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ARB reviews proposed RIA‑29 form‑based code changes; asks staff for more analysis on trees and lighting
Summary
Albemarle County planners presented proposed revisions to the RIA‑29 form‑based code related to entrance‑corridor guidelines. The board generally supported the direction but requested additional analysis on tree sizes and lighting coordination before voting on recommended text changes.
Albemarle County senior planner Mariah Gleason presented proposed revisions to the RIA‑29 form‑based code at the Architecture Review Board meeting on Oct. 6, focusing on changes that align the code with the county’s entrance‑corridor design guidelines and the zoning modernization effort.
Gleason told the board the proposed edits include a reconfiguration of the character‑area map to concentrate commercial “core” areas at existing shopping centers, new glass standards for windows and doors to align with the entrance‑corridor guidance, clarified permitted facade materials (with an explicit 15 percent cap for accent materials), a consolidated landscape and lighting section, minimum parking canopy goals to reduce urban heat island effects, and new dumpster‑screening and…
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