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Home My WebLink AboutZMA201800002 Review Comments Zoning Map Amendment 2018-08-22COUNTY OF ALBEA ARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126 August 22, 2018 Justin Shimp, PE Shimp Engineering 201 E. Main Street Suite M Charlottesville, VA 22902 RE: ZMA2018-00002 Hansen Road Office Bear Justin: Staff has reviewed your initial submittal for the ZMA2018-02 to modify the application plan for ZMA 2002- 08 South Pantops Of1=lce to add 10,000 square feet of building area for an office. Staffs comments are organized in the letter below: • Flow the proposal relates to the Comprehensive Plan • The Neighborhood Model analysis • Additional planning comments • Additional comments from reviewers Plannina Comments David Benish Consistency with the Comprehensive Plan Comments on conformity with the Comprehensive Plan will be provided to the Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors as part of the staff report when this proposal goes to public hearing or a worksession. Land Use: The Comprehensive Plan identifies this property for Urban Mixed Use and Greenspace in the Pantops Master Plan. The Pantops Master Plan contains the recommendation to "Preserve the green space behind the Rivanna Ridge shopping center and provide a pocket park at scenic spots along the western edge of the shopping center, along with a central green element." The concept plans you provided show parking in the area designated for Urban Mixed Use. Buildings are shown in the areas shown for preservation of greenspace. Staff notes that the approved ZMA199800020 shows a building in the area shown as greenspace on the 2008 Pantops Master Plan. In requesting approval of additional building square footage this property, the applicant will need to make the case for why development should be approved in an area recommended as greenspace in the Master Plan, and/or not providing some small park space area as recommended in the Plan ("preserve the green space behind the Rivanna Ridge shopping center and provide a packet park at scenic spots, potentially along the western edge of the shopping center, along with a central green element."). The Planning Commission and Board of Supervisors will need to balance the rights given with the 1998 plan and the aspirations of the Pantops Master Plan for this area. • Albemarle County works with Monticello and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation to preserve the Monticello Viewshed. Please contact the Thomas Jefferson Foundation to coordinate on visibility and their Viewshed Guidelines. Liz Russell may be reached at Irussell@monticello.ore. An expectation with prior rezoning approvals for this area was to assure the visibility of the planned development was minimized from Monticello. An important factor in the review of this proposal will be the impact of the proposed additional develop to visibility from Monticello. Neighborhood Model The following describes how the proposed development meets or does not meet the principles of the Neighborhood Model. Pedestrian Orientation Sidewalks appear to be provided as shown on the application plan and will connect to other existing sidewalks adjacent to the site. Assuming the existing and deteriorating asphalt path along Rolkin Road will be upgraded to concrete sidewalk, this principle is met Mixture of Uses This site would consist of institutional and offices uses, creating an on -site nonresidential use mix. The larger plan development was approved as a primarily suburban scale commercial site consisting of retail, service and office uses. Carriage Hill apartments are located near this site, and with the development proposed on this site, a mix of uses is created in this immediate area. Partially met, but consistent with prior zoning approval. Neighborhood Centers The Rivanna Ridge Shopping Center area, including this site, is considered a Neighborhood Center. Mixture of Housing This proposal is consistent with the prior approved Planned Development, Types and Affordability which called for non-residential uses in this area Interconnected Streets This proposal is using existing street system approved with the prior and Transportation Planned Development approval. No further interconnection are needed Networks are reasonably feasible given topography of this site and need to preserve wooded/vegetated areas adjacent to the rear of shopping center building. This principal is met. Multi -modal The shopping center site is currently served by CAT. This principal is met. Transportation Opportunities Parks, Recreational No amenity space is proposed. The Pantops Master Plan recommends to Amenities, and Open "preserve the green space behind the Rivanna Ridge shopping center and Space provide a pocket park at scenic spots, potentially along the western edge of the shopping center, along with a central green element." Wooded/vegetation area adjacent to the shopping center building property needs to be retained to the extent feasible for screening purposes. This principle may need to be further addressed. 2 Buildings and Space of Buildings are oriented to the street as required by maximum setback Human Scale requirements. The proposed 25,000 sq. ft. (max.)/12,500 footprint are an acceptable scale. Topography of site and level of development/parking proposed will require an up to 6 foot tall retaining wall along the frontage of the office building will have this building raised above the street frontage. Partially addressed. Relegated Parking Parking is largely relegated or under building. Parking along Hanson Road should be screened from the road to reduce visibility of the parking area. Redevelopment N/A. This one of the last remaining undeveloped properties within the Plan Development Respecting Terrain and The combination of size/shape of the property, the existing topography, Careful Grading and Re- and the total level of development proposed for the site will result grading of Terrain extensive use of retaining walls in order to develop the site as proposed. This proposaPs consistency with this principle will need further assessment. Clear Boundaries with N/A the Rural Area Additional Planning Comments • Design Planner/Entrance Corridor comments (Margaret Maliszewski): An office building in this location is expected to have minimal visibility from the Rt. 250 Entrance Corridor and, therefore, minimal impact on the corridor. Zoning Comments (Francis McCall) Review of revised proffers will be needed if they are made after this review. The s uare footage amounts were in the existing proffer thus that needs to be revised. Fire Rescue (Shawn Maddox) Fire Rescue has no objections to the amendment as submitted. ACSA Comments No comment at this time. RWSA (Victoria Fort) No comment at this time. County Transportation PlanneriVirainia Department of Transportation Comments • Please attached see transportation related comments the County Transportation Planner (Kevin McDermott). Building Official Retaining walls greater than 3 feet in height require a separate building permit. Walls exceeding 4 feet in height require a stamped engineered design also. Parking spaces and access isles shall not have a surface slope greater than 1:48. Access isles shall be at the same level as the parking space they serve. M Action after Receipt of comments After you have read this letter, please take one of the actions identified on "Action after Receipt of Comment Letter" which is attached. Resubmittal If you choose to resubmit, please use the attached form. There is no fee for the first resubmittal. See resubmittal schedule is for resubmittal dates. Notification and Advertisement Fees Additional information regarding fees for notification and advertisement will be forthcoming. Feel free to contact me if you wish to meet or need additional information. I can be reached at dbenish@albemarle.ore or 434-296-5832, ext. 3251. Sincerely, e David Benish Chief of Planning Enc: Action after receipt of comment letter Resubmittal form 4 Jk7. f COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 229024596 Phone (434) 2996-5832 _ Fax (434) 972-4126 TO: Applicant FROM: Kevin McDermott; Principle Planner —Transportation DATE: August 17, 2018 SUBJECT: ZMA201800002 Hansen Road Office Comments The Albemarle County Community Development Department, Planning Division, Principle Planner for Transportation has reviewed the above referenced plan and associated traffic impact statement as submitted by Shimp Engineering P,C. (June 2018) and would like to submit the following statement: The content of the Traffic Impact Statement is inadequate for use as an assessment of the potential traffic impacts related to this rezoning. There is no analysis of directional distribution or expected queues at any of the intersections and the assumptions of potential peak hour traffic volumes from existing and project generated sources is not well substantiated. However, review of the project and general information provided on existing and expected generated traffic, staff does not believe that the project will result in a negative impact on traffic operations near the site. The minor increase in daily and peak hour traffic volumes (453 daily trips and 57 AM/60 PM peak hour trips from both the office and church) will not noticeably affect operations at the intersections of Hansen Road or Rolkin Road and therefore staff has no objection to the proposal. If you have any questions regarding this statement, please feel free to contact me. Kevin M. McDermott Principal Planner — Transportation Albemarle County 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 (434) 296-5841 Ext. 3414 kmcdermott@albemarle.org