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ARB approves Barnes Lumber design criteria with four view corridors
Summary
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board on March 3 approved design criteria for future development of the Barnes Lumber property in Crozet, amending staff recommendations to require four view corridors and to subject permanent repurposed industrial and railroad‑yard elements to review.
The Albemarle County Architectural Review Board on March 3 approved design criteria for future development of the Barnes Lumber property in Crozet, amending staff recommendations to require four view corridors and to subject permanent repurposed industrial and railroad‑yard elements to review.
The board's vote authorizes a certificate of appropriateness for ARB‑2023‑107 with the changes adopted during the meeting. The motion passed unanimously by recorded voice vote of the members present.
Staff presented the proposal as a set of sitewide design criteria intended to guide future individual development proposals on the Barnes Lumber site, which lies south of Three Notch'd Road, adjacent to the railroad embankment and near Hilltop Street and Crozet Avenue. Staff noted the criteria are meant to govern what requires entrance‑corridor review and what can proceed to staff‑level approval, and…
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