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CITY OF COLLFGF STMON
Planning d Development Services
1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
MEMORANDUM
March 9, 2007
TO: Rick Conlin, CSC Engineering, Via Email - rconlin@txcyber.com
FROM: Jennifer Reeves, Staff Planner
SUBJECT: POTBELLIES/STARBUCKS (SP) - Site Plan
Staff reviewed the above-mentioned site plan as requested. The following page is a list
of staff review comments detailing items that need to be addressed. The next submittal
will be the third and final review by staff for this round of reviews. If all items have not
been addressed on the next submittal, another $200 processing fee will need to be
submitted for the subsequent set of three (3) reviews. This item has been rescheduled
for the April 13, 2007 Design Review Board meeting at 11:00 a.m. Please address the
comments and submit the following information by Monday March 26th at 10:00 am for
further staff review:
Seven (7) complete sets of construction documents for the proposed
development with the revised site and landscaping plans attached (one
set will be returned to you, please submit additional copies if you want
more than one approved set)
Two (2) revised site plans
One (1) landscaping plan
One (1) 11x17 grading and erosion control plan
Ten (10) 11x17 site and landscape plans
If there are comments that you are not addressing with the revised site plan, please
attach a letter explaining the details. If you have any questions or need additional
information, please call me at 764-3570.
Attachments: Staff review comments
Case file #06-00500166
STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 2
Project: POTBELLIES/STARBUCKS (SP) - 06-00500166
PLANNING
1. Page 18 in the Northgate Design Guidelines where it talks about sidewalks, it states
"All sidewalks in Northgate should be constructed with brick pavers where feasible".
It does not appear that any brick pavers are being proposed. Staff will be
recommending this as one of the conditions for approval to the Design Review
Board.
U; 2. The two parking spaces that parallel Lodge Street will need to be screened with
three foot shrubs.
a,3. The Northgate Guidelines state "that dumpsters shall be screened with 8 -feet in
height fences and also screened with surrounding landscaping. Staff would
recommend that additional trees or very tall shrubs be installed around the dumpster
screening wall.
4. The Northgate Guidelines state "Where wood is used, it should be coated with a
water sealant". Please not this on the plans that it is a requirement.
»/5. Please be aware that there must be a 24 -foot clearance inside the bollards on the
dumpster enclosure.
6. Please provide a detail of the fence that is being proposed (must be 8 -feet in height).
,/1. It appears that the dumpster pad and fence will be constructed over an existing
underground electrical line. Please note on the site plan that; `7n the event that the
electrical lines need to be dug up for any reason, the property is 100% responsible
for the replacement of the dumpster pad and fencing".
,`8. On the application a parking variance is being requested. A letter will need
submitted; stating the reasons why you feel the parking variance is justified. This
letter needs to be addressed to the Design Review Board.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Reeves Date: March 8, 2007
ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 2
1. No Comments
Reviewed by: Josh Norton Date: March 6, 2007
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CrrY OF COLLEGE STATION
Planning d -Development Services
1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
MEMORANDUM
August 14, 2006
TO: Robert Cranshaw w/Brazos Contractors & Development, Via fax 713.944.9599
FROM: Jennifer Reeves, Project Manager
SUBJECT: POTBELLIES/STARBUCKS (SP) - Site Plan
Staff reviewed the above-mentioned site plan as requested. The following page is a list of staff
review comments detailing items that need to be addressed. Due to the number of comments that
need to be addressed, this project has not been scheduled for a Design Review Board meeting at
this time. Please address the comments and submit the following information for further staff
review:
One (1) complete set of construction documents for the proposed development
with the revised site and landscaping plans attached
One (1) revised site and landscape plan
One (1) 11x17 grading and erosion control plan
Please note that the Easement Dedication Sheet and necessary documents are required prior to the
issuance of a building permit. If there are comments that you are not addressing with the revised site
plan, please attach a letter explaining the details. If you have any questions or need additional
information, please call me at 979.764.3570.
Attachments: Staff review comments
Case file #06-00500166
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. P
STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1
Project: POTBELLIES/STARBUCKS (SP) — 06-00500166
PLANNING
1. 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.
2. Please fill out and turn in the appropriate application (Design District Site Plan review
Application) An additional $200.00 Special District Review Fee will need to be submitted with
this application.
3. Please provide a key map on the site plan.
4. Please provide the site plan to an engineering scale and identify what the scale is supposed
to be on the site and landscaping plans.
5. Please provide current ownership and zoning of the subject property on the site plan.
6. Please identify all existing and proposed sidewalks depicting the widths. Please show all
proposed sidewalks in accordance with Page 18 of the Northgate Design Guidelines.
(Sidewalks placed against the curb, the width should be six feet) If you swap the six foot
green space/streetscape and the sidewalk, then the side walk is allowed to be four feet.
7. Please show all utility easements and identify what utilities are in them, noting sizes.
8. Please show existing meter locations.
9. Please provide building setbacks on the site plan.
10. Please provide a parking legend showing parking spaces provided.
11. Please provide drive isle width.
12. All dumpster must be screened from all rights -of -ways. Gates will be required on all proposed
dumpster enclosures.
13. The single dumpster location at the corner of Patricia and Lodge does not appear to be
meeting the radius requirements for the sanitation trucks to be able to access the enclosure.
14. Please provide a dumpster detail for the dumpster enclosures
15. Please provide a pavement and curb detail.
16. All paved areas are required to be curbed with a 6 -inch curb.
17. Section 7.2.9.D End Islands requires that 180 square foot island be placed at the end of
every parking row. An island will be required between the dumpster and the parking spaces
that abuts Patricia Street.
LANDSCAPING/ STREETSCAPING/ BUFFER
1. Provide a general note that 100% coverage of groundcover, decorative paving, decorative
rock, 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.
2. Please identify Patricia Street on the landscape plan.
3. Please provide a legend with the following information: (See Section 7.5.0 & D)
• Streetscape calculations with required and provided plantings (caliper & specie,
canopy and non -canopy)
• Additional points required for every 50 -foot of frontage
• Site area calculations with landscape points required and provided
• All Plantings are required to be irrigated. Please provide a note on the landscape
plan that an irrigation plan is required to be submitted for review, approval and
installation prior to Certificate of Occupancy.
• All screening shrubs are required to be 3 -feet in height at planting stage and must be
an evergreen species.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Reeves
Date: August 10, 2006
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. P.
MISCELLANEOUS
1. Irrigation system must be protected by a Pressure Vacuum Breaker or a Reduced Pressure
Principle Back Flow Device, or a Double -Check Back Flow Device, and installed as per City
Ordinance 2394.
2. All Back Flow devices must be installed and tested upon installation as per City Ordinance
2394.
ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 1
1. Please identify all existing public infrastructure. There appears to be a 6 -in public
sanitary sewer main and manhole located within this proposed parking area.
There also appears to be a 2 -in public water main within this proposed parking
area. Please locate and identify the end treatment for this public water main.
2. Please identify all existing easements.
3. Please identify the location and size of the proposed irrigation meter. The meter
must be located within a public easement. The irrigation meter must also include
a back flow preventer.
4. Please submit grading and erosion control plan.
5. Will the parking lot be marked as fire lane, as to be used for an emergency
vehicle hammer head turnaround?
6. Please provide a detailed paving plan. The parking lot should be built of
concrete or asphalt, and be structurally sound to carry sanitation vehicles.
7. Please provide detail for the sidewalks, driveway apron, etc. Or provide a copy
of the BSC Unified Construction Document detail. The latest version of these
documents may be found at: bcsunited.net
Reviewed by: Josh Norton
Date: August 11, 2006
GENERAL ELECTRICAL COMMENTS
1. Developer to install traffic bollards at NE corner for in ground pull box and at
transformer location in the SW corner.
2. To discuss any of the above electrical comments, please contact Sam Weido at
979.764.6314.
Reviewed by: Sam Weido
Sanitation Comments
Date: 8-9-06
1. Dumpster enclosure at N/E corner of parking lot does not meet our turning radius
requirements.
2. The double enclosure at center of parking lot should be sufficient for 2-8cu.yd. containers
that we can service up to 6 days a week.
Reviewed by: Wally Urrutia
Date: August 10, 2006
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. P
CITY OF COLLEGE STATION
Planning er Development Services
1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
MEMORANDUM
August 14, 2006
TO: Robert Cranshaw w/Brazos Contractors & Development, Via fax 713.944.9599
FROM: Jennifer Reeves, Project Manager
SUBJECT: POTBELLIES/STARBUCKS (SP) - Site Plan
Staff reviewed the above-mentioned site plan as requested. The following page is a list of staff
review comments detailing items that need to be addressed. Due to the number of comments that
need to be addressed, this project has not been scheduled for a Design Review Board meeting at
this time. Please address the comments and submit the following information for further staff
review:
One (1) complete set of construction documents for the proposed development
with the revised site and landscaping plans attached
One (1) revised site and landscape plan
One (1) 11x17 grading and erosion control plan
Please note that the Easement Dedication Sheet and necessary documents are required prior to the
issuance of a building permit. If there are comments that you are not addressing with the revised site
plan, please attach a letter explaining the details. If you have any questions or need additional
information, please call me at 979.764.3570.
Attachments: Staff review comments
Case file #06-00500166
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. P,
STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1
Project: POTBELLIES/STARBUCKS (SP) — 06-00500166
PLANNING
1. 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.
2. Please fill out and turn in the appropriate application (Design District Site Plan review
Application) An additional $200.00 Special District Review Fee will need to be submitted with
this application.
3. Please provide a key map on the site plan.
4. Please provide the site plan to an engineering scale and identify what the scale is supposed
to be on the site and landscaping plans.
5. Please provide current ownership and zoning of the subject property on the site plan.
6. Please identify all existing and proposed sidewalks depicting the widths. Please show all
proposed sidewalks in accordance with Page 18 of the Northgate Design Guidelines.
(Sidewalks placed against the curb, the width should be six feet) If you swap the six foot
green space/streetscape and the sidewalk, then the side walk is allowed to be four feet.
7. Please show all utility easements and identify what utilities are in them, noting sizes.
8. Please show existing meter locations.
9. Please provide building setbacks on the site plan.
10. Please provide a parking legend showing parking spaces provided.
11. Please provide drive isle width.
12. All dumpster must be screened from all rights -of -ways. Gates will be required on all proposed
dumpster enclosures.
13. The single dumpster location at the corner of Patricia and Lodge does not appear to be
meeting the radius requirements for the sanitation trucks to be able to access the enclosure.
14. Please provide a dumpster detail for the dumpster enclosures
15. Please provide a pavement and curb detail.
16. All paved areas are required to be curbed with a 6 -inch curb.
17. Section 7.2.9.D End Islands requires that 180 square foot island be placed at the end of
every parking row. An island will be required between the dumpster and the parking spaces
that abuts Patricia Street.
LANDSCAPING/ STREETSCAPING/ BUFFER
1. Provide a general note that 100% coverage of groundcover, decorative paving, decorative
rock, 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.
2. Please identify Patricia Street on the landscape plan.
3. Please provide a legend with the following information: (See Section 7.5.0 & D)
• Streetscape calculations with required and provided plantings (caliper & specie,
canopy and non -canopy)
• Additional points required for every 50 -foot of frontage
• Site area calculations with landscape points required and provided
• All Plantings are required to be irrigated. Please provide a note on the landscape
plan that an irrigation plan is required to be submitted for review, approval and
installation prior to Certificate of Occupancy.
• All screening shrubs are required to be 3 -feet in height at planting stage and must be
an evergreen species.
Reviewed by: Jennifer Reeves
Date: August 10, 2006
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.
MISCELLANEOUS
1. Irrigation system must be protected by a Pressure Vacuum Breaker or a Reduced Pressure
Principle Back Flow Device, or a Double -Check Back Flow Device, and installed as per City
Ordinance 2394.
2. All Back Flow devices must be installed and tested upon installation as per City Ordinance
2394.
ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 1
1. Please identify all existing public infrastructure. There appears to be a 6 -in public
sanitary sewer main and manhole located within this proposed parking area.
There also appears to be a 2 -in public water main within this proposed parking
area. Please locate and identify the end treatment for this public water main.
2. Please identify all existing easements.
3. Please identify the location and size of the proposed irrigation meter. The meter
must be located within a public easement. The irrigation meter must also include
a back flow preventer.
4. Please submit grading and erosion control plan.
5. Will the parking lot be marked as fire lane, as to be used for an emergency
vehicle hammer head turnaround?
6. Please provide a detailed paving plan. The parking lot should be built of
concrete or asphalt, and be structurally sound to carry sanitation vehicles.
7. Please provide detail for the sidewalks, driveway apron, etc. Or provide a copy
of the BSC Unified Construction Document detail. The latest version of these
documents may be found at: bcsunited.net
Reviewed by: Josh Norton Date: August 11, 2006
GENERAL ELECTRICAL COMMENTS
1. Developer to install traffic bollards at NE corner for in ground pull box and at
transformer location in the SW corner.
2. To discuss any of the above electrical comments, please contact Sam Weido at
979.764.6314.
Reviewed by: Sam Weido
Sanitation Comments
Date: 8-9-06
1. Dutnpster enclosure at N/E corner of parking lot does not meet our turning radius
requirements.
2. The double enclosure at center of parking lot should be sufficient for 2-8cu.yd. containers
that we can service up to 6 days a week.
Reviewed by: Wally Urrutia
Date: August 10, 2006
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.
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CITY OF COLLEGE , STATION
Planning & Development Services
1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
MEMORANDUM
March 9, 2007
TO: Rick Conlin, CSC Engineering, Via Email - rconlin@txcyber.com
FROM: Jennifer Reeves, Staff Planner
SUBJECT: POTBELLIES/STARBUCKS (SP) - Site Plan
Staff reviewed the above-mentioned site plan as requested. The following page is a list
of staff review comments detailing items that need to be addressed. The next submittal
will be the third and final review by staff for this round of reviews. If all items have not
been addressed on the next submittal, another $200 processing fee will need to be
submitted for the subsequent set of three (3) reviews. This item has been rescheduled
for the April 13, 2007 Design Review Board meeting at 11:00 a.m. Please address the
comments and submit the following information by Monday March 26th at 10:00 am for
further staff review:
Seven (7) complete sets of construction documents for the proposed
development with the revised site and landscaping plans attached (one
set will be returned to you, please submit additional copies if you want
more than one approved set)
Two (2) revised site plans
One (1) landscaping plan
One (1) 11x17 grading and erosion control plan
Ten (10) 11x17 site and landscape plans
If there are comments that you are not addressing with the revised site plan, please
attach a letter explaining the details. If you have any questions or need additional
information, please call me at 764-3570.
Attachments: Staff review comments
Case file #06-00500166
AGENDA ITEM NO. 4: Presentation, possible action and discussion on a site
plan for a commercial parking lot, located at 400 University Drive (JR 06-500166).
Jennifer Reeves presented the staff report stating that the applicant is proposing a site
plan for a new parking lot in Northgate behind Starbucks and Potbellies. The new
parking lot will accommodate the dumpster, details of enclosure,
land scaping/streetscape, parking islands and parking requirements. Also, the applicant
is requesting a parking variance to the off-street parking requirements set forth in
Section 7.2 of the Unified Development Ordinance.
Nancy Sawtelle motioned for approval of the parking variance. Hunter Goodwin
seconded the motion; which passed unopposed (4-0).
Nancy Sawtelle motioned for approval of the site plan as submitted. Alan King
seconded the motion; which passed unopposed (4-0).
Issues/Items for Review:
Af,_1:-1 . _1_
I . Ooliu waste
2. Relationship of buildings to site
3. Relationship of buildings and site to adjoining area
4. Landscaping
Attachments:
1. Application
2. Small Area Map (SAM) and Aerial Map
3. Photos of existing conditions (available at the meeting)
4. Site plan