HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP200900009 Review Comments Preliminary Site Plan 2009-07-14COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
May 8, 2009
Scott Collins
Collins Engineering
800 East Jefferson Street
Charlottesville VA 22902
RE: ARB2009- 00025; Arden Place
Tax 61, Parcel 124
Dear Mr. Collins,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on May 4, 2009, completed a preliminary
review of the above -noted request to construct a six - building, 187 -unit, multi - family residential 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. The ARB supports the maintenance of the 50' buffer and supports a road configuration that minimizes the
impact on the 50' buffer.
2. Provide a site /building section demonstrating visibility of the proposal as viewed from the Rio Road East
Corridor across the Rio Hill Drive right -of -way. Provide a section from Rio Road across the battery shop,
the Albemarle Square entrance road, the center line of the connector road, and through the retaining wall,
as it is anticipated to be developed.
3. Revise Sheet 6 Site Plan and /or Sheet 11 Arden Place Clubhouse Exterior Elevations, as needed, to
correct the lack of coordination between the design of the building footprint and the building elevations.
Revise Sheet 11 Arden Place Clubhouse Exterior Elevations and Sheet 12 Arden Place Exterior Building
Elevations to include roof plans of the clubhouse and apartment buildings.
4. Revise Sheet 11 Arden Place Clubhouse Exterior Elevations to show a redesigned entry bay and
pediment whose height and width are more proportional with each other and the overall elevation.
5. Revise Sheet 11 Arden Place Clubhouse Exterior Elevations by identifying proposed materials and colors,
and configuration of the cupola.
6. Revise the southwest end elevation of Apartment Building 1, to relieve its blank appearance, by adding
windows or replacing the vertical siding with the proposed brick. Consider redesigning the center section
of the elevation to project inward or outward.
7. Revise Sheet 7 Landscape Plan to show an evergreen species in place of the semi - evergreen Burkwood
Viburnum proposed around the perimeter of the ground- mounted HVAC units at each end of the
apartment buildings.
8. Revise the site and building layout to more consistently address the requirements of the site grading
guidelines listed under "Development Pattern ".
9. Revise the interior parking lot tree count to not include perimeter parking lot trees. Revise the site /parking
design to allow for a 10' wide planting strip along the full length of the eastern boundary, free of retaining
walls, for perimeter parking lot trees, 40' on center, 2' /z" caliper minimum.
10. Revise Sheet 7 Landscaping Plan by showing the street trees, 2'/2' caliper, 40' on center, on both sides
the entry roads and roads extending from them.
11. Revise Sheet 7 Landscaping Plan with the addition of 2 large canopy species and 1 understory species
with proposed quantities for both categories as near equal as possible.
12. Revise the lighting proposal to include all exterior building lighting. All such lighting in excess of 3,000
lumens shall meet full cut off requirements. Revise Sheet 10 Lighting Details to include the catalog
numbers with the cutsheets. These numbers shall be coordinated with the catalog numbers in the
Luminaire Schedule.
13. Revise Sheet 7 Landscaping Plan and Sheet 6 Site Plan by including the location of all proposed site
lighting. Avoid conflicts with proposed plantings or existing and proposed utilities. Revise Sheet 9 Lighting
Plan to include the following 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 districts shall not exceed one -half footcandle.
14. Designs for all freestanding signage visible from the Corridor will need to meet ARB Sign Guidelines, with
locations free of conflicts with utilities and landscaping. An ARB sign application for freestanding signage
is an additional application that can be submitted separately from the ARB site plan application. For
building signage visible from the Corridor, provide revised elevations showing the sign location along with
details, including materials, colors and dimensions, of the sign design. Wall and freestanding signs will
require a sign permit in addition to ARB approval.
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: Coleway Development LLC
610 Preston Avenue
Charlottesville, VA 22902
James E Kelley Jr
2555 Temple Trail
Winter Park FL 32789
Charlottesville Realty Corporation
P. O. Box 6340
Charlottesville, VA 22906
Gerald Gatobu, Current Development
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