Albemarle ARB approves revised Riverside Center sign plan with one recusal

Dec 16, 2025

The Albemarle County Architecture Review Board approved revisions to the Riverside Center comprehensive sign plan to allow both channel-letter and panel signs, three letter colors per sign, and limited panel background finishes; one member recused from the vote.

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Margaret, a county staff member, told the Architecture Review Board that the Riverside Center applicant is seeking to update the development's 1999 comprehensive sign plan to allow panel signs in addition to channel letters, permit up to three letter colors per sign, and use anodized or brushed-aluminum panel backgrounds to maintain coordination along the entrance corridor.

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