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1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
MEMORANDUM
October 6, 2011
TO: Glenn Thomas, via email: benchmarkhomesbcs(a)hotmail.comv/
FROM: Jason Schubert, AICP
Principal Planner
SUBJECT: VAN STAVERN VET 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:
The application needs to be signed by the applicant.
Please be aware that if this application is not completed before Monday, November 28, 2011
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: Neil Van Stavern , DVM, via email: vanstavertla(a)msn.com�
M-M Design, Steve Musser, via fax 979.694.7029
Case file No. 11-00500154
Case file No. 11-00500155
1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
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FROM: Jason Schubert, AICP
Principal Planner
SUBJECT: VAN STAVERN VET ADDITION (SP)
Thank you for the submittal of the requested information for your SITE PLAN - COMMERCIAL
application. This project will be distributed to staff next week for their review.
cc: Neil Van Stavern , DVM, via email: vanstave(cr msn.com✓
M-M Design, Steve Musser, via fax 979.694.7029
Case file no. 11-00500154
Case file No. 11-00500155
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MEMORANDUM
October 17, 2011
TO: Glenn Thomas via email: benchmarkhomesbcs(aDhotmail.com✓ \
FROM: Morgan Hester, Staff Planner
SUBJECT: Van Stavern Vet 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);
Seven (7) complete sets of site civil 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) 11 x1 7 grading and erosion control plan;
Easement Dedication Sheet and required documents (please note that the Site
Plan will not be stamped approved until the Blanket Easement, or all other
appropriate easements, have been dedicated to the City of College Station).
OR
Four (4) revised site and one (1) landscaping plan;
$ Parkland Dedication fees prior to issuance of a building permit;
Easement Dedication Sheet and required documents (please note that the Site
Plan will not be stamped approved until the Blanket Easement, or all other
appropriate easements, have been dedicated to the City of College Station).
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
Lauren Hovde at 979.764.3570.
Attachments: Staff review comments
PC: Neil Van Stavern via email: vanstave@msn.com/
Case file #11-00500154
STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1
Project: Van Stavern Vet Addition (SP)—11-00500154
PLANNING
1. Please label all existing easements. This includes a 60' Access and Parking Easement
along the SW property line, a 30' Access Easement along the SE property line, and a 35'
Access and Utility Easement along the NE property line.
2. Please provide the volume and page number for all existing easements.
3. FYI — if parking is being altered, bicycle parking needs to be provided.
4. Please show building square footage and height on the site plan.
5. Please label all surrounding roads to determine orientation and location of the ROW.
6. Page 3 of the application needs to be filled out, and pages 4,6, and 7 are missing from the
application. Please complete.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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: Morgan Hester, Staff Planner
Date: October 17, 2011
LANDSCAPING/STREETSCAPING/BUFFER
1. 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: Morgan Hester, Staff Planner Date: October 17, 2011
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.
Page 3 of 4
COMMENTS NO. 1
1. Please show & label erosion control measures on site.
2. Please label all existing easements with volume and page number.
3. Label the existing 60-ft Access & Parking Easement along the southwestern property
line.
4. Label the existing 30-ft Access Easement along the southeastern property line.
5. Label the existing 35-ft Access & Public Utility Easement along the northeastern property
line.
6. Please show and label all the water, sanitary sewer, and electrical infrastructure on site.
Reviewed by: Erika Bridges
Date: 10/12/11
ELECTRICAL COMMENTS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
1. Site Plan submitted does not show any changes required to existing electrical infrastructure.
2. Site Plan submitted does not show any required new or additional electrical infrastructure.
3. Developer provides CSU with load data for new structures so that existing transformer and
service can be evaluated for adequate capacity. Email to: gmartinez@cstx.gov.
GENERAL ELECTRICAL COMMENTS (if applicable)
1. Developer installs conduit per CSU specs 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:
gmartinez@cstx.gov.
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: 10.14.2011
SANITATION
1. No comments.
Reviewed by: Wally Urritia Date: October 17, 2011
1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496
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November 28, 2011
TO: Glenn Thomas, via email: benchmarkhomesbcs@hotmail.com
FROM: Morgan Hester, Staff Planner
SUBJECT: Van Stavern Vet 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. 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 $932 processing fee will need to be submitted for the subsequent set of
three (3) reviews. 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
Seven (7) complete sets of site civil 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)
Four (4) revised site plans
One (1) landscaping plan
One (1) 1 1x1 7 grading and erosion control 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 call me
at 979.764.3570.
Attachments: Staff review comments
cc: Neil Van Stavern, via email: vanstave@msn.com
Case -file #11-00500154
STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 2
Van Stavern Vet Addition (SP) - 11-00500154
PLANNING
1. Per the Site Plan Minimum Requirements check list, please include the following in the
Title Block:
• Name, address, location, and legal description
• Name address, and telephone number of applicant
• Name address, and telephone number of developer/owner
• Total site area (to coincide with what is provided on the plan).
Additionally, please label the ownership and current zoning of parcel and all abutting parcels.
2. Due to the addition of Phase 3, the landscape counts have changed. Please bubble this
change in the plant list as well.
3. The easements along the existing private access road include a 15' utility easement.
Please revise.
4. 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: Morgan Hester, Staff Planner Date: November 28, 2011