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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
April 6, 2012
Chris Hiane
7200 Wisconsin Ave. , Suite 400
Bethesda , Md 20814
RE: ARB- 2012 -28: Stonefield Comprehensive Sign Review
Tax Map 61W, Section 3, Parcels 19B, 23, 24 and 25
Dear Mr. Haine:
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on April 2, 2012, completed a preliminary
review of the above -noted request to install wall signs in the Stonefield Town Center. 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. Revise the criteria to:
a. Limit color, font and /or typeface for greater compatibility among wall signs throughout the
town center.
b. Indicate maximum letter height within the available sign areas for facade signs.
c. Clarify the types of fagade signs that would be mounted to the interior of a storefront.
d. Clarify whether the external fixtures shown in the fagade sign diagrams are lights that are
already included in the previous town center lighting proposal.
2. For the south sides of A3 and A4 and the north sides of B2 and B3, revise the criteria to:
a. Further limit the design of signs for increased coordination.
b. Further limit available sign locations in non - storefront bays to ensure a coordinated
appearance.
c. Allow only a single sign type.
d. Allow a single type of sign illumination.
e. Eliminate the illumination of the edges of the projecting signs.
f. Eliminate internal illumination of logos /graphics.
g. Limit the sign colors to ensure a reserved, coordinated appearance.
h. Eliminate logos and graphics from bays without storefronts.
3. Add sign placement criteria to ensure that:
a. The signs on the east elevation of A5 will have a coordinated appearance on the building and
in the development.
b. Individual signs shall be installed on a single material type /color.
4. Provide additional information regarding the signs proposed for the east elevation of A3 and how they
will be coordinated with the windows.
5. For EC facing elevations revise the criteria to:
a. Add color criteria to ensure that signs will have a coordinated appearance.
b. Eliminate internal illumination of logos /graphics.
c. Eliminate the illumination of the edges of the projecting signs.
d. Allow a single type of illumination.
6. Add the following note to the sign drawings: The level of illumination provided by the LED lights will
not exceed the illumination produced by a single stroke of 30 milliamp (ma) neon.
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. 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