Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201300026 Action Letter 2013-02-20COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126 April 19, 2013 Bohler Engineering C/O Daniel R. Hines, P.E. 28 Blackwell Park Lane Warrenton, Va 20186 RE: ARB- 2013 -26: Fifth Street Station Initial Site Plan 076M10000002A0, 076M10000002130, 076M10000004A0 Dear Mr. Hines: At its meeting on Monday, April 15, 2013, the Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, by a vote of 3:0, 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 30.6.4(2), (3) and (5): 1. Revise the massing of the Wegman's and Major Tenant A buildings to reflect the traditional architecture of the area. Break up the mass into components whose scale reflects that of the traditional architecture of the area. 2. Revise the Wegman's and Major Tenant A buildings to reduce the visual effect from the Entrance Corridors. 3. Revise the massing of Wegman's and Major Tenant A buildings to a scale that does not overpower the natural setting. 4. Eliminate the visual effect of the loading /service /refuse areas from the Entrance Corridors. 5. Revise the interface between the site layout and the existing surrounding topography which is visible from the Entrance Corridors to better transition between the proposed shopping terrace and the existing grades, using a combination of planting, material, terracing, and other strategies to more effectively correspond to the guidelines. 6. Revise the plan to show consistent and adequate planting area free of utilities and easements along the 164 side of the site, to a width sufficient to mitigate visual impact from the Entrance Corridor. 7. Provide planting area for trees along Bent Creek Parkway from Avon Street at least to the intersection of Bent Creek Parkway with the first turnoff for the Major Tenant A building, consistent with the approved landfill work plan. Regarding recommended conditions of initial site plan approval: 1. Approval of a Certificate of Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval. Regarding conditions to be satisfied prior to issuance of a grading permit: 1. Provide a conservation plan checklist. Show all the checklist items on the plan. The ARB also provided the following comments for future ARB submittals /reviews: 1. Provide adequate visible representation such as site sections animations digital models of existing topography and proposed development to clarify the degree of visibility of the development from the Entrance Corridors, the visibility of the Major Tenant A loading areas from the EC, and to show how equipment, particularly rooftop equipment, will be made invisible from the Entrance Corridors. Consider flying balloons at proposed building corners to further clarify visibility. 2. Break down the massing of the Wegman's and Major Tenant A buildings with form, color and architectural detailing to reflect the traditional architecture of the area and to reflect human scale. 3. Reduce the amount of blank wall on the Entrance Corridor. 4. Where visible from the Entrance Corridors, provide a tower design whose form, materials and color respect the traditions of local historic buildings. 5. Incorporate forms, features, materials and colors to make the Wegman's and Major Tenant A buildings compatible with the historic buildings in the area. Incorporate building relief. 6. Revise trademark designs to meet the Entrance Corridor guidelines. 7. Planting area on the 164 side of the site shall accommodate a mix of deciduous and evergreen trees sufficient to soften the appearance of the long elevations of the Wegman's and Major Tenant A buildings, to integrate the buildings into the Entrance Corridor, and to mitigate any visibility of loading, service and refuse areas that remains after appropriate siting. 8. Design site and building lighting to minimize noticeability and impacts of the lighting. 9. Provide the standard Entrance Corridor planting along Avon Street, consistent with the approved landfill work plan. 10. Include parcel 77 -11 E on the cover sheet. 11. Provide Bent Creek Parkway trees at a minimum of 2%2" caliper spaced 40' on center, consistent with the approved landfill work plan. 12. Provide medium trees along all interior pedestrian ways at a minimum of 2%2" caliper, spaced 25' on center. 13. Provide perimeter parking lot trees at 40' on center. 14. Maximize planting of trees on site. Minimize the impact of lighting perhaps by limiting the height of parking lot and roadway lighting to 20'. 15. Terrace the wall at the Major Tenant A building into segments no more than 6' tall. Plant the terraces. 16. Provide retaining wall details for review. Identify materials and colors; provide samples. 17. Round contours with a 10' minimum radius where they meet the adjacent condition. 18. Add the following notes to the 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. • Each outdoor Iuminaire equipped with a lamp that emits 3,000 or more initial lumens shall be a full cutoff Iuminaire and shall be arranged or shielded to reflect light away from adjoining residential districts and away from adjacent roads. The spillover of lighting from luminaires onto public roads and property in residential or rural areas zoning districts shall not exceed one half footcandle. • Visibility of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated. 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.orq /ARB 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 call me. Sincerely, Margaret Maliszewski Principal Planner M. Dan Tucker, S.J. Collins Enterprises 5b Southwest Broad St., Suite B Fairburn, Ga 30213 New Era Properties LLC P O Box 1467 Charlottesville Va 22902