HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201200117 Review Comments Miscellaneous Submittal 2012-10-15COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
October 19, 2012
BCT Architects
c/o Pedro Sales
100 N. Charles Street, 18th Floor
Baltimore, MD 21201
RE: ARB- 2012 -117: Comprehensive Sign Review for Shopper's World - Amendment
Tax Map 61 M, Block 12, Parcel 1 C)
Dear Mr. Sales:
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board reviewed the above -noted item at its meeting on Monday,
October 15, 2012. The ARB, by a vote of 3:0, approved the revised comprehensive sign criteria for Shopper's
World Shopping Center as outlined in the attached table.
You may consider this letter your Certificate of Appropriateness.
This approval is predicated on the fact that the design and materials, as proposed and exhibited for review,
will be used. The acceptance of approval implies that the applicant has agreed to execute the design as
indicated on the site plan, attachments, materials, samples, and other submittal items presented. Any
change in the approved design or materials will require an amendment to the plan and must be reviewed
and approved by the Architectural Review Board.
If you have any questions about this action, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Margaret Maliszewski
Principal Planner
cc: FR Shoppers World LLC c/o Federal Realty Investment Trust
1626 East Jefferson Street
Rockville MD 20852
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APPROVED COMPREHENSIVE SIGN CRITERIA
SHOPPERS WORLD SHOPPING CENTER
SIGN FEATURE
APPROVED
APPROVED CRITERIA
APPROVED
CRITERIA
CRITERIA
SIGN TYPE
Channel Letter
Reverse channel letter with halo lighting,
Hanging tenant
mounted on a panel
panel
LOCATION(S)
On the faces of the
On the shingled mansard roofs of building
Hung from the
tower elements
B, C and E, centered vertically on the
ceiling of the
mansard
colonnade
LETTER FACE
White, red, yellow,
White, red, yellow, green, black, or colors
Unlimited
COLOR
green, black, or colors
comparable to and compatible with the
comparable to and
existing signs at site; letters of individual
compatible with the
signs are limited to the use of a single
existing signs at site
color
TRIM CAP
Bronze or other colors
To match letter colors
N/A
COLOR /RETURN
compatible with the
COLOR
proposed sign and the
existing signs and
shopping center
RACEWAY
To match the wall
Raceway located behind panel - not
N/A
COLOR
surface behind the
visible
sign
CABINET /PANEL
N/A
Gray PMS 423C
N/A
FACE COLORS
SIZE
According to Zoning
Letter height shall not exceed 30 "; panel
According to
LIMITATIONS
Ordinance
height shall not exceed 4'; maximum
Zoning Ordinance
panel length for building E shall not
exceed the span of the brick piers of
building E
LOGO /GRAPHICS
Small in comparison
If a sign includes a logo /graphic, the
No restriction
DETAILS
to text area
logo /graphic shall not encompass more
than fifteen (15) percent of the total
allowed sign area; graphics may be halo
lit or non - illuminated; graphics, when
used, must be incorporated as an integral
art of the overall sign
ILLUMINATION
Internally Illuminated
Internal LEDs for halo illumination
Non- illuminated
DETAILS
LETTER
No restriction
No restriction
No restriction
TYPE /FONT
NOTES
-
Channel letters offset from sign panel to
Non - illuminated
allow halo effect; panel mounted to
hanging tenant
raceway, raceway mounted to angles,
panel signs do not
angles attached to roof.
require ARB
approval.