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Attachment C
WOODBROOK STATION
Code of Development
24 October, 2005
Revised: 20 December 2005
Revised: 03 January 2006
Owner
First Interstate Charlottesville Limited Partnership
Applicant
Parkside I LLC (George Ray)
Landplanner/Engineer
McKeeCarson
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
20A.5.a. Permitted Uses
20A.5.f. Prohibited Uses
20A.5.b. Development Summary
20A.5.c. Maximum Residential Density
20A.5.d. Land for Green Space/Amenities
20A.5.g. Architectural Standards
20A.5.g.1. Form, Massing and Proportions of Structures
20A.5.g.2. Architectural Style
20A.5.g.3. Materials, Colors, Textures
20A.5.g.4. Roofs
20A.5.g.5. Architectural Ornamentation
20A.5.g.6. Fa<;ade Treatments, Including Window and Door Openings
20A.5.g.7. Landscape Treatments
20A.5.g.8. Preservation of Historic Structures, Sites and Archeological Sites Identified by the
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
20A.5.h. Preliminary Lot Layout
20A.5.i. 5. Maximum Building Height
20A.5. i. 4. Setbacks
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
1. Rezoning Application Site Concept dated 02-12-2004, latest revision dated 10-24-2005,
prepared by McKee Carson.
2. Elevation of the First Office Building at Glenwood Station
3. Elevation of one of the multi-family buildings at Glenwood Station.
4. Subdivision Plat of Outlot "D" being a portion of tax map 45 Parcel 94A located on Berkmar
drive showing various easements dated October 26, 2004, latest revision March 25, 2005.
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Introduction
The purpose for rezoning this parcel from its current PD-SC designation to NMD is to achieve
the goals of Albemarle County's comprehensive plan for creating a more dense and livable
community within designated Development Areas. A planning commission work session was
held on site to discuss the rezoning of this parcel on February 24, 2004. The result of this
meeting determined that the best way to achieve the County goals for the comprehensive
plan was to conform to the Neighborhood Model's twelve principles for development. The
resulting "Rezoning application site concept" dated 02-12-2004, latest revision dated 10-24-
2005 in conjunction with this code of development seeks to address the Neighborhood
Model's principles while achieving the best use for a small urban parcel.
Woodbrook Station is a compact, mixed-use development located on an infill parcel within
the Urban Ring of Albemarle County. While consisting of only 1.21 acres, this small site will be
densely developed accomplishing an urban scale while accommodating a mixture of uses
that is our intent in setting a precedent for future infill development on small sites.
Consisting of an office building and multi-family housing, Wood brook Station will provide a
live and work environment located in walking distance to other regional services. The small
site, coupled with its challenging topography, allows room enough for only one type of
residential unit. Keeping affordable housing in mind, the multi-family apartments will be
available for rent. The second building is proposed for commercial use and the two together
will provide the opportunity for residents to live adjacent to their work The buildings are sited
to take advantage of the flattest areas of the property in order to minimize grading and
general site disturbance.
The site is located in close proximity to a wide variety of mixed use developments and
neighborhood centers allowing for convenient interconnected pedestrian and public-
transportation access. Parking will be shared between the uses, relegated between the
buildings, and screened via plantings and walls.
Though the site will be subdivided into two parcels, all development within Woodbrook
Station will be treated as one Block. The following development code shall apply to all
development within Wood brook Station.
20A.5.a. Permitted Uses
The following uses are permitted by-right by this Code of Development:
a. The following retail sales and service establishments:
1. Antique, gift, jewelry, notion and craft shops.
2. Furniture and home appliances (sales and service).
3. Newspaper publishing.
b. The following services and public establishments:
1. Administrative, professional offices.
2. Barber, beauty shops.
3. Clubs, lodges, civic, fraternal. patriotic (reference 5.1.02).
4. Financial institutions.
5. Health spas.
6. Indoor theaters.
7. Laundries, dry cleaners.
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8. Laundromat (provided that an attendant shall be on duty at all hours during
operation) .
9. Libraries, museums.
10. Nurseries, day care centers (reference 5.1.06).
11. Eating establishments.
12. Tailor, seamstress.
13. Educational, technical and trade schools.
c. Multiple-family dwellings such as garden apartments.
d. Rental of permitted residential uses.
e. Stormwater management facilities shown on an approved final site plan or subdivision
Plat.
20A.5.f. Prohibited Uses
All other uses
20A.5.b. Development Summary
(See "Rezoning application site concept" plan dated 02-12-2004, latest revision dated 10-24-
2005 for percentages)
Unit
Use
Unit Square Footage
(where applicable)
1400 sf
Total Square Footage
(two-story)
12,000 sf
9,600 sf
21,600 sf
A
B
Multi-Family
Office
Total
20A.5.c. Maximum Residential Density
Number of Buildings: 1
Type of Unit: 8 Unit Multi-Family/1.21 acres
Residential Density: 6.6 Du/acre
20A.5.d. Land for Green Space/Amenities
Open space within Woodbrook Station is incorporated into its landscape (green space) and
site amenities. Thirty-seven percent of the site has been set aside to allow for landscape and
gathering spaces. These accommodate the neighborhood model's requirement for projects
within a regional service land use to allow for a minimum of ten percent (10%) of the site
devoted to amenities and fifteen percent (15%) devoted to green space.
Type of Amenity
Residential gathering space
Residential play area
Residential vegetable garden
Picnic area
Employee gathering space
Total for Amenities(only)
Total for Green Space(only)
Total for Amenities and Green Space
Square Footage
3.697 SF
385 SF
831 SF
815 SF
305 SF
6,033 SF (11 %)
13,906 SF (26%)
19,939 SF (0.46 acres)
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Total Site Acreage
Total Acreage for amenities and green space
1.21 acres
0.46 acres (37%)
Amenities
Wood brook Station is within walking distance of a grocery store, restaurants, an elementary
school, playing fields, playground, residential neighborhoods, gas stations and convenience
stores, and other retail establishments. This convenient access connects Woodbrook Station
to other development areas while providing varied uses.
Within Woodbrook Station there is an outdoor grilling area, and lawn and garden space for
residents/tenants. Also included in this vicinity is a play area for children and a space set
aside for residents to create a vegetable garden. A public gathering space is provided via a
shaded plaza located in front of the residential units. A picnic area has been located in a
shaded open space located between the residential units and the commercial building for
both residents and employees to enjoy.
Employee amenities include outdoor tables and seating areas located in a plaza to the side
of the commercial building. Sidewalks along Berkmar Drive include benches for employees
and the general public.
The remainder of open space will be planted for public enjoyment.
20A.5.g. Architectural Standards
All buildings within Wood brook Station will be designed to be in keeping with the
architectural style currently established in the immediate neighborhood. Buildings shall be
no more than 2 Y2 stories above street grade at Berkmar Drive, and may have basements
below grade. Simplicity of form, appropriate proportions, familiar massing and materials,
appropriate street, sidewalk and building relationships, and landscape blend to create a
compelling and desirable neighborhood environment.
The construction standards for the stairway, sidewalk and privacy fence shall be in
compliance with general construction standards of Building Officials and Code
Administrators International, Inc (BOCA) standards and Occupational Safety & Health
Administration (OSHA) standards and Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT)
standards.
20A.5.g.1. Form, Massing and Proportions of Structures
The buildings at Wood brook Station will be proportioned to relate to a human scale. This may
be achieved by the type, height and pattern of the exterior walls and the articulation of the
building walls within the prescribed limits. Other devices include changes in fenestration,
reveals and other architectural expressions.
Proportioning systems shall be employed in the design of the proposed building elevations.
Careful attention shall be given to the width and proportion of structures, directional
expression of facades, proportion of openings and architectural detailing particularly with
regard to the Visual Facades.
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20A.5.g.2. Architectural Style
The buildings will be harmonious with the existing architectural design of the surrounding
neighborhood. Brick, cast stone and precast concrete [with some architectural metal
being appropriate) shall be the primary building materials to provide for continuity among
buildings. Fenestration in sizes, quantities and proportions shall be employed appropriately to
the mass of the structure to impart relief to large masonry surfaces. Aluminum store front
systems will, if used, be designed in such a way as to be sympathetic to the local
architectural heritage.
The elevations of the first office building and one of the multi-family buildings recently
completed and occupied at Glenwood Station are attached to Code of Development.
While the office building and the residential building that is a part of Woodbrook Station has
not yet been designed, they shall achieve a similar "look" as shown in the attachment.
20A.5.g.3. Materials, Colors, Textures
Foundation walls shall be clad in brick, stone, stucco, or painted cast concrete. These walls
should be darker in color compared with the main upper building floors.
Exterior cladding shall consist of brick, split face masonry, cement fiber panel, wood, or
cement fiber board. Assemblies of glass and metal fenestration will be permitted with
limitations.
Exposed decorative metals are permitted. Railings shall have upper and lower rails, and
square profile pickets shall be spaced uniformly, with the distance between pickets not less
than 2" and no more than 4".
The color of architectural metal shall be coordinated with the building materials and common
street furniture color. The color of elements such as window frames, railings and trim shall be
coordinated to provide continuity among parcels.
20A.5.g.4. Roofs
Roof forms shall be integral to, and supportive of the architectural expression of the building.
They may be simple in form or vary in composition but should be neither excessively
dominant nor entirely subordinate. Building roofs may be flat, sloped or consist of raised
sections, if done appropriately, for skylights or clerestories. Pitched roof slopes shall not
exceed a vertical to horizontal ratio of 6: 12. A strong emphasis of architectural detail shall be
achieved through the use of cornices or visually expressed eave lines. Sloped roofs shall be
composed of roof shingles or metal.
20A.5.g.5. Architectural Ornamentation
A minimum of additional architectural ornamentation is to be utilized at Woodbrook Station.
Simplicity in form and massing will be achieved.
20A.5.g.6. Fac;ade Treatments, Including Window and Door Openings
The rhythm and ratio of solids (walls) and voids (windows, doors and other openings) should
be carefully considered to avoid overly oppressive or excessively open structures. The
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percent of void to solid on any wall shall not be less than 15% or greater than 40%. The
ground floor percentage shall not be less than 25%.
Windows and doors shall be wood or aluminum clad. All windows and doors will have
painted trim. The top plane of the door or transom shall align with the top plane of the
windows.
Wall vents and utility panels shall not face Berkmar Drive.
20A.5.g.7. Landscape Treatments
Plantings will include mostly native species and will conform to the county codes.
Woodbrook Station is providing large shade trees along Berkmar Drive adjacent to the
proposed sidewalk. Small flowering trees and a hedge will provide screening for the parking
area and shade trees are strategically located within the parking area in order to reduce
heat island effect. A privacy fence and hedgerow shall be located along the southern
property line to provide privacy and screening from adjacent parcels. In this vicinity, and
adjacent to the residential units, three large existing red oaks will be preserved. Other
plantings will also be incorporated outside of the eastern property line in order to provide
screening from the loading zone of Rio Hills Shopping Center, as well as aide in stabilizing a
fairly steep slope. A sidewalk and stairway are provided to allow for pedestrian access to Rio
Hills Shopping Center from the site. A landscape and access easement has been negotiated
with the owners (First Interstate Charlottesville Limited Partnership) of Rio Hills Shopping Center
in order to provide this off site planting, access, and any associated maintenance.
Walls and fences may be made of any material allowed by code and engineered as
applicable, provided that any visible surface will be consistent with the materials used on the
building. The parking lot will be made of asphalt and crosswalks painted. The sidewalks and
aprons will be made of concrete. HV AC equipment and meters shall be located on the side
or rear of buildings. Stormwater will be directed to a planted, bio-retention basin.
20A.5.g.8. Preservation of Historic Structures, Sites and Archeological Sites Identified by the
Virginia Department of Historic Resources
Not applicable.
20A.5.h. Preliminary Lot Layout
See resulting "Rezoning application site concept" dated 02-12-2004, latest revision dated 10-
24-2005.
20A.5.i. 5. Maximum Building Height
The maximum building heights for both structures will be 40'-0" measured from the facades
facing Berkmar Drive.
20A.5. i. 4. Setbacks
Proposed setbacks for Woodbrook Station are designed for both residential and commercial
buildings. Building setbacks from public street Right of Ways (ROW) and adjacent residential
districts are fifteen feet (15'-0"). All other building setbacks are five feet (5'-0"). Parking
setbacks at Woodbrook Station are ten feet (10'-0") from public street ROWand twenty feet
(20'-0") from adjacent residential districts.
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