Board of Architectural Review

Meetings

Third Tuesday monthly at 5:30 p.m.; Wednesday if Monday or Tuesday is a holiday

Board of Architectural Review Certificate of Appropriateness Application (PDF)

2022/2023 BAR

Submittal Deadline
BAR meeting date
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Tuesday, February 28, 2023
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Tuesday, October 31, 2023
Tuesday, November 21, 2023
Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Tuesday, December 19, 2023


Place

CitySpace, 100 5th Street NE, Charlottesville, VA 22902

Membership

At least two (2) members of the BAR shall be licensed architects; one (1), a member of the city’s planning commission; two (2), owners of a business or commercial property in a design control district; one (1), an owner of residential property or a resident in a design control district; one(1), either a landscape architect or a licensed professional contractor; and two (2) shall be historians or have substantial background in history or historic preservation.

Term

4 years (2 term limit)

Purpose

Charlottesville’s Board of Architectural Review (BAR) is responsible for reviewing applications for certificates of appropriateness in the City’s architectural design control districts. The BAR addresses both preservation and design issues (exterior renovations, additions, new construction and demolitions). The BAR also acts in an advisory role to City Council, and city departments, boards and commissions. They recommend new historic surveys and districts, and are responsible for updating the preservation plan and design guidelines.

MEMBERS

TERMS

Ronald Bailey, Residential Owner - DCD
1/1/2020-12/31/2023
Roger Birle, Historian
u9/20/2022-12/31/2023
Breck Gastinger, Landscape Architect
1/1/2021-12/31/2024
Cheri Lewis, Commercial Property Owner - DCD
1/1/2022-12/31/2025
Carl Schwarz, Planning Commission rep.
9/1/2022-8/31/2026
Dave Timmerman, Architect
1/1/2022-12/31/2025
Tyler Whitney, Architect
u9/20/2022-12/31/2025
James Zehmer, Historian
1/1/2020-12/31/2023
Vacant, Commercial Property Owner - DCD  

u=unexpired term