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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 -4012
July 8, 2011
Charles MacFarlane
c/o Macfarlane Stonefield LLC
201 Hull St., Ste. A
Richmond, Va. 23224
RE: ARB- 2011 -63: Hyatt Place At Stonefield
Tax Map 61W, Section 3, Parcel 19B
Dear Mr. McFarlane:
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on July 5, 2011, completed a preliminary
review of the above -noted request to construct a 136 -room, 6 -story hotel with associated parking and site
improvements as part of the Stonefield development. 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. Provide perspective sketches of the hotel as viewed from the ECs.
2. Provide a roof plan for review.
3. Indicate on the drawings the material for the roof of the copper block.
4. Provide additional information to clarify the extent of reflectivity of the copper panels.
5. Provide specs on the proposed window glass. Ensure that the reflectance off the outside pane is kept below
7 %. If the glass is to be tinted, provide a sample for review. Note that only minimal tints have been approved
in the past.
6. Provide information on the plan to confirm that rooftop equipment will not be visible. Provide roof plan,
equipment locations, equipment heights, parapet wall heights, and/or other details /documentation.
7. Consider alternate treatments or locations to reduce the visual impact of the louvers on the exterior of the
building. Provide a color sample for the louvers.
8. Add the following note to the site and architectural plans: "Visibility of all mechanical equipment from the
Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
9. Provide landscape and lighting plans for the hotel project. Ensure that landscaping and lighting meet EC
requirements. Landscaping should include planting in/around the parking lot on the north side of the hotel and
planting around the hotel. The lighting plan should include all site and exterior building lighting. Ensure that
all fixtures meet EC guidelines and ordinance requirements. Calculate photometrics using an LLF of 1.0.
10. Add the following note to the 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."
11. Provide complete information on the wall signs proposed for the hotel. (Use the sign checklist for submittal
requirements.) Note that the 63' wall sign height is not allowed by ordinance at this time. Also note that
internal illumination of the logo and the number of colors proposed for the logo exceed the guidelines
recommendations. It is not supportable as presented.
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: Albemarle Place EAAP LLC, P O Box 528, Columbia SC 29202
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