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HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201700104 Review Comments Miscellaneous Submittal 2017-11-17COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596 Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126 October 31, 2017 Rev. 1: November, 17, 2017 Tanya Rutherford Gropen, Inc. 1144 E. Market Street Charlottesville, VA 22902 RE: ARB-2017-104: UVA Primary Care Riverside - Sign Dear Ms. Rutherford, I have reviewed the above -noted sign applications. The following revisions are requested to make the proposal consistent with the Entrance Corridor Sign Guidelines. 1. Revise the sign plan to specify the materials of each component including the logo cabinet sign. Specify on the sign plan the material for the trim caps on the channel letters. Rev. 1: Comment not fully addressed. Provide the materials for the both raceways that are used to mount the two signs. 2. Revise the sign plan to provide a detail and section for the logo cabinet portion of the sign that provides all of the information required for that sign including all the materials. Ensure that no light spills outward from the top, bottom, sides or back of the logo cabinet portion of the sign. Rev. 1: Comment not fully addressed. See comment above. 3. Revise the sign plan to specify how the logo cabinet portion of the sign is mounted to the wall. Rev. 1: Comment addressed. 4. Revise the sign plan so that the white faces of the channel letters are not shown as red in the detail/section views or revise the label on Page Number 2 to specify the color of white. Rev. 1: Comment addressed. 5. Revise the sign plan so that the "Black Block -out" background of the logo cabinet portion of the sign is specified to be "opaque". Rev. 1: Comment addressed. 6. Revise the sign plan so that the background of the logo cabinet portion of the sign is "bronze" as specified in the Comprehensive Sign Plan (see attached document). Rev. 1: Comment not fully addressed. Revise the note in the upper left corner of page number 3 to state "Bronze" instead of `Bronxze". 7. Revise the sign plan to provide over all height of the two lines of channel letters combined. Rev. 1: Comment addressed. 8. Revise the sign plan to include the overall length and height of the two portions of the sign together. _Rev. 1: Comment addressed. 9. Revise the sign plan to include the width of the gap between the two portions of the sign. Rev. 1: Comment addressed. 10. Revise the sign plan so that the square feet of sign specified is for the combined signs and not just the channel letters. Rev. 1: Comment not fully addressed. Revise the square feet specified for the "sign" to be the combined area of the two signs combined. The combined length and width are 386.625" x 59.625". That is 32.22' x 4.97', which is 160.12' and not the 87' specified. 11. Revise the sign plan to reduce the height of the logo cabinet portion of the sign so that it is not any taller, including the background, than the total height of the two lines of channel letters. Rev. 1: Comment addressed. 12. Revise the sign plan to provide information on the "sign area". The "sign area' is the brick area above the supports for the canopies. Provide the height and widths of these areas and dimension them on Page Number 1. Rev. 1: Comraent addressed. 13. Revise the sign plan to show the clearance between the two portion of the signs and the edge of the sign area. Rev. 1: Comment not fully addressed. The channel letters should be centered within their sign area and the cabinet sign should have the same clearance on its right edge to the side of its own sign area. There appears to be 10 %11 on the left side of the channel letters and 7 '/4" on its right. Once the channel letters are centered utilized that same clearance for the right side of the cabinet sign. 14. Revise the sign plan to ensure that there is a minimum of 4" clear space above, below, and to the sides of the signs. Rev. 1: Comment addressed. 15. Revise the sign plan so that the placement of the sign on the building establishes a unified appearance with the existing signage. The Rhett's sign placement appears to be placed much higher on the wall than the proposed placement for the UVA signs. Rev. 1: Comment withdrawn. Staff has determined that the reasoning specified by applicant is sufficient. 16. Revise the sign plan to dimension the placement and clearance of the signs within the "sign area' and to show that the placement of the signs in the sign area meets the requirements. Rev. 1: Comment addressed. 17. Revise the photo simulation in the sign plan on Page Number 3 so that the resolution is improved and it is possible to evaluate the placement of the signs in the "sign area" and in comparison to the existing Rhett's sign. A PDF of the sign plan being sent to the reviewer may be beneficial in accomplishing this. Rev. 1: Comment addressed. 18. Revise the illumination note on Page Number 2 to include the exact wording of the required note, which is "The level of illumination provided by the LED lights will not exceed the illumination produced by a single stroke of 30 milliamp (ma) neon." Rev. 1: Comment addressed. Please respond by email within 15 days of the date of this letter indicating whether you will or will not proceed with these revisions. Your decision to make the revisions will suspend the 60-day review period associated with your original submittal. If you choose to complete the revisions, please email the revised drawings to me. If you choose not to proceed with these revisions, staff will be unable to approve your application. Failure to respond to this letter shall be presumed to be a request to proceed to action on the application without further revisions. If you have any questions about this action, please contact me as soon as possible. Sincerely, Senior Planner cc: ARB-2017-104 Jefferson Realty Partners, LLC, 2123 Ivy Road, Suite B21, Charlottesville VA 22903