HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Comments1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
MEMORANDUM
March 17, 2011'
TO: Melissa Thomas, via fax: 979.680.8841v/ CG
FROM: Molly Hitchcock, AICP
Planning Administrator
SUBJECT: PI BETA PHI SORORITY HOUSE ADDITION (SP)
I reviewed the above -mentioned SITE PLAN - COMMERCIAL application and determined it to
be incomplete. The following is the preliminary list of items needed to complete the submittal so
that staff may conduct a thorough review. Please submit the following information by 10 a.m. on
any Monday for review that week:
One (1) landscape plan. To begin the review process, the limited landscape plan
will need, at a minimum, to identify the type and size of the trees that are being
relocated, how and where they will be relocated, the type and size of the trees to be
protected, and a detail of landscape barriers.
The property owner's signature for the "Owner Certification" on page 4 of 11.
Please be aware that if this application is not completed before May 2, 2011, it will expire and a
new application and fees will be necessary to continue the site planning process.
If you have any questions or need additional information, please call me at 979,764.3570.
cc: Caroline McDonald, Texas ETA Chapter Pi Beta Phi, via mail
Case file No. 11-00500052
1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764,3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
MEMORANDUM
March 30, 2011
TO: Melissa Thomas, via fax: 979.680.8841 V� "
FROM: Molly Hitchcock, AICP
Planning Administrator
SUBJECT: PI BETA PHI SORORITY HOUSE ADDITION (SP)
Thank you for the submittals that complete your SITE PLAN - COMMERCIAL application. This
project will be distributed to staff next week for their review.
cc: Caroline McDonald, Texas ETA Chapter Pi Beta Phi, via maily
1601 Munson Ave
College Station, Texas 77840-3500
Case file no. 11-00500052
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1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
MEMORANDUM
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TO: Melissa Thomas, P.E., Gessner Enginee ing, via email:
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FROM: Matt Robinson, AICP, Senior Planner �l�
SUBJECT: Pi Beta Phi Sorority House Addition (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. Please address the comments and
submit the following information by any Monday at 10:00 a.m. for further staff review:
City of College Station Transmittal Letter;
Memo providing written responses to all of staff's comments (identify the specific
page that each comment was addressed on or the reason for not addressing the
comment);
Four (4) revised site and one (1) landscaping plan;
Please note that this application will expire in 90 days from the date of this memo, if the
applicant has not provided written response comments and revised documents to the
Administrator that seek to address the staff review comments contained herein. 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 contact
Matt Robinson at 979.764.3570.
Attachments: Staff review comments
PC: Caroline McDonald, Texas ETA Chapter Pi Beta Phi, via mail
1601 Munson Ave V/
College Station, Texas 77840-3500
Case file #11-00500052
STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1
Project: Pi Beta Phi Sorority House Addition (Sp) — 11-00500052
PLANNING
1. Please confirm that the number of bedrooms/residents/meeting room area is not increasing.
2. Provide water/sewer demands on site plan.
3. Call out the FDC — it is difficult to see on the site plan.
4. The site plan & landscape plan differ on the trees being removed/relocated. Also is the
crepe myrtle being relocated or just being barricaded?
5. Provide a general note on the site plan 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.
6. Provide a general note on the site plan that states the following: Exterior building and site
lighting will meet the standards of Section 7.10 of the Unified Development Ordinance. The
light source shall not project below an opaque housing and no fixture shall directly project
light horizontally. Fixtures will be mounted in such a manner that the projected cone of light
does not cross any property line.
7. 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 be made of aware of will
constitute a completely new review.
Reviewed by: Matt Robinson Date: 4/8/11
LAN DSCAPING/STREETSCAPING/BUFFER
1. See planning comment #4
2. Add to the barricade note... "if the required barricades are not in place prior to any activity
and maintained during the construction, barricaded points will be forfeited".
3. FYI, all new plantings are required to be irrigated.
4. 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: Matt Robinson Date: 4/8/11
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.
FIRE
1. Sprinkler and alarm system will be tested before acceptance and prior to CO.
Reviewed by: Steve Smith Date: 4/11/11
Page 2 of 3
ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 1
1. The FDC needs to be facing the fire lane and be unobstructed by landscape or parking.
2. Please show and label all fire hydrants available to serve the site. Verify that the FDC
will be within 150-ft of a fire hydrant.
3. Please label all existing and proposed water and sanitary sewer lines with size and slope
(if applicable).
4. A note should be added with the minimum, average, and maximum water and sanitary
sewer demands.
5. Please provide a note indicating the location of the property with regard to the applicable
FEMA Firm Panel.
6. FYI... Engineering plans and documents are still under review and may affect the site
plan.
Reviewed by: Erika Bridges
Date: 4/11/11
ELECTRICAL COMMENTS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
1. Scope of work shown on plans received does not require additions to or, modifications of
existing CSU electric infrastructure. Electric service will be extended from existing customer
service panel.
2. Is this is in error or if scope of work changes to require additions to, or modifications of
existing CSU electric infrastructure then CSU will require further review of plans and all
comments listed below will apply to this project:
GENERAL ELECTRICAL COMMENTS
1. Developer installs conduit per CSU specq and design.
2. CSU will provide drawings for electrical installation.
3. Developer provides 30' of rigid or IMC conduit for riser poles. CSU installs riser.
4. Developer will intercept existing conduit at designated transformers or other existing devices
and extend as required.
5. If conduit does not exist at designated transformer or other existing devices, developer will
furnish and install conduit as shown on CSU electrical layout.
6. Developer pours electric device pads or footings (i.e. transformers, pull boxes etc) per CSU
specs and design.
7. Developer installs pull boxes and secondary pedestals per CSU specs and design (pull
boxes and secondary pedestals provided by CSU).
8. Developer provides digital AutoCAD 2000 or later version of plat and / or site plan. Email to:
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9. Developer provides load data to CSU as soon as it is available to avoid construction delays.
Delivery time for transformers not in stock is approximately 40 weeks.
10. Final site plan must show all proposed electrical facilities necessary to provide electrical
service, i.e. transformer(s), pull box(es), switchgear(s), meter location and conduit routing as
designed by CSU.
11. To discuss any of the above electrical comments please contact Gilbert Martinez at
979,764.6255.
Reviewed by: Gilbert Martinez Date: 04.06.2011
SANITATION
1. Sanitation is ok with this project.
Reviewed by: Wally Urrutia Date: April 7, 2011