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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 23, 2015
Bill Akers
Capitol Signs
11214 Howards Mill Road
Glen Allen, VA
23059
RE: ARB- 2015 -10: Mercedes -Benz, Freestanding Sign
Dear Mr. Akers
I have reviewed the above -noted sign application. The following revisions are requested to make the
proposal consistent with the Entrance Corridor Sign Guidelines.
1. ARB Sign Guidelines discourage the use of pole -mount signs as currently proposed. Revising the
proposal by going back to what was originally proposed but with a one foot tall, clear gap
between the top cabinet (with the Mercedes -Benz logo) and the bottom cabinet (but with no text
or graphics) would adequately address this issue. The lack of text /graphics on the bottom cabinet
along with its separation from the top cabinet would keep it from being counted as signage area.
Include a height dimension for the bottom cabinet.
2. ARB Sign Guidelines and the Zoning Ordinance both require that internally illuminated cabinet
signs have opaque backgrounds. Revise the sign drawings to include the following note: "The
bottom cabinet shall be non - illuminated. The top cabinet, with the Mercedes -Benz logo, shall be
internally illuminated but only the graphic shall illuminate."
3. Revise the sign drawing to include the following required note limiting the intensity of the LED
illumination: "The level of illumination provided by the LED lights shall not exceed the
illumination produced by a single stroke of 30 milliamp (ma) neon."
4. Revise the sign drawing to include the following note regarding landscaping "The landscaping
around the existing sign shall remain."
Please respond by email within 15 days of the date of this letter indicating whether you will or will not
proceed with these revisions. Your decision to make the revisions will suspend the 60 -day review period
associated with your original submittal. If you choose to complete the revisions, please email the revised
drawings to me. If you choose not to proceed with these revisions, staff will be unable to approve your
application. Failure to respond to this letter shall be presumed to be a request to proceed to action on the
application without further revisions.
If you have any questions about this action, please contact me as soon as possible. I look forward to
receiving your revisions and completing this review with an approval letter.
Sincerely,
Brent Nelson
Planner
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