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Home My WebLink AboutARB201900085 Action Letter 2019-09-03COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 Phone (434) 296-5832 September 4, 2019 Greg Debacker FBG Law 2500 Daniels Bridge Road, B200 S3A Athens, GA 30606 RE: ARB-2019-85: W4 Car Wash (TMP 045000000093C0) Dear Mr. Debacker, Fax (434) 972-4126 The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on Tuesday, September 3, 3019, completed a preliminary review of the above -noted request to construct a car wash building and associated site improvements. 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 maybe added or eliminated based on further review and changes to the plan. 1. Ensure that the site plan building footprint, renderings, and building elevations show the same design and details, including the depth of the bays. 2. Provide material and color samples, for all materials. Include material and color information for all materials and building components on the architectural elevation sheets (01-A1 and 01-A2). Indicate on the drawings the material and color for the overhead door on the north side (exit) of the tunnel. Provide material and color samples for the canopies, vacuum equipment, and auto sentry and gate equipment. 3. Clearly specify if the large window area on the south end of the front of the building is an overhead door or a window. If it is an overhead door, it is preferred that it be glazed. 4. Consider balancing the heights of the towers. 5. Show all structures and equipment in the site plan and renderings. Include vacuum canopies in all graphics to allow for a complete review. 6. Ensure that all structures are designed to appear fully integrated into the overall site. 7. Ensure that the material and color of the overhead door on the north side of the building is integrated into the design of the building and the character of the EC. If it is an overhead door, it is preferred that it be glazed. 8. Submit a window glass sample and specs with the next submission. 9. Add the standard window glass note to the drawings with the next submission: Visible light transmittance (VLT) shall not drop below 40%. Visible light reflectance (VLR) shall not exceed 30%. 10. Provide detail drawings and color samples for the vacuum and auto sentry equipment. 11. Provide in the plan all pay station and vacuum station -related elements (canopies, trash cans, lighting, pay stations, etc.). 12. Eliminate the under -mounted LED lights contained in the vacuum equipment. Provide drawings that confirm the lack of illumination. 13. Provide a dumpster screen detail in the site plan. 14. Ensure the dumpster is shown in the same location throughout all drawing sets. 15. Provide preliminary information on vacuum and pay station -related signage for review. 16. Revise the drawings to show where building- and car wash -related equipment is located. If the location is inside the building, note this on the plans. If located on the rooftop, provide a roof plan showing equipment locations, and show the equipment locations and heights on the elevation drawings. 17. Add the standard mechanical equipment visibility note to the drawings with the next submission: Visibility of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated. 18. Provide a complete lighting plan for review. Include all building- and ground -mounted lights in the lighting plan. Include specifications and manufacturer's cut -sheets for all proposed light fixtures. 19. Remove the light fixtures shown above the three awnings in the middle bay of the EC elevation. 20. Include the following standard 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. 21. Provide the required large shade trees along the EC. Locate these to be outside of the power easement. 22. Revise the shade tree spacing to be 35' on center along the EC and provide flowering ornamental trees interspersed among the required large shade trees. 23. Revise the plant schedule so that the shade trees along the EC are 3 1/2" caliper at time of planting and the street trees proposed for Woodbrook Drive are 2 '/2" caliper at time of planting. 24. Add one more medium or large shade tree 2 '/2 caliper at planting to the planting area adjacent to the sidewalk on the west side of the building, near the entrance to the office. 25. Provide at least one more large tree along the west perimeter of the parking area, to the south of the dumpster. This tree must be at least 2 Y2" caliper at time of planting. 26. Provide screening for the vacuum stations, the auto sentry and gate, and all associated equipment. Provide screening shrubs along the southern and northern borders of the property and along portions of the EC frontage that are not screened by the building. The screening shrubs must be of a species, spacing, and height that will provide the screening of all mechanical equipment at the time of planting. If screening of mechanical equipment is provided elsewhere then provide screening shrubs to the south, along the stormwater management basin, at a minimum planting height of 24" to minimize the impact of the stacking area. 27. Provide large shade trees, 2'/2" caliper at planting, in the planting island between the entrance drive aisle and the parking spaces to help screen the vacuum equipment. 28. Revise the planting height for the Inkberry and Yaupon Hollies to be at least a minimum of 24". 29. Provide shrubs or other vegetation along the front of the building. 30. Add the standard plant health note to the landscape 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. 31. Consider moving the building further away from the EC, while maintaining parking and equipment behind the building (as viewed from EC). 32. Provide a pedestrian connection between the internal sidewalk and the sidewalk along the edge of the EC. 33. Revise the proposed contours such that they appear natural, rounded and do not have less than a ten -foot radius throughout the site and where they blend with the existing topography. 34. Provide the conservation checklist in the site plan. 35. Provide a tree protection fencing detail in the site plan and show the tree protection fencing in the Grading and Draining Plan sheet. 36. Sign applications are required for all proposed signs. Eliminate cabinet style signs or limit them to secondary signs. All cabinet type signs must have opaque backgrounds. Reduce the number of colors used in the sign to be no more than three (including white). Eliminate overly intense colors from the sign proposal. 37. Consider shifting the travel lane to the south to create additional planting area for screening in the planting island. 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, Paty Saterny, Senior Planner cc: Allen & Allen Properties 1809 Staples Mill Rd. Richmond, VA 23230 Justin Shimp Shimp Engineering, PC 912 E. High Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 File