HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201900009 Action Letter 2019-03-25COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
March 25, 2019
Ryan Yauger
Bohler Engineering VA, LLC
28 Blackwell Park Lane
Suite 201
Warrenton, VA 20186
RE: ARB-2019-9: Brookhill, Block 8A — Senior Living Facility, Initial Site Plan
Dear Mr. Yauger,
At its meeting on Monday, March 18, 2019 the Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, by a vote
of 4:0 voted to forward the following recommendations on the above -noted Initial Site Development Plan
to the agent for the Site Review Committee:
• Regarding requirements to satisfy the design guidelines as per § 18-30.6.4c(2), (3) and (5) and
recommended conditions of initial plan approval:
1. A Certificate of Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval.
• Regarding recommendations on the plan as it relates to the guidelines: None.
• Regarding conditions to be satisfied prior to issuance of a grading permit:
1. Provide sufficient tree protection fencing along the eastern edge of the 70-foot
(undisturbed) landscape buffer on the site plans and prior to grading.
• Regarding the final site plan submittal:
1. Architecture and landscaping will be reviewed with a future submittal. A Certificate of
Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval.
2. Submit material and color samples, dimensioned elevations, and floor plans of the
apartment buildings for review.
3. Consider substituting Fagus Grandifolia and Myrica Gale, which are locally -native plant
species, for the proposed Fagus Sylvatica and Myrica Cerifera listed in the landscape
schedule on C-701.
4. Revise the plan to show the 100' buffer and the required reforesting the full length of
Block 8A.
5. Consider submitting site sections clarifying the level of visibility from the EC.
6. Provide the standard window glass note to the architectural drawings: Window glass in the
Entrance Corridors should meet the following criteria: Visible light transmittance (VLT)
shall not drop below 40%. Visible light reflectance (VLR) shall not exceed 30%.
7. If roof -mounted mechanical equipment is proposed, provide a roof -plan showing that
mechanical units' locations and heights as well as elevations that include the mechanical
units. Show how visibility of all equipment from the EC will be eliminated.
8. Include the standard mechanical equipment note on the architectural drawings: Visibility
of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated.
9. Ensure that spillover into the public right-of-way does not exceed half (0.5) of a
footcandle.
10. Revise the luminaire schedule on the lighting plan (C-801) to list only those light models
proposed for Block 8A.
11. Revise the luminaire schedule to provide lumens for all proposed light models in Block
8A.
12. Correlate the quantities of each light model proposed in Block 8A in the luminaire schedule
with what is depicted on the lighting plan (C-801).
13. Include only manufacturer's specifications for the proposed light models in Block 8A on
the lighting details sheet (C-802).
14. Provide perimeter parking area trees on the north and east property lines.
15. Ensure that planting locations do not conflict with utilities and their easements or with
proposed light fixtures.
16. Provide at least two more shrub species so that no one species of shrub proposed exceeds,
in number, one -quarter of the total number of shrubs proposed.
17. Provide sight -line analyses to prove that the retaining walls on the southern side of the site
will not be visible from the EC street. If the walls are visible, landscaping is required at
the bases and in between the walls to mitigate the walls' blankness.
18. Provide sufficient tree protection fencing along the eastern edge of the 70-foot
(undisturbed) landscape buffer on the site plans and prior to grading
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.or /g ARB. Please be certain that your ARB
submittal addresses the above -noted issues.
If you have any questions concerning any of the above, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Heather McMahon
Senior Planner
Cc: File ARB-2019-9
Crockett Corporation
435 Park Street
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Chris Russ, P.E.
CA Senior Living Holdings, LLC
130 E. Randolph Street
Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60601