HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201400039 Review Comments Miscellaneous Submittal 2014-04-21COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902 -4596
Phone (434) 296 -5832 Fax (434) 972 -4126
April 24, 2014
Bob Pingry
306 Goose Creek Road
Fisherville, Va. 22939
RE: ARB- 2014 -39: Goodwill Thrift Store — South Side Shopping Center
077000000047A0
Dear Mr. Pingry:
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on April 21, 2014, took the following actions
on the above noted petition:
Regarding the Initial Site Plan:
The ARB, by a vote of 3:0, forwarded the recommendations outlined in the staff report to the Agent for the
Site Review Committee, as follows:
• Regarding requirements to satisfy the design guidelines: As per § 32.4.2.2(b)(3) and 30.6.4(c)(2) and
(3) and EC Guidelines #17 and 18, service areas and equipment are not sufficiently integrated into the
development and visibility of service areas and equipment is not eliminated.
• Regarding recommendations on the plan as it relates to the guidelines: None.
• Regarding recommended conditions of initial plan approval:
• A Certificate of Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval.
• Provide additional landscaping on site, outside of utilities and easements, to help better integrate
service areas and equipment into the corridor, and to eliminate visibility of service areas and
equipment.
• Regarding conditions to be satisfied prior to issuance of a grading permit:
• Revise the plan to show accurate drip lines of all trees to remain. Maintain grading outside of the
drip lines of trees to remain.
• Revise the plan to show existing shrubs to remain along Avon Street and Mill Creek Drive.
Regarding the preliminary design:
The ARB offers the following comments on the preliminary proposal for ARB- 2014 -29 and ARB- 2014 -39:
Goodwill Mill Creek for the applicant's next submittal:
1. Indicate on the drawings the material and color intended for the back of the pedimented entrance
features. Choose a material and color that is integrated with the overall building.
2. Revise the site plan to show the entrance pavilion.
3. Confirm that the lighter color horizontal courses shown in the color renderings are a lighter color brick,
as is seen in the existing shopping center. Identify the material and color on the drawings.
4. Adjust the brick detailing to eliminate the top -heavy appearance of the walls.
5. Provide on the plan details on the window glass indicating that visible light transmittance (VLT) shall
not drop below 40% and visible light reflectance (VLR) shall not exceed 30 %.
6. Revise the maintenance factor (LLF) to 1.0 for all proposed light fixtures and recalculate the
photometrics. Provide a point -by -point grid style photometric plan for review.
7. Provide cut sheets for the proposed light fixtures in the site plan.
8. Confirm that the proposed lamp type matches that which is currently used in the shopping center.
9. Identify the fixture and pole colors in the light schedule or with a note on the lighting plan. Bronze is
recommended.
10. Include the standard lighting note on the plan.
11. Show on the plan the shrubs that exist along Avon and Mill Creek. Show the existing trees and shrubs
that are to remain with accurate drip lines.
12. Move the new telephone and power lines outside of planting areas.
13. Provide interspersed ornamental trees on site, along Avon Street.
14. Provide additional landscaping on site, outside of utilities, to help better integrate the building and its
service areas into the corridor.
15. Show on the plan the existing shrubs along Mill Creek Drive.
16. Increase the size of the Zelkova trees to 21/2" caliper minimum.
17. Revise the site plan to clearly show the location, extent and material of the compactor screening wall.
Include a note on the plan stating that the compactor will not exceed the height of the screen wall.
Include a screen wall detail in the plan.
18. Provide additional site sections and /or perspective views (as viewed from Avon Street) to clarify the
visibility of the compactor /service area.
19. Show on the plan the existing landscaping located just north of the subject parcel that will help screen
views of the proposed building.
20. Extend the screen wall as necessary to fully screen the service area from view.
21. Locate the ground- mounted mechanical units so they are screened by the brick screen wall.
22. Add landscaping on site to further mitigate the appearance of the north elevation.
23. Show the locations and heights of the rooftop equipment on the plans and elevations. Include a
section to clarify that the equipment will not be visible from the EC.
24. Revise the plan to show accurate drip lines for all existing trees and to show existing shrubs along
Avon Street and Mill Creek Drive. Ensure that grading won't negatively impact existing trees to
remain.
25. Integrate the entrance features into the detailing and design of the building itself. This would include
the gable roof, the pediment intersection with the main building, and the correspondence of the
columns with the glazing.
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.
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. Please be certain that your ARB
submittal addresses the above -noted issues.
If you have any questions concerning any of the above, please feel free to call me.
Sincerely,
Margaret Maliszewski
Principal Planner
Cc: MTAP LLC
2903 N. Augusta Street
Staunton, Va. 24401
Greenhalgh, Blakeley T Or Jennifer Parham Greenhalgh
636 Park St
Charlottesville Va 22902