HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201600085 Action Letter 2016-09-22COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
September 23, 2016
Doug Stemier
Hightech Signs
2165 Seminole Trail
Charlottesville, VA 22901
RE: ARB -2016-85: BJ's Brewhouse and Restaurant
Dear Mr. Stemler,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on September 19, 2u 16, addressed issues related to the
above -noted application. The ARB by a vote of 4:0 approved signs internally illuminated face -]it channel letters for BJ's
Brewhouse. Those signs include the "Restaurant" and `Brewhouse" channel letter signs, at the sizes presented at the
meeting. The ARB also approved internal face -lit illumination of the "BJ's" letters (only the letter portion of the graphic)
on the north, east and south sides of the building.
To receive a Certificate of Appropriateness for your signs, please revise the sign drawings to address the remaining
outstanding conditions outlined in our August 15, 2016 letter to you. Those outsanding conditions are listed here:
1. Revise the drawings to show that only the "BJ's" letters of the graphic/logo signs will illuminate.
2. Include the standard LED lighting note on the sign drawings: "The level of illumination provided by the LED
lights will not exceed the illumination produced by a single stroke of 30 milliamp (ma) neon."
3. The labeled direction of each building elevation is incorrect. The front elevation faces north (not east) and the rear
elevation faces south (not west). The "south (left)" elevation (with signage) is the east elevation. The "north (right)"
elevation (without signage) is the west elevation. Revise the drawings accordingly.
4. Sign drawings include a proposed tenant panel in a freestanding sign. That sign cannot be reviewed until a Sign Permit
(ARB) Sign Application has been received and approved for the freestanding tenant panel structure.
If you have any questions concerning any of the above, please feel free to call me.
Sincerely,
Margaret Maliszewski
Principal Planner
cc: Albemarle Place EAAP LLC, P O Box 528, Columbia SC 22902
Joan Leguay, BJ's Restaurants, Inc., 7755 Center Ave., Suite 300, Huntington Beach, CA 92647