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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
February 28, 2013
Bob Anderson
P.O. Box 2257
Charlottesville, VA 22902
RE: ARB- 2013 -1: Price Hyundai
Tax Map 45, Parcel 111
Dear Mr. Anderson,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on February 19, 2013, completed a
review of the above -noted request. The Board took the following actions.
Regarding �pecial Use Permit, the Board by a vote of 4:0, forwarded the following
recommendation to the Planning Commission:
The ARB expressed no objection to the special use permit, subject to the following conditions:
1. Vehicles shall not be elevated anywhere on site.
2. Vehicles shall be displayed only in areas indicated for display shown on the plan entitled
"Architectural Review Board Submission for Phase 1 Northtown Center — Jim Price Hyundai" by
Dominion Engineering and dated 1/14/13. Display parking in the parking lot shall be only in
designated striped parking spaces, as identified on this plan.
3. Final site plan approval is subject to ARB approval of the lighting plan (submitted with the site
plan). Maximum light levels shall not exceed 30 footcandles.
4. Final site plan approval is subject to ARB approval of the landscape plan (submitted with the site
plan). Landscaping shown on the plan may be required to be in excess of the minimum
requirements of ARB guidelines and/or the Zoning Ordinance to mitigate visual impacts of the
proposed use.
Regarding the Conceptual Site Plan, The board offered the following comments:
1. Include the wash/alignment building in the elevation drawings.
2. Revise the south elevation of the parts /service building to improve the window proportions,
relieve the utilitarian appearance, and coordinate more with the showroom.
3. Provide a roof plan.
4. Include building dimensions and the drawing scale on the elevation drawings.
5. Provide a perspective view of the development as seen from the EC to clarify the extent of
visibility and the impact of the parts /service and wash/alignment buildings.
6. Revise the entrance element to increase coordination with the showroom building design.
Consider size, shape, color, detailing and overall character.
7. Add the following note to the site plan and the architectural drawings: "Visibility of all mechanical
equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
8. Provide wall sign information with the ARB site plan/architectural applications. The review of
entrance element signs will be closely tied to the review of the entrance element.
Lighting:
9. Revise the lighting plan so that light levels do not exceed 30 footcandles anywhere on site.
10. Indicate on the plan if the light poles are to be installed on bases. If they are, clarify on the plan
that the 20' height includes the bases.
11. Add the following note to the lighting and/or site plan: "Each outdoor luminaire equipped with a
lamp that emits 3,000 or more initial lumens shall be a full cutoff luminaire and shall be arranged
or shielded to reflect light away from adjoining residential districts and away from adjacent
roads. The spillover of lighting from luminaires onto public roads and property in residential or
rural areas zoning districts shall not exceed one half footcandle."
Site/Landscaping:
12. Indicate the scale on the site plan drawings and include a north arrow.
13. Increase the size of the QC Willow Oak at the north end of the EC frontage to 31 /z" caliper
minimum at planting.
14. Add LN to the plant schedule.
15. Correct the plant schedule to indicate that Quercus Phellos is Willow Oak and that Quercus
Coccinea is Scarlet Oak.
16. Verify and correct the QP, PL, LN, IC, JV, PT, PO, and LB quantities.
17. Ensure that the number of proposed plants for any one species is limited to 25% of the total
proposed for that plant type (tree /shrub).
18. Include the biofilter plant schedule in the current plan for reference.
19. Provide trees and shrubs in the area west of the west end of biofilter #2.
20. Ensure that all utilities and utility easements are clearly identified on the plans. Resolve all
tree /utility conflicts without decreasing the amount of planting proposed.
21. Add trees in the western half of the parking row adjacent to biofilter #2.
22. Consider adding trees at the front of the building.
23. Add evergreen trees along the south elevation of the parts /service building to help relieve the
utilitarian appearance.
24. Resolve the shrub /sidewalk/planting strip conflicts near the wash/alignment 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."
26. Indicate wall heights and proposed materials for the retaining wall in the parking lot.
27. Revise the landscape plan to clearly show trees to be preserved, grading held outside the dripline
of trees to remain, the limits of clearing, and the location and type of protective fencing.
Coordinate proposed tree locations with undisturbed buffer limits.
28. Consider planting the partially completed rain garden #3 with the Price Hyundai proposal.
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: First Gold Leaf Land Trust; M Clifton Mcclure Etal Trustees
P O Box 1333
Charlottesville VA 22902
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