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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
September 19, 2014
Clint Shifflett
172 S. Pantops Drive
Charlottesville, Va. 22911
RE: ARB- 2014 -114: Cascadia Blocks 1 — 3 Initial Plan
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Dear Mr. Shifflett,
At its meeting on Monday, September 15, 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:
1. Regarding requirements to satisfy the design guidelines as per § 18- 30.6.4(2), (3) and (5):
• Provide large shade trees parallel to all interior roads, 40' on center, and 2'/2" caliper at planting.
Shift pipes and utilities to accommodate the required trees.
• Provide 2'/2" caliper perimeter parking lot trees for the commercial building in Block 1. Provide a
quantity of trees equivalent to 40' on center, coordinated with the entry park trees and the retaining
wall.
2. Regarding recommendations on the plan as it relates to the guidelines:
o None.
3. Regarding recommended conditions of initial plan approval:
o A Certificate of Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval. Your next ARB
submittal should include architectural designs and all final review checklist items, and should
address the following comments:
1. Note that a "back of building" appearance will not be appropriate for any buildings visible from
the EC.
2. Provide a site section taken through the EC, the commercial building, and the residential units
above.
3. Include a dumpster screen detail in the plan. Identify the material of the screen on the plan.
Coordinate the screen material with the building material.
4. Add the mechanical equipment note to the plan. "Visibility of all mechanical equipment from
the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
5. If lighting is proposed, provide a complete lighting plan for review.
6. Revise the site plan to show the approved frontage planting for Blocks 4 -7.
7. Revise the regular row of shrubs west of stormwater pond #1 to a mix of shrubs in an irregular
layout consistent with the approved planting to the north.
8. Add landscaping at the southwest corner and east end of stormwater pond #1, consistent with
the approved planting to the north, to blend this end of the frontage with the area to the north.
9. Provide large shade trees parallel to all interior roads, 40' on center, 2'/2" caliper at planting.
Shift pipes and utilities to accommodate these trees.
10. Provide 2'/2" caliper perimeter parking lot trees for the commercial building in Block 1. Provide a
quantity of trees equivalent to 40' on center, coordinated with the entry park trees and the
retaining wall.
11. Revise the plan to show the trees in the back yards of lots 22 -29 on the entry park side of the
property line.
12. Add the standard plant health 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."
13. At the east end of stormwater management pond #1, round contours with a ten foot minimum
radius where they meet the adjacent condition.
14. Indicate on the plan the material and color proposed for the retaining wall. Terrace walls over 6'
tall. Use landscaping to soften the visual impacts of the wall.
15. Include a conservation checklist in the plan. Show tree protection fencing.
4. Regarding conditions to be satisfied prior to issuance of a grading permit:
o Include a conservation checklist in the plan. Show 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: Cascadia Development LLC
170 South Pantops Dr
Charlottesville Va 22911
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