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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
August 23, 2013
J. Gregory Dodd, P.E.
Horton & Dodd, PC
300 George Washington Hwy. N.
Chesapeake, Va 23323
RE: ARB- 2013 -90: Chick -Fil -A Pantops
TMP: 078000000055A2
Dear Mr. Dodd:
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on August 19, 2013, reviewed the
above -noted request. The Board took the following actions.
Regarding the Special Use Permit, the Board by a vote of 4:0, forwarded the following
recommendation to the Planning Commission:
The ARB has no objection to the drive -thru use given the revised plan presented on
8/19/13 showing two drive - through lanes and no bypass lane. The benefit of this
configuration is that the visual impact of the site retaining wall is minimized and a
continuous 7' minimum utility -free and easement -free planting area is created between
the retaining wall and the EC. Size and quantity of landscaping will likely be required to
exceed EC Guideline minimums to mitigate visual impacts of the use and related
features of the development.
Regarding the Preliminary Site Plan, the Board made the following comments and suggestions
for the benefit of the applicant's next submittal.
1. Develop further detailing, consistent with the established design language, at the top of the
wall and roof edge.
2. Provide details on the drive -thru canopies, their green- screen end supports, and the plants
intended to grow on the green screens.
3. Provide a treatment for the mechanical, meter and service doors to eliminate the "back of
building" appearance.
4. Include the equipment visibility note on the site and architectural drawings: "Visibility of all
mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
5. Provide a dumpster enclosure detail on the plan.
6. Provide the reflectance value of the window glass. Indicate on the drawings where the
frosted glass is proposed.
Landscaping
7. Provide a complete plant schedule for review.
8. Revise the plant symbols for greater clarity.
9. Provide large shade trees 3'/2" caliper at planting, 35' on center, along the EC frontage,
outside of utilities and easements.
10. Provide interspersed ornamental trees along the EC frontage, outside of utilities and
easements.
11. Increase the variety of shrubs provided, particularly along the retaining wall. Limit the
number of proposed plants for any one species to 25% of the total proposed for that plant
type (tree or shrub).
12. Eliminate one of the drive -thru lanes or the bypass lanes to increase planting area.
13. Increase the landscaping to offset the impacts of the size and prominence of the retaining
wall.
14. Provide plants and sufficient planting area at the base of the retaining wall in the area east of
the proposed building.
15. Plant trees, 2'/2" caliper at planting, at least 40' on center, along the east side of the entrance
drive and on the west side of the entrance drive at its north end. Show evidence of grading
and planting easements.
16. Ensure that the perimeter parking lot tree spacing and size requirements are met with on -site
trees.
17. 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."
Retaining Walls
18. Revise the site design to significantly reduce the height of the on -site retaining wall and to
provide sufficient utility -free planting area to meet the EC Guidelines and to offset negative
visual impacts, or terrace the wall and provide trees and shrubs at the base and terraces.
19. Provide plants and sufficient planting area at the base of the retaining wall in the area east of
the building.
20. Provide top of wall and bottom of wall elevations for both retaining walls.
21. Provide details and indicate the material and color of the retaining walls and railings and
provide samples.
Signs
22. Note that separate applications are required for signs and the freestanding sign location
can't be approved with the site plan; it can only be approved with the sign application.
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: Flynn, Corven D & Katie H
P O Box 5849
Charlottesville Va 22905