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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 -4126
MEMORANDUM
TO: Architectural Review Board Members
FROM: Eryn Brennan, Senior Planner
RE: Comprehensive Sign Criteria for the Union Bank & Trust building
DATE: May 27, 2011
The property owner and sign applicant are requesting changes to the Comprehensive Sign Criteria for the
Union Bank & Trust building to allow a new sign type in a new location for Curves of Charlottesville. The
ARB recently approved revisions to the Comprehensive Sign Criteria for this building to allow a panel
wall sign on the west elevation for the Ritchie law firm.
The applicant is now requesting that the Criteria be amended to allow an internally illuminated channel
letter sign on the east elevation between the brick soldier courses. Staff has worked with the applicant to
ensure that the proposed changes to the Criteria are in keeping with the building design and existing
signage. Although channel letters are not approved for other locations on the building, channel letters
would be coordinated with other signage on adjacent buildings facing the Route 29 EC. Additionally, the
east elevation is not viewed in the same context as the south and west elevations where the other sign types
are installed. Consequently, the channel letter type appears to be appropriate for the east elevation.
Suggested revisions to the Comprehensive Sign Criteria (highlighted in yellow) are attached for your
review. Because the Union Bank & Trust criteria were so recently reviewed by the ARB, we thought it
might be acceptable to review this additional change as an "other business" item at the June 6 ARB
meeting. If you have questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us.