HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP200600117 Review Comments Letter of Revision 2 2019-01-28County of Albemarle
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road,
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Memorandum
To: Brian Midock
From: Andy Reitelbach, Senior Planner
Division: Planning
Date: January 28, 2019
Subject: LOR#2 — SDP200600117 Birchwood Place — Final
The County of Albemarle Planning Division will grant or recommend approval of the Letter of
Revision referenced above once the following comments have been addressed. Code numbers
included below refer to Chapter 18, the Zoning Ordinance, of the Albemarle County Code unless
otherwise specified.
1. [Application Form] Provide a request letter from the owner or authorized agent
describing the proposed changes.
2. [Application Form] Show the proposed changes on the previously -approved landscape
plan (sheet 16 of SDP2006-00117), so that the revisions can be reviewed against what is
currently required by the existing site plan.
3. [General Comment] As this property is in the Entrance Corridor Overlay District,
complete and submit a separate application for the Architectural Review Board (ARB),
including any applicable fees, so that this proposal can be given an ARB case file number
and be reviewed in accordance with ARB requirements. For more information, please
contact Heather McMahon, senior planner for the ARB, at hmcmahon(),albemarle.org.
4. [32.7.9.5; 32.7.9.6; 32.7.9.81 Landscaping Along Streets; Landscaping within a
Parking Area; Tree Canopy Revise both the landscaping plant schedule and the
landscaping calculations from the original landscape plan (sheet 16) in SDP2006-00117
to reflect the proposed new landscaping. In revising the calculations, please ensure that
all requirements for street landscaping, parking lot landscaping, and canopy coverage
continue to be met.
Please contact Andy Reitelbach in the Planning Division at areitelbachAalbemarle.org or 434-
296-5832 ext. 3261 for further information.
Comments from Other Reviewers:
Architectural Review Board (ARB) — Heather McMahon, hmcmahongalbemarle.org — Please
see the attached comments.
Review Comments for SDP200600117 Final — Peon-residential—Adminis-
Project Name: Birchwood Place - Final
Date Completed: Thursday, January 24, 2019 Department/Division/Agency: Review Status:
Reviewer Heather McMahon ILI rnn APR Requested Changes
ARB staff review comments, 1/24119:
1 _ If the applicant is primarily proposing landscape changes to the approved site plan in this LOR submission, then the
applicant must use and update the approved landscape plan (sheet 16) from the last/final approved site plan set_ That site
plan set is available to the public on Laser -fiche: http:11cob-If iche03fWebLinkWA12/dcc/944263/Page1 _aspx?
searchid=d9G7729d-1 96e-4bf4-aae9-1 974e3a77acd
2_ A sign permit application (ARB2019-3) was recently submitted to ARB staff and reviewed; it was approved today
(1 / 4/19)_ The approved drawings for the proposed monument sign explicitly state that no new landscaping is proposed in the
new monument sign area and that the landscaping requirement is met by existing trees and shrubs_ This conflicts with what
is being proposed in this LOR submission_ The proposed landscaping of the monument sign must be consistent between
applications_ The approved Certificate of Appropriateness for the sign can be found here: http:llcob-
rficheG3fWebLinkWAl earth_asp?dbid=2&searchcommand={[DDD-Planning]:[ApplicationNumber]=
%2ARB 01900003% , 5bTaxMapNumber%5d%3d% *% 7d The applicant of the sign application has been made
aware that he should coordinate with the applicant of the LOR application so that both applications and approvals reflect the
exact same landscaping intentions-
3- Remove all references to pruning of trees; this is maintenance and not a site plan change-
4- If the monument sign is proposed with (6.) Firepower Nandina plants surrounding, provide a detail of the sign with
mulched landscaping bed and the proposed placement of the 6 nandinas for review-
5- Revise the drawing to show the exact locations of the 24 Nigra hollies and 2 dragon lady hollies-
6- Revise the landscape schedule on the approved landscape plan for BDPO06-117 to reflect the proper quantities of
red maples and serviceberries, taking into account those that are to be removed_ Add the proposed nandinas; nigra hollies,
and dragon hollies to the revised landscape schedule-
7- The applicant should refer to the Albemarle County Recommended Plants List and to the Entrance Corridor Design
Guidelines sections on landscaping when creating a revised landscape plan_ For the applicant's reference, I have attached a
checklist which ARB staff uses when reviewing landscape plans in the Entrance Corridor (it is all of the sections of the Design
Guidelines related to landscaping distilled into one document)-
8- Provide a separate ARB application for this proposal to be assigned an ARB case number_