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Home My WebLink AboutSP201900011 Correspondence 2023-01-27 (2)�1�tt 1p�y 1D l,pd" /C,&YV1Y, .; l'Y� The site of the proposal is the Better Living Furniture Store site at 2060 Seminole Trail. It is on Rt. 29, just south of the recently constructed and renovated Malloy Ford auto dealership. We were here with you a few years ago to discuss a special use permit for outdoor display on that site. 2 PROPOSAL • Demolish the Better Living Furniture Store building • Establish a parking area for outdoor sales/storage/display of vehicles in the area previously occupied by the building and to the northwest • Paint portions of the exterior of the remaining warehouse building • Add landscaping and lighting - � F 1 4rt1 1- , This project would demolish the Better Living Furniture Store building To create a parking lot for outdoor sales, storage and display of vehicles, The building to be demolished is represented by the crosshatched area in the lower right image The warehouse building at the back (shown in blue) would remain The proposal also includes the addition of landscaping and lighting c3 MAii.OY FOR. CINCUL TION TRUW `9 Parking would take the place of the demolished store And landscaping and lighting would be added in the parking area The display parking area, an additional vehicle storage area And proposed landscaping are all seen on this drawing, part of the applicant's package. lI The special use permit for outdoor storage, display and/or sales of vehicles Is a unique one. Its purpose is to allow for the review the potential visual impacts of the activity on the Entrance Corridors. The intent of the EC Overlay District is to ensure quality development that is compatible with the County's important scenic, historic, architectural and cultural resources. We have Entrance Corridor Design Guidelines that have been adopted to help meet thatintent. 5 Because this is primarily about the view from the EC, These requests go to the Architectural Review Board before they go to the PC and BOS And we typically encourage applicants to not move forward to the PC without a positive recommendation from the ARB In this type of review, the ARB acts in an advisory capacity to the PC and BOS So they are making a recommendation based on the anticipated visual impacts This proposal was reviewed by the ARB earlier this week ARB ACTION 1/21/2020 Regarding the Special Use Permit The ARB, by a vote of 5:0, deferred action on the application until additional information is provided for review, as follows: 1. Comparative information on approved display lots in the ECs. (to be provided by staff) 2. More specific information on the landscaping proposed in front of the building. (to be provided by the applicant) 3. Auto turn analyses (to be provided by the applicant) 4. Additional information on the landscaping proposed in the new island located closest to the EC, Including easements, utilities, coordination with adjacent property (to be provided by the applicant) The ARB voted to defer action on the request Because they wanted some additional information before making their recommendation The ARB could review this again as early as February 3 timeline Application submitted: 11/18/2019 _ Comments Sent to Applicant: 1/3/2020 Architectural Review Board meeting: 112112020 _ Anticipated 2nd Architectural Review Board meeting: 2/3/2020 _ Planning Commission Public Hearing: schedule pending Board of Supervisors Public Hearing: schedule pending Margaret Maliszewski I mmaliszewski@albemarle.org Margaret Maliszewski From: Margaret Maliszewski Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 20204:32 PM To: Kelsey Schlein Subject: RE: Resubmittal for SP-2019-11 Malloy Ford Thanks. Just want to be clear. From: Kelsey Schlein <kelsey@chimp-engineering.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 4:27 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> Subject: Re: Resubmittal for SP-2019-11 Malloy Ford CAUTION: This message originated outside the County of Albemarle email system. DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Yes, that is correct. We made revisions in response to comments received with the initial review and would like for the application to move forward to PC. On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 4:25 PM Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> wrote: Kelsey Thanks for the pdf. Just to confirm - you have submitted revisions for review by the various reviewing agencies, but you do not plan to make additional revisions and you want to move forward to PC public hearing regardless of reviewers' comments. Is that correct? Margaret From: Kelsey Schlein <kelsey@chimp-engineering.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 4:01 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> Subject: Re: Resubmittal for SP-2019-11 Malloy Ford CAUTION: This message originated outside the County of Albemarle email system. DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Hi Margaret, Please see attached and let me know if you have any questions. In this pdf, I've also included a redline mark- up of the narrative. We changed one sentence, but the redline just calls attention to that sentence. We would like to move forward to the planning commission with this application, so please let me know if you need a more formal request for us to move forward with a public hearing. Thanks for your review of this Margaret. Best, Kelsey On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 3:56 PM Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> wrote: Kelsey, Thanks for submitting revisions for the Malloy Ford SP. Would it be possible for you to email me PDFs of the complete submittal? Thanks. Margaret Margaret Maliszewski, Chief of Planning/Resource Management Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3276 KELSEY SCHLEIN Project Manager/Land Planner KelseVOShimo-Ena ineerina.com Shimp Engineering, P.C. 912 East High St. Charlottesville, VA 22902 434.227,5140 // shimpdesian.com KELSEY SCHLEIN Project Manager/Land Planner Kelsey(a,S himp-Enainee rina.co m Shimp Engineering, P.C. 912 East High St. Charlottesville, VA 22902 434.227.5140 // shimpdesian.com From: Martha Leinbach <pacermell3@yahoo.com> Sent: Friday, February 28, 202010:04 AM To: Margaret Maliszewski Cc: Ned Gallaway Subject: Information on Malloy Ford: specifically site along RT. 29 which was the old furniture building and potential plans for that site CAUTION: This message originated outside the County of Albemarle email system. DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. I talked with you last evening at the end of your presentation to the Rt. 29-Rio CAC meeting re: Malloy Ford and my attempts to try to get information on specifics of their revised site plan for the land adjacent to their new dealership. This is the site that contains the old Better Living Furniture building in the front and their body shop in the rear. I have concerns primarily about the visual presentation of that site as seen from the entrance to our neighborhood ( Carrsbrook) across the street given that is our neighborhood's primary exit onto Rt. 29 and we (all residents) have to see and pass by that location sometimes numerous times in a day and certainly daily. I know other Carrsbrook and Woodbrook neighbors also have concerns about the noise in the night of transports in and out of that site and very bright lights emanating now and potentially in the future if more lighting is permitted. Could you please help me find information on: —new proposed site plan(s) by Malloy presented to the Rio CAC in January 23 and/or to the ARB on February 3. —any new presentation to the Planning Commission. I listened to the ARB podcast from February 3 and thought I heard something about Malloy going back to the Planning Commission. Have they done that already since the January 2020 presentation. Mr. Dotson told me last night after I spoke with you that he thought they had already been to the Planning Commission re: this new section of the site. Where is the process now? When will it go before the BOS? —any written or verbal communication available regarding their proposal for the "furniture building" site and surrounding area including not only visual screening and landscaping but what type of cars will be allowed in this new space if indeed it just becomes a parking lot and what will be allowed to be seen there. The original site plan calls for all cars needing repair and all employee cars to be in the back area —not along the frontage. Malloy chose to move to this site and I wish them well as a business but they seem to have reduced their square footage from their previous location yet have increased their traffic, use and inventory. How is that allowed? Malloy has repeatedly violated the parking in the grassy area near the old furniture building. I contacted the county in August of 2019 and again in January 2020 initially through Ned Gallaway who referred me to Mr. Svobova, the zoning compliance officer. They also have parked along the frontage road on both sides when told they could not use the grass with not only cars but dump trucks, small to medium size commercial vans and on occasion large empty transport tracker trailers. In one of the entrance corridor studies originally done re: original site and view of unpleasant buildings etc an engineer commented " traffic driving 45 miles per hour on Rt. 29 would only visualize that site for 3.44 seconds. The residents of Carrsbrook and Woodbrook have to see that site everyday sometimes multiple times a day and not just for 3 seconds. Please consider that other dealerships along Rt. 29 are mostly directly across from other commercial entities and NOT a neighborhood. Also there is a traffic light very close to the furniture building location so traffic will ocasionally sit there longer to view the entrance corridor. Thank you for offering to help me locate this newer information. Your assistance is appreciated. Sincerely Martha Leinbach Carrsbrook resident Margaret Maliszewski From: Kelsey Schlein <kelsey@shimp-engineering.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 3:27 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski Cc: Justin Shimp Subject: Re: Malloy Ford resubmittal Attachments: (20200324) SUP SUBMIT 3_LSREV.pdf CAUTION: This message originated outside the County of Albemarle email system. DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Hi Margaret, Please see a revised concept plan attached. I also included a concept plan with a revision cloud sheet at the end of the document. Let me know if you need hard copies. Thanks Margaret! On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 8:51 AM Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewski@albemarle.org> wrote: Kelsey, would rather have the revisions already made in the plan that accompanies the staff report. Thanks. Margaret From: Kelsey Schlein <kelsey@shimp-engineerinz.com> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 1:26 PM To: Margaret Maliszewski <MMal iszewski@albemarle.or¢> Cc: Justin Shimp <iustin@shim p-eneineerine.com> Subject: Re: Malloy Ford resubmittal CAUTION: This message originated outside the County of Albemarle email system. DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe. Hi Margaret, Thank you for reaching out and sorry for just now getting back to you. I'm looping Justin in on the conversation since he physically attended the meeting and may be able to weigh in with some additional information. In re -checking the caics, it does look like we need to add the additional large shade tree along the southern perimeter to meet large shade tree perimeter spacing guidelines and we need to add two interior trees back to the double stacked row to meet interior parking planting guidelines. Thank you for noticing this discrepancy. What works best to incorporate these changes --should we revise the plan and send that along to you or do you want to call out these necessary changes in your Staff report and we will incorporate these changes between the PC and the Board? We'd prefer to have things cleaned up before PC, but are open to whatever plan is more seamless for you. Thanks Margaret. Best, Kelsey on Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 1:02 PM Margaret Maliszewski <MMaliszewskWalbemarle.org> wrote: Kelsey, I have two questions on your recent Malloy Ford resubmittal: 1.The ARB's February 3 action called for the addition of two interior parking lot trees in the double-parking row (comment 6c). The revised plan shows two trees shifted from the end islands (circled in red) to the interior. Why shift trees instead of adding them? 2.The ARB's February 3 action called for the addition of one tree along the south side of the southernmost parking row (yellow highlighted area). No tree was added. (comment 6e) Why? Here is a snippet of the plan reviewed on February 3: Y J li �'-- i I Here is a snippet of the recent resubmittal plan: Popi in11 011 0 %\1 IA:b I 1 Am I Thanks for your help with this. Margaret Margaret Maliszewski, Chief of Planning/Resource Management 3 Albemarle County Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road Charlottesville, VA 22902 434-296-5832 x3276 KELSEY SCHLEIN Project Manager/Land Planner Kelsev9bShimp-Enainee rina.com Shimp Engineering, P.C. 912 East High St. Charlottesville, VA 22902 434.227.51408 shimpdesian.com KELSFY SCHLEIN Project Managerl Land Planner Kei sev@Skimp-Engineering.wm Shimp Engineering, P.C. 912 East High St. Charlottesville, VA 22902 434.227.514011 shimodesian.com