HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201600107 Action Letter 2016-10-24COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone (434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
October 21, 2016
Timmons Group / Craig Kotarski
608 Preston Ave Suite 200
Charlottesville Va 22903
RE: ARB -2016-107: LIDL Grocery Store
Dear Mr. Kotarski,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board, at its meeting on October 3, 2016, completed a preliminary
review of the above -noted request to construct a grocery store 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. Revise the proposal to use forms, features and materials that together establish a design that
reflects the historic architecture of the area.
2. Revise the architectural design to establish human scale and use architectural detail to relieve
blankness.
3. Revise the architectural design to use forms, features, and materials to establish compatibility and
unity along the EC.
4. Provide specs and a sample of the proposed glass.
5. Provide assurance that the screening trees in the right-of-way along Rt. 20 will be retained and
maintained in perpetuity, or provide alternate landscaping for screening the north elevation, to
integrate stormwater facilities into the surroundings, and to meet EC frontage planting
requirements.
6. Provide a site section from Rt. 20 to the building.
7. Revise the proposal to eliminate views of equipment from the Entrance Corridors.
8. Provide a dumpster screen detail in the site plan.
9. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to both the site and architectural drawings:
"Visibility of all mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
10. Increase planting area along Route 250 to accommodate the EC frontage planting: 3'/z" caliper
large shade trees spaced 35' on center, with interspersed ornamentals and a row of shrubs, 24"
high at planting.
H. Provide 2%s" caliper trees, 40' on center, along the travelway from Rt. 20 to the north end of the
parking lot. If existing trees to remain are to be counted toward this requirement, label them
individually on the plan by size and species and ensure grading does not cross into the drip lines of
those trees.
12. Provide large shade trees at the perimeter of the parking lot, 40' on center, 2%" caliper at planting.
Ensure that interior parking lot trees are not double -counted as perimeter or frontage trees.
13. Provide long planting islands between the double parking rows.
14. Add planting areas with trees along the east and west side elevations to soften the appearance of
the long exterior walls.
15. Add the standard plant health note to the landscape 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."
16. Minimize the impact of parking on the Rt. 250 Entrance Corridor.
17. Provide long planting islands between the double parking rows.
18, Provide top of wall and bottom of wall elevations for the retaining walls.
19. Proposed contours on the grading plan shall be rounded with a ten foot minimum radius where they
meet the adjacent condition.
20. Provide perspective views from the Entrance Corridor, traveling both east and west on Rt. 250.
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: Pantops Corner Le CIO Henry Liscio Company
12704 Crimson Court Suite 101
Henrico Va 23233