HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201400025 Action Letter 2014-02-24
COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
April 11, 2014
Justin Shimp - Shimp Engineering
201 E. Main St., Ste. M
Charlottesville, VA. 22902
RE: ARB201400025 - Bojangles' Restaurant at Pantops - Preliminary
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Dear Mr. Shimp:
At its meeting on Monday, April 7, 2014, the Albemarle County Architectural Review Board took the
following actions:
Regarding the Request for the Special Use Permit:
The Board by a vote of 5:0, forwarded the following recommendation to the Planning Commission:
The ARB has no objection to the request for the Special Use Permit (SP) based on the design of the
drive-thru window and lane as illustrated in the February 17 and February 20, 2014 architectural
elevations and the February 20, 2014 conceptual site layout. The ARB also expresses support for the
waiver request for the travelway width, maintaining a 10.5’ width.
Regarding the preliminary design:
The ARB offers the following comments on the preliminary design:
1. Consider revising the proportions of the glass block windows to coordinate with the architectural
proportions and detail and/or material of the overall building.
2. Provide glass specs on the architectural drawings indicating that visible light transmittance (VLT) shall
not drop below 40% and visible light reflectance (VLR) shall not exceed 30%.
3. Provide a dumpster screen detail on the plan. Screening materials should be coordinated with building
materials.
4. Revise the plan to show the locations of all drive-thru related items. Provide screening to ensure an
appropriate appearance from the EC.
5. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to both the site and architectural plans: “Visibility of all
mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated.”
6. Provide complete information on lighting for review.
7. Provide a sufficient quantity of EC frontage trees to meet the 35’ on center requirement.
8. Be sure the plans clearly show existing plants to remain and to be removed.
9. Provide a plant schedule for review.
10. Consider continuing the shrub planting along the two back bays of both side elevations.
11. Provide the standard planting note on 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.”
12. Provide a complete landscape plan for review.
13. Sign permits will be required for all wall signs. Note that red acrylic #2283, and its equivalents, are not
approvable shades of red.
14. Eliminate the stars from the piers and pilasters. Maintain the medallions.
15. Consider revising the facades to provide a more human scale and integrated architectural appearance
that breaks down the scale of the canopies, pilasters, façade and cornice. This could be done by providing
additional detail or articulation in the stucco facades, and providing more detail in the brick.
16. Reinforce the design of the entrance to the building. This could be done by breaking up the composition of
the canopy.
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.org/ARB.
Revised drawings addressing the comments listed above are required. Include updated ARB 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 call me.
Sincerely,
Margaret Maliszewski
Principal Planner
Cc: Rivanna Ridge Charlottesville LLC
1385 Hancock St.
Quincy, MA. 02169