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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCorrespondenceC*//"" CITY OF COLLEGE $'rmON Planning d Demlopment Services 1101 Texas Avenue, P.O. Box 9960 College Station, Texas 77842 Phone 979.764.3570 / Fax 979.764.3496 MEMORANDUM April 8, 2008 TO: Alton Ofczarzak, via email: Vicki@oakchb.com ✓ FROM: Jennifer Prochazka, AICP, Senior Planner SUBJECT: HORSE HAVEN ESTATES PH 4 (PP) - Preliminary Plat Staff reviewed the above-mentioned Preliminary Plat as requested. The following page is a list of staff review comments detailing items that need to be addressed. Your project has been placed on the next available Planning and Zoning Commission meeting scheduled for April 17, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1101 Texas Avenue. The agenda and staff report can be accessed at the following web site on Monday the week of the P&Z meeting. http://www.cstx.gov/home/index.asp?page=2481. Please note that a Mylar original of the revised preliminary plat will be required after P&Z approval and prior to processing subsequent final plats. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call me at 979.764.3570. Attachments: Staff review comments cc: Michael Hester, PE, via email: mhester@hester-engr.com ✓ Case file #08-00500060 Home of Texas A & M University STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 2 Project: HORSE HAVEN ESTATES PH 4 (PP) - 08-00500060 PLANNING & ENGINEERING 1. (Repeat Comment) The proposed alignment of the Appomattox intersection (south of Switch Station Road) must meet the criteria for "Intersection Design" on page 5 of the BCS Design Guidelines for Streets. Currently, the street is coming in at an angle creating an acute angle within the collector, seemingly directing traffic to the local street and away from the collector (when traveling south). With the construction documents, you will need to verify that all criteria in the BCS Design Guidelines have been met. 2. (Repeat Comment) As it appears that the subdivision is not proposing detention, the drainage report submitted with the final plat will need to verify the ability for this tract not to detain. If it is determined that detention is required, a new Preliminary Plat will be required. Reviewed by: Jennifer Prochazka & Josh Norton Date: April 7, 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. 2 of 2 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 17, 2008 TO: Alton Ofczarzak, via fax: 979-690-2504 FROM:Jennifer Prochazka, AICP, Senior Planner SUBJECT: HORSE HAVEN ESTATES PH 4 (PP) - Preliminary Plat Staff reviewed the above-mentioned Preliminary Plat as requested. The following page is a list of staff review comments detailing items that need to be addressed. If all comments have been addressed and the following information submitted by Monday, March 31, 2008 at 10:00 a.m., your project will be placed on the next available Planning and Zoning Commission meeting scheduled for April 17, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1101 Texas Avenue. One (1) 24" x 36" copy of the revised Preliminary Plat Nineteen (19) 11" x 17" copies of the revised Preliminary Plat Variance request letters and associated fees Temporary Blanket Easement dedication form Upon receipt of the required documents for the Planning & Zoning meeting, your project will be considered formally filed with the City of College Station. Please note that if all comments have not been addressed, your project will be pulled from the scheduled Planning & Zoning Commission agenda. Your project may be placed on a future agenda once all the revisions have been made and the appropriate fees paid. Once your item has been scheduled for the P&Z meeting, the agenda and staff report can be accessed at the following web site on Monday the week of the P&Z meeting. http://www.cstx.gov/home/index.asp?page=2481. Please note that a Mylar original of the revised preliminary plat will be required after P&Z approval and prior to processing subsequent final plats. If you have any questions or need additional information, please call me at 979.764.3570. Attachments: Staff review comments cc: Michael Hester, PE, via email: mhester@hester-engr.com Case file #08-00500060 STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS NO. 1 Project: HORSE HAVEN ESTATES PH 4 (PP) - 08-00500060 PLANNING 1. The application states that Oversized Participation is requested for Appomattox, Switch Station Road and utilities. Because of the Development Agreement that exists for the Appomattox extension and the zoning conditions placed on the property, OP does not seem appropriate in this case. According to the Development Agreement and rezoning conditions, these are to be the developer's expense. 2. The words "PRELIMINARY PLAT - NOT FOR RECORD" need to be in letters 1/2" high. 3. Please rename "private alley" to "private shared drive." The Subdivision Regulations require that alley rights-of-way be public. 4. Please provide a note that addresses the ownership and maintenance of the access easements. There is concern of how these may function in the future. Unlike private streets, these private drives could never be taken over by the City because there would be insufficient lot depth for the alley right-of-way dedication. 5. Please reconfigure your private access easements so that potential conflicts can be minimized with the private drives and the public streets. You will need to bring the drives out within the block (for example, between lots 73 & 74). They will need to line up across Appomattox, where possible. The private drive in the block with lots 39-53 should line up with Appomattox from coming from Windwood. The private drives may stub out at a maximum length of 100 feet without needing a turnaround. 6. Where are the block numbers? 7. Maximum block length is 1,200 feet. I believe that the face of the block containing Lots 20- 23 & Lots 39-53 exceeds this. Please provide overall block length (including lots in Phase II) for all blocks. In all blocks over 800 feet in length, the Planning & Zoning Commission may require public access easements to break the block. Side street setbacks apply lots adjacent to a pedestrian access way. 8. The Bikeway Master Plan shows a bike path on this property. 9. You have a note on Lot 2 that states that the zoning is A-O. Please revise. 10. As previously discussed, the Subdivision Regulations require street projections to unplatted properties. The City's electrical switch station is unplatted. A variance will need to be requested to this requirement. 11. Please provide right-of-way and pavement diameter at cul-de-sacs. 12. The Subdivision Regulations do not allow acute angle lots (where the front and side lot lines create an acute angle). Lot 74 is an acute angle lot because Appomattox is coming into the property at an angle. The intersection of Appomattox with Horse Shoe should be at 90 degree. 13. Please provide the lot width at the setback for Lots 2 & 3. 14. The Subdivision Regulations do not allow right angle lots (where the side lot line of one lot meets the rear lot line of another lot). Lots 20-23 and Lot 53 are right angle lots. 15. Please show sidewalks (a note has been provided, but I am unsure of the placement) within the subdivision and where they meet with existing sidewalks. 16. Is lot 54 buildable with the number of easements traversing the lot? 17. Note 2 states "Zoned from R-1," please revise, as the property is R-1. 18. Note 7 refers to "White Horse Drive." I do not see this street on the plat. 19. Please provide the scale and number of lots in the title block. 20. The application states 77 lots, but it looks like only 74 are planned. 21. The easements at the rear of lots need to be a combined 20 foot minimum, 10 foot on each lot. 22. There is a line that begins on the plan in the middle of Lot 50 and continues around the block face. What is this? 23. FYI - the easements that are shown as "to be abandoned" must be abandoned before the Final Plat will be processed. 24. The metes & bounds provided do not close (per Michael Travino). 25. Sanitation collection services will be provided from the public street only (per Wally Urrutia, Sanitation Superintendent). Please provide a note to this affect on the plat. 26. Fire service will be provided from the public street only (per Jerry Duffy, Deputy Fire Marshall). Reviewed by: Jennifer Prochazka Date: March 17, 2008 ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 1 1. There are safety concerns related to the location of the rear alley access points in relationship to existing or proposed driveways, please modify. 2. The proposed alignment of Appomattox at the Switch Station intersection does not appear to meet the criteria of "Intersection Design" on page 5 of the BCS Design Guidelines for Streets. 3. The joint rear lot line PUEs need to be 20-ft. 4. FYI - As it appears that the subdivision is not proposing detention, the drainage report submitted with the final plat will need to verify the ability for this tract not to detain. 5. FYI - When designing the drainage for this subdivision, please take into consideration the existing drainage issue at the rear of lots 1 thru 10 of Horse Haven Phase 2. 6. FYI - Several easement abandonment's would be required to be approved by Council before this final plat could go forward. Reviewed by: Josh Norton Date: March 17, 2008 ADDRESSING Rename Bellmont Ct. Belmont already exist on City. Even though spelled different it could still cause confusion with emergency responders. Reviewed by: Mandi Alford Date: 3/12/08 ELECTRICAL COMMENTS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION 1. Developer provides temporary blanket easement for construction purposes. 2. Developer provides easements for electric infrastructure as installed for electric lines (including street lights). GENERAL ELECTRICAL COMMENTS 1. Developer installs conduit per City specs and design. 2. City will provide drawings for conduit installation. 3. Developer provides 30' of rigid or IMC conduit for each riser pole. City installs riser. 4. Developer to intercept existing conduit at designated transformers or devices and extend as required. 5. If conduit does not exist at designated transformer or device, developer to furnish and install conduit as shown on electrical layout. 6. Developer pours transformer/device pad(s) per City specs and design. 7. Developer installs primary pull boxes and secondary pedestals as per City specs and design (pull boxes and secondary pedestals provided by the City). 8. Developer provides digital AutoCAD 2000 or later version of plat and/or site plan. Email to: gmartinez@cstx.gov. 9. Developer to provide load data for project as soon as it becomes available so that transformers and/or other equipment can be sized and ordered. 10. To discuss any of the above electrical comments please contact Gilbert Martinez at 979.764.6255. Reviewed by: Gilbert Martinez Date: 03/18/08 (3/19/2008) Mandi Alford - Fax sent Page 1 From: "Gwfax" <Gwfax@[10.1.0.38]> To: <DGRACE@cstx.gov> Date: 3/19/2008 8:49 AM Subject: Fax sent Attachments: Fax Output File.tif GWFax successfully delivered your fax to Alton Ofczarzak. Fax number: 9796902504 Subject: Horse Haven Estates Ph 4 (PP) Comments (1) Status: (success) Completed: 7:45:00 AM, Wednesday, March 19, 2008 Sent pages: 4 of 4 Duration: 0:01:55 Cost: 25 Account: ID: *no cid* Received CSID: Page 1 of 1 Mandi Alford - Horse Haven Estates Ph 4 (PP) Comments (1) From: Mandi Alford (Deborah Grace-Rosier) To: mhester@hester-engr.com Date: 3/19/2008 8:48 AM Subject: Horse Haven Estates Ph 4 (PP) Comments (1) Attachments: P0021717.DOC Please see attached for comments on the above project. Thanks Mandi Alford "No matter how little money and how few possessions you own, having a dog makes you rich." Louis Sabin Deborah Grace Rosier Staff Assistant City of College Station Planning & Development Services 1101 Texas Avenue College Station, Texas 77840 979-764-3570 Main 979-764-3784 Desk 979-764-3496 Fax dgrace@cstx.gov www.cstx.gov file://C:\Documents and Settings\malford\Local Settings\Temp\XPgrpwise\47EOEBICCity... 3/19/2008 MEMORANDUM March 31, 2008 TO: Jennifer Prochazka, AICP, Senior Planner FROM: Mike Hester, Hester Engineering Co. Jane Kee, IPS Group SUBJECT: HORSE HAVEN ESTATES PH 4 (PP) - Preliminary Plat- 08-00500060 Please find responses to your staff review comments for the above-mentioned Preliminary Plat below as well as the following: One (1) 24"x 36" copy of the revised Preliminary Plat oc_P42- Nineteen (19) 11" x 17" copies of the revised Preliminary Plat Variance request letters and associated fees L41 . (4 Temporary Blanket Easement dedication form 1Y~ PLANNING ,The application states that Oversized Participation is requested for Appomattox, Switch Station Road and utilities. Because of the Development Agreement that exists for the Appomattox extension and the zoning conditions placed on the property, OP does not seem appropriate in this case. According to the Development Agreement and rezoning conditions, a are to be the developer's expense. EOK The words "PRELIMINARY PLAT - NOT FOR RECORD" need to be in letters 1/2" high. ,~r' See Plat 3. Please rename "private alley" to "private shared drive." The Subdivision Regulations require that alley rights-of-way be public. ❑ See Item 4 4. Please provide a note that addresses the ownership and maintenance of the access easements. There is concern of how these may function in the future. Unlike private streets, these private drives could never be taken over by the City because there would be insufficient lot depth for the alley right-of-way dedication. ❑ Access easements have been removed. Staff agreed to give support to our request for driveway access to Appomattox as per previous discussions. If approved by P&Z, private shared drive will not be required. In this case, because of the turns in Appomattox and the short distance of the roadway, driveway access will not be dangerous. According to the former Transportation Planner, the turns in the roadway will slow traffic resulting in movements more like a residential street. The allowance of driveways will also provide more green space in the overall subdivision by eliminating the need for rear access easements to be paved throughout. Backyards will be larger and more conducive to outdoor living and play spaces. 5. Please reconfigure your private access easements so that potential conflicts can be minimized with the private drives and the public streets. You will need to bring the drives out within the block (for example, between lots 73 & 74). They will need to line up across ne. Appomattox, where possible. The private drive in the block with lots 39-53 should line up with Appomattox from coming from Windwood. The private drives may stub out at a maximum length of 100 feet without needing a turnaround. ❑ See Item 4 above. 6. Where are the block numbers? ❑ See Plat 7. Maximum block length is 1,200 feet. I believe that the face of the block containing Lots 20- 23 & Lots 39-53 exceeds this. Please provide overall block length (including lots in Phase II) for all blocks. In all blocks over 800 feet in length, the Planning & Zoning Commission may require public access easements to break the block. Side street setbacks apply lots adjacent to a pedestrian access way. ❑ See attached variance request 8. The Bikeway Master Plan shows a bike path on this property. ❑ The bike plan is out of sync with the t-fare plan. The bike path is shown on a bike plan that was created prior to the amendment of the t-fare plan showing the extension of Appomattox through this property. As a result the intent of the bike plan will now be met with a bike lane along Appomattox for the entire distance through Horse Haven just as it is on the existing sections of Appomattox in Windwood and as it travels south through Raintree and Emerald Forest. 9. You have a note on Lot 2 that states that the zoning is A-O. Please revise. ❑ See plat 10. As previously discussed, the Subdivision Regulations require street projections to unplatted properties. The City's electrical switch station is unplatted. A variance will need to be requested to this requirement. ❑ See attached request 11. Please provide right-of-way and pavement diameter at cul-de-sacs. ❑ See plat 12. The Subdivision Regulations do not allow acute angle lots (where the front and side lot lines create an acute angle). Lot 74 is an acute angle lot because Appomattox is coming into the property at an angle. The intersection of Appomattox with Horse Shoe should be at 90 degree. ❑ Subdivision regulations say acute angles shall be avoided where practical, not that they are not allowed. Where practical they have been avoided and exist only on one lot in order to create a better looking intersection. 13. Please provide the lot width at the setback for Lots 2 & 3. ❑ See Plat 14. The Subdivision Regulations do not allow right angle lots (where the side lot line of one lot meets the rear lot line of another lot). Lots 20-23 and Lot 53 are right angle lots. ❑ Subdivision regulations say "in general, right angles should be avoided". This does not preclude any right angle lots. We feel that in general on this plat right angles have been avoided. The majority of lots are not right angle lots. At street intersection it is impossible to avoid lots with right angles. 15. Please show sidewalks (a note has been provided, but I am unsure of the placement) within the subdivision and where they meet with existing sidewalks. ❑ See plat 16. Is lot 54 buildable with the number of easements traversing the lot? ❑ Yes, it will be a custom design 17. Note 2 states "Zoned from R-1," please revise, as the property is R-1. ❑ See plat 18. Note 7 refers to "White Horse Drive." I do not see this street on the plat. ❑ See plat 19. Please provide the scale and number of lots in the title block. ❑ See plat 20. The application states 77 lots, but it looks like only 74 are planned. ❑ 74 lots is the correct number, please revise the application. 21. The easements at the rear of lots need to be a combined 20 foot minimum, 10 foot on each lot. ❑ See plat 22. There is a line that begins on the plan in the middle of Lot 50 and continues around the block face. What is this? ❑ See plat FYI - the easements that are shown as "to be abandoned" must be abandoned before the Final Plat will be processed. ❑ Descriptions are being prepared by the Surveyor The metes & bounds provided do not close (per Michael Travino). ❑ See plat, this is a preliminary plat and the final plat boundary will be prepared by a Surveyor. 25. Sanitation collection services will be provided from the public street only (per Wally Urrutia, Sanitation Superintendent). Please provide a note to this affect on the plat. ❑ See Item 4 26. Fire service will be provided from the public street only (per Jerry Duffy, Deputy Fire Marshall). ❑ See Item 4 Reviewed by: Jennifer Prochazka Date: March 17, 2008 ENGINEERING COMMENTS NO. 1 1. There are safety concerns related to the location of the rear alley access points in relationship to existing or proposed driveways, please modify. ❑ See Item 4 2. The proposed alignment of Appomattox at the Switch Station intersection does not appear to meet the criteria of "Intersection Design" on page 5 of the BCS Design Guidelines for Streets. ❑ Switch Station is a private road and will have fire box gates 3. The joint rear lot line PUEs need to be 20-ft. ❑ See plat 4-11516 - As it appears that the subdivision is not proposing detention, the drainage report submitted with the final plat will need to verify the ability for this tract not to detain. ❑ The Gander Mountain drainage report states that detention for this tract and the adjacent tracts is not required. The report states that it would be best to release this stormwater to get it out of the way of the upstream storm flow. 5. FYI - When designing the drainage for this subdivision, please take into consideration the existing drainage issue at the rear of lots 1 thru 10 of Horse Haven Phase 2. ❑ Yes, this area will be properly drained 6. FYI - Several easement abandonments would be required to be approved by Council before this final plat could go forward. ❑ Yes, the metes and bounds descriptions are being prepared by a Surveyor. Reviewed by: Josh Norton Date: March 17, 2008 ADDRESSING 1. Rename Bellmont Ct. Belmont already exist on City. Even though spelled different it could still cause confusion with emergency responders. o See Plat Reviewed by: Mandi Alford Date: 3/12/08 ELECTRICAL COMMENTS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE ATTENTION 1. Developer provides temporary blanket easement for construction purposes. o This will be provided when the construction plans are submitted for review. 2. Developer provides easements for electric infrastructure as installed for electric lines (including street lights). GENERAL ELECTRICAL COMMENTS 1. Developer installs conduit per City specs and design. 2. City will provide drawings for conduit installation. 3. Developer provides 30' of rigid or IMC conduit for each riser pole. City installs riser. 4. Developer to intercept existing conduit at designated transformers or devices and extend as required. 5. If conduit does not exist at designated transformer or device, developer to furnish and install conduit as shown on electrical layout. 6. Developer pours transformer/device pad(s) per City specs and design. 7. Developer installs primary pull boxes and secondary pedestals as per City specs and design (pull boxes and secondary pedestals provided by the City). 8. Developer provides digital AutoCAD 2000 or later version of plat and/or site plan. Email to: gmartinez@cstx.gov. 9. Developer to provide load data for project as soon as it becomes available so that transformers and/or other equipment can be sized and ordered. 10. To discuss any of the above electrical comments please contact Gilbert Martinez at 979.764.6255. Reviewed by: Gilbert Martinez Date: 03/18/08