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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
August 26, 2015
Paula Hubert
C/O Greenberg Farrow
6040 Dutchmans Lane
Louisville Ky 40205
RE: ARB201500079 Texas Roadhouse
Dear Ms. Hubert,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on August 17, 2015, completed a
preliminary review of the above -noted request to construct a 7,420 sf restaurant with associated site
improvements. The Board offered the following comments for the benefit of the applicant's next
submittal. Please note that the following comments are those that have been identified at this time.
Additional comments may be added or eliminated based on further review and changes to the plan.
1. Provide an architectural design that incorporates elements that better reflect local historic
architecture with significantly less focus on the prototype design.
2. Revise the proposal to achieve a building design whose forms, shapes, scale, and materials
create a coordinated, cohesive whole.
3. Revise the design to achieve a level of detail at the first story walls that is more consistent
with historic architecture of the area.
4. Revise the back block and the sign parapet to coordinate with the other building elements.
5. Revise the green trim at the upper level to a more neutral color.
6. Provide specs on the proposed window glass. Include the following note on the architectural
drawings: Visible light transmittance (VLT) shall not drop below 40 %. Visible light reflectance
(VLR) shall not exceed 30 %.
7. Move the transformer to an alternate location that isn't visible from Rt. 29.
8. Eliminate visibility of rooftop equipment without super- sizing architectural elements.
9. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to the drawings. "Visibility of all mechanical
equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
10. Provide complete lighting information for review.
11. Eliminate the wall- mounted down - lights located at the second -story cornice line.
12. Use lower mounting heights for wall lights required for safety /security.
13. Eliminate up- lights that illuminate the second -story metal roofs.
14. Provide the standard lighting note on the plan. "Each outdoor luminaire equipped with a lamp
that emits 3,000 or more initial lumens shall be a full cutoff luminaire and shall be arranged
or shielded to reflect light away from adjoining residential districts and away from adjacent
roads. The spillover of lighting from luminaires onto public roads and property in residential
or rural areas zoning districts shall not exceed one half footcandle."
15. Revise the plan to clearly identify all utilities and easements.
16. Revise the plan to show on -site landscaping that meets or exceeds the requirements of the
EC guidelines, free of utility and easement conflicts.
17. Provide the interior parking lot trees.
18. Revise the plan to shown the landscaping proposed for the "landscaped areas" adjacent to
the building.
19. Provide a complete landscape plan for review.
20. 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."
21. Revise the plan to show bottom -of -wall and top -of -wall elevations for the retaining wall.
Indicate proposed wall material and color on the plan.
22. Identify all landscape features to be removed on the demolition plan.
23. Reduce the letter height of the channel letters to eliminate the overscaled appearance of the
sign. Reduce the height of the logo to not exceed the height of the letters. Note that a
separate sign application will be needed. A full sign review will be completed with that
application.
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.
Revised drawings addressing the comments listed above are required. Include updated ARB
revision dates on each drawing. Please provide a memo including detailed responses indicating how
each comment has been addressed. If changes other than those requested have been made,
identify those changes in the memo also. Highlighting the changes in the drawing with "clouding" or
by other means will facilitate review and approval.
If you have any questions concerning any of the above, please feel free to call me.
Sincerely,
Margaret Maliszewski
Principal Planner
Cc: Rio Associates Limited Partnership
C/O Dumbarton Properties Inc
P O Box 9462
Richmond Va 23228