HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB202000045 Action Letter 2020-06-02COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
June 2, 2020
Justin Shimp
Shimp Engineering
912 E High Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: ARB-2020-45: Hollymead Town Center Area C Townhomes Initial Site Plan
(TMP 03200-00-00-041J0)
Dear Mr. Shimp,
At its meeting on Monday, June 1, 2020, the Albemarle County Architectural Review Board
unanimously voted to forward the following recommendations on the above -noted Initial Site
Development Plan to the agent for the Site Review Committee:
• Regarding requirements to satisfy the design guidelines as per § 18-30.6.4c(2), (3) and
(5) and recommended conditions of initial plan approval:
o Prior to Initial Plan approval the following items shall be resolved to the satisfaction
of the ARB: None.
• Regarding recommendations on the plan as it relates to the guidelines: None.
• Regarding conditions to be satisfied prior to issuance of a grading permit: None.
• Regarding the final site plan submittal:
A Certificate of Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval. The following
items and all items on the ARB Final Site Plan Checklist must be addressed in an ARB
application for a Countywide Certificate of Appropriateness:
1. Provide architectural designs with the Final Site Plan submittal. The Final Site Plan
and architecture may be reviewed as a Countywide Certificate of Appropriateness.
2. Include the standard equipment note on the site and architectural plans: "Visibility of
all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
3. Provide a complete lighting plan with the Final Site Plan.
4. Provide a complete landscape plan with the Final Site Plan. Provide leader lines from
utility and easement notes to clarify locations. Shift utilities and easements and/or
increase planting area to accommodate required landscaping free of utilities and
easements.
5. Terrace retaining walls 6' tall and taller and plant the terraces.
6. Provide top -of -wall and bottom -of -wall elevations for retaining walls.
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. Please be certain
that your ARB submittal addresses the above -noted issues.
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: Post Office Land Trust
Charles Hunt & Shirley Fisher Trustees
P.O. Box 8147
Charlottesville, VA 22906
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