BAR ACTIONS CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW Regular Meeting February 20, 2019 – 5:30 p.m. SNOWED OUT; makeup date March 13, 2019 City Council Chambers - City Hall BAR Members Present: Melanie Miller, chair; Justin Sarafin, Breck Gastinger, Carl Schwarz, Mike Ball, Jody Lahendro BAR Members Absent: Tim Mohr, co-chair; Emma Earnst, Stephan Balut Staff Present: Jeff Werner, Camie Mess, Kari Spitler Welcome to this Regular Monthly Meeting of the Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review (BAR). After presentations by staff and the applicant, members of the public will be allowed two opportunities to speak. Speakers shall identify themselves, and give their current address. The Chair will first ask for questions from the public, then from the BAR. After questions are closed, the Chair will ask for comments from the public. Members of the public will have, for each case, up to three minutes to ask questions, and up to three minutes to comment. Comments should be limited to the BAR’s jurisdiction; that is, regarding the exterior design of the building and site. Following the BAR’s discussion, and before the vote, the applicant shall be allowed up to three minutes to respond, for the purpose of clarification. Thank you for participating. PLEASE NOTE THE TIMES GIVEN ARE APPROXIMATE AND ARE INTENDED TO BE A GUIDE. THE ACTUAL MEETING MAY BE LONGER OR SHORTER. Miller called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm 5:30 A. Matters from the public not on the agenda (please limit to 3 minutes) There were no matters from the public. B. Consent Agenda (Note: Any consent agenda item may be pulled and moved to the regular agenda if a BAR member wishes to discuss it, or if any member of the public is present to comment on it. Pulled applications will be discussed at the beginning of the meeting.) 1. Minutes January 15, 2019 Regular Meeting Approved on the consent agenda 2. Certificate of Appropriateness Application BAR 16-01-04 512-514, 600 West Main Street Tax Parcel 290007000, 290006000, and 290008000 Heirloom West Main Development LLC, Owner/Applicant Amendments to the COA Pulled from the consent agenda Motion: Schwarz having considered the standards set forth within the City Code, including City Design Guidelines for New Construction, I move to find that the proposed window glazing satisfy the BAR’s criteria and are compatible with these properties and other properties in the BAR Actions March 13, 2019 (Make up of Feb 20 meeting) 1 West Main Street ADC District, and that the BAR approves the application for the window glazing as submitted. Lahendro seconded. Approved (5-0-1, with Ball abstained.) Motion: Gastinger moved having considered the standards set forth within the City Code, including City Design Guidelines for New Construction, I move to approve the metal panel, but deny the on-site mockup which did not include the final color pallet selection. The metal panels satisfy the BAR’s criteria and are compatible with these properties and other properties in the West Main Street ADC District, and that the BAR approves the metal panel as submitted. Lahendro seconded. Approved (3-2-1, with Miller and Schwarz opposed, and Ball abstained). It should be noted that in order to obtain their Certificate of Appropriateness the applicant needs to provide the BAR with an accurate mock-up panel in the field for final color pallet approval. 3. Certificate of Appropriateness Application BAR 18-11-03 1415 University Avenue Tax Parcel 090075000 Tiger Investments, LLC, Owner/OTJ Architects, /Applicant Signage Concept Approved on the consent agenda. Having considered the standards set forth within the City Code, including City Design Guidelines for Signs, I move to find that both options for the proposed signage concept satisfy the BAR’s criteria and are compatible with this property and other properties in the Corner ADC District, and that the BAR approves the application as submitted. Motion: Miller moved to pull 512-514, 600 West Main from the consent agenda, and approve the January 15, 2019 minutes and the COA for 1415 University Avenue. Gastinger seconded. Approved (5-0-1, with Ball abstained.) C. Deferred Items 5:40 4. Certificate of Appropriateness BAR 17-08-01 230 West Main Street Tax Parcel 280009100, 280001000, 280009000 Brands Hatch LLC, Owner/ Fred Wolf, Applicant Amendments to the COA – CODE Building (formerly The Technology Center) Motion: Sarafin moved having considered the standards set forth within the City Code, including City Design Guidelines for Site Design and Elements and New Construction I move to find that the proposed revisions satisfy the BAR’s criteria and are compatible with this property and other properties in the Downtown ADC District, and that the BAR approves the application as submitted. Lahendro seconded. Approved (6-0.) 6:00 5. Certificate of Appropriateness BAR 14-04-07 608 Preston Place Tax Parcel 050108000 Psi Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity House Corp, Owner/John Matthews, Applicant BAR Actions March 13, 2019 (Make up of Feb 20 meeting) 2 Sigma Chi Renovations and Addition Motion: Schwarz moved having considered the standards set forth within the City Code, including City Design Guidelines for New Construction and Additions, and for Rehabilitations, I move to find that the proposed renovation and additions satisfy the BAR’s criteria and are compatible with this property and other properties in the Rugby Road-University Circle- Venable Neighborhood ADC District, and that the BAR approves the application as submitted with the following modifications.  Fence to be 6 foot metal back to the front plane of the house (on the north border), then 8 feet pressure treated from that point to the back of the property. This was considered because of the security concern, support from the neighborhood, and it was a fraternity house located next to a residential house.  Replace the Japanese maple in the north corner with a medium/large size tree from the city’s tree list or a larger, green species of Japanese maple  Defer the spot lights, to come back for approval The drawing we are approving are dated December 18, 2018 and the amended drawings dated March 4, 2019. Ball seconded. Approved (5-1, with Miller opposed.) D. New Items 6:20 6. Preliminary Discussion 201 East High Street 6:40 7. Certificate of Appropriateness Application BAR 19-02-01 721 Park Street Tax Parcel 520054000 Mark Quigg and Lotta Helleberg, Owner/ Mark Quigg, Applicant Demolish Current Garage/Construct New Garage Motion: Gastinger moved having considered the standards set forth within the City Code, including City Design Guidelines for Rehabilitations, I move to find that the proposed garage demolition and new garage satisfy the BAR’s criteria and are compatible with this property and other properties in the North Downtown ADC District, and that the BAR approves the application as submitted with the following condition that measured drawings including the materials discussed during the March 13, 2019 be submitted to staff for the final archived application. Lahendro seconded. Approved (6-0.) 7:00 8. Certificate of Appropriateness BAR 19-02-02 852-854 West Main Street Tax Parcel 300003000 Madison Loft LLC, Owner/ T-Mobile Northeast LLC, Applicant Cell Antenna Installation Motion: Schwarz moved having considered the standards set forth within the City Code, including City Design Guidelines for New Construction and Additions, I move to find that the proposed cell antenna installation satisfies the BAR’s criteria and are compatible with this property and other properties in the West Main Street ADC District, and that the BAR approves the application as submitted for this particular case given  Should the concealment start to fail it must be replaced  Future antenna installation needs to be reviewed and the concealment plan updated BAR Actions March 13, 2019 (Make up of Feb 20 meeting) 3  The concealment works for this particular case, but may not work in future instances, therefore any additional antenna installations need to come back to the BAR for approval Sarafin seconded. Approved (6-0.) Schwarz and Ball recused themselves. 7:20 9. Certificate of Appropriateness BAR 19-02-04 218 West Market Street Tax Parcel 330276000 Market Street Promenade, LLC, Owner/ Heirloom Real Estate Holdings LLC, Applicant Demolition of Existing Structure Motion: Sarafin moved having considered the standards set forth within the City Code, including City Design Guidelines for Demolition, I move to find that the proposed demolition of 218 West Market Street satisfies the BAR’s criteria and guidelines and is compatible with this property and other properties in the Downtown ADC District, and that the BAR approves the application with the following conditions:  The COA be extended an additional year past the 18 month to 30 months  The demolition of the building is contingent upon the granting of a COA and building permit for this buildings replacement  Request to have the building documented and photographed for the public record, if the building is to be demolished Lahendro seconded. Approved (4-0-2, with Schwarz and Ball recused.) E. New Construction 7:40 10. Certificate of Appropriateness BAR 19-02-03 0 Rugby Road Tax Parcel 050047100 West Range Castle Dango, LLC, Owner/ Isaac Miller, Applicant New Construction Motion: Miller moved to accept the applicant’s request for deferral. Lahendro seconded. Approved (6-0.) F. Other Business 8:00 11. 500 Park Street – First Presbyterian 7th Street ADA entrance 12. PLACE report 13. BAR Guideline Worksession – March 21, 2019 – NDS Conference Room; 12:00- 2:00pm- 8:10 G. Adjournment 9:40pm BAR Actions March 13, 2019 (Make up of Feb 20 meeting) 4