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Home My WebLink Aboutcorrespondence Page 1 of 1 Crissy Hart! - Culpepper redevelopment From: Molly Hitchcock To: Alan Gibbs; Crissy Hartl; Molly Hitchcock; P&DS conference room Date: 8/15/2006 Time: 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Subject: Culpepper redevelopment Place: P&DS conference room CC: Lance Simms Meeting with V and her team Wants to talk about: • timing of COs, moving in new tenants when construction underway, signage, facades, etc. when renovations are not complete • parking lot construction • platting for Kohl to buy • construction plans for extension of storm sewer and utility relocate • construction plans for shopping center with pavement over new utility work in back • set Un v- N Th ilns pa+ -� talk tD Rav s file://C:\Documents and Settings\chartl.CSTX\Local Settings\Temp\XPGrpWise\44D8C799... 8/9/2006 MITCHELL ■-,M l.<z•r MORGAN May 8, 2006 City of College Station Planning & Development Services P.O. Box 9960 College Station, TX 77842 Re: Culpepper Variance Request Submittal Dear Trey, Attached with this letter please find the following items submitted for a DRB meeting for a Variance Request for the Culpepper Plaza: • Letter describing Variance Request • One (1) color board from Kohls • One (1) color board from Culpepper • One (1) 24 x 36 copy of Landscape Plan • Eleven (11) 11 x 17 copies of Landscape Plan • One (1) copy of building elevations for Kohls • One (1) copy of building elevations for Culpepper • One (1) 24 x 36 copy of Site Plan • Eleven (11) 11 x 17 copies of Site Plan If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at 260-6963. Thank you. Sincerely, OfpaNti Paige` arrett Administrative Assistant Cc: Dan Muniza, NewPlan Al Osborne, Osborne &Vane Ed Wong, Wong & Assoc. Jim Eigenshank, Kohls 511 UNIVERSITY DRIVE EAST,SUITE 204 • COLLEGE STATION,TX 77840 • T 979.260.6963 • F 979.260.3564 CIVIL ENGINEERING • HYDRAULICS • HYDROLOGY • UTILITIES • STREETS • SITE PLANS • SUBDIVISIONS info@mitchellandmorgan.com • www.mitchellandmorgan.com TRANSMISSION VERIFICATION REPORT TIME : 05/18/2006 13:24 NAME : FAX . TEL . SER.# : 000L5J596800 DATE,TIME 05/18 13:23 FAX NO./NAME 92603564 DURATION 00: 01:09 PAGE(8) 06 RESULT OK MODE STANDARD ECM CiKr CITY OF COLLEGE STATION Planning ear Development Services Agenda Design Review Board Wednesday, May 24, 2006 Administrative Conference Room City Hall 1101 Texas Avenue 11:00 a.m. 1. Call to Order 2. Consider absence requests. 3. Possible action and discussion to approve meeting minutes for April 28th and May 5tt, 2006. 4. Presentation, possible action and discussion regarding variances to Section 7.9 Non- Residential Architectural Standards for the Culpepper Plaza Shopping Center and Kohl's located at 1505 Texas Avenue. (IF 06-500100) 5. Possible action and discussion on future agenda items - A Design Review Board Member may inquire about a subject for which notice has not been given. A statement of specific factual information or the recitation of existing policy may be given. Any deliberation shall be limited to a proposal to place the subject on an agenda for a subsequent meeting. A rl'i n l l rn MITCHELLMM MORGAN City of College Station May 17, 2006 Development Services 1101 Texas Ave. S. College Station, TX 77840 Attn: Trey Fletcher, Senior Planner RE: DRB Variance Request For Culpepper Shopping Center and Kohls— Located at the northeast corner of Texas Avenue and SH30 Dear Trey: Thank you for your assistance in carrying forward our request for an RDD- Redevelopment Zoning District request for the Culpepper Shopping Center property. As we understand the actions recently taken by the City Council this property is now zoned C-1, General Commercial with an RDD — Redevelopment District Overlay. This action grants us all the rights and privileges as contained in the Unified Development Ordinance under the RDD District and as stated within the ordinance which rezoned the property. Accordingly, this property shall be allowed the following variances: • Section 7.9.H.2. Parking Lots — the property is allowed a reduction of the NRA Landscape Requirements by approximately 45% • Section 7.2.C. Dimensions and Access — this property is allowed a reduction of the depth of the angled parking space rows from 21.1 feet to 18 feet in depth • Section 7.9.1.3. Landscaping for Developments with Greater than 50,000 SF —this property is allowed a reduction of total landscape points required by 50% • Section 7.4.M.7.b Freestanding Commercial Signs —this property is allowed an additional free-standing sign along SH30 • Section 7.4.M Freestanding Commercial Signs —this property is allowed to retain and reclad the existing pylon sign that is currently non-conforming With these issues determined, we now would like to move forward with our additional requests which appear to be those within the Design Review Board (DRB) purview. We have included our site plan, landscape plan, colored elevations as well as our color boards for review. 511 UNIVERSITY DRIVE EAST,SUITE 204 • COLLEGE SI TION,TX 77840 • T 979.260.6963 • F 979 260 3564 CIVIL ENGINEERING • HYDRAULICS • HYDROLOGY • UTILITIES • STREETS • SITE PLANS • SUBDIVISIONS info@mitchellandmorgan.com • www.mitchellandmorgan.corn Prior to moving further with our detailed drawings we would like to respectfully request the following variances to the NRA standards. We have formatted our requests into those that pertain to the Kohl's building portion and those which pertain to the remainder of the Culpepper Shopping Center buildings. Kohl's Elevations Section 7.9 - Non-Residential Architectural Standards C. Building Mass/Design — 1 . Front Facade • Relief every 45ft—The ordinance states that there shall be...."architectural relief every forty-five (45') feet to provide visual interest by incorporating a minimum of two (2) design elements from the following options: canopies, wall plane projections or recessions with a minimum of four (4') depth, vertical expression of structural bays, pilasters, columns, bay windows, balconies that extend from the building, recessed entries, stoops, porches, arcades, boxed or bay windows, permanent decorative awnings, and or windows accompanied by overhangs." On Kohl's we would request that the color differential that is being utilized as well as the noble block which provides horizontal relief and visual interest with the casting of shadow lines as well as the aluminum banding provided across the front of the building be counted toward this requirement. We feel strongly that these elements help break up the monotony of a flat plain wall which was the intent of this requirement in the NRA standards. Therefore we are requesting a variance to allow the use of these alternate materials/colors. 2. Other Facades Visible from ROW • The ordinance also states...."Along all other facades visible from a right-of-way, there shall be some architectural relief or wall recession or projection every sixty (60') feet as described herein." • In addition, the Ordinance states "All building facades that are visible from a right-of-way shall consist of a minimum of one or more of the following building materials. " The only facade of Kohl's visible from a right-of-way will be a portion approximately 80 feet long that is 400 feet from SH30. We believe that this portion of the Kohl's building should not be subject to these two requirements because of its distance from SH30 and because of the landscaping that will be added to the parking lot islands at the rear of the center. We will be creating an evergreen hedge row that will grow between 4'-6' tall at the rear of the center to help screen the rear of the buildings. We will also be utilizing paint of the same color as the front facade to paint the rear of the building and all appurtenances 2 (L cc 0611.1 MITCHELL : S) MM MORGAN City of College Station May 5, 2006 Development Services 1 101 Texas Ave. S. College Station, TX 77840 Attn: Trey Fletcher, Senior Planner RE: DRB Variance Request For Culpepper Shopping Center and Kohls— Located at the northeast corner of Texas Avenue and SH30 Dear Trey: Thank you for your assistance in carrying forward our request for an RDD- Redevelopment Zoning District request for the Culpepper Shopping Center property. As we understand the actions recently taken by the City Council this property is now zoned C-1, General Commercial with an RDD — Redevelopment District Overlay. This action grants us all the rights and privileges as contained in the Unified Development Ordinance under the RDD District and as stated within the ordinance which rezoned the property. Accordingly, this property shall be allowed the following variances: • Section 7.9.H.2. Parking Lots —the property is allowed a reduction of the NRA Landscape Requirements by approximately 45% • Section 7.2.C. Dimensions and Access —this property is allowed a reduction of the depth of the angled parking space rows from 21 .1 feet to 18 feet in depth • Section 7.9.1.3. Landscaping for Developments with Greater than 50,000 SF — this property is allowed a reduction of total landscape points required by 50% • Section 7.4.M.7.b Freestanding Commercial Signs — this property is allowed an additional free-standing sign along SH30 • Section 7.4.M Freestanding Commercial Signs — this property is allowed to retain and reclad the existing pylon sign that is currently non-conforming With these issues determined, we now would like to move forward with our additional requests which appear to be those within the Design Review Board (DRB) purview. We have included our site plan, landscape plan, colored elevations as well as our color boards for review. 511 UNIVERSITY DRIVE EAST,SUITE 204 • COLLEGE ST1,TION,TX 77840 • T. 979.260.6963 • F. 979.260.3564 CIVIL ENGINEERING • HYDRAULICS • HYDROLOGY • UTILITIES • STREETS • SITE PLANS • SUBDIVISIONS info@mitchellandmorgan.com • www.mitchellandmorgan.com