HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB202200093 Action Letter 2022-12-06County of Albemarle
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j,. Community Development Department - Planning
December 6, 2022
Mr. Scott Collins
Collins Engineering
200 Garrett Street, Suite K
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Khris Taggart, Senior Planner I
ktaaaart@albemarle.ore
Telephone: (434) 296-5832 ext. 3278
RE: ARB-2022-93: Galaxie Farm — Preliminary (TMP: 09100-00-00-00900; and 09100-00-00-01500)
Dear Mr. Collins,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board reviewed the above noted item at its meeting on
Monday, December 5, 2022. The Board unanimously approved the request, pending staff administrative
approval of the following conditions:
1. Provide a drawing that keys the building designs to the site layout.
2. Provide color renderings for the designs shown in the line drawings and line drawings for the
designs shown in the color renderings.
3. Revise the line drawings to note warm earth -tone colors for horizontal siding on the south and
east elevations of the townhomes label Holly I and note that adjacent townhomes will not use the
same color.
4. Revise the building design to limit the use of white to trim and/or decorative features.
5. Revise the line drawings to provide specs on proposed window glass that meet the design
criteria: Visible light transmittance (VLT) shall not drop below 40%. Visible light reflectance (VLR)
shall not exceed 30%.
6. Clarify whether the existing fence remains on the southern property line.
7. Revise the site plan to show the height of the new fence consistently throughout the site plan.
8. Revise the site plan to include information on any proposed building and/or post -mounted lighting.
Show how impacts of this lighting will be minimized. Full cutoff fixtures with limited intensity and
warm color temperatures (2000-3000K) are recommended.
9. Shift the two trees east of "Open Space B" to eliminate the stormwater pipe conflict and resolve
all other street trees/utility conflicts.
10. Consider adjusting the eave height to be equal in blocks 18-21 and 54-59.
11. Make the drawings consistent regarding black or white windows.
12. Consider adding more variety in blocks 18-21 and 54-59.
13. Consider limiting Arctic White to trim and decorative features.
14. Add the site plan boundary to the plan.
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Please provide:
1. A full set of revised drawings addressing each of these conditions. Include updated revision dates
on each drawing. Electronic submittals are preferred.
2. A memo including detailed responses indicating how each condition has been satisfied. 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.
3. The attached 'Revised Application Submittal' form. This form must be returned with your revisions
to ensure proper tracking and distribution.
When staffs review of this information indicates that all conditions of approval have been met, a
Certificate of Appropriateness may be issued.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Khris Taggart, Senior Planner I
cc: Galaxie Farm Investments LLC
600 East Water Street, Suite H
Charlottesville, VA 22902
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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
REVISED APPLICATION SUBMITTAL
This form must be returned with your revisions to ensure proper tracking and distribution. County staff has
indicated below what they think will be required as a resubmission of revisions. If you need to submit additional
information, please explain it on this form for the benefit of the intake staff. All plans must be collated and
folded to fit into legal -size files, in order to be accepted for submittal.
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PROJECT NAME: ARB-2022-93: Galaxie Farm Preliminary
Submittal Type Requiring Revisions O indicates submittal Code
County Project Number
# Copies
Erosion & Sediment Control Plan (E&S)
Mitigation Plan (MP)
Waiver Request (WR)
Stormwater Management Plan (SWMP)
Road Plan (RP)
Private Road Request, with private/public comparison (PRR)
Private Road Request — Development Area (PRR-DA)
Preliminary Site Plan (PSP)
Final Site Plan (or amendment) (FSP)
Final Plat (FP)
Preliminary Plat (PP)
Easement Plat (EP)
Boundary Adjustment Plat (BAP)
Rezoning Plan (REZ)
Special Use Permit Concept Plan (SP-CP)
Reduced Concept Plan (R-CP)
Proffers (P)
Bond Estimate Request (BER)
Draft Groundwater Management Plan (D-GWMP)
Final Groundwater Management Plan (F-GWMP)
Aquifer Testing Work Plan (ATWP)
Groundwater Assessment Report (GWAR)
Architectural Review Board (ARB)
ARB-2022-93
Other: Please explain
(For staff use only)
Submittal Code
# Copies
Distribute To:
Submittal Code
# Copies
Distribute To:
ARB
1 Electronic preferred
K Taggart
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