HomeMy WebLinkAboutSDP201600061 Review Comments Final Site Plan and Comps. 2016-11-01COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
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Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
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TO: Rachel Falkenstein, Senior Planner
FROM: Margaret Maliszewski, Principal Planner
RE: SDP -2016-61: North Pointe Final Site Plan
DATE: November 1, 2016
ARB review and approval of the site plan and architectural designs is required prior to final site plan approval. An ARB
submittal is required. For reference, the ARB comments listed in the April 22, 2011 ARB action letter are copied below.
These comments were offered for the benefit of the applicant's next submittal. Note that additional comments will likely
be added, eliminated or revised based on further review of a new submittal. Please submit your application for continued
ARB review at your earliest convenience. Application forms, checklists and schedules are available on-line at
www.albemarle.or arb. Your revised drawings should address the comments listed here, as well as the requirements
listed in the ARB Final Site Plan Checklist. A memo detailing how each comment has been addressed is also required.
If changes other than those requested have been made, identify those changes in the memo. Highlighting the changes in
the drawing with "clouding" or by other means will facilitate review and approval.
1. Revise the rear elevations of blocks 14, 18, 21, and 24 to incorporate forms and features that will make the
townhouses more compatible with Albemarle's historic buildings. Provide material and color samples.
2. Revise the site sections to show building height that matches the architectural elevations.
3. Eliminate chain link from within 500' of the EC. Provide fence details in the site plan set for review. Ensure
that the security fence design(s) is consistent with a design that was previously approved by the ARB for this
purpose. Chain link fence maybe acceptable beyond 500' with appropriate screening, subject to ARB review
and approval.
4. Add the following note to the landscape plans: "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."
5. Provide a site section in the location indicated on the plan at the 4/18/2011 meeting to clarify the visibility of
the tallest portion of the retaining wall from the EC.
6. Terrace retaining walls 6' in height and taller over 150' in length. Provide planting along the terraces. Plant
the slope on the EC side of Blocks 14, 18, 21 and 24. Provide a mix of trees and shrubs and revise the grading
as necessary to accommodate the planting.
7. Provide an informal planting of mixed tree and shrub species and sizes to compensate for removed vegetation,
and low -growing plants to stabilize slopes in the "proposed landscaping areas" shown on the plan submitted
for ARB review entitled "Proposed Entry Layout with Landscaping North West Passage Intersection @ Route
29 North" with revision date of 12-04-06.
8. Revise the median plantings to meet VDOT requirements while providing a continuous informal mix of large,
medium, and small deciduous trees ranging from one and one half inches (1'/2") to two and one half inches
(2'/z") caliper.