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HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201100057 Review Comments Preliminary Site Plan 2011-06-20I IRm COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4012 June 21, 2011 Eric P. Goetz 968 Mountain Road Afton, Va. 22920 RE: ARB- 2011 -57: Greenbrier 7- Eleven Tax Map 61 W, Section 2, Block B, Parcel 3 Dear Eric The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on Monday, June 20, 2011, completed a preliminary review of the above -noted request to replace the existing convenience store and car wash building with a new combined structure, and to replace the fuel pump canopy. 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. Architecture 1. Revise the design of the store /car wash and the canopy to reflect elements of Albemarle's historic architecture. Make traditional architectural features the focus of the design. 2. Revise the design of the store /car wash and the canopy to eliminate the focus on corporate identification features. Eliminate or significantly revise the color banding. Use architectural forms and details instead of applied corporate identification treatments to distinguish the store and canopy. 3. Revise the Nichiha panels to true brick. 4. Replace the ACM fascia panel system with a more traditional architectural element(s). 5. Incorporate shaped roofs into the store /car wash and canopy designs. 6. Revise the plan to orient the car wash doors away from the EC. 7. Relocate the car wash structure behind the store as viewed from the EC. 8. Revise the proposal to include a canopy that is coordinated with an appropriately designed store building, and a car wash that is coordinated with the store. Consider color, material and form as means of coordination. 9. Replace the fascia panel system with an architectural element that is more in keeping with the historic architecture of the area. 10. Provide specs on the proposed window glass. If glass is tinted, provide a sample for review. Maintain reflectance off the outside pane of glass below 7 %. Equipment 11. Provide information on proposed rooftop equipment. Indicate locations and sizes. Provide a roof plan and elevations that show the equipment. Show how visibility of the equipment from the Entrance Corridor will be eliminated. 12. Provide information on all car wash - related equipment and related lighting. Indicate locations on the plans and elevations and provide color illustrations for review. 13. Add the following note to the site and architectural drawings: "Visibility of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated." 14. Provide a dumpster screen detail. Coordinate the dumpster screen design with an appropriately designed store building. Landscaping 15. Revise the site plan to make the utilities and utility easements more easily legible. 16. Increase the planting area along the Route 29 side of the site to accommodate the required Entrance Corridor trees (31/2" caliper trees, 35' on center) outside of utilities and easements. 17. Provide interspersed ornamental trees along the EC. 18. Add 21/2' caliper trees at 40' on center along the north side of the site. 19. Show the existing trees and shrubs on the south side of the site at their current size. Revise the notations so the sizes and species are easily legible. 20. Ensure that existing trees on the south side of the site meet the 40' spacing requirement. If they do not, add trees to meet the requirement. 21. Confirm the required number of parking spaces and an acceptable parking layout. Ensure that 2' /2" caliper trees are provided at the interior of the parking lot at a rate of 1 tree for every 10 parking spaces. 22. Provide shrubs on the EC side of the site, coordinated with the required trees and shrubs. Indicate planting size as 24" high minimum. 23. Provide shrubs on the north side of the parking lot. Indicate planting size as 24" high minimum. 24. Revise the red maple to a species with a mature size that is more suited to the location next to the building. 25. Add the following note to 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." Canopy 26. Show the canopy on the site plan. 27. Reduce the canopy size (the number of pump islands and /or the distance between pump islands) and /or revise the site layout to minimize the impact of the canopy on the store building and the overall site. 28. Provide color illustrations and lighting information on the proposed fuel dispensers, canopy supports, and all other canopy - related items for review. 29. Revise the canopy to reflect a minimalist design that is coordinated with an appropriately designed convenience store building. Provide a more minimalist approach to color in the canopy design. Rely less on corporate identification. Provide color samples for review. Lighting 30. Provide a lighting plan for review. Include fixture cut sheets as part of the site plan. Include information on all equipment - related lighting. Include a lighting schedule on the plan. Ensure that light levels under the canopy do not exceed 30 footcandles. Calculate photometrics using an LLF of 1.0. 31. Clearly show how all canopy lighting meets the EC Guidelines. Ensure that light levels do not exceed 30 fc under the canopy. Signs 32. Consult the EC Sign Guidelines and provide complete sign information with the next submittal (color illustrations and details on size, illumination, color samples, etc.). Provide all of the information required on the sign checklist. Include information for all site, canopy, store and car wash signs. 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 /ARB. 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: Tiger Fuel Company, P. O. Box 1607, Charlottesville, Va. 22902 Greenbrier Real Property LLC, 200 Carlton Rd., Charlottesville, Va. 22902 File