HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201600091 Action Letter 2016-09-13COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone 434 296-5832 Fax 434 972-4126
September 12, 2016
Neil Bhatt
NBJ Architecture
11538 B Nichols Road
Richmond, VA 23059
RE: ARB201600091 Staybridge Suites
Dear Mr. Bhatt,
At its meeting on Monday, September 6, 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 § 18-30.6.4c(2), (3) and (5):
A Certificate of Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval. A Certificate of
Appropriateness may be issued when the following conditions have been met.
1. Identify on the drawings the color of the smooth face panel and provide a sample for review.
2. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to the site plan. "Visibility of all mechanical
equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
3. Revise the photometric plan to show that spillover does not exceed .5 fc, including along the edge
of pavement along Laurel Park Lane.
4. Revise the photometrics using an LLF of 1.0.
5. Revise the lighting plan to make the OSQ-4MEwBLS fixtures easily legible.
6. Revise the lighting plan to include building -mounted lights.
7. Add the standard lighting note to 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."
8. Revise interior parking lot trees to large shade trees.
9. Identify on the plan the color proposed for the retaining wall block.
10. Revise the plant species so that the number of proposed plants for any one species does not
exceed 25% of the total proposed for that plant type (tree, shrub).
11. Revise the cornice to more appropriately reflect the proportions of the building mass.
• Regarding recommendations on the plan as it relates to the guidelines:
1. Consider slightly darker shades for the tan wall panels.
2. Consider revising the light pole color to bronze.
• Regarding recommended conditions of initial plan approval: A Certificate of Appropriateness is
required prior to final site plan approval.
• Regarding conditions to be satisfied prior to issuance of a grading permit: None.
Please provide:
1. Two full sets of revised drawings addressing each of these conditions. Include updated ARB revision
dates on each drawing.
2. A memo including detailed responses indicating how each condition has been satisfied. 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.
3. The attached "Revised Application Submittal' form. This form must be returned with your revisions to
ensure proper tracking and distribution.
When staffs review of this information indicates that all conditions of approval have been met, a Certificate of
Appropriateness may be issued.
If you have any questions concerning any of the above, please feel free to call me.
Sincerely,
Margaret Maliszewski
Principal Planner
cc: LTD Hollymead LLC
1564 Crossways Blvd
Chesapeake, VA 23320
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COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
REVISED APPLICATION SUBMITTAL
This form must be returned with your revisions to ensure proper tracking and distribution. County staff
has indicated below what they think will be required as a resubmission of revisions. If you need to submit
additional information please explain on this form for the benefit of the intake staff. All plans must be
collated and folded to fit into legal size files, in order to be accepted for submittal.
TO:
PROJECT NAME: ARB201600091 Staybridge Suites
DATE:
Submittal Type Requiring Revisions O indicates submittal Code
County Project Number
# Copies
Erosion & Sediment Control Plan (E&S
Mitigation Plan (MP)
Waiver Request (WR
Stormwater Management PIan (SWMP)
Road Plan RP
Private Road Request, with private/public comparison (PRR)
Private Road Request — Development Area PRR-DA)
Preliminary Site Plan PSP
Final Site Plan (or amendment) (FSP)
Final Plat (FP)
Preliminary Plat (PP)
Easement Plat EP
Boundary Adjustment Plat (BAP)
Rezoning Plan (REZ)
Special Use Permit Concept Plan (SP-CP)
Reduced Concept Plan R-CP
Proffers (P)
Bond Estimate Request (BER)
Draft Groundwater Management Plan D-GWMP)
Final Groundwater Management Plan F-GWMP)
Aquifer Testing Work Plan (ATWP
Groundwater Assessment Report (GWAR)
Architectural Review Board (ARB)
ARB201600091
Other: Please explain
(For staff use onlv)
Submittal Code
# Copies
Distribute To:
Submittal Code
# Copies
Distribute To:
ARB
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Margaret
Maliszewski