HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201800154 Action Letter 2019-01-11COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
January 11, 2019
Neil Bhatt, AIA
NBJ Architecture
11537-B Nuckols Road
Glen Allen, VA 23060
RE: ARB-2018-154: Hyatt House at Stonefield Town Center, Preliminary
Dear Mr. Bhatt,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on January 7, 2019 completed a preliminary
review of the above -noted request to construct a six -story (maximum 80 feet tall) hotel building encompassing
92,247 square feet and a single -story retail component encompassing 12,567 square feet on an undeveloped,
1.04-acre portion of this parcel. The Board offered the following comments for the benefit of the applicant's
next submittal. Please note that the following comments are those that have been identified at this time.
Additional comments may be added or eliminated based on further review and changes to the plan.
1. Provide renderings of the east and north elevations. Provide additional perspective views that show
the proposed building in the context of adjacent buildings, and particularly in respect to the
existing Hyatt Place Hotel. Provide perspectives from Bond Street as well as District Avenue.
2. Revise the renderings of the south and west elevations to show all proposed architectural features.
3. Provide dimensioned elevations of all four elevations with materials and colors identified. Provide
material and color samples for review.
4. Revise the architectural design to reduce the amount of EIFS used and to increase materials that
reflect the traditional architecture of the area.
5. Ensure that the parapet coping is not illuminated.
6. Note that a separate sign application is required. Back-lit/halo-lit channel letter signs are consistent
with the shopping center.
7. Provide more transparency at the ground level through increased fenestration.
8. Revise the design of the tower to reduce its mass by eliminating the over -scaled single -slope roof.
9. Provide foundation plantings along the exterior of the courtyard wall and against the east building
wall within the courtyard.
10. Provide the standard glass note on the elevations: Window glass in the Entrance Corridors should
meet the following criteria: Visible light transmittance (VLT) shall not drop below 4001o. Visible
light reflectance (VLR) shall not exceed 30%.
11. Provide glass sample and/or manufacturer's specifications that provide the VLR and VLT values.
12. Provide a roof plan that shows the dimensions of all proposed rooftop mechanical equipment and
show rooftop mechanical equipment on the architectural elevations. Sow how all visibility of
mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridors will be eliminated.
13. Provide top -of -wall and bottom -of -wall dimensions of the proposed courtyard wall. Provide
material and color samples for the wall.
14. Ensure that the HVAC vent screens match the color of the surrounding wall.
15. Provide the standard mechanical equipment note on the site plan set and on the architectural
drawings: Visibility of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated.
16. Provide a lighting plan for review.
17. Provide standard lighting note on the lighting plan: Each outdoor luminaire equipped with a lamp
that emits 3, 000 or more initial lumens shall be a full cutoff luminaire and shall be arranged or
shielded to reflect light away from adjoining residential districts and away from adjacent roads.
The spillover of lighting from luminaires onto public roads and property in residential or rural
areas zoning districts shall not exceed one half footcandle.
18. Consider providing foundation plantings on the south face of the building.
19. If planting is added, provide plant species that are native to the region from the approved plant list.
20. If planting is added, add the standard plant health note to the plan: All site plantings of trees and
shrubs shall be allowed to reach, and be maintained at, mature height; the topping of trees is
prohibited. Shrubs and trees shall be pruned minimally and only to support the overall health of
the plant.
21. Ensure that the proposal includes the necessary amount of open space to fulfill the Code of
Development requirements.
22. Note that additional pedestrian and bicycle amenities and connections, as well as the provision of
open space on this lot, will likely be called for during the site plan review process to meet Code of
Development requirements
23. Provide adequate tree protection fencing on site plans for future review.
You may submit your application for continued ARB review at your earliest convenience. Application forms,
checklists and schedules are available on-line at www.albemarle.org/ARB.
Revised drawings addressing the comments listed above are required. Include updated ARB revision dates on
each drawing. Please provide a memo including detailed responses indicating how each comment has been
addressed. If changes other than those requested have been made, identify those changes in the memo also.
Highlighting the changes in the drawing with "clouding" or by other means will facilitate review and approval.
If you have any questions concerning any of the above, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
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Heather McMahon
Senior Planner
Cc: OCT Stonefield Property Owners, LLC
535 Madison Ave, 6th Floor
New York City, NY 10022
File ARB-2018-154