HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB202000031 Action Letter 2020-05-12COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Phone (434) 296-5832
May 12, 2020
Valerie Long, Esquire
Williams Mullen
321 E. Main Street, Suite 400
Charlottesville, VA 22903
Fax (434) 972-4126
RE: ARB-2020-31: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative (TMP: 02100-00-00-012D0)
Dear Ms. Long,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on Monday, May 11, 2020,
completed an advisory review of the above -noted request to add a 115 kilovolt transmission line
above the circuits on the utility poles standing in the 1.6-mile-long corridor adjacent to the
southbound lanes of Route 29.
The Board by a vote of 3:1, forwarded the following recommendation to the Planning
Commission:
The ARB expresses no objection to the special use permit, subject to the following
conditions:
Provide an analysis of the entire project area and identify planting areas, either within
the proposed easements or within additional easements, that will be used to meet
the Entrance Corridor Design Guidelines. Existing plant material may be retained to
meet this requirement where possible. Plantings should be proposed in areas where
no planting currently exists, where screening will be removed, in areas exposed to
view by the proposed clearing, and where trees will be removed once the proposed
wider clear zones are in place.
2. Provide an analysis of the entire project area identifying locations where the native
Virginia meadow strategy and pollinator gardens will be implemented. Outline the
steps that will be taken, beyond tree clearing and trimming, to establish and maintain
the meadows, low growing shrub landscapes, and native species pollinator gardens.
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: Rappahannock Electric Cooperative
5045 Dickerson Road
Charlottesville, VA 22901
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