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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
April 16, 2015
Mechum's Trestle LLC
C/O Bill McKechnie
99 Bloomfield Rd
Charlottesville Va 22903
RE: ARB201500024 Mechum's Trestle
Tax Map 57 parcel 31A
Dear Mr. McKechnie,
At its meeting on Monday, April 6, 2015, 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:
- Regarding requirements to satisfy the design guidelines as per § 18-30.6.4(2), (3) and (5):
1. In areas where wooded area to remain is used to meet perimeter parking lot tree requirements,
identify existing individual large shade trees on the plan by size and species to show that the minimum
requirement can be met.
2. Revise the landscape plan to show a sufficient quantity of trees - proposed and existing to remain -
distributed as necessary throughout the site, to meet frontage, interior parking lot and perimeter
parking lot quantit requirements.
3. Provide 2 additional large shade trees in close proximity to the Rt. 240 property line.
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.
1. Revise the demolition plan to coordinate with proposed construction and planting along Rt. 680.
Identify all trees to be removed.
2. Revise the plan to make all existing tree identifications legible.
3. Show tree protection fencing on the plans.
4. Revise the plan to show a treatment for the retaining wall that is coordinated with the proposed
building.
5. 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."
6. Provide a complete plant schedule for review.
7. In areas where wooded area to remain is used to meet perimeter parking lot tree requirements,
identify existing individual large shade trees on the plan by size and species to show that the minimum
requirement can be met.
8. Revise the landscape plan to show a sufficient quantity of trees — proposed and existing to remain —
distributed as necessary throughout the site, to meet frontage, interior parking lot and perimeter
parking lotug antitX requirements.
9. Add a medium tree, 2 '/2' caliper at planting, in the vicinity of the north end of the sidewalk near the
dumpster.
10. Indicate the height of the electric line that runs along the Rt. 240 side of the property. For those trees
close to the line, choose a species whose mature height will not interfere with the electric line.
11. Provide 2 additional large shade trees in close proximity to the Rt. 240 property line.
12. Show all proposed site and building -mounted light fixtures on a lighting plan and provide all related
details for review.
13. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to both the architectural and site plans: "Visibility of all
mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
14. Show the locations of proposed mechanical equipment — both ground- and building -mounted — and
show how visibility of the equipment will be eliminated. Note that the preference is to locate equipment
so that visibility is eliminated without the need to add screening. If/when screening is needed, it should
be fully coordinated with the architecture of the building.
15. Include a dumpster enclosure detail in the plan. Coordinate the material of the enclosure with the
material of the building.
16. Provide architectural designs for review.
Regarding conditions to be satisfied prior to issuance of a grading permit:
1. Show adequate tree protection fencing on, and coordinated throughout, the grading, landscaping and
erosion and sediment control plans.
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.orq/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: Waterstreet Studio, LLC
C/O Alan Franklin, PE
418 East Main Street
Charlottesville Va 22902
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