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HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201300001 Review Comments Special Use Permit 2013-04-03• ^�- 11�illr IlIIf1.�• COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE Department of Community Development 401 McIntire Road, North Wing Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596 Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126 MEMORANDUM TO: Architectural Review Board FROM: Margaret Maliszewski, Principal Planner RE: ARB- 2013 -01: Price Hyundai Outdoor Display DATE: April 5, 2013 On February 19, 2013 the ARB reviewed the Price Hyundai proposal for a special use permit for outdoor display of vehicles in the Northtown Center development on Rt. 29 North. At that meeting the ARB voted 4:0 to forward 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. The plan reviewed by the ARB in February showed two areas of display parking, as outlined here and as illustrated on the attached plan labeled "Original Proposal ": 28 display spaces located in the double parking row situated at the center of the lot that is south of the dealership building. Under the showroom canopy on the north, south and west sides of the showroom building. The applicant has revised the plan to address reviewers' comments and has added more display parking spaces. Display parking is now shown as outlined here and as illustrated on the attached plan labeled "Revised Plan ": 7 display spaces are shown at the ends (4 at the north end and 3 at the south end) of the parking row located in front (west) of the showroom. 13 display spaces are shown in the row just south of the parts /service building. 39 display spaces are shown in the double parking row situated at the center of the lot that is south of the dealership building. Under the showroom canopy on the north, south and west sides of the showroom building, as previously proposed. This is a total of 59 display spaces (plus the canopy area), which is an increase of 31 spaces over the original proposal. Two islands have been added in the parking row in front of the showroom, as recommended by the ARB on February 19, but the landscape plan has not yet been updated to show trees in those islands. As in the original proposal, the distance from the EC helps mitigate the impacts of the parking lot, and Building B, when it is constructed in the future, will also help. With the conditions recommended in the original ARB action regarding landscaping, lighting, and method of display, it is anticipated that this expanded display parking area would still have an appropriate appearance for the EC. Staff recommends that the ARB reaffirm the previous recommendation for the current proposal for expanded display by forwarding the following recommendation to the Planning Commission on the Special Use Permit request: The ARB has no objection to the request for the Special Use Permit with 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 "Concept Plan for Phase 1 Northtown Center — Jim Price Hyundai" by Dominion Engineering revised 3/15/13. 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. This item will be added to the April 15 consent agenda. If you have any questions about this proposal, please feel free to contact me.