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Home My WebLink AboutVA199900002 Correspondence 1999-01-25 H -25 99 01 : 10 PM DUMBARTON PROPERTIES. INC 804 266 4977 P. 01 FA" TAN SM1TTAL COVEN 3Hkt r DUMBARTON PROPERTIES, INC 7113 Staples Mill Road P.O.Box 9462 Richmond, Virginia 23228 Teiepbone no: Telet x no: (804)Z66-;969 (804) 266-4977 Date: l 1S��? Fuee's Fax Number: 8°4" 7 - 4-1•2_Q To whom Sec , tT9r,fNk le C 4e4 6 -24,*,t /`actin e,✓,r -k • Colapany Name: CO 0 6.31-1, / f)142-14A.G1/4 '''''' Number of pages Cuscludiug cover sheet): 4` Sender's Name: James N. 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Box 9462 • Richmond, Virginia 23228 • (804) 266-4969 Teiecover (804)266-1477 January 25, 1999 Albemarle County Architectural Review Board c/o Jan Sprinkle Chief of Zoning Administration County of Albemarle 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902-4596 Re: Signs - ACAC Building - Albemarle Square Shopping Center Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the Board: It has come to my attention that the General Partner of Rio Associates Limited Partnership, Owner of Albemarle Square Shopping Center, has indicated through his personal representative, Robin Cordle, that Tamara Lacy of Innerspace has his permission to serve as Rio Associates' agent in presenting ACAC's variance request to the County's Architectural Review Board today for placing certain signs an the ACAC building at heights five (5) feet higher than Albemarle County zoning ordinance allows. SA' ce`ely, ,��t. mes N. Plotkin, President fumbarton Properties, Inc., Leasing & Management Agents Rio Associates Limited Partnership cc: Rio Associates Limited Partnership ACAC SHOPPING CENTERS/COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Leasing • Management • Marketing • Consulting • Sales Member of REAL ESTATE BROKERS ,(�( International Council of Shopping Centers .1RN—'LS-99 el : 1 1 PM DUMBARTON PROPERT IES. INC 804 266 4977 P. 03 • • dp Dumbarton Properties Incorporated 7113 Staples Mill Road • P.O. Box 9462 • Richmond, Virginia 23228 • (804) 266-4969 Teiecopiar (80d)266•4977 January 25, 1999 Albemarle County Architectural Review Board do Jan Sprinkle Chief of Zoning Administration County of Albemarle 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902-4596 Re: Signs - ACAC Building - Albemarle Square Shopping Center Dear Ladies and Gentlemen of the Board: The General Partner of Rio Associates Limited Partnership, Owner of Albemarle Square Shopping Center, has indicated through his personal representative, Robin Cordle, that the Albemarle Square Shopping Center is pleased to support the signs ACAC proposes to install or permit to be installed on the building leased by ACAC, portions of which are subleased to Martha Jefferson Health and Wellness Services and Spectrum Therapy. The elevations submitted by Innerspace dated 12/28/98 and revised 1/4/99 and again on 1/12/99 titled "ACAC Signage/Albemarle Square" and reviewed by personnel in the Dumbarton Properties office are only elevations, and do not illustrate the methods for mounting and support, internal illumination, etc., but we understand after speaking with both Mr. Cordle and Tamara Lacy representing ACAC, that the colors are in keeping with the design plan of the center, although not identical to the Acrylite Blue 607-1 predominantly in use as the blue for sign letters at Albemarle Square, and that all letters will be channel letters mounted on raceways rather than attached individually to the fascia of the building. The Shopping Center makes every effort to accommodate individual store logos, as to colors and letter styles. Bronze returns are acceptable for ACAC. We understand further that the internal illumination will be double stroke of 13mm neon tubes powered by 60 milliamp 120 volt transformers. White neon must be 6500 white neon. The extra amperage from the 30 milliamps generally in use at the center, up to 60 milliamps, is to compensate for the partial blockage of light caused by the use of vinyl strips, a relatively new method that allows the letter faces to be a different color during the day from the color projected at night. Further, ACAC has agreed to modify the faces and/or internal illumination of the letters if the intensity of the nighttime illumination does not equal the intensity of the other signs at the shopping center. ACAC has also agreed to be responsible for repairing the fascia to the satisfaction of the Shopping Center if and when any of the signs are subsequently modified or removed, to overcome the adverse appearance of any scarring and/or color mismatches on the fascia caused by the placement of the signs or their removal. SHOPPING CENTERS/COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY Leasing • Management • Marketing • Consulting • Sales Member of REAL ESTATE BROKERS /# # International Council of Shopping C•nt•r* JAN-25-99 01 : 12 PM DUMBARTON PROPERTIES. INC 804 266 4977 P. 04 • Albemarle County Architectural Review Board January 25, 1999 Page 2 The height of the ACAC sign on the western elevation at only 4 feet, seems meager insofar as ACAC is the anchor store and the largest building on the property, and it is far back from the road and back in the corner. We support the granting of variances to the highest points of the signs where necessary to avoid invasion of the reveals of the Dryvit (stucco) fascia surfaces and to enhance visibility of the signs. The 3 foot letter heights for Spectrum Therapy go conform to the Shopping Center Sign Control Specifications. As long as the Spectrum Therapy and Martha Jefferson Health and Wellness Services signs conform in letter size and the other Shopping Center Sign Control Specifications, which we believe they do with approved exceptions as noted above, and with a slight modification to the ACAC sign on the southern elevation, we feel all the signs you will be reviewing today are proportionate to the heights and the mass of the building elevations and in good form and taste architecturally and aesthetically, and reasonably harmonious, consistent, and in keeping with the standards prevailing at the Albemarle Square Shopping Center. We understand as indicated on the elevations by Innerspace that except as modified by prior agreements as noted above, the other specifications for the signs on the building will conform to those specifications for letters, faces, trim, raceway boxes, internal illumination, mounting, sizes, colors, letter returns, disconnects, etc., as set forth in the lease Exhibit "D" - "Sign Control Specifications Individual Letters Mounted on a Raceway For Use At Albemarle Square Shopping Center." We presume that adequate wood or other blocking strips have or will be installed behind the fascias wherever the raceway boxes are to be placed to provide proper support for the raceway boxes and the channel letters. Thank you for your consideration of the above in your review of ACAC's proposal. We believe the ACAC, their subtenants, the Shopping Center, and the community will be well served if the application for the Certificate of Appropriateness regarding the ACAC signs is favorably received and granted by the Architectural Review Board at its meeting today. Sincerely, pil. Afili • N. Plotkin, President 0 barton Properties, Inc., Leasing & Management Agents Rio Associates Limited Partnership cc: Rio Associates Limited Partnership ACAC