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Community Development Department - Planning
December 21, 2021
Andrew Lewis
Merchants Retail Partners LLC
2801 Highway 208 South, Suite 345
Birmingham, AL 35223
Margaret Maliszewski
mmaliszewski@albemarle.ora
Telephone: (434) 296-5832 ext. 3276
RE: ARB-2021-127: Crozet Self Storage - Preliminary (05600000003200 & 05600000032A0)
Dear Mr. Lewis,
At its meeting on Monday, December 20, 2021, 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 The ARB does not support approval of the Initial Plan at this time due to the scale and
mass of the building and the lack of appropriate architectural elements.
• 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 perspective renderings that show the proposed building in the surrounding context
to clarify the scale, extent of visibility, and visual impacts along both corridors.
2. Revise the architectural design to incorporate forms, features and materials that reflect
the traditional architecture of the area.
3. Revise the architectural design to include architectural elements with greater relief.
4. Revise the architectural design with a combination of reduced footprint, reduced height,
substantial breaks in the building form, and substantial changes in depth for recesses and
projections along the walls to reduce the mass and scale of the building.
5. Revise the architectural design to eliminate blankness on all sides of the building.
6. Include a detail of the dumpster enclosure in the plan.
7. Add low level planting to screen the lift station from view.
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8. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to the site and architectural plans: Visibility
of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
9. Provide a complete lighting plan for review. Include all proposed building- and ground -
mounted lighting in the plan.
10. Provide 16 large shade trees along Brownsville Rd., 2'/2" caliper at planting.
11. Add a large tree on the north side of the parking lot, 2'/z" caliper at planting.
12. Increase the planting along the Rt. 250 side of the building to offset the impacts of the
scale of the building.
13. Add low level plantings all along the Rt. 250 frontage.
14. Revise the design to reduce the scale of the building to not overpower the setting of the
site.
15. Indicate on the plan the material and color proposed for the retaining wall. A muted earth
tone color is recommended.
16. Include a detail of the retaining wall safety railing in the plan.
17. Add low-level landscaping in the vicinity of the stormwater facility to integrate it more fully
into the landscape.
We would be happy to assist you in scheduling a work session with the ARB to address the design
issues listed above and discussed at the meeting. Please feel free to contact me regarding the work
session or if you have questions concerning any of the above.
Sincerely,
Margaret Maliszewski
Planning Manager, Department of Community Development
434-296-5832 x3276
mmaliszewski(a)albemarle.org
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