HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB202100059 Action Letter 2021-07-07V
July 7, 2021
County of Albemarle
Community Development Department - Planning
Bruce Wardell
BRW Architects, PC
112 4ch Street N.E.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Margaret Maliszewski
m maliszewski@albemarle.org
Telephone: (434)296-5832 ext.3276
RE: ARB-2021-59: Albemarle Business Center Office Building (TMP: 07600-00-00-05400)
Dear Mr. Wardell,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, completed a
preliminary review of the above -noted request to construct a 4-story office building with a footprint of
approximately 17,000 sf and associated improvements. 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. Consider changes to the building design to establish a greater connection to the historic architecture of
the area. Provide additional information on the brick detailing at the windows and more documentation
on the detailing of the glass corners.
2. Provide additional information to clarify the use of fiber cement panels in the window openings.
3. Provide material samples, including glass samples and specs, for review.
4. Revise the elevation drawings to include more complete materials identification.
5. Revise the site plan to label the symbol shown on the EC side of the building.
6. Show the locations of ground- and building -mounted equipment and show how visibility from the
Entrance Corridor will be eliminated.
7. Revise the drawings to clarify the rooftop structure.
8. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to the architectural plans: "Visibility of all mechanical
equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
9. Add two interior parking lot trees, 2'/2" caliper at planting.
10. Add a row of shrubs along the east side, and along the eastern end of the south side, of the parking lot
24" high minimum at planting.
11. Add shrubs to help integrate the retaining walls into the landscape.
12. Add shrubs along the east and south sides of the parking lot.
13. Revise the plan to provide more coordination among the retaining walls, screening trees, parking lot
trees, and additional landscaping along the south side of the site.
14. Indicate retaining wall material on the site plan. Provide coordination with the material of the building's
base.
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You may submit your application for continued ARB review at your earliest convenience. Application forms,
checklists and schedules are available on-line at https://www.albemarle.org/government/community-
development/apply-for/planning-and-site-development-applications .
Revised drawings addressing the comments listed above, and all checklist items, are required. Include updated
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.
If you have any questions concerning any of the above, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Margaret Maliszewski
Planning Manager, Department of Community Development
434-296-5832 x3276
mmaliszewski(caalbemarle.org
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250 W. Main Street, Suite 201
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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