HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB200900098 Review Comments Preliminary Site Plan 2010-01-04COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
January 19, 2010
Mike Matthews
C/O Matthews Development Company
One Boar's Head Pointe, Suite 131
Charlottesville, VA 22903
RE: ARB- 2009 -98: Martha Jefferson Hospital Parking Garage & Office Building
Tax Map 78, Parcel 20M
Dear Mr. Mathews:
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on January 4, 2010, completed a preliminary
review of the above -noted request to construct a parking deck and an office building adjacent to the approved
hospital. 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. Add notes to the site plan indicating the maximum height for the proposed light fixtures and the
colors of the fixtures and poles.
2. Add the following standard note to the plan: "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."
3. Providing as low a level of lighting on the parking deck surface as code allows is preferable.
Providing as even a level of lighting on the parking deck surface as code allows is preferable.
Elimination of all direct views of the light source is preferable.
4. Include the following note on the landscape plan: "All site plantings of trees and shrubs shall be
allowed to reach, and be maintained at, mature height; the topping of trees is prohibited. Shrubs
and trees shall be pruned minimally and only to support the overall health of the plant."
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,
Margaret Maliszewski
Principal Planner
Cc: Martha Jefferson Hospital
459 Locust Ave
Charlottesville VA 22902
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