HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB202000046 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
Daniel Hyer
Line -Grade
113 4th Street NE, Ste 100
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: ARB-2020-39 and ARB-2020-46: Sheetz Initial Site Plan and Architectural Review
(TMP 03200-00-00-03800)
Dear Mr. Hyer,
At its meeting on Monday, June 1, 2020, the Albemarle County Architectural Review Board unanimously
voted to accept the applicant's request for deferral of the above -noted applications to allow time for work
sessions to resolve the initial site plan issues identified in the staff report. The ARB confirmed that the
subject of the first work session is site layout. The scheduling of your work session(s) depends on the date
that submittals are received. The deadline for receiving submittals to be reviewed by the ARB in a work
session is noon on the Tuesday prior to the Monday meeting.
Staff s recommendations on the initial and final site plans, as provided in the June 1, 2020 staff report, are
listed below for reference.:
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 The ARB does not recommend approval of the Initial Plan at this time. Prior to Initial Plan
approval the following items shall be resolved to the satisfaction of the ARB:
1. Revise the overall site layout to locate the convenience store and its tower at the corner
closest to the Rt. 29/Airport Rd. intersection.
2. Reduce the overall size of the fuel -pump canopy to be consistent with the size of the
convenience store. Revise the canopy design to reduce its scale and visual impact on the
ECs. Revise the canopy design to increase coordination on site and along the corridor.
3. Explore opportunities to combine bypass and drive-thru lanes and other travelways to
reduce paved area.
4. Reorient the car wash building so that the "front" faces Airport Road and the building
screens the biofilter.
5. Relocate the vent stacks away from the ECs and eliminate visibility with screening.
6. Relocate the dumpster enclosure to significantly reduce visibility from the EC.
7. Reduce the illumination so that the maximum footcandle value does not exceed 20 fc
anywhere on site.
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:
o 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:
1. Revise the overall site layout to locate the convenience store and its tower at the corner
closest to the Rt. 29/Airport Rd. intersection.
2. Reduce the overall size of the fuel -pump canopy to be consistent with the size of the
convenience store. Revise the canopy design to reduce its scale and visual impact on the
ECs. Revise the canopy design to increase coordination on site and along the corridor.
3. Explore opportunities to combine bypass and drive-thru lanes and other travelways to
reduce paved area.
4. Reorient the car wash building so that the "front" faces Airport Road and the building
screens the biofilter.
5. Relocate the vent stacks away from the ECs and eliminate visibility with screening.
6. Relocate the dumpster enclosure to significantly reduce visibility from the EC.
7. Reduce the illumination so that the maximum footcandle value does not exceed 20 fc
anywhere on site.
8. Provide for review a sample of the brick proposed for the paving around the building and
the red metal proposed for the awnings.
9. Revise the store tower (height, storefront design) to better reflect traditional architecture
and to appear as an actual corner tower.
10. Revise the raised bay on the front elevation and the stone bay on the right elevation of the
store for greater coordination with the overall building.
11. Revise the north and west elevations of the store to reduce the utilitarian appearance.
12. Revise the building design and/or the landscape plan to address the "blankness" along the
west elevation of the car wash.
13. Revise the trademark design to better reflect local historic precedents.
14. Provide specifications on the proposed window glass. Provide samples, if tinted window
glass is proposed.
15. Provide versions of the perspectives without proposed trees.
16. Provide a perspective view from Airport Road at the west end of the site.
17. Confirm that the equipment associated with the carwash is internal to the building.
18. Identify on the plans where the carwash signage and related items, and the store's drive-
thru related elements, will be located.
19. Revise the color of drive -through (store and car wash) structure/support elements to
bronze to reduce visual impacts.
20. Coordinate the dumpster enclosure notes on the site plan to coordinate with the brick -
faced architectural design. Eliminate the fence at the top of the wall.
21. Provide elevations that show roof -mounted equipment and how the building will screen
the equipment from view.
22. Relocate the store equipment to a location with less visibility from the EC.
23. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to the site and architectural plans: Visibility
of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated.
24. Revise the lighting plan to show that no footcandle values above 0.5 spill over into the
public right-of-way.
25. Revise the site plan to include manufacturer's specifications for all proposed fixtures,
including wall -mounted lights.
26. Provide information to confirm that illumination from the fuel pump canopy does not
create glare and does not emit light above the horizontal plane.
27. Reduce the height of proposed lighting to 20' maximum, including the base. Adjust the
note on the lighting plan accordingly.
28. Add the standard lighting note to the lighting 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 foot-candle.
29. Revise the lighting plan (C9.0) to use LLFs of at least 1.0.
30. Revise the landscape plan to show interspersed ornamentals trees along the ECs.
31. Add trees 40' on center, 2'Y2" caliper at planting, along the northern and western travelway
perimeters.
32. Add large perimeter trees along the 15-space parking row close to Rt. 29, 40' on center,
2'/2" caliper at planting.
33. Provide 2 additional interior parking lot trees.
34. Increase shrub planting height to 24" minimum.
35. Provide additional landscaping to better integrate the carwash and related travelways into
the overall site.
36. Add trees in the islands at the corners of the store building.
37. Add the standard landscaping note to the landscape plan: All site plantings of trees and
shrubs shall be allowed to reach, and be maintained at, mature height; the topping of trees
is prohibited. Shrubs and trees shall be pruned minimally and only to support the overall
health of the plant.
38. Revise the design of the bioretention ponds to establish them as fully integrated landscape
features.
39. Revise the canopy design so that the lowest edge of the canopy does not exceed 14'6" and
the top of the canopy does not exceed 17'6".
40. Provide manufacturer's specifications for all proposed fixtures.
41. Reduce the illumination so that the maximum footcandle value does not exceed 20 fc
anywhere on site.
42. Submit a sample of the red canopy material for review.
43. Sign applications are required for all proposed signs.
44. Eliminate cabinet style signs or limit them to secondary signs. All cabinet type signs must
have opaque backgrounds.
45. Reduce the number of colors used in the sign to a maximum of three (including white).
46. Provide a sample of the Cardinal Red color proposed for the signs.
47. Revise the monument sign to better integrate the Sheetz cabinet sign and base, and to
eliminate the "floating" appearance of the Sheetz cabinet. Provide landscaping at the base
of the sign to integrate it into the landscape.
48. If the monument sign location is shown on the site plan, include a note acknowledging
that the sign location is shown only for information and will not be approved with the site
plan.
49. Indicate if the landscaping associated with the Charlottesville -Albemarle Airport sign will
remain. Show the condition consistently throughout the site plan.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,.
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Khris Taggart, Planner
ktaggart@albemarle.org
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Airport Plaza LLC, 5029 Stoney Point Road, Barboursville, VA 22923
Marshall, William S., Ind & As Trs of Rachel K Marshall Rev Trust, 1791 Airport Rd., Charlottesville, VA 22911
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