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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
July 11, 2014
Brian P. Smith, PE
4835 Three Chopt Road
Troy, Va 22902
RE: ARB201400071 Faith Christian Center International - Initial
Dear Mr. Smith:
At its meeting on Monday, July 7, 2014, the Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, by a vote of
4:0, voted to forward the following recommendations on the above -noted Initial Site Development Plan 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)(5) and EC Guidelines 6, 17, 18, 19 and 39, service areas
are not integrated into the overall plan of development and are not compatible with the
surrounding natural area; rolling terrain is not being preserved; and an organized pattern of roads
and service lanes does not guide the layout of the site. Consequently, the following changes are
required:
• Eliminate the service drive to the septic fields. If the drive can't be eliminated, relocate and /or
reorient the drive to significantly reduce visibility from the EC and provide landscaping to
better integrate the drive into the surrounding natural landscape.
• Add trees on the re- graded slopes at the south end of the building and parking areas to help
integrate the regular grading of the slopes into the surrounding natural landscape.
Regarding recommended conditions of initial plan approval:
• A Certificate of Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval. The following items (in
addition to all other relevant checklist items) will need to be addressed with the next ARB
submittal:
• Eliminate the service drive to the septic fields. If the drive can't be eliminated, relocate and /or
reorient the drive to significantly reduce visibility from the EC and provide landscaping to
better integrate the drive into the surrounding natural landscape.
• Add trees on the re- graded slopes at the south end of the building and parking areas to help
integrate the regular grading of the slopes into the surrounding natural landscape.
• Revise the landscape plan to include details regarding the replanting of disturbed areas within
the stream buffer and the 20' buffer on the west side of the site.
• Clarify the appearance of the pipes and ditches at the lower end of the entrance drive. Show
how these elements will have an appropriate appearance from the EC.
• Add the standard mechanical equipment note to the site and architectural drawings: "Visibility
of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
• Provide a legible lighting plan. Include cut sheets for the proposed fixtures in the site plan.
Ensure that spillover does not exceed .3 fc at all property lines and coordinate this
requirement with the notes on the plan.
• Remove the "This plan received preliminary ARB approval...." note from the landscape plan.
• Show the existing tree line along the Rt. 250 frontage and the tree line to remain consistently
on all sheets. (The tree line is not shown on the Rt. 250 Improvements plans or the existing
conditions plans.)
• Revise the plans to include all easements associated with all utilities.
• Provide documentation from VDOT stating that the proposed grading and planting in the right -
of -way is acceptable.
• Provide large shade trees at 3'/2" caliper, 35' on center, and interspersed ornamental trees,
along the Rt. 250 frontage of the property in areas where grading is proposed and in areas
where on -site wooded area to remain is thin.
• Increase landscaping to better integrate the entrance drive into the surroundings. Provide 2'/2"
caliper trees, spaced 40' on center, along the full length of the entrance drive.
• Provide perimeter trees for the southern parking lot, 40' on center, 2'/2" caliper at planting.
Provide a staggered row of evergreen shrubs along the eastern and southern perimeters of
the southern parking lot, 24" minimum at planting.
• Add the standard planting note to the 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."
• Coordinate the landscape plan and the Rt. 250 Improvements plan regarding off -site grading.
Regarding conditions to be satisfied prior to issuance of a grading permit:
o Show all the Conservation Checklist items on the plan, including tree protection fencing.
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: Faith Christian Center International Inc
Pastor Wayne Frye
P O Box 2306
Charlottesville Va 22902