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Home My WebLink AboutARB201900061 Correspondence 2019-05-17TM BOHLER E N G I N E E R I N G Albemarle County Department of Community Development Architectural Review Board 401 McIntire Road, Room 227 Charlottesville, VA 22902 Attn: Heather McMahon Dear Ms. McMahon: 28 Blackwell Park Lane, Suite 201 Warrenton, VA 20186 PHONE 540.349.4500 5/17/19 Via Federal Express Re: ARB-2019-9 Initial Site Plan - I't Review Response Brookhill - Block 8A - Senior Living Facility 2571 Seminole Trail Charlottesville, VA 22902 Albemarle County BE #V 182023 Bohler Engineering is pleased to submit on behalf of CA Senior Living Holdings, LLC, the Initial Site Plan 2°d Submission for the Block 8A Senor Living Facility. The following is our comment response letter addressing comments received from your department regarding the ARB Meeting dated March 18, 2019. Each comment is addressed and responded to as follows: Regarding requirements to satisfy the designs guidelines as per § 18-30.6.4c(2), (3) and (5) and recommended conditions of initial plan approval: Comment 1: A Certificate of Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval. Response 1: Acknowledged. Regarding conditions to be satisfied prior to issuance of a r- ading permit: Comment 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. Response 1: Tree protection has been added along the eastern edge of the 70-foot landscape buffer at the limits of disturbance. See note on Sheet C-401 and Erosion and Sediment Control Plan in WP0201900004. Regarding the final site plan submittal: Comment 1: Architecture and landscaping will be reviewed with a future submittal. A Certificate of Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval. Response 1: Acknowledged. Comment 2: Submit material and color samples, dimensioned elevations, and floor plans of the apartment buildings for review. Response 2: Material and color sampled, dimensioned elevations, and floor plans will be provided prior to plan approval. CIVIL AND CONSULTING ENGINEERS • PROJECT MANAGERS • SURVEYORS • ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS • LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WWW.BOHLERENGINEERING.COM 0 BOHLERU E N G I N EERING Heather McMahon Brookhill - Block 8A — Senior Living Facility Initial Site Plan I" Review Comments DRAFT Page 2 of 3 Comment 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. Response 3: The landscape plan and schedule has been revised to propose the native species Fagus Grandifolia and Myrica Gale. See Sheet C-701. Comment 4: Revise the plan to show the 100' buffer and the required reforesting the full length of Block 8A. Response 4: The plan has been revised to show the 100' buffer and required reforesting as requested. See Sheet C-701. Comment 5: Consider submitting site sections clarifying the level of visibility from the EC. Response 5: Acknowledged. Site sections have been provided with this submission. Comment 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%. Response 6: The note shall be provided in the architectural drawings. Comment 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. Response 7: The requested information has been provided with this submission package. Comment 8: Include the standard mechanical equipment note on the architectural drawings: Visibility of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated. Response 8: The note shall be provided in the architectural drawings. Comment 9: Ensure that spillover into the public right-of-way does not exceed half (0.5) of a footcandle. Response 9: The Lighting Plan has been revised to ensure there is no spillover in excess of 0.5 footcandles into the public right-of-way. Comment 10: Revise the luminaire schedule on the lighting plan (C-801) to list only those light models proposed for Block 8A. Response l0: The luminaire schedule has been revised to align with the Senior Living Facility. See Sheet C-801. Comment 11: Revise the luminaire schedule to provide lumens for all proposed light models in Block 8A. Response 11: The luminaire schedule has been revised as requested. See Sheet C-801. Comment 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). Response 12: The luminaire schedule has been revised to align with the Senior Living Facility. See Sheet C-801. Comment 13: Include only manufacturer's specifications for the proposed light models in Block 8A on the lighting details sheet (C-802). CIVIL AND CONSULTING ENGINEERS • PROJECT MANAGERS • SURVEYORS • ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS • LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WWW.BOHLERENGINEERING.COM BOHLER LU E N G I N E E R I N (. Heather McMahon Brookhill - Block 8A — Senior Living Facility Initial Site Plan I" Review Comments DRAFT Page 3 of 3 Response 13: The manufacturer's specifications have been revised to align with the Senior Living Facility. See Sheet C-802. Comment 14: Provide perimeter parking area trees on the north and east property lines. Response 14: Parking lot perimeter trees have been provided along the North and East property lines to meet the buffer/screening requirements. See Sheet C-701. Comment 15: Ensure that planting locations do not conflict with utilities and their easements or with proposed light fixtures. Response 15: All proposed tree locations have been revised to be out of proposed or existing easements, shrubs have been proposed outside of easements where possible. See Sheet C-701. Comment 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. Response 16: Additional shrubs have been provided so no 1 shrub totals more than 25% of the total number of shrubs. See Sheet C-701. Comment 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. Response 17: A site -line analysis has been provided with this submission, which shows that the walls are not visible from the Entrance Corridor along Route 29. Comment 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. Response 18: Tree protection has been added along the eastern edge of the 70-foot landscape buffer at the limits of disturbance. See note on Sheet C-401 and Erosion and Sediment Control Plan in WP0201900004. Should you have any questions regarding this project or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact me at (540) 349-4500. Sincerely, Bohler Engineering VA, LLC Ryan Yauger, P.E. RY/jb H:\18\V182023\Administrative\Letters\DRAFT Initial Site Plan -I st Review CRL.doc CIVIL AND CONSULTING ENGINEERS • PROJECT MANAGERS • SURVEYORS • ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS • LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS WWW.BOHLERENGINEERING.COM