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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road,Room 227
Charlottesville,Virginia 22902-4596
Phone(434)296-5832 Fax(434)972-4126
July 12, 2006
General Manager
Landmark Aviation
100 Aviation Drive, Suite 100
Charlottesville, VA 22911
RE: Board of Zoning Appeals Action
VA-2006-008 - Tax Map 32, parcel 10
Dear Sir or Madam:
At their meeting on July 11, 2006, the Board of Zoning Appeals voted 5-0 to defer your
variance application 2006-008 to September 12, 2006, so additional information can be
prepared.
The Board of Zoning Appeals mentioned several things they would like to have clarified
before this variance is heard by them again on September 12th. Please provide this
information by August 25th in order for staff to have time to review it and include it in
the revised report for the Board. If this information is not received in time, the Board
may not be able to take an action at their meeting.
Please provide the following information to staff by August 25th:
1. Fill in any missing information (indicated by question marks) on the attached
chart. Please also review and correct any inaccurate information such as the
proposed location of signs.
2. Provide the aggregate size (square footage) of all wall signage (on all buildings)
for Landmark Aviation.
3. The question was raised of whether this signage provides identifying or
directional information or whether it is advertising. Part of this includes the
question of why each sign states the same thing and does not differentiate by
building or area (such as building numbers or the like).
General Manager, Landmark Aviation
Variance 2006-008
July 12, 2006
Page 2
A. Is this signage directional? If so, why do all signs state the same thing?
B. Is it possible to make the sign smaller by shortening the copy to achieve the
intended purposes? Please address this.
4. What is the length of building frontage for each of the four buildings with
proposed new signage? (This is the linear length of the building in the plane on
which the sign will be located. For example for signs facing the runway, it is the
length of the rear of the building.)
5. Which of these signs are visible from off this property and from where? Will they
be legible or the message be readable?
The Board has asked staff to break out the variance requests on a sign-by-sign basis.
They also asked staff to provide information on several items. These include:
A. What would be the allowed sign area if this property were zoned industrial? In
order to calculate this response, we have asked you for#4 (building frontage)
above.
B. How does this request compare to the Martha Jefferson outpatient surgery wall
sign variance?
C. Are the middle and (new) southern hangars separate buildings or one building?
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office.
Sincerely,
a -7/K-
Amelia G. McCulley, A.I.C.P.
Zoning Administrator
Attachment
Cc: Chuck Newton
Hightech Signs
2165 Seminole Trail
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Variance 2006-008
Attachment
SIGN & PERMIT# SIZE (SQ FT) HEIGHT (FT) LOGO/COPY
SIGN #1 a) Existing 16 36 Symbol of bird in flight
B2006-1144S b) Proposed 75 (Increase of 59 sq ft) 36 (Same height, 16 ft Symbol & Landmark Aviation
On large (Northern) (3 x 25 ft) variance)
hangar above doors
facing runway
SIGN #2 a) Existing 100 36 Symbol & Piedmont Hawthorne
B2006-1148S b) Proposed 75 Decrease of 25 sq ft) 36 (Same height, 16 ft Symbol & Landmark Aviation
On middle hangar (3 x 25 ft) variance)
above doors facing
runway
SIGN #3 a) Existing ? ? Symbol & Piedmont Hawthorne
B2006-1150S (their b) Proposed 75 (Same size) 36 (Same height, 16 ft Symbol & Landmark Aviation
sign #5) (3 x 25 ft) variance)
On maintenance
hangar facing Rt. 606
SIGN #4 a) Existing ? 10 Symbol & Piedmont Hawthorne
B2006-1148S b) Proposed 17 (Roughly same size, not 10 (Same height, no Symbol & Landmark Aviation
(their sign #6) (8 x 2.17 ft) sure) variance needed)
Located over the door
on the side of middle
hangar/office building
SIGN #5 a) Existing ? ? ?
B2006-1151 S b) Proposed 75 ( Do not know about 35 (Do not know about Symbol & Landmark Aviation
(their sign #11) (3 x 25 ft) existing sign) existing sign)
On south hangar above
door facing runway
TOTAL Unable to determine the Unable to determine the
overall change due to overall change due to
missing information missing information