HomeMy WebLinkAboutARB201700057 Action Letter 2017-07-19COUNTY OF ALBEMARLE
Department of Community Development
401 McIntire Road, North Wing
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902-4596
Phone 434 296-5832 Fax 434 972-4126
July 18, 2017
Erin Root
c/o Two Little Ladies LLC
2584 James River Road
Howardsville, VA 24562
RE: ARB-2017-57: Albemarle Countertop Company
Dear Ms. Root,
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board reviewed the above noted item at its meeting on Monday,
July 17, 2017. The Board unanimously approved the request, pending staff administrative approval of the
following conditions:
1. Submit material/color samples for review.
2. Provide a treatment for the northern (right) elevation of the front (eastern) building bay to maintain a
connection to the renovated front elevation. Consider adding landscape or screening on the property for the
existing mechanical and electrical equipment.
3. Identify on the plans the existing vegetation at the east corner of the building/site.
4. Indicate on the elevation drawings the type of window glass proposed. Provide specs. Include the standard
window glass note on the elevation drawings and show that the criteria are being met. Window glass in the
Entrance Corridors should meet the following criteria: Visible light transmittance (VLT) shall not drop
below 40%. Visible light reflectance (VLR) shall not exceed 30%.
5. Add the standard mechanical equipment note to the site and architectural drawings. Visibility of all
mechanical equipment from the Entrance Corridor shall be eliminated.
6. Indicate if any ground- or building -mounted equipment beyond that shown on sheet 7 is proposed.
7. Revise the site and architectural drawings to show all proposed ground- and building -mounted lighting.
Provide a complete lighting plan for review.
8. Provide a complete landscape schedule with the next submittal indicating a more diverse selection of plant
material.
9. Provide tree spacing appropriate for the species.
10. Add the standard plant health note to the 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.
11. Clearly indicate on the site plan the existing landscaping that is proposed to be removed.
12. Note that if any sign will be located in an easement, a letter of approval from the easement holder will be
required.
13. Provide larger samples of the proposed materials on site for final review and selection by the ARB.
14. Provide larger samples of the window framing material for staff review.
Please provide:
l . Two full sets of revised drawings addressing each of these conditions. Include updated 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.
3. The attached "Revised Application Submittal' form. This form must be returned with your revisions to
ensure proper tracking and distribution.
4. Notification when the material/color samples referenced in condition # 13 will be available for review
so that staff may inform the ARB and help coordinate their site visits.
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, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Margaret Maliszewski
Chief of Planning/Resource Management
cc: File
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.
DATE:
PROJECT NAME: Albemarle Countertop Company.
Submittal Type Requiring Revisions O indicates submittal Code I County Project Number # Copies
Erosion & Sediment Control Plan E&S
Mitigation PIan (MP)
Waiver Request (WR
Stormwater Management Plan (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)
Prelimin 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 ARB-2017-57 2
Other: Please explain
(For staff use only)
Submittal Code
# Copies
Distribute To:
Submittal Code
# Copies
1 Distribute To:
ARB
2
Margaret
Maliszewski