HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201600151 Action Letter 2017-02-02COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone434) 296-5832 Fax (434) 972-4126
February 3, 2017
Craig Kotarski
Timmons Group
608 Preston Ave., Suite 200
Charlottesville, VA 22903
RE: ARB201600151 LIDL 1248 Richmond Road
Dear Mr. Kotarski,
At its meeting on Monday, January 3, 2017, 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 renuirements to satisfy the design guidelines as per § 18-30.6.4c (2), (3) and (5) and recommended
conditions of initial plan approval:
I , Show planting area on site along Rt. 20 and Rt. 250, clear of utilities and easements, to accommodate
required frontage planting: large shade trees, interspersed ornamentals, and shrubs.
2. Clearly show all utilities and easements on the plan.
3. Increase the size of the long planting islands located between the double parking rows to accommodate
trees.
Regarding recommendations on the plan as it relates to the guidelines: None.
Regarding conditions to be satisfied prior to issuance of a grading permit: None.
Regarding the final site plan submittal:
A Certificate of Appropriateness is required prior to final site plan approval. The following items shall be
addressed in the final site plan submittal:
1. Continue to revise the proposal to use forms, features and materials that together establish a design
that reflects the historic architecture of the area.
2. Continue to revise the architectural design to establish human scale and use architectural detail to
relieve blankness.
3. Show Rt. 20 frontage planting on site and include a note to clarify when it will be planted.
4. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to the architectural drawings: "Visibility of all
mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated."
5. Include in the site plan set light fixture cut sheets that clearly show the fixtures are full cut off fixtures.
6. Provide information to clarify the impact of interior illumination on the Entrance Corridor at night.
7. Add the standard Iighting 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. Increase planting area along Route 250 to accommodate the EC frontage planting: 3%" caliper large
shade trees spaced 35' on center,
9. Clearly show all utilities and easements on the plan. Provide all required planting outside of utilities
and easements.
10. Add trees in the long planting islands between the double parking rows.
11. Add shrubs along the western parking perimeter.
12. Add trees along the west side elevation to soften the appearance of the wall.
13. Increase planting area along Route 250 to accommodate the EC frontage planting: 3'/2" caliper large
shade trees spaced 35' on center, with interspersed ornamentals and a row of shrubs, 24" high at
planting, clear of utilities and easements.
14. Identify the retaining wall material on the plan and provide a sample for review.
15. Provide evidence that VDOT has approved the two trees in the right-of-way at the entrance into the
site from Rt. 20.
16. A separate application for signage will be needed. Note that internally illuminated cabinet signs must
have opaque backgrounds, such that only the "LiDL" letters of the wall signs could illuminate at night.
Also note the following issues of concern:
17. The taper in the retaining walls.
18. Adding climbing or cascading plants on the retaining walls.
19. Moving the development back on the site to increase planting area along Rt. 250.
20. Landscaping that meets the guidelines along the Rt. 250 frontage.
21. The screen on the south elevation: sample, cut sheet, photos, options for a fixed screen?
22. Further develop the scale and texture of south fagade to further unify the building.
23. Consider the entrance for greater consistency with datums on the elevations and/or with procession.
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.or 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: Pantops Corner LC
c/o Henry Liscio Company
12704 Crimson Court, Suite 101
Henrico, VA 23233-7657
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