HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Review STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1
Project: CAMBRIDGE LOFTS (CUP) - (06-00500279)
PLANNING
1. Realizing that the parking garage design and location is not set in stone from the
response from the first round of review comments, the parking garage still needs
to be identified on the concept plan. It would be helpful to have a legend on the
concept plan identifying each use with a different shade or hatching for the
residential, retail, parking garage, etc.
2. Please identify the boxes with X's in them.
3. The metes and bounds description does not close. Please resubmit a metes and
bounds description that closes. (Per Adrian Welsh GIS Technician ext. 3759)
4. (FYI) A pedestrian connection will be required at the dead end of Richards Street
as well as the extension of Manuel Drive.
Reviewed by:Jennifer Reeves Date:January 8, 2007
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STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1
Project: CAMBRIDGE LOFTS (CUP) - (06-00500279)
(For clarification purposes for Staff,Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council please
identify the following items on the concept plan)
PLANNING
Please identify the parking garage and list how many stories.
X2. Please identify the multi-family units, how many stories and which units are first floor residential
units
(provide percentage of retail and residential units on the first floor).
yPlease provide a note on the concept plan: "Concept Plan Only". This project will require a
complete site plan application and review, meeting all Unified Development Ordinances and
Design Review Board Approval prior to any permits being issued.
4� Are brick pavers or grasscrete being proposed in the front parking lot (cross hatching on the
G concept plan that reflected some landscape brought this to my attention)? s. a,z,_ca.. ex..�--e_c
Please provide flood plain information on the concept plan.
Y6. Please provide a metes and bounds description for the subject property (for notification
purposes and the Conditional Use Permit Ordinance).
)(7. Please show the tie in of the Hike and Bike trail where Richards Street dead ends.
XPlease provide building setbacks.
9. ease provide the zoning and use of all abutting properties.
. Building elevations are not required but would be beneficial.
11. Please identify all outdoor features (seating, tables,water etc.)
12. Please show 15-foot of right-of-way dedication along Holleman Drive and approximately 15-foot
''along Dartmouth Drive. Manual Drive is classified as a Minor Collector on the Thoroughfare
\. 4 \-�'Plan and will require 80-feet of right-of-war dedication. Manuel Driv will be required to b
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Reviewed by:Jennifer Reeves Date:December 21,2006
ELECTRICAL COMMENTS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
1. Developer provides temporary blanket easement for construction purposes.
2. Developer provides easements for electric infrastructure as installed for electric lines
1. Developer installs conduit per city specs and design.
2. City will provide drawings for conduit installation.
3. Developer provides 30' of rigid or IMC conduit for riser poles. City installs riser.
4. Developer to intercept existing conduit at designated transformers and extend as required.
5. If conduit does not exist at designated transformer, developer to furnish and install conduit
as shown on electrical layout.
6. Developer pours transformer pad(s) per city specs and design.
7. Developer installs pull boxes as per city specs and design.(pull boxes provided by the city).
8. Developer provides digital AutoCAD 2000 or later version of plat and/or site plan email to
sweido@cstx.gov
9. Developer provides load data for project.
10. To discuss any of the above electrical comments,please contact Sam Weido at
979.764.6314.
Reviewed by: Sam Weido Date: 12-20-06
Article 7. General Development Standards
Section 7.1 General Provisions
H. Height
i. Building Height
Building height refers to the vertical distance measured from the finished grade, or the
base flood elevation where applicable, and the following points:
a. The average height level between the eaves and ridge line of a gable, hop, or
gambrel roof;
b. The highest point of a mansard roof; or
c. The highest point of the coping of a flat roof.
2. Single Family Protection
a. With the exception of NG, RDD, and P-MUD districts, no multi-family or non-
residential structure shall be located nearer to any property line adjacent to a
single-family use or townhouse development than a horizontal distance (B to C) of
twice the vertical distance (height, A to B) of the structure as illustrated in the
graphic below.
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B - 100' I 25'—.—J House
b. No additional multi-family or non-residential structures shall penetrate an
imaginary line; illustrated by the inclined plane in the graphic above, connecting
points A and C.
c. Calculation of the height limits shall be to the highest point of the structure.
Equipment such as satellite dishes and heating and air conditioning units may be
installed on top of buildings provided that they are screened from horizontal view
and included in the height limitations.
d. Unless otherwise stated in this UDO, the height limitations herein shall not apply
to any of the following: - '
1) Utility structures such as elevated water storage tanks and electrical
transmission lines;
2) Architectural elements such as flagpoles, belfries, cupolas, spires, domes,
monuments, chimneys, bulkheads, elevators, or chimney flues; or any other
similar structure extending above the roof of any building where such
structure does not occupy more than 33 percent of the area of the roof; or
3) Residential radio/television receiving antennas.
I. Public Address Systems
Public Address Systems shall not be audible to an adjacent residential use.
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Article 7. General Development Standards
Section 7.6 Buffer Requirements
D. Location
The buffer shall abut property boundaries shared with less intense uses or zoning districts as
shown in Section 7.6.F, Minimum Buffer Standards. In the event that a property abuts a less
intense use and a less intense zoning district, the more stringent buffer shall be required
along the shared boundary.
E. Permitted Uses
1. A buffer yard may be used for passive recreation or stormwater management. It may
contain pedestrian, bike, or equestrian trails provided that:
a. No plant material is eliminated;
b. The total width of the buffer yard is maintained; and
c. All other regulations of this Section are met.
2. No active recreation area, storage of materials, parking, driveways, or structures,
except for approved pedestrian, bike or equestrian trails and necessary utility boxes
and equipment, shall be located within the buffer yard.
3. Pedestrian access through a perimeter fence or wall and buffer yard may be provided at
the abutting resident's, homeowners association's, or the Administrator's option to
provide convenient pedestrian access to nonresidential uses such as commercial areas
or schools.
F. Minimum Buffer Standards
The buffer requirements are designed to permit and encourage flexibility in the widths of
buffer yards, the number of plants required in the buffer yard, and opaque screens.
Standard buffer requirements are depicted in the table below.
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•(Use more restrictive of the zoning ort a develo ed use )
QE1/ELOpING USE
(Classifdation) " Single fainly Multi, Family Non
Residentialt 'R.44a ftlal* Residential
Single-familyt N/A N/A N/A
Multi-Family* 10 (1) N/A N/A
Office 10 (1) N/A N/A
Commercial 15 (2) 10 (1) N/A
Industrial 25 (2) 15 (2) 5
SOB
50 (2) 50 (2) 50 (2)
* Includes duplexes.
t Includes manufactured homes, mobile homes, manufactured home parks, and
townhouses.
[number] Depth of buffer yard
(1) Fence
(2) Wall
1. Buffer Yards
a. Buffer yards shall be measured from the common property line and may be
located within established building setbacks.
b. Where utility or drainage easements or other similar situations exists in the
required buffer yard, the buffer yard may be reduced by the width of the
easement; however, an additional 5 feet may be required beyond the width of the
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