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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4012
August 20, 2007
Mark Lieberth
Land Planning and Design Associates
310 E. Main Street
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
RE: ARB- 2007 -67: Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Tax Map 70, Parcels 13,13A, and 12
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on August 6, 2007, completed a preliminary
review of the above -noted request to develop a Site Master Plan addressing current and future parking needs,
provisions for a new building, columbarium/memorial garden, and the preservation of trees and the historic
nature of the buildings and site. 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. Remove the front 16 parking spaces on the north side of the parking. Encourage a more rural
landform through terracing. Show how the grading will be resolved at the front. Add additional trees
along the ridge line.
2. Terrace the eastern parking lot to reduce the disruption to the natural slopes.
3. Show grading in the parking lot west of the cemetery. Show which trees will be salvaged.
4. Clarify the plantings that will be visible from the Entrance Corridor for both existing and proposed
trees and shrubbery. Provide a rural landscaping design with trees possibly clustered, not necessarily a
tree spaced every 10 spaces, allowing Entrance Corridor views of the parking lot to appear more
natural and less structured.
5. Revise the application plan to show an accurate representation of the drip line for all existing trees
shown. Provide for replacement trees for trees lost due to work within the drip line. Minimize the
number of trees to be lost. Revise the application plan to show all proposed trees visible from the EC,
even those not acting as replacement installed using the minimum 3" caliper, but subject to change.
6. Provide a photometric plan.
7. Clarify the direction of travel in the proposed parking lot.
8. If the future new building is visible from the Entrance Corridor it needs to have exterior materials
harmonious with the present structure, e.g. a slate roof, and moldings painted white with classical
Virginia detailing. Provide site sections from the Entrance Corridor demonstrating visibility of
proposed building.
9. Clarify existing conditions on the contours.
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.
Emmanuel Church
August 20, 2007
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,
Brent Nelson
Landscape Planner
cc: Doug Gilpin
Dalgliesh, Eichman, Gilpin and Paxton, PC
206 Fifth Street
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
7500 Rockfish Turnpike
Greenwood, Virginia 22943
Joan McDowell, Principal Planner
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