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HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB200800081 Action Letter 2008-07-23COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, Room 227 Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126 July 25, 2008 Baskervill c/o Alan Davis 101 S. 15th Street, Ste. 200 Richmond, VA 23213 RE: ARB- 2008 -81: Wachovia Bank at Pantops (Tax Map 34, Parcel 7) Dear Mr. Davis, The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on July 21, 2008 completed a preliminary review of the above -noted request to construct an approximately 2500 sq. ft. branch bank with three drive- thru lanes in the Luxor commercial development. The Board offered the following comments for the benefit of the applicant's next submittal. Please note that the following comments are those that have been identified at this time. Additional comments may be added or eliminated based on further review and changes to the plan. 1. Revise the building footprint, as shown on the site plan drawings, to correctly correspond with the building elevations 2. Revise the building elevation drawings to indicate the proposed materials and colors of the drive -thru canopy fascia. Provide samples of the materials and colors if they have not already been submitted. Provide more detail on the integration of the drive - through structure with the building. 3. Revise the site or building drawings to clearly show the location of proposed HVAC equipment and the method of screening its visibility from the EC. Revise the site plan and building elevation drawings by adding a note stating No mechanical equipment shall be visible from the Entrance Corridor. 4. Revise Sheet C7 Grading and Utility Plan to show proposed grading rounded (10' minimum radius) to meet the existing condition on the Rite Aid parcel. Provide evidence of a grading easement and show the limits of the easement on the grading and utility plan. Revise all landscape drawings to indicate the location, type, and size of all plantings in the Rite Aid planting strip that adjoins the northwest perimeter of the Wachovia parking lot. Show additional tree and shrub plantings in this area to replace existing plant materials that may be removed due to the off -site grading. 5. Revise drawing Sheet 1/1 Wachovia 0 Pantops, Landscape Plan (scale 1" = 10'), to include a landscape schedule with all proposed and existing landscaping for the bank site clearly labeled. Revise the drawing to include the location of all existing utilities and their associated easements. 6. Revise the landscape proposal by replacing the proposed street trees with a variety whose habit (size) would not conflict with existing or proposed utilities and their easements. Revise the proposal to include flowering ornamentals, alternating amongst all frontage street trees, for the full width of the right -of -way. 7. Revise all landscape drawings to show shrub plantings in the beds adjacent to the west and south building elevations and in the parking lot island adjacent to the southwest corner of the building, in a design that integrates the building with the site. 8. Revise Sheet C9 Lighting Plan to include the location and type of all proposed building and canopy lighting. Revise the drawing, if needed, to include cutsheets of all proposed building and canopy lighting. Revise the footcandle values on the drawing to account for all proposed building and canopy lighting. Revise Sheet C9 Lighting Plan to include the standard lighting note Each outdoor luminaire equipped with a lamp that emits 3,000 or more initial lumens shall be a full cutoff luminaire. The spillover of lighting from luminaires onto public roads and property in residential or rural areas zoning shall not exceed one -half footcandle 9. Signage that is visible from the EC will require ARB approval. Freestanding signage proposals can be submitted separately from the site plan application and should demonstrate that they meet all ARB sign guidelines, are coordinated with the landscape proposal, and in locations that are free of utility conflicts. With the next submission, provide details, including the proposed size, material, color, method of attachment, and method of illumination, if any, of all proposed building signage visible from the EC. Demonstrate that the wall text extended across the recessed fagade will have an appropriate appearance. Revise the wall sign proposal by eliminating the sign shown on the south elevation. 10. Provide glass samples for review. 11. Revise the tower to provide more detail to address blankness. 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 /planning. Revised drawings addressing the comments listed above are required. Include updated ARB revision dates on each drawing and an ARB approval signature panel. 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, Brent Nelson Landscape Planner cc: Baskervill, Dan Tate 101 S. 15th Street, Ste. 200 Richmond, VA 23213 Baskervill, Jessica White 101 S. 15th Street, Ste. 200 Richmond, VA 23213 Luxor LLC 195 Riverbend Drive Charlottesville, VA 22911