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HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201800132 Correspondence 2018-12-13Heather McMahon From: Heather McMahon Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 5:00 PM To: Jeff Lee Subject: RE: ARB-2018-132: Christian Aid Mission, freestanding sign (TMP 07600-00-00-05500) Attachments: ARB2018-132 CoA.pdf Hi Jeff, Please find your Certificate of Appropriateness attached. Thanks, Heather McMahon, Senior Planner Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3278 hmcmahon@albemarle.org From: Heather McMahon Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 3:25 PM To: 'Jeff Lee' <jeff.lee@superiorsignsrva.com> Subject: RE: ARB-2018-132: Christian Aid Mission, freestanding sign (TMP 07600-00-00-05500) This is great, thanks. I'll be in touch shortly. Heather McMahon, Senior Planner Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3278 hmcmahon@albemarle.org From: Jeff Lee <ieff.lee@superiorsinsrva.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 3:13 PM To: Heather McMahon <hmcmahon@albemarle.org> Subject: Re: ARB-2018-132: Christian Aid Mission, freestanding sign (TMP 07600-00-00-05500) revised landscaping plan attached... thanks, Jeff Lee Sales - Compliance 1 SUPERIOR SIGNS Superior Signs, LLC 2510 Willis Road Richmond, VA 23237 Ph (804) 271-5685 jeff.lee@superiorsignsrva.com From: Jeff Lee <jeff.lee@superiorsignsrva.com> Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2018 11:56 AM To: Heather McMahon <hmcmahon@albemarle.org> Cc: David Moore <dmoore@superiorsignsrva.com> Subject: Re: ARB-2018-132: Christian Aid Mission, freestanding sign (TMP 07600-00-00-05500) Great! I'll revise the landscaping plan accordingly & send it over this afternoon. Thanks, Jeff Lee 804-605-1396 m On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 11:49 AM Heather McMahon <hmcmahon@albemarle.org> wrote: Hi Jeff, I've noticed an omission on the landscape plan: please put the quantity of each plant proposed (i.e., 6 littleleaf box and 5 mountain laurels) on the plan as well as the planting height (24" minimum at time of planting is required). All other requested changes from the November 6th letter have been met. As soon as you send me a revised landscape drawing which includes the missing information, I can sign off on your CoA. Thanks, Heather McMahon, Senior Planner Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3278 hmcmahon@albemarle.org From: Jeff Lee <leff.lee@superiorsignsrva.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 201812:26 PM To: Heather McMahon <hmcmahon@albemarle.org> Cc: David Moore <dmoore@superiorsignsrva.com> Subject: ARB-2018-132: Christian Aid Mission, freestanding sign (TMP 07600-00-00-05500) Hi, Heather - please see below responses to comments in the Novermber 6th letter on subject. to include: • Sign drawing (v2) with neutral color cabinet, pole cover • VEPCO Distribution Easement Reserved letter • Revised landscaping plan • Site photos with topography • Enlarged View Site Plan v2 I'll be travelling this afternoon, but feel free to contact me on my cell phone at 804-605-1396 if you have any questions. Look forward to hearing your comments... Thanks, Heather McMahon From: Heather McMahon Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2018 1:13 PM To: 'Jeff Lee' Subject: RE: ARB-2018-132: Christian Aid Mission sign application -- changes requested Hi Jeff, Yes, I'm in my office all afternoon. Thanks, Heather McMahon, Senior Planner Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3278 hmcmahon@albemarle.org From: Jeff Lee[ma ilto:jeff.lee @superiorsignsrva.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2018 12:25 PM To: Heather McMahon <hmcmahon@albemarle.org> Subject: Re: ARB-2018-132: Christian Aid Mission sign application -- changes requested Thanks, Heather - can I give you a call later this afternoon? Regards, Jeff Lee Superior Signs 12510 Willis Rd. I Richmond, VA 23237 w 804.271.5685 1 f 804.743.9250 1 c 804.605.1396 On Tue, Nov 6, 2018 at 11:59 AM Heather McMahon <hmcmahonkalbemarle.org> wrote: Hi Jeff, Staff has reviewed your project and taken it to the Architectural Review Board at its 11-5-18 meeting for additional guidance. Changes are requested; please see the attached letter for more details. Thanks, Heather McMahon, Senior Planner 1 Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3278 hmcmahon@albemarle.org From: Heather McMahon Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2018 1:16 PM To:'Jeff Lee' <ieff.lee @superiorsignsrva.com> Cc: David Moore <dmoo re@superiorsignsrva.com> Subject: RE: #180727 for ARB-2018-132: Christian Aid Mission sign application -- not complete (fee required) Hi again, Jeff, Although I cannot fully review this application until payment is received and processed, I've been looking at it some more and I have a few comments, questions, and requests: I have attached an aerial photograph of the site which shows a large retaining wall along the entrance drive, separated from the guard rail by a few feet. Could you please mark up this drawing with the approximate proposed location for the new sign? I worry that there is not enough room in the proposed location between the wall and the road to sink footers. Also, please note that overhead electric lines cross the property very close to the proposed sign location. You should provide a site plan that shows the line and its easement, and contact the power company if there is any chance that the proposed placement falls within the easement; if it does, a letter of approval from the power company may be required by my colleagues in Zoning. Has your client considered contacting VDOT to ask whether the sign could be located closer to the road, although that is in the right-of-way? I'm just wondering, as I can see that your client is working with a constrained site. In terms of the sign design meeting ARB standards and criteria, again, I cannot comment fully until I review the application fully, but a darker cabinet frame (other than white) and a more neutral pole color (other than blue) would be more appropriate for the Entrance Corridor. Thanks, Heather McMahon, Senior Planner Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3278 hmcmahon@albemarle.org From: Jeff Lee[ma iIto: ieff.lee @superiorsignsrva.com] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2018 3:03 PM To: Heather McMahon <hmcmahon@albemarle.org> Cc: David Moore <dmoo re@superiorsignsrva.com> Subject: Re: #180727 for ARB-2018-132: Christian Aid Mission sign application -- not complete (fee required) Hi, Heather, thanks for your comments... I apologize for omitting the fee from our submittal. A company check will be mailed to intake. We will review the sign guidelines for the EC with our client and make them aware of the preference towards monument style signs. Thanks again, On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 2:11 PM Heather McMahon <hmcmahongalbemarle.org> wrote: Hi Jeff, I am the Architectural Review Board staff person reviewing your sign permit application for the Christian Aid Mission. Unfortunately, your application is missing the $129.00 ARB review fee and I cannot resume review of this sign permit application until that fee is remitted (please see the letter attached). Please remit payment directly to the intake staff, if you have questions about remittance, please contact the intake staff directly at 434.296.5832. For future reference, the only time an ARB review fee is waived is when a) the sign is not in the Entrance Corridor, or b) when there is a Comprehensive Sign Plan for that parcel. This sign will be in and visible from the Entrance Corridor and there is no Comprehensive Sign Plan for this parcel, hence the fee is required. Those parcels which do have Comprehensive Sign Plans can easily be referenced on the ARB website, under the heading ARB Comprehensive Sign Criteria. I am sorry that this error was not caught earlier, because otherwise your application is complete and I appreciate the thoroughness with which you met all the requested information and materials. Although I have not reviewed the application, I have checked it for its completeness and I could not miss that you are requesting a pole sign. Pole signs are not encouraged forms of freestanding signs in the EC; monument signs are preferred. I am pasting a hyperlink to the Entrance Corridor Sign Guidelines here so that you may read the language on freestanding signs. I have also cut -and -pasted that language below: If your client wishes to erect a pole sign instead of a monument sign, please explain why monument sign will not suffice. As the language states, existing site conditions should be the determining factor; as such, you may wish to provide photographs of the proposed sign placement of the sign as seen from the EC, which is 5t' Street Extended. Please let me know if you have further questions. Thanks, Heather McMahon, Senior Planner Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3278 hmcmahon(a,alb emarle. org