HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB202000047 Action Letter 2020-06-03COUNTY 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
Ryan Yauger, P.E.
Bohler Engineering VA LLC
28 Blackwell Park Lane, Ste 201
Warrenton, VA 20186
RE: ARB-2020-47: 29th Place Restaurant with a Drive-thru Window and
ARB-2019-151: 29th Place Starbucks Building Renovation (TMP 061U0-01-00-01500)
Dear Mr. Yauger,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on Monday, June 1, 2020, completed a
preliminary review of the above -noted request to renovate the building previously known as Shoppers
World North to accommodate a change in location and to add a drive -through for Starbucks. 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 may be added
or eliminated based on further review and changes to the plan.
1. Revise the renovation design to incorporate architectural details, forms and colors that establish a
cohesive appearance for the existing building and compatibility with the surrounding site.
Consider the form and material for clear column support for the existing brick and the proposed
siding elements. Consider a lighter alternative color for the siding.
2. Revise the landscape plan to add back the two previously approved trees along the north end of
the building.
3. Provide a roof plan and elevations that show proposed roof -mounted mechanical equipment and
how that equipment will be screened from the EC.
4. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to the site and architectural plans.
5. Indicate if any site or building -mounted lighting is proposed with the renovations to the site. If
new lighting is proposed, provide complete details.
6. Revise the plans to accurately show the existing landscaping conditions.
7. Revise the landscape plan to show the correct quantity of shade trees along the EC that will not
exceed the height of the existing overhead lines.
8. Revise the landscaping plan to show interspersed ornamental trees along the EC.
9. Revise the landscape plan to show two trees to the west and two trees to the east of the site
entrance from Berkmar Drive.
10. Revise the landscape plan to show shrubs and ornamental trees along the perimeter of the parking
area located south of the drive -through.
11. Revise the landscape plan to show shrubs in the gaps along the parking area that fronts the EC.
12. Provide additional landscaping, such as shrubs, to integrate the drive -through window and the
queuing travelway into the overall site.
13. Revise the landscape plan to accurately show the existing landscaping conditions. Revise the
proposed landscaping, if necessary, to coordinate with the existing landscaping.
14. Show areas designated for preservation on the site plan. Maintain grading outside the driplines of
trees to remain. Show tree protection fencing on and coordinated throughout the grading,
landscaping, and erosion and sediment control plans.
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.
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 visit
www.albemarle.or /g cdd, the Community Development Department web page, for instructions on making
submittals.
If you have any questions concerning any of the above, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
1
Khris Taggart
Planner
ktaggart@albemarle.org
cc: FR Shoppers World LLC
C/O Federal Realty Investments
P.O. Box 92129
Southlake, TX 76092
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