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HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201200053 Review Comments Miscellaneous Submittal 2012-05-28ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD STAFF REPORT Project #/Name ARB- 2012 -53: Med Express Review Type Building Permit Review Parcel Identification Tax Map 78, Parcel 17D6 Location 260 Pantops Center, on the south side of Route 250 East, approximately 350' west of Riverbend Drive Zoned Planned Development Shopping Center (PDSC), Entrance Corridor (EC) Owner /Applicant Hurt Investment Company /Piedmont Development Group (Katurah Roell) Magisterial District Rivanna Proposal To renovate the exterior of an existing commercial building. Context The site is located in the heavily developed commercial area of Pantops adjacent to the Pantops Shopping Center. Visibility The building is located adjacent to the Route 250 East Entrance Corridor. The front and side elevations are readily visible from the EC. ARB Meeting Date June 4, 2012 Staff Contact Margaret Maliszewski PROJECT HISTORY DATE APPLICATION /REVIEW TYPE RESULT April 16, 2012 ARB- 2012 -34 The ARB completed a preliminary review of the proposal and offered a number of comments for the applicant's next submittal. See Attachment A for the action letter from this meeting. The following changes have been made to the proposal since the ARB review on April 16, 2012: • A Greenscreen has been added at the northwest corner of the building. • The detailing of the rooflines has been revised. • The scoring of the EIFS has been eliminated. • Some building materials and colors have been revised. • Two windows and a door at the south end of the west elevation have already been filled with block. ANALYSIS GUIDELINE 4/16/12 ARB COMMENTS ISSUE RECOMMENDATION 9. Building forms and features, 1. Revise the proposal to incorporate The applicant proposes to install Revise the notes on A3 to including roofs, windows, doors, some traditional material into the a 3' high band of fiber cement indicate red buff instead materials, colors and textures should be design. panels intended to look like brick of rose buff for the fiber compatible with the forms and features masonry at the base of the cement panels. of the significant historic buildings in building. Conflicting information the area, exemplified by (but not limited appears in the submittal regarding to) the buildings described in Appendix the color; both rose buff A [of the design guidelines]. The (drawings) and red buff (sample) standard of compatibility can be met are identified for the panels. The through scale, materials, and forms applicant has confirmed that red which may be embodied in architecture buff is the proposed color. which is contemporary as well as traditional. The replication of important Existing foundation plantings historic sites in Albemarle County is not obscure most of the building base the objective of these guidelines. on the north and east elevations, but most of the fiber cement will 16. Window glass in the Entrance be visible on the west elevation Corridors should not be highly tinted or where the shrubs are much highly reflective. Reflectance off the smaller and thinner. It will be outside pane of glass should be kept clear at close range that the below 7 %. Specifications on the panels are not true brick. At 30' proposed window glass and samples of (the approximate distance from tinted window glass should be submitted the building to the road), a quick with the application for final review. view of the panels behind intermittent landscaping will 2 reveal a darker base that helps ground the building and establish scale. 2. Maintain transparency of windows The applicant has indicated that None. or pursue additional measures to the interior partition that has been eliminate noticeability of non- constructed adjacent to the front transparent windows facing the windows will be painted flat Entrance Corridor. black. This will reduce the noticeability of the interior partition from the exterior. The applicant has also indicated that the existing glass will remain, including the reflective glass that was recently installed. Typically, both the reflective glass and the arrangement of interior walls blocking the view through windows would not be considered appropriate for the ECs. In this case, however, the shadow created by the window setback sufficiently minimizes the difference between the reflective and non - reflective windows and reduces noticeability and negative impacts. 12. Architecture proposed within the 3. Consider a medium to darker color The black band at the top of the None. Entrance Corridor should use forms, band instead of black. main building block has been shapes, scale, and materials to create a revised from black to Portobello. cohesive whole. This shade of tan is better coordinated with the other ro osed colors than the black. 13. Any appearance of "blankness" 4. Add materials and/or detailing to The south half of the east If the Greenscreen is resulting from building design should relieve the blankness of the side elevation is currently blank and approved, indicate on the be relieved using design detail or elevations. Infill of existing windows would remain blank after plan the species, size and vegetation, or both. is not appropriate. renovation. quantity of plants to be added. 36. Landscaping of buildings and other structures: A Greenscreen with a galvanized a. Trees or other vegetation should be finish is proposed for the north planted along the front of long buildings end of the west elevation, where as necessary to soften the appearance of three existing windows are to be exterior walls. The spacing, size, and removed to accommodate a new type of such trees or vegetation should bathroom. Some ARB members be determined by the length, height, and supported the Greenscreen blankness of such walls. concept at the 4/16/12 meeting. If b. Shrubs should be used to integrate the plants grow well on the the site, buildings, and other structures; screen, the Greenscreen would be dumpsters, accessory buildings and an appropriate solution for this structures; "drive thru" windows; location. service areas; and signs. Shrubs should measure at least 24 inches in height. A note indicates that climbing vines will be planted on the screen, but species, sizes and quantities have not been identified. 7. Provide a landscape plan that shows The sketch plan has been updated plants that exist, plants that will be to show the existing trees and removed, and plants that will be added shrubs on site and notes indicate to relieve the blankness of the walls. that all existing plants are to remain. 8. Add the following note to the The note has been added to sheet None. landscape plan: "All site plantings of SD -1. 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." 17. Accessory structures and equipment 5. Reduce the visual impact of the The lower roof line with the band None. should be integrated into the overall parapet by emphasizing the band at the has been increased in height 1', plan of development and shall, to the lower roof line. resulting in the upper roofline extent possible, be compatible with the appearing 1' shorter. Trim building designs used on the site. detailing has been removed from the upper roofline and has been 13" Ov lu /:33Y17a11XQIQUluI Biel 711Y113M Staff recommends the following as the primary points of discussion: 1. The fiber cement panels at the base of the building. 2. The interior partitions and the appearance of the glass on the north elevation. 3. The revised detailing of the top of the wall and the parapet. 4. The revised building colors. 5. The addition of the Greenscreen to address the blankness of the north end of the west elevation. Staff recommends approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness, with the following conditions: 1. Revise the notes on A3 to indicate red buff instead of rose buff for the fiber cement panels. 2. Indicate on the plan the species, size and quantity of plants to be added at the Greenscreen. 5 added to the lower roofline. The visual impact of the parapet has been reduced. 21. The following note should be added 6. Add the following note to the plans: The note has been added to Sheet None. to the site plan and the architectural plan: "Visibility of all mechanical A3. "Visibility of all mechanical equipment equipment from the Entrance Corridor from the Entrance Corridor shall be shall be eliminated." eliminated." 13" Ov lu /:33Y17a11XQIQUluI Biel 711Y113M Staff recommends the following as the primary points of discussion: 1. The fiber cement panels at the base of the building. 2. The interior partitions and the appearance of the glass on the north elevation. 3. The revised detailing of the top of the wall and the parapet. 4. The revised building colors. 5. The addition of the Greenscreen to address the blankness of the north end of the west elevation. Staff recommends approval of the Certificate of Appropriateness, with the following conditions: 1. Revise the notes on A3 to indicate red buff instead of rose buff for the fiber cement panels. 2. Indicate on the plan the species, size and quantity of plants to be added at the Greenscreen. 5 TABLE A This report is based on the following submittal items: Sheet # Drawing Name Drawing Date /Revision Date A -3 Exterior Elevations 4/25/12 A -3.1 Roof Plan and Sections 4/25/12 SD -1 Site Plan and Renderings 4/25/12 Material /color samples: - Nichiha fiber cement panel, Red -Buff Newport brick - Paint: #1: Sherwin Williams 6107 Nomadic Desert - Paint: #2: Sherwin Williams 6102 Portabello - Paint #4: Benjamin Moore: HC 112 Tate Olive - Phone (434) 296 -5832 April 18, 2012 Piedmont Development Group c/o Katurah Roell 2811 Hydraulic Road Charlottesville, VA 22901 RE: ARB201200034 Medexpress Urgent Care Tax Map 78, Parcel 17D6 Dear Mr. Roell: Lrf2C;l1�ZA COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Fax (434) 972 -4126 ATTACHMENT A The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on April 16, 2012, completed a preliminary review of the above -noted request to renovate the exterior of an existing commercial building. 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 proposal to incorporate some traditional material into the design. 2. Maintain transparency of windows or pursue additional measures to eliminate noticeability of non - transparent windows facing the Entrance Corridor. 3. Consider a medium to darker color band instead of black. 4. Add materials and /or detailing to relieve the blankness of the side elevations. Infill of existing windows is not appropriate. 5. Reduce the visual impact of the parapet by emphasizing the band at the lower roof line. 6. Add the following note to the plans: "Visibility of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated." 7. Provide a landscape plan that shows plants that exist, plants that will be removed, and plants that will be added to relieve the blankness of the walls. 7 8. 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." 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: Medexpress Urgent Care 1751 Earl Core Road Morgantown, Wv 26505 Hurt Investment Company Po Box 8147 Charlottesville Va 22906