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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSP201000006 Review Comments Special Use Permit 2010-04-21Phone (434) 296 -5832 �'IRGI1`�ZP COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 MEMORANDUM TO: Judy Wiegand FROM: Margaret Maliszewski RE: SP- 2010 -06: Baugh Auto Body DATE: April 19, 2010 Fax (434) 972 -4126 I have reviewed the plan for the above -noted application and I have the following preliminary comments. Additional and/or revised comments will be provided following ARB review. Information for applicant Rental Vehicles: • The rental car parking included in the proposal requires a Special Use Permit (SP) for outdoor storage. That SP requires ARB comment prior to review by the Planning Commission. An ARB application is required, with 8 copies of the concept plan. I have tentatively scheduled this for review by the ARB on May 17. That meeting begins at 1:00 in Room 241 of the County Office Building. Mitigation for outdoor storage of vehicles typically involves conditions related to vehicle location and orientation, landscaping, and lighting. As part of the concept plan that will be presented to the ARB, the auto body and related screening fence issues will also be available for ARB discussion at the May 17 meeting. Screenin Fence: • The ARB has not previously established approved styles of screening fences, but we have begun working with the ARB to establish approvable screening fence styles and/or more specific guidelines for selecting appropriate screening fences for the Entrance Corridors. • The March 9, 2010 concept plan includes metal panel and wood board fence details. Initial discussions with the ARB suggest that these designs are not likely to be approved as presented. An alternate fence design will likely be required. Staff will recommend SP conditions of approval requiring that the fence design, and landscaping associated with it, be subject to ARB approval and resolved at the site plan (site plan, amendment, or letter of revision) review stage. • It should be noted that planting along the fence would require that the fence be shifted further back from the Rt. 29 right -of -way to provide sufficient space for the plants to grow on site. It is anticipated that a minimum of 10' will be necessary, but a planting area deeper than 10' could be required by the ARB. The ARB could also require the addition of landscaping elsewhere on site (along the Rt. 29 frontage, at the perimeter or parking areas, at the interior of parking areas, etc.) to offset impacts of the proposal. Such planting plan could also be resolved at the site plan review stage. • Barbed wire visible from the Entrance Corridors is generally not approved by the ARB. It is recommended that the barbed wire be eliminated from the proposal. Alternatively, the applicant might devise a method of incorporating barbed wire into the fence so that it will not be visible from the EC. Drawings clearly illustrating the lack of visibility of the barbed wire would then be required. • Other design issues the ARB will consider relative to the fence may include (but aren't limited to): material, color, texture, finish, method of stepping to follow slope, general configuration, repetition of design /subdivisions in the design, proximity to the EC /degree of visibility, durability /appearance over time, and coordination of the fence design with the building. The ARB could identify additional issues not listed here. • Although staff will recommend that the fence design and landscape issues be resolved at the site plan review stage, the ARB may provide additional commenst on these issues and/or suggest alternate or additional conditions of approval at the May 17 ARB meeting. Sin: • Information has been provided on a new freestanding sign. Please note that the sign location, design and treatment won't be approved until a sign permit is applied for, reviewed and approved. However, we are happy to provide informal comments on informal sign proposals now, or at any other time before an actual sign permit is applied for, at the request of the applicant. • The sign details provided on sheet 5 of 5 don't appear to completely match the existing condition shown on the layout plan (sheet 4 of 5), particularly regarding the existing sign location. The existing sign is non - conforming. If it is removed, a new sign will have to meet all requirements of the ordinance, including the maximum size of 32 sf. Also, an easement is noted on the sign details, but it is not clear what type of easement this is or what the full extent of the easement is. These issues will have to be clarified with the sign permit application. Requested changes 1. Please submit an ARB application for this proposal, with 8 copies of the concept plan, as soon as possible. 2. Please clarify the chain link fence information included on the plan. Please clarify "existing fence to be removed/relocated ". 3. With a condition requiring future ARB approval of the screening fence design, it may be clearer to remove the screening fence details from the concept plan. 4. For clarity, please shade or cross -hatch the full extent of the vehicle storage area. Recommended conditions of approval 1. Final site plan approval is subject to ARB approval of the method of screening the vehicle storage area, including but not limited to: fence material, color, texture, finish, configuration, detailing, location, and supplemental planting. 2. Final site plan approval is subject to ARB approval of the landscape plan, which will likely include planting to mitigate negative impacts of the screening fence. Landscaping shown on the concept plan may be modified to meet the requirements of the Architectural Review Board. Please note that these recommended conditions could be revised or expanded as a result of ARB comments at the May 17 meeeting.