APPROVED MINUTES June 13, 2019 THE FAIRFAX COUNTY ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD Fairfax County Government Center Conference Rooms 4 & 5, 6:30 PM Members Present: Members Excused: Staff Present: John A. Burns, FAIA, Chairman Christopher Daniel, Vice Chairman Nicole Brannan, Steve Kulinski, AIA Michele Aubry, Treasurer Historic Preservation Elise Murray Planner Kaye Orr, AIA Denice, Dressel Joseph Plumpe, ASLA[Arrived at Historic Preservation 6:48] Planner Jason Sutphin Lorraine Giovinazzo, Jason Zellman, Esq. Recording Secretary Susan Notkins, AIA [Arrived at 6:39] Mr. Burns opened the June 13, 2019 meeting of the Architectural Review Board (ARB) at 6:32 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center. Mr. Zellman read the opening statement of purpose. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA: Mr. Sutphin made a motion to approve the agenda as written. The motion was seconded by Mr. Kulinski, and approved on a vote of 6-0. Ms. Aubry and Mr. Daniel were absent from the meeting. Ms. Notkins and Mr. Plumpe were not present for the vote. INTRODUCTION/RECOGNITION OF GUESTS CONSENT CALENDAR ACTION ITEMS: 1. ARB-19-WDL-01 Proposal for new signage at 8859 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA, Tax Map 109-2 ((02)) 0013C, located in the Woodlawn Historic Overlay District. The applicant is proposing to remove the existing signage and replace with building mounted signage. Ms. Daniela Ocampo is representing the application. Mount Vernon District Presentation: • Ms. Daniela Ocampo’s daughter, Katherine, presented the proposal. She showed pictures of Oraydes Café with stores that are nearby. The Café opens early in the morning. The sign will be made out of brush gold polymetal. She showed the material to the members. The history of the area is that the Café overlays Woodlawn Heights District, which was established in 1888. The homes in this district were built in the Victorian Queen Anne style. The Café connects with the historic fields of the area with a Victorian vintage look of the inside and the outside signs. Discussion - Public: • None Discussion – ARB: • Chairman Burns asked if that was the shopping center with a Vocelli Pizza. Ms. Ocampo said yes, there was a pizza place right next to it. ARB Meeting: June 13, 2019 Page 1 of 16 Mr. Sutphin made the following motion: Mr. Chairman, I move that the ARB approve consent item ARB-19-WDL-01, proposal for new signage at 8859 Richmond Highway, Alexandria, VA Tax Map 109-2 ((02)) 0013C, as submitted for the June 13, 2019 ARB meeting. Upon review of the materials, the proposal is found to meet requirements of Zoning Ordinance 7-200 HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICTS. The motion was seconded by Ms. Murray, and approved on a vote of 6-0. Ms. Aubry and Mr. Daniel were absent from the meeting. Ms. Notkins and Mr. Plumpe were not present for the vote. (There were no conditions stated for this approval.) ITEMS FOR ACTION: 2. ARB-19-SUL-01 Proposal for new signage (“KOHLER”) at 3656 Centreview Dr., Chantilly, VA, Tax Map 0342 ((01)) 0031, located in the Sully Historic Overlay District. The applicant is proposing a new sign in the shopping center. Burton Francois represents the applicant. Sully District Presentation: • Staff noted that Mr. Burton Francois was supposed to present the application, but was not present. • Chairman Burns said they would move on with the meeting. (Ms. Notkins came in at 6:39 p.m.) 3. ARB-19-LFK-02 Proposal for site plan for new single-family dwelling at 1004 Dogue Hill Lane, McLean, VA, Tax Map 22-3 ((08)) 0005, located in the Langley Fork Historic Overlay District. The applicant is proposing to build a new single-family dwelling on the currently vacant property. Mr. Mark Hughes, AIA represents the applicant. Dranesville District Presentation: • Mr. Mark Hughes, AIA, from Harrison Designs presented the application. He noted that they w for Griffin Moran Fine Homes. They are developing a new single-family home for them. He showed the map and where it is located. The lot is currently vacant. It is off Georgetown Pike, down the road and not visible until a certain point. The site stretches a good bit. They have stretched the house along the site, and kept most of natural landscape. He showed a sketch of the home. It does not face Georgetown Pike. They are trying to meet guidelines with plantings and screenings of the garage area. It has a walkout basement on one side, opposite Georgetown Pike. He showed photos from the street. The basement floor plan is tucked into the hillside. He went through a review of the floorplan, saying they are keeping it low scale and working with the site. • Mr. Hughes colleague, Sasha Pokrovskaya, said they will be meeting the requirements of the historic district in terms of shielding the garage with landscaping. They showed the screening plan, noting they tried to maintain the slope of the property as much as possible. Trees will shield the house from Langley Hill, and not compete with the historic material. Discussion – Pubic: • None Discussion – ARB Members: (Mr. Plumpe joined the meeting at 6:48 p.m.) ARB Meeting: June 13, 2019 Page 2 of 16 • Chairman Burns said he did not see a correlation between the renderings shown on the elevation and the photograph they showed looking up Dogue Hill Lane as you approach the site. The site almost seems domed, but the renderings seem flat. The site slopes up. Where is driveway entrance? • Mr. Hughes pointed to a spot on the picture. • Chairman Burns said the renderings look like it goes straight up. • Mr. Hughes said it does not. He showed where the house was going to sit, and that the roadway would be downhill. It does grade up, and he showed more of the plans with the elevation. • Chairman Burns asked what the elevation was for the walkout. • Mr. Hughes said 251, with 262 being the first floor. Spoke of more elevations, showing it was going uphill. • Chairman Burns asked if the intervals were 2/3 intervals. • Mr. Hughes said yes. • Mr. Kulinski said it was about a 6 foot slope to the motor court area. He said when you first turn on Dogue Hill Lane, it looks like you are quite a bit higher than the lot itself at 276, with the highest point of lot at approximately 272. It looks steep, but grading is going to lower it to create a plateau. That is effective in keeping this from dominating the view. It will be hidden behind mature trees. Considering the topography, he thought this was pretty successful with the lowering and screening without affecting the view of historic site. • Mr. Hughes said they tried not to overwhelm the street. • Ms. Murray said she was concerned with the large amount of manipulation of the terrain. • Mr. Hughes said he did not think it is a lot. They did terrace it. He thought maybe they can get rid of the lower terrace. They created a small rear yard. • Ms. Murray wondered if the lot sizes were legal. She thought it looked small for back yard in Fairfax County. • Ms. Orr said it was 25 feet. • Ms. Murray thought that they were taking off a lot of the upside of the hill, questioning if they were chopping off one or two feet? • Mr. Hughes showed the peak of hill, saying it is about a 5-foot differential, sloping down the back with about a 5-foot retaining wall. They did not want the house set up too high. • Mr. Plumpe asked if behind the garage, at the third proposed tree the assumption is 72. • Mr. Hughes said the retaining wall steps down. • Mr. Plumpe asked with regard to the proximity to the other houses, how close were the other houses to the west of the properties. • Mr. Hughes said the house in the back was not as close. They have a bigger back yard about 50 to 60 feet. • Mr. Plumpe wondered if the neighboring house was wooded. • Mr. Hughes said it was a little bit of woods, but indicated that it was not dense. • Mr. Plumpe spoke about trees, saying trees matter. In this case there is a tulip popper, and red maple. Looks like issues with trees. Would like to have him look at trees along the property lines, and would like to save the trees. It may be more challenging, but he liked the site plan. Would like a good plan to add more vegetation. • Mr. Hughes agreed. Mr. Plumpe made the following motion: Mr. Chairman, I move that the ARB recommend approval for item ARB-19-LFK-02 located at 1004 Dogue Hill Lane, McLean, VA, Tax Map 22-3 ((08)) 0005, located in the Langley Fork Historic Overlay District for the proposed site plan as presented at the June 13, 2019 ARB meeting subject to the following condition: ARB Meeting: June 13, 2019 Page 3 of 16 Request the applicant to invest in a potential of saving in place, meeting with an arborist and obtaining an arborist salvage plan for the following tree numbers – 813, 814, 817, 818 and 820; that they provide sufficient buffering under the proposed tree save or removal of the trees that were requested to be reviewed to be saved, and all the evergreen plantings that would give sufficient buffering from the rear of the house and along the western and southern property line; the ARB recommends that the screening from the Meeting House be enhanced either by saving the existing trees and/or increasing the caliper of the trees already proposed to 3 to 4 calipers, and adding evergreens no smaller than 8 to 10 feet in height.