HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201000039 Review Comments Special Use Permit 2010-05-25COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
May 24, 2010
Engineering Design and Associates
C/O Randy Hooker
P.O. Box 50067
Richmond, VA 23250
RE: ARB201000039 Baugh Auto Body Rental Cars
Tax Map 32, Parcel 5B
Dear Mr. Hooker:
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on May 17, 2010, completed a preliminary
review of the above -noted request. The Board took the following actions.
Regarding the request for the Special Use Permit:
The ARB has no objection to the request for the special use permits for Baugh auto body and rental car
storage, with the following conditions:
1. The Route 29 frontage shall be improved with landscaping to meet the Entrance Corridor guidelines.
The landscaping shall be shown on a plan, to be approved with the site plan amendment. The plan
shall include identification of existing trees and shrubs on site, although trees and shrubs in the
heavily wooded area on the south side of the parcel need not be individually identified.
2. The design of the screening fence shall be subject to ARB approval. The fence shall be
supplemented with landscaping, which shall be subject to ARB approval. Sufficient area for planting
shall be provided, as determined by the ARB.
3. A planting island shall be added at the west end of the rental car parking row with plants as
determined by the ARB. The island and planting shall be shown on a plan, to be approved with the
site plan amendment.
4. Rental car spaces shall be striped.
5. Vehicles shall not be elevated.
6. No new chain link, barbed wire, razor wire or other similar fencing or attachments shall be added to
this site.
Regarding the preliminary proposal, the ARB offered the following comments:
1. Revise the plan to include identification of the existing trees and shrubs on -site. (Trees and shrubs in
the heavily wooded area south of the site need not be individually identified.)
2. Provide planting along the EC frontage to meet the EC guidelines, in particular 3' /2" caliper shade
trees at 35' on center along the full frontage of the corridor, ornamental trees interspersed among the
shade trees, and shrubs, 24" high at planting, to form a hedge along the parking lot.
3. Provide an alternate screening fence design with the site plan amendment. Include identification of
proposed materials, finishes, colors, method of construction, planting, etc.
4. Provide a planting island, and tall shrubs in the island, at the west end of the rental car parking row.
5. Supplement the screening fence with planting. The species, size, quantity and interval depend on the
fence design.
6. No new chain link, no barbed wire, razor wire or other similar fencing or attachments shall be used.
7. Rental car spaces shall be striped.
8. Vehicles shall not be elevated.
9. Note that a sign permit application must be submitted, reviewed and approved prior to installing a new
sign or refacing the existing one. Consult the EC Sign Guidelines.
Regarding the fence design, the ARB provided the following direction:
1. A white fence is not recommended. A neutral tone with a flat finish is recommended.
2. A metal panel fence could be appropriate if it is sufficiently mitigated with planting.
3. Piers or planting are required to break up the length of the fence, but not necessarily both.
4. Planting along the EC and planting along the south and southwest faces of the fence would be
appropriate.
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: HMC Holdings LLC
995 Windsor Rd
Charlottesville Va 22901
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