plan. Considerations in approving this exception are that the travelway is existing, improvement is not possible due to physical constraints (railroad and floodplain), the travelway has proven adequate for past activities, the proffer limits the use of the travelway by limiting accessible parking. The comments from Fire Rescue are not superseded by this exception. Please contact Shawn Maddox directly to address the comments. Attached are all the comments I have received to date. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Review Comments for SDP201800012 Final Plat Project Name: Woolen Mills Redevelopment- Final Date Completed: Sunday; April 01, 2018 Department0vision/Agency: Review Status: Reviewer: Shawn Maddox Fire Rescue Requested Changes 1. Based on the height of the building aerial fire apparatus access roads must be provided. The current subrruttal shows 24' of travel way, this must be increased to 26. See below far code reference. Please contact our office to discuss alternatives to providing this access parallel to one entire side of the building as referenced below. 2. Will one fire department connection serve the entire building? If not then each FDC shall be shown on the plans. 3. A knox box will be required for this project. A note should be added that the knox box location must be approved by the fire marshal's office. 4. An additional hydrant is needed on the Broadway Street entrance area of the project. An appropriate location could be near the 8x8" tee in the vicinity of the 8x6" reducer. 5. The minimum acceptable unobstructed travel way for emergency apparatus access is 20'. At one point the travel way is restricted to 13'. If this width cannot be increased a fire code modiciation will be required. Contact our office to discuss. 6. Buildings exceeding three stones, or 30 feet, shall have at feast two means of fire apparatus access for each structure. As discussed during the special use permit process emergency apparatus access from the Market Street side of the project does not appear adequate. This concern is compounded by the reduced travel way around the structure at the point where the road narrows to 13'. Please contact our office to discuss. 7. Once all travel lanes and emergency apparatus access widths have been resolved they shall be marked as fire lanes. AERIAL FIRE APPARATUS ACCESS ROADS D105.1 Where required. Where the vertical distance between the grade plane and the highest roof surface exceeds 30 feet (91" mm), approved genal fire apparatus access roads shall be provided. For purposes of this section, the highest roof surface shall be determined by measurement to the eave of a pitched roof, the intersection of the roof to the exterior wall, or the top of parapet wails, whichever is greater. D105.2 Width. Aerial fire apparatus access roads shall have a minimum unobstructed width of 26 feet (7925 mm), exclusive of shoulders, in the immediate vicinity of the building or portion thereof. D105.3 Proximity to budding. At least one of the required access routes meeting this condition shall be located within a minimum of 15 feet (4572 mm) and a maximum of 30 feet (9144 mm) from the budding, and shall be positioned parallel to one entire side of the building. The side of the building on which the asnal fire apparatus access road is positioned shall be approved by the fire code official_ D105.4 Obstructions. Overhead utility and power lines shall not be located over the aerial fire apparatus access road or between the aerial fire apparatus road and the building. Other obstructions shall be permitted to be placed with the approval of the fire code official. Review Comments for SDP201800012 Final Plat Project Name: Woolen Mills Redevelopment - Final Date Completed: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 DeparimenVOivision/Agency: Review Status: Reviewer: Michael Dellinger CDD lnspectrons5ee Recommendations Unable to determine the number of Type A and B units with a site plan, please verify the number of accessible parking spaces required with the normal chart for accessible parking and also the following below: 1106.2 Groups R-2 and R-3. At least 2 percent, but not less than one, of each type of parking space provided for occupancies in Groups R-2 and R-3, which are required to have Accessible, Type A or Type B dwelling or sleeping units, shall be accessible_ Where parking is provided within or beneath a building, accessible parking spaces shall also be provided within or beneath the building_ Retaining walls over 3' in height require separate building permits, walls exceeding 4' in height require engineering also. Before building permits can be issued an asbestos survey must be performed_ Positive results require a separate building permit to remove and a clearance report will be required pnor to issuance of building permit_ Negative results will require documentation as well. Review Comments for Project Name: I1ltlo°len Mills Redevelopment - Final Date Completed: I Monday, March 26, 2098 Reviewer: JRichard Nelson SOP201800012 Final Plat Department/Division/Agency: Review Status: ANSA _ T� Pending — SUB -2018-12 Woolen Mills Final Site Plan is currently under ACSA water and sewer plan review. Updated water and sewer comments have been returned to Timmons 3126!18_ R 0 County of Albemarle Department of Community Development Memorandum To: Bill Fritz From: Matt Wentland Date: 2 April 2018 Subject: Woolen Mills Redevelopment (SDP201800012) The final site plan for Woolen Mills has been reviewed by Engineering. The following comments will need to be addressed: 1. An approved WPO submittal will be required containing ESC and SWM plans and a SWPPP before site plan approval (17-300, 17-301). 2. A Floodplain Development Permit application will need to be submitted and approved. 3. Engineering recommends providing guard rail or bollards along the parking spaces next to the existing rock wall (in the lot with no curb). Stephen C. Brich, P.E. Commissioner COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 1601 Orange Road Culpeper, Virgin a 22701 March 22, 2018 County of Albemarle Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 Attn: Bill Fritz Re: Woolen Mills Redevelopment- Final Site PIan SDP -2018-00012 Review #2 Dear Mr. Fritz: The Department of Transportation, Charlottesville Residency Transportation and Land Use Section, has reviewed the above referenced plan as submitted by Timmons Group, dated December 04, 2017, revised March 09, 2018 and find it to generally acceptable. A VDOT Land Use Permit will be required prior to any work within the right-of-way. The owner/developer must contact the VDOT Charlottesville Residency Land Use Section at (434) 422-9399 for information pertaining to this process. If further information is desired, please contact Willis C. Bedsaul at 434-422-9866. Sincerely, �� Adam J. oore, P.E. Area Land Use Engineer Charlottesville Residency VirginiaDOT.org WE KEEP VIRGINIA MOVING