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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Review STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1 Project: SOUTHWEST PLACE (SP)—08-00500067 PLANNING 1. Differentiate more clearly between the "Site" and "Site — Landscape" insets. It appears that the Site is incomplete and some of the site dimensions are located on the landscape plan. 2. The legal description for this site is Lot 2A-4. Please revise. 3. It appears that the legal descriptions for the adjacent lots are inverted. Please revise. 4. Please add a north arrow. 5. Show the setbacks for a C-1 zoned lot. 6. According to the plat, the 20' access easement along the eastern property is actually 24'. Please revise. 7. When calculating required parking, fractional spaces round up. Please revise the required number to 40. 8. It appears that the parking spaces in front of the building from the handicap spots to the new interior landscape island are not dimensioned correctly. Please revise. 9. Parking lots with more than 50 spaces are required to have at least 3 handicap accessible spaces with one being van accessible. Please revise. 10. Please provide a handicap accessible route from the building to the sidewalk along Southwest Parkway. 11. The drive-thru for the dry cleaners has not previously received site plan approval. Please add the 10' wide drive-thru lane with 2 queue spots (for a dry cleaner). A 20' two-way drive aisle would still need to remain outside it, so it appears parking spots adjacent to the drive- thru lane would need to be removed and an island area installed. In addition, please stripe the drive-thru lane to distinguish it from the two-way drive aisle. 12. Since there is not an overhang for the parking spaces along the western and southern property lines, they are to be 20' deep. 13. Please clarify if the dumpsters shown on the site plan are for use by the subject property or includes the dumpster for the adjacent Shipley's restaurant. 14. Please revise the dumpster enclosures so that a dumpster is to be placed within a 12'x'12' enclosure (interior dimensions) and a double enclosure is to measure 12'x24'. Parking spaces may not be adjacent to an enclosure but must be separated by a full sized end island. 15. It appears that a number of the dumpster enclosures will be located in utility easements. As per Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Section 7.7.C.1, if so located, the property owners are warned that they are responsible for the replacement of the screens if they are removed for utility construction and/or maintenance. Provide a note on the site plan acknowledging this responsibility. 16. Please submit the building elevations for review through a Non-Residential Architecture application. Please note that the front and eastern elevations will need to comply with UDO Section 7.9 Non-Residential Architecture Standards. Proposed alteration to the western and rear elevations may also require full compliance depending on the extent and nature of the changes. The building elevations must be approved before a building permit can be issued. 17. Please add a bike rack as per UDO Section 7.9.6.5. 18. The plat for this property states that one detached (freestanding) sign is to be shared with this property and the two to the east. No additional freestanding sign will be permitted unless the Arby's sign is removed. Any existing sign may remain as long as there is no structural alteration to it. Also, please provide a note that signs are permitted separately. NOTE: Any changes made to the plans,that have not been requested by the City of College Station,must be explained in your next transmittal letter and"bubbled"on your plans. Any additional changes on these plans that have not been pointed out to the City,will constitute a completely new review. Page 2 of 4 19. Provide a general note that all roof and ground-mounted mechanical equipment shall be screened from view or isolated so as not to be visible from any public right-of-way or residential district within 150' of the subject lot, measured from a point five feet above grade. Such screening shall be coordinated with the building architecture and scale to maintain a unified appearance. Reviewed by: Jason Schubert Date: April 2, 2008 LANDSCAPING/STREETSCAPING/BUFFER 1. A minimum of 50% of the points must be expended with canopy trees. Please revise. 2. Please note that the required number of streetscape trees can be based on the property frontage with the width of driveways and visibility triangle removed from the overall distance. 3. Please revise the base number of required points to 1,236 (41,200/1000x30) not 1,360. 4. Existing canopy trees over 8" in diameter that are barricaded can receive 400 points. 5. There is only one Arizona Ash depicted on the landscape plan and two in the calculations, please reconcile. 6. There appears to be only 14 proposed tree crepe myrtles, not 18, please reconcile. 7. The number and type of shrub depicted is not consistent with the table. Please revise. 8. Provide a general note that 100% coverage of groundcover, decorative paving, decorative rock (not loose), or a perennial grass is required in parking lot islands, swales and drainage areas, the parking lot setback, rights-of-way, and adjacent property disturbed during construction. Reviewed by: Jason Schubert Date: April 2, 2008 MISCELLANEOUS 1. Irrigation system must be protected by either a Pressure Vacuum Breaker, a Reduced Pressure Principle Back Flow Device, or a Double-Check Back Flow Device, and installed as per City Ordinance 2394. 2. All BackFlow devices must be installed and tested upon installation as per City Ordinance 2394. ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 1 1. Please submit a development permit application. Due to the scale of this project, we will not require the $200 fee which typically accompanies the development permit application. 2. Will this development require any new water or sanitary sewer service connections? 3. No grading or erosion control plans are required. 4. Please verify that all appropriate layers are turned on for your site plan. Some of the leaders associated with the text are pointing at blank space. 5. Our records indicate a 6-in waterline running parallel to your western property line. Please verify location and indicate on plans accordingly. 6. Our records indicate a 40-ft public utility easement split along the western property line. Please verify location and indicate on plans accordingly. 7. Our records indicate a 50-ft public utility easement and access easement along the front of the property. Please verify location and indicate on plans accordingly. 8. Our records indicate that the sanitary sewer line along the property's southern border does not span the extent of the property. Please verify location and indicate on plans accordingly. Reviewed by: Carol Cotter/ Erika Bridges Date: March 28, 2008 NOTE: Any changes made to the plans,that have not been requested by the City of College Station,must be explained in your next transmittal letter and"bubbled"on your plans. Any additional changes on these plans that have not been pointed out to the City,will constitute a completely new review. Page 3 of 4 GENERAL ELECTRICAL COMMENTS 1. Based on plans submitted for review, electrical service to the building will not be affected. 2. There are no comments at this time. 3. To discuss please contact Sam Weido at 979.764.6314. Reviewed by: Sam Weido Date: March 25, 2008 FIRE 1. Loop a fire lane through the front of the site, entering one driveway and exiting the other. Reviewed by: Eric Dotson Date: March 24, 2008 NOTE: Any changes made to the plans,that have not been requested by the City of College Station,must be explained in your next transmittal letter and"bubbled"on your plans.Any additional changes on these plans that have not been pointed out to the City,will constitute a completely new review. Page 4 of 4 o I N Og 1:W3) STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1 Project: SOUTHWEST PLACE (SP) —08-00500067 PLANNING 1. Differentiate more clearly between the "Site" and "Site — Landscape" insets. It appears that the Site is incomplete and some of the site dimensions are located on the landscape plan. I turned on the layers that were not displayed 2. The legal description for this site is Lot 2A-4. Please revise. Revised Lot Legal description 3. It appears that the legal descriptions for the adjacent lots are inverted. Please revise. Reversed the legal descriptions. 4. Please add a north arrow. Added North arrow to all site plans 5. Show the setbacks for a C-1 zoned lot. The lot is zoned C3. The setbacks correspond to C3 zoning 6. According to the plat, the 20' access easement along the eastern property is actually 24'. Please revise. The note was changed to 24'from 20' 7. When calculating required parking, fractional spaces round up. Please revise the required number to 40. The number of required spaces were rounded u. 8. It appears that the parking spaces in front of the building from the handicap spots to the new interior landscape island are not dimensioned correctly. Please revise. The layer was turned on and the dimensions read correctly 9. Parking lots with more than 50 spaces are required to have at least 3 handicap accessible spaces with one being van accessible. Please revise. An additional handicap space was added and one Van space. 10. Please provide a handicap accessible route from the building to the sidewalk along Southwest Parkway. The accessible route is delineated from the public sidewalk to the building walkway. 11.The drive-thru for the dry cleaners has not previously received site plan approval. Please add the 10' wide drive-thru lane with 2 queue spots (for a dry cleaner). A 20' two-way drive aisle would still need to remain outside it, so it appears parking spots adjacent to the drive- thru lane would need to be removed and an island area installed. In addition, please stripe the drive-thru lane to distinguish it from the two-way drive aisle. The parking spaces adjacent to the drive through have been eliminated to allow a 20'two way drive aisle. 12. Since there is not an overhang for the parking spaces along the western and southern property lines, they are to be 20' deep. The parking spaces along the west side have been changed to be 20 foot deep. NOTE: Any changes made to the plans,that have not been requested by the City of College Station,must be explained in your next transmittal letter and"bubbled"on your plans.Any additional changes on these plans that have not been pointed out to the City,will constitute a completely new review. Page 2 of 5 13. Please clarify if the dumpsters shown on the site plan are for use by the subject property or includes the dumpster for the adjacent Shipley's restaurant. One dumpster is for the Convenience Store and the other is for the Center. 14. Please revise the dumpster enclosures so that a dumpster is to be placed within a 12'x'12' enclosure (interior dimensions) and a double enclosure is to measure 12'x24'. Parking spaces may not be adjacent to an enclosure but must be separated by a full sized end island. The dumpster enclosure has been revised to include the modifications listed. 15. It appears that a number of the dumpster enclosures will be located in utility easements. As per Unified Development Ordinance (UDO) Section 7.7.C.1, if so located, the property owners are warned that they are responsible for the replacement of the screens if they are removed for utility construction and/or maintenance. Provide a note on the site plan acknowledging this responsibility. Owner acknowledges the UDO section Z Z C.1 16. Please submit the building elevations for review through a Non-Residential Architecture application. Please note that the front and eastern elevations will need to comply with UDO Section 7.9 Non-Residential Architecture Standards. Proposed alteration to the western and rear elevations may also require full compliance depending on the extent and nature of the changes. The building elevations must be approved before a building permit can be issued. Building Elevations are submitted. 17. Please add a bike rack as per UDO Section 7.9.6.5. Bike rack is added on Interior Island in parking front of building 18. The plat for this property states that one detached (freestanding) sign is to be shared with this property and the two to the east. No additional freestanding sign will be permitted unless the Arby's sign is removed. Any existing sign may remain as long as there is no structural alteration to it. Also, please provide a note that signs are permitted separately. Sign has been removed. 19. Provide a general note that all roof and ground-mounted mechanical equipment shall be screened from view or isolated so as not to be visible from any public right-of-way or residential district within 150' of the subject lot, measured from a point five feet above grade. Such screening shall be coordinated with the building architecture and scale to maintain a unified appearance. Note was added Reviewed by: Jason Schubert Date: April 2, 2008 LANDSCAPING/STREETSCAPING/BUFFER 1. A minimum of 50% of the points must be expended with canopy trees. Please revise. Landscape points have been revised. 2. Please note that the required number of streetscape trees can be based on the property frontage with the width of driveways and visibility triangle removed from the overall distance. This has been revised. 3. Please revise the base number of required points to 1,236 (41,200/1000x30) not 1,360. The landscape points have been revised. NOTE: Any changes made to the plans,that have not been requested by the City of College Station,must be explained in your next transmittal letter and"bubbled"on your plans. Any additional changes on these plans that have not been pointed out to the City,will constitute a completely new review. Page 3 of 5 4. Existing canopy trees over 8" in diameter that are barricaded can receive 400 points. Note was added. 5. There is only one Arizona Ash depicted on the landscape plan and two in the calculations, please reconcile. The additional existing Ash has been added to the landscape plan. 6. There appears to be only 14 proposed tree crepe myrtles, not 18, please reconcile. The No. of Crepe Myrtles have changed with the new Landscape plan. 7. The number and type of shrub depicted is not consistent with the table. Please revise. The plan and the count are consistant. 8. Provide a general note that 100% coverage of groundcover, decorative paving, decorative rock (not loose), or a perennial grass is required in parking lot islands, swales and drainage areas, the parking lot setback, rights-of-way, and adjacent property disturbed during construction. A note has been added. Reviewed by: Jason Schubert Date: April 2, 2008 MISCELLANEOUS 1. Irrigation system must be protected by either a Pressure Vacuum Breaker, a Reduced Pressure Principle Back Flow Device, or a Double-Check Back Flow Device, and installed as per City Ordinance 2394. 2. All BackFlow devices must be installed and tested upon installation as per City Ordinance 2394. ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 1 1. Please submit a development permit application. Due to the scale of this project, we will not require the $200 fee which typically accompanies the development permit application. 2. Will this development require any new water or sanitary sewer service connections? No there will not be andy new connections 3. No grading or erosion control plans are required. 4. Please verify that all appropriate layers are turned on for your site plan. Some of the leaders associated with the text are pointing at blank space. All layerws are turned on. 5. Our records indicate a 6-in waterline running parallel to your western property line. Please verify location and indicate on plans accordingly. Water line is shown 6. Our records indicate a 40-ft public utility easement split along the western property line. Please verify location and indicate on plans accordingly. This is shown 7. Our records indicate a 50-ft public utility easement and access easement along the front of the property. Please verify location and indicate on plans accordingly. This is shown NOTE: Any changes made to the plans,that have not been requested by the City of College Station,must be explained in your next transmittal letter and"bubbled"on your plans. Any additional changes on these plans that have not been pointed out to the City,will constitute a completely new review. Page 4 of 5 8. Our records indicate that the sanitary sewer line along the property's southern border does not span the extent of the property. Please verify location and indicate on plans accordingly. This is shown. Reviewed by: Carol Cotter/ Erika Bridges Date: March 28, 2008 GENERAL ELECTRICAL COMMENTS 1. Based on plans submitted for review, electrical service to the building will not be affected. 2. There are no comments at this time. 3. To discuss please contact Sam Weido at 979.764.6314. Reviewed by: Sam Weido Date: March 25, 2008 FIRE 1. Loop a fire lane through the front of the site, entering one driveway and exiting the other. A fire Lane has been added. Reviewed by: Eric Dotson Date: March 24, 2008 NOTE: Any changes made to the plans,that have not been requested by the City of College Station,must be explained in your next transmittal letter and"bubbled"on your plans.Any additional changes on these plans that have not been pointed out to the City,will constitute a completely new review. Page 5 of 5 STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 2 Project: SOUTHWEST PLACE (SP) - 08-00500067 PLANNING 1. The property is zoned C-1 General Commercial, please revise the note. 2. The western most handicap space is not adjacent to an ADA required 5-foot minimum access aisle. Please revise. 3. Please stripe a line to distinguish the 10-foot wide drive-thru from the drive aisle. 4. It appears that the parking spaces in front of the Gessener Engineering tenant space are off. Please revise. 5. There are 6 parking spaces along western property line, please revise the label and parking calculations. 6. Please loop a fire lane through the front of the site as requested in Fire's previous comments. 7. The sign is still shown on the site and landscape plans. As stated in the response comments, please remove the sign. In addition, please note that if fuel sales is no longer provided on this site, the existing fuel sales sign will need to be removed as well. 8. The total required landscaping points includes the subtotals of streetscape points (720) and landscape points (1,236) being added together(1,956). Please revise the number. 9. To receive a 10% reduction in landscaping points, the lawn irrigation system must employ a recognized water-conversation system (i.e. rain sensor, freeze sensor, etc). To receive this credit, please submit an irrigation plan and documentation for the system. 10. The waxleaf ligustrum shrubs provide screening to the parking spaces and are to be 3' high at planting. Please add a note to specify this. 11. The east building elevation is required to have two architectural relief elements. It appears that the new stone veneer will serve as a pilaster. Please add a second element to this façade (does not need to be within the new addition area). 12. Please provide a note on the building elevations that signs are permitted separately. 13. Please note that any changes made to the plans, that have not been requested by the City of College Station, must be explained in your next transmittal letter and "bubbled" on your plans. Any additional changes on these plans that the City has not been made aware of will constitute a completely new review. Reviewed by: Jason Schubert Date: May 14, 2008 ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 2 1. A development permit and approved site plan are required prior to the commencement of construction. Please submit a development permit application. 2. Please revise the site plan to show the 6-inch waterline along the southwest property line. 3. The 20-foot public utility easement along the southwest property line is only being shown as a 10-foot PUE currently. Please revise. 4. Our records show that there is a 50-foot public utility and access easement along the front of the property. Please verify. Also, this easement is labeled as a 20-foot access easement currently. 5. Please show the sanitary sewer line servicing the building on the site plan. 6. The telephone line extending from the back of the building is shown tying into the underground electrical line. Please revise. Reviewed by: Erika Bridges Date: May 14, 2008 STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO.2 Project: SOUTHWEST PLACE (SP) - 08-00500067 PLANNING 1. The property is zoned C-1 General Commercial, please revise the note. Made revision under general notes 2. The western most handicap space is not adjacent to an ADA required 5-foot minimum access aisle. Please revise. Added a 5'access aisle and dimensioned the Accessible spaces. 3. Please stripe a line to distinguish the 10-foot wide drive-thru from the drive aisle. Added a note that indicate lines shown are to be a painted stripe. 4. It appears that the parking spaces in front of the Gessener Engineering tenant space are off. Please revise. The dimensions shown are correct with respect to the parking spaces being provided. 5. There are 6 parking spaces along western property line, please revise the label and parking calculations. Change the parking calculations and revised the note on the drawing 6. Please loop a fire lane through the front of the site as requested in Fire's previous comments. Added a bold dashed line with a note indicating the fire lane. 7. The sign is still shown on the site and landscape plans. As stated in the response comments, please remove the sign. In addition, please note that if fuel sales is no longer provided on this site, the existing fuel sales sign will need to be removed as well. Removed the sign form the site plan 8. The total required landscaping points includes the subtotals of streetscape points (720) and landscape points (1,236) being added together (1,956). Please revise the number. Revised the landscape point calculations 9. To receive a 10% reduction in landscaping points, the lawn irrigation system must employ a recognized water-conversation system (i.e. rain sensor, freeze sensor, etc). To receive this credit, please submit an irrigation plan and documentation for the system. Not using the 10% reduction. Not needed to meet the requirements. 10. The waxleaf ligustrum shrubs provide screening to the parking spaces and are to be 3' high at planting. Please add a note to specify this. Added a note in the landscape legend that 5 gal. lugustrum should be a minimum of 3'high. 11. The east building elevation is required to have two architectural relief elements. It appears that the new stone veneer will serve as a pilaster. Please add a second element to this façade (does not need to be within the new addition area). (14' (01Added a canopy over rear exit door 12. Please provide a note on the building elevations that signs are permitted separately. Added a note on the building elevations that signs are permitted separately. ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 2 1. A development permit and approved site plan are required prior to the commencement of construction. Please submit a development permit application. Contractor is schedule to submit the development permit application. 2. Please revise the site plan to show the 6-inch waterline along the southwest property line. Added the 6" water line 10 feet from the southwest property line. In visiting the site I couldn't find the valve that is indicating on you map. 3. The 20-foot public utility easement along the southwest property line is only being shown as a 10-foot PUE currently. Please revise. 10'pf the PUE is on this site and 10' of the easement is on the adjacent property. I added two additional arrows to clarify this. 4. Our records show that there is a 50-foot public utility and access easement along the front of the property. Please verify. Also, this easement is labeled as a 20-foot access easement currently. I revise the 45'access easement to a 50' 5. Please show the sanitary sewer line servicing the building on the site plan. On the Southeast side of the building a 4"sewer line was added. 6. The telephone line extending from the back of the building is shown tying into the underground electrical line. Please revise. I cleaned up the drawing to clarify all the connections 12. Please provide a note on the building elevations that signs are permitted separately. Added a note on the building elevations that signs are permitted separately. ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 2 1. A development permit and approved site plan are required prior to the commencement of construction. Please submit a development permit application. Contractor is schedule to submit the development permit application. 2. Please revise the site plan to show the 6-inch waterline along the southwest property line. Added the 6" water line 10 feet from the southwest property line. In visiting the site I couldn't find the valve that is indicating on you map. 3. The 20-foot public utility easement along the southwest property line is only being shown as a 10-foot PUE currently. Please revise. 10'pf the PUE is on this site and 10' of the easement is on the adjacent property. I added two additional arrows to clarify this. 4. Our records show that there is a 50-foot public utility and access easement along the front of the property. Please verify. Also, this easement is labeled as a 20-foot access easement currently. I revise the 45'access easement to a 50' 5. Please show the sanitary sewer line servicing the building on the site plan. On the Southeast side of the building a 4"sewer line was added. 6. The telephone line extending from the back of the building is shown tying into the underground electrical line. Please revise. I cleaned up the drawing to clarify all the connections • STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 3 Project: SOUTHWEST PLACE (SP) - 08-00500067 PLANNING 1. Please note that the building elevations have been approved. 2. I have no further comments. Reviewed by: Jason Schubert Date: September 15, 2008 ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 3 1. A development permit and approved site plan are required prior to the commencement of construction. Please submit a development permit application. 2. The 50-ft Access Easement is still labeled as a "20-ft Access Easement." Please revise to indicate the correct width. Reviewed by: Erika Bridges Date: September 11, 2008 Southwest Place (1712 Southwest Parkway) Parking Required and Provided • 9,967 sq ft shopping center with 1:250 parking ratio =40 required parking spaces • Site plan approved in September 2008 provides 52 parking spaces. Intense Use Considerations • As a shopping center, 2,492 sq ft is the 25% intense use threshold. • Medical use (dialysis) which has a 1:200 ratio is proposed for 7,500 sq ft. The remainder is the existing dry cleaners use (1880 sq ft). • Given intense use calculations, 5,008 sq ft of the medical use would be above the 25% intense use threshold and would require an additional 26 parking spaces. As such 66 spaces would be required. • If considering the 2 uses separately, 38 spaces would be required for the medical use and 10 spaces for the remaining shopping center area. Therefore only 48 spaces would be required (not 66) if the uses would considered separately.