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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
May 19, 2020
David Timmerman
BRW Architects
112 Fourth Street, NE
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: ARB-2020-32: Flow Automotive Porsche, Audi, Volkswagen, Mazda of Charlottesville
(TM P: 07800-00-00-00700)
Dear Mr. Timmerman,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on Monday, May 18, 2020, completed a
conceptual review of the above -noted request to establish a new auto dealership with renovated and new
buildings and parking changes. The Board offered the following comments for the benefit of the applicant's
preliminary submission. Please note that the following comments are those that have been identified at this time.
Additional comments may be added or eliminated based on further review and changes to the plan.
1. Revise the demolition plan to identify the portions of the existing buildings that will be demolished.
2. Consider revising the Mazda and VW designs to break up the building masses, by establishing a series
of building elements that are set back from one another.
3. Reduce the top-heavy appearance of the brick -faced front of the Mazda elevation.
4. Revise the drawings to show how the east elevation of the Porsche building will be refinished.
5. Provide the standard glass note on the Mazda and VW architectural drawings: Visible light transmittance
(VLT) shall not drop below 40%. Visible light reflectance (VLR) shall not exceed 30%. Specifications on
the proposed window glass should be submitted with the application for final review.
6. Indicate if proposed window glass is tinted. Provide samples.
7. Show how the design of the new buildings/additions will screen the view of equipment from the street.
8. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to the architectural plans: Visibility of all mechanical
equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated.
9. Provide a revised photometric plan showing combined existing and proposed illumination. If combined
existing and proposed spillover exceeds .5 fc at the property line, also provide a photometric plan showing
only the existing illumination.
10. Identify on the lighting plan the color temperature of the existing and proposed fixtures. Provide for a
warm white appearance (2000K-3000K) consistent throughout the site.
11. Identify existing and proposed pole and fixture colors on the lighting plan. Provide for a consistent
appearance.
12. Eliminate the illumination troughs and related fixtures from the VW building design.
13. Add the standard lighting note to the 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.
14. Provide complete information on building -mounted lights for review.
15. Revise the plans to make existing landscaping and related notes legible.
16. Provide large shade trees 35' on center, and interspersed ornamentals, along the frontage of parcel 6,
clear of utilities and easements.
17. Revise the plan to show a consistent row of shrubs along the frontage of parcels 6 and 7.
18. Revise the landscape plan to show how the sloped frontage will be planted to achieve an appropriate
appearance.
19. Revise the landscape plan to show the required perimeter parking lot and interior parking lot tree planting
at the required sizes, and shrubs along the southern parking lot perimeter, 24" at planting.
20. Revise the site plan to identify all parking spaces by type (i.e., customer, employee, storage/display,
awaiting repair, etc.).
21. Provide appropriate landscaping along the 7-space parking row located closest to the EC.
22. Provide adequate width in the planting island along the 10-space row to accommodate large shade trees.
23. Provide landscaping along frontages, perimeters and interior to the site to offset visual impacts.
24. Consider adding a tree in the area where the hyphen separates the Audi and Porsche showrooms.
25. Revise the site plan to show tree lines to remain and tree protection fencing.
26. Note that a Comprehensive Sign Plan must be reviewed and approved with the Final Site Plan submittal.
27. Note that additional storage/display spaces requires an amendment to the Special Use Permit.
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.ora/ARB.
Revised drawings addressing the comments listed above are required. Include updated 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,
Margaret Maliszewski
Chief of Planning/Resource Management
434-296-5832 x3276
mmaliszewski@albemarle.org
cc: Flow 1300 Richmond LLC
500 West Fifth Street, 18th Floor
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
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