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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 18, 2015
Sid Tripathi
1435 Parkside Place
Earlysville, VA 22936
RE: ARB- 2015 -21: Subway Sign
Dear Mr. Tripathi,
This is a very incomplete and very poorly done ARB sign application. It could have been rejected as
incomplete and not reviewed. The following revisions are requested to make the proposal consistent with
the Entrance Corridor Sign Guidelines.
1. Provide a clear, high resolution, color (not black and white) photo- rendering showing both of the
proposed signs on the building, the back -lit channel letter sign (above the second story windows)
and the individual letter sign on the porch architrave. Do not show the temporary sign banner in
the photo rendering.
a. The photo rendering you provided was black and white (not color as required), blurred
and unreadable.
b. Show the back -lit channel letter wall sign centered vertically with the existing
"Connections Chiropractic Center" sign located in a similar gable at the east end of this
building facade.
i. Include the following note on the photo rendering: "The back -lit channel letter
sign shall be centered above the middle, second story window and centered
vertically with the existing Connections Chiropractic Center sign to the east, as
shown on the approved photo rendering."
2. Revise the Reverse Illuminated Channel Letter sign drawing to include:
a. The following notes:
i. "The level of illumination provided by the LED lights will not exceed the
illumination produced by a single stroke of 30 milliamp (ma) neon."
ii. "The faces and returns of the back -lit channel letters shall be opaque."
iii. "This sign is to be located above the windows in the gable end wall, as shown on
the approved photo rendering."
iv. "The sign letters are to be mounted directly to the wall without use of a
raceway."
3. Revise the Individual Letter sign drawing (produced by Hightech Signs) to include:
a. A title indicating the sign type: Individual Letters
b. Lines designating the top and bottom of the sign band (porch architrave).
c. The height of the porch architrave
d. The sign material
e. The following notes:
i. "The sign shall not be illuminated."
ii. "The sign letters shall be bronze color and mounted directly to the porch
architrave without a raceway."
iii. "The sign letters shall be centered vertically on the porch architrave and centered
horizontally between the porch columns, as shown on the approved photo
rendering."
f. Note: If the sign is to be illuminated, details regarding the illumination including fixture
type /color and bulb type /wattage will need to be provided.
4. ARB approval cannot be granted until Zoning approval of the sign permit has been granted. Make
sure you address all outstanding comments from Stewart Wright, Zoning Permit Planner.
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
cc: ARB File