HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB202000104 Action Letter 2020-11-18COUNTY OFALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
November 18, 2020
Clint Shifflett
Timmons Group
608 Preston Ave, Suite 200
Charlottesville, VA 22903
RE: ARB-2020-104: Ivy Proper— Initial Site Plan (TMP: 058A2-00-00-02000,
058A2-00-00- 01400)
Dear Mr. Shifflett,
At its meeting on Monday, November 16, 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. 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 Checklist must be addressed:
1. Provide architectural designs with the next submittal. Note that the EC -facing
elevation of the building must have the appearance of a fully designed facade and
the side elevations must be designed to eliminate blankness and achieve appropriate
form, scale, etc.
2. Show the location of mechanical equipment (building and ground mounted) on the
site and architectural plans and show how it will be screened from the EC.
3. Provide a detail of the dumpster enclosure in the site plan. Specify materials that are
coordinated and compatible with the building.
4. Include the standard mechanical equipment note on the architectural plans: "Visibility
of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
5. Provide a lighting plan with the next submittal.
6. Provide a complete plant schedule with the next submittal.
7. Provide confirmation that easements will not conflict with the proposed/required
landscaping.
8. Adjust the site layout to provide sufficient planting area for large shade trees along
the eastern perimeter of the parking lot.
9. Submit a construction/landscape easement for any parking or landscaping that are
proposed off -site.
10. Provide trees at the west end of the parking lot and shrubs at the base of the
northern retaining wall.
11. 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."
12. Show existing trees on the existing conditions plan.
13. Indicate retaining wall material(s) and color(s) on the plan. A physical sample may be
necessary for review.
14. Provide landscaping at the base of the visible retaining walls to integrate them into
the site.
15. Coordinate the tree line that is to remain throughout the site plan.
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. 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,
i
Khris Taggart, Planner
434-296-5832 x3278
ktaggart@albemarle.org
cc: Lenvic, LLC
2506 Brandermill PI
Charlottesville, VA 22911-8253
Reid Murphy
Building Manaagement Co.
400 Locust Ave, Suite 3
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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