HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP201500005 Review Comments Initial Site Plan 2015-03-16 (4)ACCREDITED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Initial Site Plan
Lead Reviewer: Megan Yaniglos
Item Number: SDP201500005
Project Name: Fifth Street Place
Due Date: March 16th, 2015
All Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) recommendations are considered to be advisory. The
recommendations are meant to be utilized as a design strategy to create a safer environment for the future residents of
the community.
Advisory Landscaping Recommendations
All shrubbery and ornamental grasses used in foundation planting areas should follow the CPTED two foot six foot rule.
Shrubs should be no taller than two feet in front of building windows. Tree crowns in common areas, near buildings,
and along pedestrian walkways should be pruned no less than six feet from ground level to maximize surveillance
opportunities. Shrubbery should always remain below the window line so natural surveillance is not hindered from the
interior apartments out onto property grounds.
Shrubs, ornamental grasses, and ornamental flowering trees should be planted no less than six feet from pedestrian
walkways to eliminate concealment and ambush opportunities.
Shrubbery and ornamental grasses should be maintained at no more than two feet tall around pedestrian entranceways to
eliminate concealment and ambush opportunities.
Advisory Lighting Recommendations
All lighting should be within the IESNA guidelines for minimum security lighting standards.
It is advised that all pedestrian pathways, and rear entrances behind buildings two and four, be illuminated to a
minimum 1.0 fc horizontal on pavement and a minimum of .5 fc vertical 5’ above ground.
All lighting on site should be at a 4:1 average to minimum ratio (background to face), and designed to limit light
trespass and glare.
All lighting on site should be sufficient to allow facial recognition at thirty feet. Thirty feet is the minimum for reaction
time to determine if the person is friendly or hostile.
The mail kiosk should be illuminated to a minimum 1.0 fc horizontal on pavement and a minimum of .5 fc vertical 5’
above ground. The same lighting standard should be used to illuminate the proposed dog park and all other community
common areas.
Advisory Territorial Recommendations
The community entrance sign should include a site map and be properly illuminated for wayfinding.
All building numbers should be prominently displayed and properly illuminated. The numbers should be no less than
three inches in height.
The mail Kiosk should be relocated to the recreation island in front of building number two. The relocation will place
the mail kiosk in a more centralized location and optimize natural surveillance opportunities for the residents in the
individual buildings and on site pedestrian traffic.
Concrete sidewalks leading into the building from public sidewalks should be constructed with pavers or different
textures and colors to indicate a transition from public space to semi-private space.
MPO Steve Watson, ICPS, CPD
Albemarle County Police Department
Crime prevention Unit