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MEMORANDUM
July 30, 2012
TO: Chad Grauke, via email: info@transitiondesignservice.com
FROM: Jason Schubert, AICP
Principal Planner
SUBJECT: AMERICAN LUBE CENTER (SP/NRA)
Thank you for the submittal of your SITE PLAN - COMMERCIAL and NON-RESIDENTIAL
ARCHITECTURE STANDARDS application. This project will be distributed to staff this week for
their review.
cc: Debbie Bearden, via US Mail
Case file no. 12-00500154 (SP)
Case file no. 12-00500155 (NRA)
1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960
College Station, Texas 77842
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MEMORANDUM
August 7, 2012
TO: Chad Grauke via email: info@transitiondesignservice.com
FROM: Lauren A. Hovde, Staff Planner
SUBJECT: American Lube Center - 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 staffs comments (identify the specific
page that each comment was addressed on or the reason for not addressing the
comment),
Four (4) revised siteAandscape plans,
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
*Planner Not Assigned* at 979.764.3570.
Attachments: Staff review comments
PC: Debbie Bearden via postal mail
Case file #12-00500154
STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1
Project: American Lube Center (SP) — 12-00500154
PLANNING
Please contact me at your convenience to schedule a facilitation meeting.
1. Please increase the scale of the site plan drawing. Detail graphics may be reduced in size
to accommodate this change.
2. A sidewalk must be provided along the private drive, and a 5 feet wide sidewalk must
connect the proposed building to this sidewalk. An additional 5-foot sidewalk is required to
project to the neighboring lot to the north. When the sidewalk crosses a drive aisle, a
crosswalk must be provided. The crosswalk must consist of pavers or stamped/dyed
concrete. It is recommended that you contact the Tower Point developers to get details for
their proposed crosswalks to maintain consistency.
3. Please add the parking island calculation to the site plan. The formula is ((#of interior
parking spaces/15)'180 square feet)). Each parking island must be labeled with its square
footage and must be a minimum of 180 square feet. Each parking row must capped by a
180-square foot end island on both ends.
4. Please provide a detail of the inverted U bike rack (found in the Site Design Standards). Two
racks are required and must be placed at least 3 feet from the building or parking spaces. A
bike rack pad of 9 foot x 6 foot is required.
5. Curbing needs to be cut at crosswalks and ramps.
6. Please move the kiosk details to the Non -Residential Architectural review document.
7. The dumpster enclosure must have an interior clearance of 12 foot x 12 foot. Please
include a detail of the enclosure treatment. The enclosure gate must be able to swing 180
degrees.
8. It does not appear that all fire truck types will be able enter the site from the private drive.
Please label the curb return radii at the driveway entrance and contact the Fire Marshal's
office to discuss this further.
9. The turn -around for the fire lane (between the Lube Center and the Carwash) must be
striped as fire lane. The turn -around needs to be 70 feet deep.
10. Queuing related comments:
a) Please remove the proposed off -set queuing spaces at the Lube Center. Only three are
required per bay.
b) Queuing spaces may not block regular parking spaces.
c) Please provide corporate documentation explaining the number of queuing spaces
necessary for the detailing bay and inspection bay.
d) Spaces must be a minimum of 10 foot x 18.5 feet.
e) Is the proposed carwash automatic or are the vehicles washed by personnel? If washed
by personnel, please provide corporate documentation explaining the number of queuing
spaces necessary.
11. Please label:
a) Drive aisle widths.
b) Driveway throat depth.
c) Driveway width.
d) Distance to Arrington Road from the driveway.
e) Each parking space with a number. (It is currently difficult to determine what is being
proposed as a parking space.)
f) Abutting properties with their ownership information.
g) The public utility easement (PUE) with question marks for the page number (along Hwy
6) as Page 689.
h) The end of the 10-foot PUE on the southern side. This easement also needs to be
labeled with its volume and page number which is V 10533 P46.
i) The front setback from Hwy 6 (40 feet) and the parking setback from Hwy 6 (20 feet). If
vesting is being claimed for setbacks, please indicate that through a note on the site
plan. The rear setback should be labeled from the private drive.
j) Transformer location. A minimum clearance is required around the transformer. Please
contact Gilbert Martinez, Electric, for more information.
k) Fire hydrant location.
I) Building height.
m) The office area (labeled with its square footage) within the service center.
2) Parallel parking spaces must be a minimum of 10 foot x 22 feet.
3) Please identify the box with a dot in the middle that is located in the northeast corner of the
lot and the box in the inspection bay.
4) The curb detail in #4 needs to match #11.
5) Please provide the total square footage of all structures on site (heated and non -heated).
This total is what the parking calculation must be based off.
6) The site plan should be labeled as "Site Plan and Landscape Plan" since the documents
have been combined into one.
12. Please add a note stating that Tower Point Phase 12, Block 2, Lot 4 is part of the Tower
Point Phase 12 building plot (b.), as identified on the approved Preliminary Plat for the
purpose of signage, landscaping, and Non -Residential Architectural Standards for building
plots between 20,000 and 49,000 square feet.
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 be made of aware of will
constitute a completely new review.
Reviewed by: Lauren A. Hovde, Staff Planner Date: August 7, 2012
LANDSCAPING/STREETSCAPING/BUFFER
1. Since the subject lot is part of the Phase 12 building plot, Section 7.9.D.2 of the Unified
Development Ordinance requires that either a berm is provided along State Highway 6
frontage to screen parking areas or that landscape points for the site be doubled.
2. Canopy trees must be 3.5-inch caliper to be worth 300 points toward the landscaping
requirement. FYI... Canopy trees must make up at least 50% of the total point requirement
per Section 7.5.C.4 of the LIDO.
3. Landscaping must be well distributed throughout the site. There is no landscaping provided
on the western side of the property.
4. Streetscape trees must be within 50 feet of the Hwy 6 right-of-way.
Reviewed by: Lauren A. Hovde, Staff Planner Date: August 7, 2012
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.
TXDOT COMMENTS
1. No Comments (access is off system, no anticipated impact)
Reviewed by: Mark Poage, P.E. Date: August 3, 2012
TRANSPORTATION
1. As part of the Tower Point Development specifically accessing Arrington Road, specific
phased traffic mitigation requirements were agreed upon by the developer.
2. Those mitigation requirements for Phase 1 and 2 are specific to Lots 30,31, 32A and 32B.
3. Below is the a description of those requirements:
ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 1
1. Please relocate the proposed flagpole outside of the PUE.
2. In lieu of numerous curb cuts that may erode the adjacent channel, please provide one
or two point discharges via pipe (as they have done on the southern portion of Tower
Point). FYI... Drainage from multiple lots drains across this lot currently and full build -out
drainage conditions should be considered when designing the drainage system for this
site.
3. Label all existing easements with volume and page number.
4. Per electrical department, please submit blanket utility easement.
5. Please provide domestic water and sanitary sewer calculations to verify the average and
maximum demands listed on the site plan.
6. Label the water meter size and the private water and sewer line sizes and materials.
7. Please add a note indicating the building size, construction type, and whether or not it
will be sprinkled.
8. Please provide a fire flow letter indicating the required fire flow for this development per
the International Fire Code.
9. Add a note indicating that this development is within the Spring Creek Sanitary Sewer
Impact Fee Area.
10. Cleanouts are required at each directional change on the sanitary sewer line.
11. Please show and label the minimum 2-ft proposed contours.
12. The water reclamation line needs to be removed from the PUE. Also, this line should be
shown between the tank and building.
13. Please add note regarding the necessity for the TCEQ Stormwater Discharge
Exemption.
14. Please provide letters indicating that this development is in compliance with the overall
master water, sanitary sewer, and drainage designs provided by the developer.
15. FYI... The site plan will not be approved until the construction plans for the required right
turn lane (that the developer agreed to in the Traffic Mitigation Plan) are approved. CO
will not be issued until the required traffic mitigation is complete.
16. FYI ... All infrastructure being constructed along the private drive by the developer will
need to be complete and accepted prior to issuance of CO for this project.
17. Please provide a Grading and Erosion Control Plan including spot elevations throughout
the parking lot.
18. Please provide an NOI.
Reviewed by: Erika Bridges Date: August 7, 2012
ELECTRICAL COMMENTS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
SITE PLAN/PLAT: Developer will provide CSU with a digital, AutoCAD dwg format, version
of plat and / or site plan as soon as it is available. Email to: gmartinez(cD_cstx.gov.
LOAD DATA: The developer will provide load data to CSU as soon as it is available. This
information is critical for CSU to accurately determine the size of transformer, and other
equipment, required to provide service to the project. Failure to provide load data will result
in construction delays and, due to clearance requirements, could affect the final building
footprint. Delivery time for transformers and other equipment not in stock is approximate 26
weeks.
EASEMENTS: Developer provides temporary blanket easement for construction purposes
and upon completion of project must provide descriptive easements for electric infrastructure
as designed by CSU.
If possible all electric facilities will be designed within existing easements as shown on site
plan dated July 2012. No easement is required for electric service from transformer location
to meter location.
GENERAL ELECTRICAL COMMENTS
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 each riser conduit. CSU installs riser.
4. Developer pours electric device pads or footings, i.e. transformers, pull boxes, or other
device, per CSU specs and design.
5. Developer installs pull boxes per CSU specs and design, Pull boxes provided by CSU.
6. Final site plan must show all proposed electrical facilities necessary to provide electrical
service, i.e. transformers, pull boxes, or switchgears, all meter locations, and conduit routing
as designed by CSU.
7. To discuss any of the above electrical comments please contact Gilbert Martinez at
979.764.6255.
Reviewed by: Gilbert Martinez Date: August 3, 2012
FIRE
1) No combustibles will be allowed on site until all-weather roads and fire hydrants have been
accepted by the City.
2) FYI ... A site plan shall not show any part of a structure over one hundred and fifty feet (150)
from an approved access road.
3) If a fire lane extends more than one hundred feet (100'), an approved turn -a -round or "T" will
be required.
4) FYI... No more than a six percent (6%) grade is allowed on any length of fire lanes.
5) FYI... Fire lanes will be constructed using the "Fire Apparatus Turning Radius Template" and
have a fire lane sign at the entrance. Curbs to be marked "Fire lane, No Parking, Tow Away
Zone" with a minimum of four (4") letters.
6) A "Knox Box" security key system is required on all buildings and a Knox Switch is required
on all gated entrances. It does not appear that any gated entrances are proposed. Please
contact me if this information changes.
7) Commercial construction requires a fire hydrant within three hundred feet (300) from the
main entrance and within four hundred and fifty feet (450') from any part of a structure. Afire
hydrant was not shown on the plans.
8) F.D.C. locations will be within one hundred and fifty feet (150) of a fire hydrant and located
on the "road side" of a structure. It has not been indicated that the building it sprinkled nor
that an FDC is necessary. Please contact me if this information changes.
9) Aerial Access Easement Roads having a twenty-six foot (26') width are required on
structures thirty feet (30) or more in height. The building height was not provided on the site
plan.
Reviewed by: Eric Dotson Date: August 2, 2012
SANITATION
1. Access areas shall be a minimum of 20 feet in width throughout the property.
2. Approach to dumpster pad will require Sanitation collection vehicle to go against traffic.
Please revise the site plan to enable two-way traffic to access the dumpster.
Reviewed by: Wally Urrutia Date: August 6, 2012
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MEMORANDUM
September 11, 2012
TO: Chad Grauke via email: info@transitiondesignservice.com
FROM: Lauren A. Hovde, Staff Planner
SUBJECT: American Lube Center - Tower Point - 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
Four (4) revised site / landscaping plan.
Easement Dedication Sheet for blanket easement
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: Debbie Bearden via postal mail
Case file #12-00500154
STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 2
Project: American Lube Center - Tower Point - 12-00500154
PLANNING
1. Please dimension the crosswalks and provide a detail of the crosswalk stamping pattern.
The crosswalk that connects to the lot just north of the subject property needs to be 5
feet wide. The crosswalk/sidewalk along the private drive should extend to the southern-
most point of the property line. There should be a ramp on the north -side of this same
crosswalk.
2. All parking islands must each be minimum of 180 square feet in area and must extend
the length of the abutting parking space. As a side note, I only see 16 interior parking
spaces instead of 19 as shown. If so, this reduces the required amount of island square
footage.
3. A curb needs to be added along the sidewalk next to the kiosk.
4. The dumpster enclosure must have a 12-foot x 12-foot clearance inside the bollards.
The gate cannot swing 180 degrees because it will interfere with a parking space.
Please revise this situation or propose an alternative to Sanitation.
5. Please revise the center stripe of the parallel parking spaces to not extend into the
driveway.
6. The driveway curb cut and transformer are shown outside the bounds of the subject
property.
7. Please label the detention pond lot to the south with the zoning, platting information, and
property owner's information.
8. Please label the driveway width and number the inspection bay parking space like the
other parking spaces.
9. Queuing spaces cannot block traditional parking spaces. Therefore the detail shop can
have only 4 defined spaces shown.
10. The landscape points can be reduced because there is actually only 59.19 feet of
frontage along SH 6. This will require 1,385 points total.
11. The office space within the building has not been defined but it appears that all of the car
wash is designated as office. The side areas of the car wash need to be calculated for
parking.
12. Please clarify why the curb on Detail 4 needs to be different from Detail 11.
13. The front setback is measured from the property line. This will not affect any buildings
but it needs to be adjusted.
14. 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: Lauren A. Hovde, Staff Planner Date: September 9, 2012
ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 2
1. Since the developer is installing storm sewer along the private drive, could you not tie into
that line (at least with partial site drainage)? If not, we need a grading plan with spot
elevations, flowlines, contours, showing the direction of sheet flow, etc.
2. (Repeat) Label all existing easements with volume and page number. Please label the
easement along the private drive with volume & page number.
3. (Repeat) Per electrical department, please submit blanket utility easement. It does not
look like this area was covered by the previously dedicated blanket easement.
4. (Repeat) Please provide domestic water and sanitary sewer calculations to verify the
average and maximum demands listed on the site plan.
• The fixture units and demands need to be from the 2012 International Plumbing Code.
• Please provide justification for the 12 gal/car water demand for the carwash.
5. (Repeat) Label the water meter size and the private water and sewer line sizes and
materials.
• There is typically one water meter per building. What is the reasoning for using a
single meter?
• The meter size may need to be revised depending on revised fixture units/demands.
6. (Repeat) Please add a note indicating the building size, construction type, and whether or
not it will be sprinkled. Please label the construction type.
7. (Repeat) Please provide a fire flow letter indicating the required fire flow for this
development per the International Fire Code. The developer provided a water report for
their design, but each individual development still needs to provide a short letter
indicating what the fire flow requirement will be based on the 2012 International Fire
Code. This is information that was not known at the time of the developer's report, so
it needs to be verified with each site development that there are sufficient fire
hydrants/fire flow to serve the site.
8. (Repeat) Please show and label the minimum 2-ft proposed contours. These need to be
included on the site plan.
9. (Repeat) Please provide a Grading and Erosion Control Plan including spot elevations
throughout the parking lot. This was not included in the submittal.
10. (Repeat) Please provide an NOI. This was not included in the submittal.
Reviewed by: Erika Bridges Date: September 11, 2012
ELECTRICAL COMMENTS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
1. REPEAT: SITE PLAN/PLAT: Developer will provide CSU with a digital, AutoCAD dwg
format, version of plat and / or site plan as soon as it is available. Email to:
g ma rti nez(cDcstx.gov.
2. REPEAT: LOAD DATA: The developer will provide load data to CSU as soon as it is
available. This information is critical for CSU to accurately determine the size of transformer,
and other equipment, required to provide service to the project. Failure to provide load data
will result in construction delays and, due to clearance requirements, could affect the final
building footprint. Delivery time for transformers and other equipment not in stock is
approximate 26 weeks.
Note: l have preliminary load data projecting 1800 amp service with 2771480 voltage.
3. REPEAT: EASEMENTS: Developer provides temporary blanket easement for construction
purposes and upon completion of project must provide descriptive easements for electric
infrastructure as designed by CSU.
4. Electric facilities have been designed within existing easements as shown on site plan dated
July 2012. No easement is required for electric service from transformer location to meter
location.
GENERAL ELECTRICAL COMMENTS
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 each riser conduit. CSU installs riser.
4. Developer pours electric device pads or footings, i.e. transformers, pull boxes, or other
device, per CSU specs and design.
5. Developer installs pull boxes per CSU specs and design, Pull boxes provided by CSU.
6. Final site plan must show all proposed electrical facilities necessary to provide electrical
service, i.e. transformers, pull boxes, or switchgears, all meter locations, and conduit routing
as designed by CSU.
7. To discuss any of the above electrical comments please contact Gilbert Martinez at
979.764.6255.
Reviewed by: Gilbert Martinez Date: August 31, 2012