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Home My WebLink AboutSP202000009 Presentation 2020-07-07ALBEMARLE COUNTY BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS ELECTRONIC MEETING VIA ZOOM TU ES DAY, J U LY 7, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. Public Hearing SP2020=00009 North Pointe Middle Entrance Sign in a Public Right-of-way 4/NYTv6bY]YOp'YID/YOY'J'✓\YYYa.P6YYp1'rfY'.M...M'i YYp✓ylnYYbaeYYJ1'/MYY �•YwpOn Y1J ✓a ✓Y YL G.�Ya'Y?.aYT. MbM1Y]YY LAC>Y./p'f.NYv'�'Y.I p�Y:r':�"Y •:a: GY••:.YmiY:. .._. rwoY✓r✓n wy.nw yrY>.. ms mY..im.:. u.p ruY»eY s.m m.nae py..v.a>. xy.eY.a.e. rrr araram. wmYawY ilxra f�+i✓r mr..;,.zveo sY-,. 4/at✓^f.aY YbpayYl'/Yf4S✓. YYY a.Y6Y Yp1'/YfY•Wa�..Y1 YyY.y letl YOW�aYYf 1'/MYY I'AY4n aM/4CMY HaO.�Ya'Y}.aY�j.Ys9fetlY.Y ACY�YiwY.�YYia NIp9Wl/YS WC Wie..iTyfd .._. /w.�.TY-JT./.ow wyr�.mes.T..iN.:..r Yo a>:�Y�. �Y. e..u.e..p. a.. a>. 1.eY.re.Mr Wale womawsras. .:a,..iwbw.:..?eo snr: The Applicant's Petition and Proposal: PETITION: CWH Properties Limited Partnership, (owner) David G. Mitchell (Applicant) petitions the Board of Zoning Appeals to issue a special use permit for one (1) sign to be located in a public right-of-way in accordance with Section 4.15.7(c) of the Albemarle County Zoning Ordinance. PROPOSAL: The applicant proposes to erect one (1) sign in the public right-of-way of the street that is considered the middle entrance to the North Pointe planned development. This sign will contain the name of the development and will be illuminated. The North Pointe development is zoned PD-MC, Planned Development Mixed Commercial. A sign in a public right-of-way is authorized only by a special use permit granted by the board of zoning appeals under section 34.5, provided that a sign permit required by section 4.15.5 is also obtained for the sign, the sign complies with all applicable requirements of this section 4.15, and shall satisfy the following: 4.15.7 (c) 1. Eligibility. The sign: shall be a either a subdivision sign or a sign at an entrance to a planned development authorized by sections 19, 20, 25, 25A, and 29; ii. the subdivision or planned development shall abut the public right-of-way in which the sign will be located; iii. the regulations applicable to freestanding signs for the subdivision or planned development, except for setback regulations, shall apply unless the Virginia Department of Transportation imposes more restrictive standards; and iv. the applicant submits a written statement from the Virginia Department of Transportation stating that it will permit the sign to be located in the public right- of-way. 2. Authorized locations. The sign shall be located only where the Virginia Department of Transportation authorizes it to be located. ATTACHMENT Field stone wgplls with pill rt nd . nage frame the northern entrance of North Pointe da unity. a ill ry is mounted to the field stone pillars / flanking the enlrp ce. St w Its frame the pillars on either side of the (/ I I entrance. A verti 01 alu um sig is situated on the median in the entrance I and perpendicular o Rt tom rk the entrance and optimize visibility. The fieldstone walls and Ila withi the built landscape vernacvlorof central Virginia whl th ` I oirte to toak-llke-cortenifeel adds beauty and visual interess . _ P 1 _ q L NDSCAPE LIGH o y 1 AII LIGHT GO 69'-0" 7•_ry ia12 °-T-O; j 127-a- ? SIGN c° CAPE LIGH SIETBACE LINE § ' W — r d,Oy,Q ROUTE 29 OVERALL PLAN SCALE : 1:30 3'-0" 5'-0" 5.-0"- 4 J m m OVERALL FRONT ELEVATION 2 SCALE: 1:30 waterstreetstudio NORTH POINTE: MIDDLE ENTRANCE SIGN U 15 30 60 Z OVERALIPLANI ""tr,ne " I, I-, r" re' "ngi"eers ALBEMARLE COUNTY, SPECIAL USE PERMIT PLAN, MAY 4, 2020 � L 1 01 5'-W PLAN SCALE : 1:2 2 FRONT ELEVATION SIDE ELEVATION WIDEST SIDE OF SIGN) SCALE: 12 `3 SCALE:1:2 ENTRY SIGN waterstreetstudio NORTH POINTE: MIDDLE ENTRANCE SIGN o 1 2 4 I1DIMENSIONS ann lanrl�cape whited, I plers t engineers ALBEMARLE COUNTY, SPECIAL USE PERMIT PLAN, MAY 4, 2020 Zfl L I •03 FA SIGN [ALUMINUM PAINTED SIGN (ALUMINUM PAINTED TO LOOK LIKE TO LOOK LIKE CORTEN STEEL, � O CORTEN STEEL) ll[[IIII�AAAIIT\\Jl.I11`,I 32 SF MAMMUM r - - - U, UI PIN -SET LETTERS. LLLIII POLYCARBONATE SIGN BASE ISTEELI OR VERTICAL SUPPORT SIMILAR MATERIAL. (STEEL) BACK -UT MN SIGN L TRANSLUCENT FACE AND OPAQUE SIGN PEDESTAL W CHANNEL RETURNS, L INATURAL STONE VENEER) I� MAMMUMSIZE: 13" X I -0' - - - - 111177 TYPEFACE: T.B.D. -FT,--- VERTICAL SUPPORT VE?TICALSUPPORT (STEEL) I - _ [STEEL) ED - SIGN BASE' 1 I INATURAL STONE VENEER) SIGN BASE, PLAN INATURA. STONE SCALE:1:2 I SHIELDED LANDSCAPE LIGHT SEE CUTSHEET ON L 1 JN VENEER) - SE ELDER IEET ICI ON L 1. SEE CUTSHEET ONL LW CURB FOR MEDIAN FRONT ELEVATION SIDE ELEVATION WIDEST SIDE OF SIGN SCALE:1:2 .3 SCALE: 1:2 ENTRY SIGN waterstreetstudiO tc— I'''"` 1 NORTH POINTE: MIDDLE ENTRANCE SIGN D I 2 4 Z MATERIALS E `I , `°e�°" � ALBEMARLE COUNTY, SPECIAL USE PERMIT PLAN, MAY 4, 2020 L I .04 County Code § 18-34.5(i), The board shall reasonably consider the following factors when it is reviewing and acting on a special use permit: w No substantial detriment. The sign meets all of the applicable regulations for freestanding signs within the PD-MC zoning district. ARB design criteria will be met. No substantial detriment to adjacent parcels or roadways. wCharacter of the district unchanged. With the sign as proposed and subject to the applicable ARB design criteria, staff believes that there will be no change to the character of the district. w Harmony. As previously noted, this proposal is in harmony with applicable Zoning Ordinance regulations, and there are no applicable regulations in Section 5 for signs. w Consistency with the comprehensive plan. The Comprehensive Plan does not directly address uses such as this. However, if the sign meets the ARB design criteria, it would be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. Summary and Recommendation: Staff believes that this proposal satisfies the goals of the sign regulations and the criteria for issuance of a special use permit subject to the proposed conditions. w Staff recommends approval of this request, with the following conditions: 1. Provide authorization from the Virginia location of the sign. Department of Transportation for the final 2. The sign shall comply with approval of the certificate of appropriateness as approved by the ARB. Proposed Motions 1. 1 move to approve SP2020-00009 with the conditions outlined by staff. 1. Provide authorization from the Virginia location of the sign. Department of Transportation for the final 2. The sign shall comply with approval of the certificate of appropriateness as approved by the ARB. 2. 1 move to deny SP2020-00009 for the following reason(s) (List specific reason(s) for denial) 3. 1 move to defer action on this application until (Date) Attachment F ISec. 4.15.11 - Maximum sign number. area, and height, and minimum sign setback in the C-1, CO, HC, PD-SC, PD-MC, HI, U, and PD-IP zoning districts. The maximum number of signs permitted, sign area, and sign height, and the minimum sign setback are as follows for each sign for each sign within the Commercial (C-1), Commercial Office (CO), Highway Commercial (HC), Planned Development -Shopping Center (PD-SC) and Planned Development -Mixed Commercial (PD-MC) Heavy Industry (HI), Light Industry (LI) and Planned Development -Industrial Park (PD-IP) districts - 1 per street frontage, or 2 per entrance, per lot 32 square feet, plus with 100 or more feet of bonus tenant panels; if continuous street more than 1 sign at an In the C-1 and HC Freestanding " frontage plus 1 per lot if entrance, no single sign districts, 12 feet; 16 feet 5 feet the lot is greater than 4 shall exceed 16 square in all other districts acres and has more than feet 1 approved entrance on its frontage 3. Freestanding signs; bundle signs; electric message signs. The freestanding signage permitted may include one off -site bundle sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(b) and one electric message sign allowed by special use permit under section 4.15.7(d). An off -site bundle sign shall count as a freestanding sign on the lot on which the sign is located. 4.15.7 - Signs authorized by special use permit: off -site directional signs, off -site bundle signs, signs in a public right-of-way. electric message signs. The following signs are authorized by a special use permit granted by the board of zoning appeals under section 34.5. provided that a sign permit required by section 4.15.5 is also obtained for the sign, the sign complies with all applicable requirements of this section 4.15, and the following: c. Signs in a public right-of-way. A proposed sign in a public right-of-way shall satisfy the following: 1. Eligibility. The sign: (g shall be either a subdivision sign or a sign at an entrance to a planned development authorized by sections 19, 20, 25, 25A, and 29, (ii) the subdivision or planned development shall abut the public right-of-way in which the sign will be located, (iii) the regulations applicable to freestanding signs for the subdivision or planned development, except for setback regulations, shall apply unless the Virginia Department of Transportation imposes more restrictive standards, and (iv) the applicant submits a written statement from the Virginia Department of Transportation stating that it will permit the sign to be located in the public right-of-way. 2. Authorized locations. The sign shall be located only where the Virginia Department of Transportation authorizes it to be located_