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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
September 23, 2020
Daniel Hyer, PE
113 4ch Street NE, Suite 100
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: ARB-2020-39: Airport Road Sheetz (TMP: 03200-00-00-03800)
Dear Mr. Hyer,
At its meeting on Monday, September 21, 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)
recommended conditions of initial plan approval: The ARB recommends approval of the Initial
Plan without conditions.
• 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 Check list must be addressed:
1. Provide a sample of the brick proposed for the paving around the building and the red
metal proposed for the awnings.
2. Revise the design of the store elevations visible from Airport Road to achieve a more
coordinated appearance.
3. Revise the store tower (height, storefront design) to better reflect traditional architecture
and to appear as an actual corner tower.
4. Provide specifications on the proposed window glass. Provide samples, if tinted window
glass is proposed.
5. Confirm that the equipment associated with the carwash is internal to the building. Identify
all other site elements associated with the car wash (i.e., vending machines, vacuums, air
pumps, etc.) on the site plan and provide details on appearance for review.
6. Revise the color of drive -through (store) structure/support elements to bronze to reduce
visual impacts.
7. Provide elevations that show roof -mounted equipment and how the building will screen it
from view.
8. Relocate the ice machine, store equipment and other similar items to locations with less
visibility from the EC.
9. Add the standard mechanical equipment note verbatim to the site and architectural plans.
10. Revise the lighting to fixtures that have the appearance of warm white light between
2000K and 3000K.
11. Indicate the finish of the proposed freestanding and wall -mounted lighting.
12. Revise the lighting plan to use LLFs of at least 1. 0.
13. Provide ornamental trees along the north end of the Rt. 29 frontage and along the Airport
Road frontage.
14. Provide additional trees along the northern portion of the carwash travelway and along the
parking that is being changed on the adjacent site.
15. Revise the design of the bioretention ponds to establish them as fully integrated
landscape features. Look at adding planting at the north end of the eastern parking row.
16. Provide alternative canopy designs to reduce canopy height to be as close to 17'6"
maximum as possible.
17. Reduce the illumination so that the maximum footcandle value does not exceed 30 fc
beneath the canopy and 20 fc anywhere else on site.
18. Submit a sample of the red canopy material for review.
19. Sign applications are required for all proposed signs. Eliminate cabinet style signs or limit
them to secondary signs. All cabinet type signs must have opaque backgrounds. Reduce
the number of colors used in the signs to a maximum of three (including white).
20. Provide with the sign applications a sample of the Cardinal Red color proposed for the
signs.
21. 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.
22. Show the condition for the landscaping related to the Charlottesville -Albemarle Airport
sign consistently throughout the site plan.
23. Consider reducing the drive aisle width parallel to Airport Road to help align the store
building to move closer to Airport Road.
You may submit your application for continued ARB review at your earliest convenience. Application
forms, checklists and schedules are available on-line through the following link. 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,
Khris Taggart, Planner
ktaggart@albemarle.org
cc: Airport Auto Investments, LLC
600 E. Water Street, Suite H
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Airport Plaza, LLC
5029 Stoney Point Road
Barboursville, VA 2292-
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