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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
January 29, 2016
Alan Franklin
Spring Hill Land Development LLC
427 Cranberry Ln
Crozet, VA 22932
RE: ARB- 2015 -148: Spring Hill Village Initial Plan
Dear Mr. Franklin,
At its meeting on Thursday, January 21, 2016, 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 § 1$- 3o.5.4c(2), (3) and (5):
1. Remove the footprints of future phase buildings from the plan.
2. A screening fence detail indicating size, material and color is needed in the plan. Vinyl with a
shiny surface is not an appropriate material for this fence.
3. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to both the site and architectural plans.
'Visibility of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
4. Revise the landscape plan to key the trees on the plan to the plant schedule.
5. Revise the spacing of large shade trees along the ECs to 35' on center.
6. Intersperse ornamental trees among the large shade trees that are proposed along the ECs.
7. Revise the plans to clearly show all utility lines with their associated easements. Provide
sufficient planting area, free of utilities and easements, along both ECs.
8. Clarify the extent of tree removal and tree replacement planned with off -site work along the
ECs.
9. Revise the landscape plan to space the interior road trees no greater than 40' apart. Show
how an appropriate appearance for the EC will be maintained.
10. Provide shrubs, minimum 24" high at planting, on the south side of the parking lot at Road C,
to screen the parked cars as viewed from the EC.
11. Adjust the locations of trees south of lots 42 -53 to remain outside of the sewer easement.
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. Provide material and color samples for the retaining walls. Indicate material and color on the
site plan. -
14. Revise the plan to show a temporary landscape treatment for the sediment basin located at
the southeast corner of the property to establish an appropriate appearance for the EC.
15. Clarify phasing on the plan, including related landscape development.
Regarding recommendations on the plan as it relates to the guidelines:
1. Note for future submittals that the Block A building will need to address EC Guidelines
requirements for scale, proportion, massing, detailing, lack of blankness, etc. A "back of
building" appearance will not be appropriate for elevations visible from Rt. 20.
2. The ARB is supportive of mixed uses /commercial uses along the Entrance Corridor
Regarding recommended conditions of initial plan approval: A Certificate of Appropriateness is
required prior to final site plan approval.
1. Remove the footprints of future phase buildings from the plan.
2. Revise the plans to clearly show all utility lines with their associated easements. Provide
sufficient planting area, free of utilities and easements, along both ECs.
3. Revise the plan to show a temporary landscape treatment for the sediment basin located at
the southeast corner of the property to establish an appropriate appearance for the EC.
4. Clarify phasing on the plan, including related landscape development.
• Regarding conditions to be satisfied prior to issuance of a grading permit:
None.
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 /q 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: Spring Hill Land Development LLC
1730 Owensville Dr
Charlottesville VA 22901