HomeMy WebLinkAbout18213 HRDCs Griffin Village CPUD-DRC Memo June 7 2018
FROM: DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE
RE: HRDC’s GRIFFIN VILLAGE CONCEPT PUD, APPLICATION 18213
DATE: JUNE 7, 2018
Project Description: Concept Planned Unit Development (CPUD) application for new village
including Food Bank, Resource Hub with Warming Center above, 41 detached transitional
housing sleeping units and related site improvements
Project Location: 206 East Griffin Drive
Recommendation: Not applicable to a Zoning Concept PUD application. Code provisions must
be satisfied with submittal of a formal application.
All references are to the Bozeman Municipal Code (BMC), primarily Chapter 38.
PLANNING COMMENTS
Planning Division, Courtney Johnson, cejohnson@bozeman.net, 406-582-2289
Code Provisions
1. The applicant shall submit with the next, formal application for Preliminary PUD Plan review
and approval, a written narrative stating how they have responded to each of these
comments. This narrative shall be in sufficient detail to direct the reviewer to the
appropriate plat, plan, sheet, note, covenant, etc. in the submittal.
2. The PUD must conform to the requirements of the Unified Development Code criteria. A
PUD is a discretionary approval and the review authority must find that the overall
development is superior to that offered by the basic existing zoning standards. See Section
38.430.030., BMC. The obligation to show a superior outcome is the responsibility of the
applicant as conveyed by the PUD design guidelines.
3. Design Objectives and criteria. The design objectives and criteria with which a planned unit
development proposal must comply are dependent upon the designated growth policy
Industrial land use classification and M-1 (Light Manufacturing) zoning district.
4. Phasing of Planned Unit Developments. This proposed three phase PUD application must
follow procedures established for pre-application review as outlined in this division 38.430
for approval of a phased planned unit development. After pre-application review is
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completed, phased PUDs may be proposed in accordance with one of the following
procedures outlined per Section 38.430.070. Please clearly specify which phased PUD
approach this application will be implementing.
5. The Adopted Ordinance No. 1997 (which is Not Yet Codified) to amend the UDC, Chapter
38 of the BMC to add transitional and emergency housing as an authorized use.
a. Proposed transition housing use is allowed as a Permitted Special Use.
b. This use is exempt from parkland dedication requirements per the Adopted
Ordinance No. 1997 (which is Not Yet Codified).
c. Open space requirements per 38.520.060 do apply
6. Please review the Design objectives and PUD review criteria for PUDs within industrial
areas. The subject property’s proposed uses does not place the least intense use along
Griffin Drive (arterial street classification). The Food Bank warehousing activities are
currently located along Griffin Drive and visible from the public, without buffering by the
other uses. (38.430.090.E.2.d).
7. Montana Rail Link and Trail Corridor. Applicant must provide a pedestrian access easement
from Montana Rail Link and complete a Class II Trail Corridor connecting to Rouse Avenue
for the proposed trail access at the south property line. (38.400.110.)
8. Parking Count Analysis. The preliminary plan submittal shall identify the uses to be allowed
in the nonresidential spaces and buildings, both as proposed and for potential future
allowed uses. Parking must be analyzed based upon those uses.
9. Bike and Animal Control. Consider providing significant covered bike parking and potential
secure animal containment areas.
10. Internal Roadway Design is not currently met with this proposed application. Please
provide street trees along both sides of all internal access roads, excluding service drive
area. (38.520.050.D.)
11. Block Frontage in Industrial Zones. Please review the standards for “Other” block frontages
within industrial zones. (38.510.030.H)
a. Please review minimum front setback requirements
b. Please review planting areas between sidewalk and the building, outdoor
storage or parking areas must be at least 20 feet in depth.
12. Please review the new Location and design of service areas and mechanical equipment
(38.520.070). Please review comments and questions from Solid Waste Division.
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a. Where the inside of service enclosures is visible from surrounding streets, pathways,
and buildings, an opaque or semi-opaque horizontal cover or screen must be used to
mitigate unsightly views. (38.520.070.C.1.c).
b. The sides and rear of service enclosures must be screened with landscaping at least five
feet wide in locations visible from the street, parking lots, and pathways to soften views
of the screening element and add visual interest. (38.520.070.C.2).
13. Formal applications for preliminary plan must be submitted within one calendar year of the
date of the comment letter.
Proposed Relaxations
14. Proposed Building Entrance relaxation at least one building entry visible and directly
accessible for the street is required. Departure criteria “…will be considered provided the
alternative proposal meets the intent of the standards…”.
The intent for Other Block Frontages intent is to “…ensure that development frontages
along these streets provide visual interest at all observed scales and meet the design
objectives of the city.”
15. Proposed sidewalk width relaxation for ‘local pathways’ is supported by staff with a
proposed modification. Please provide a minimum 5 foot sidewalk where the ‘pods’ of
sleeping units have a shared pathway. Otherwise if a ‘local pathway’ serves only one
sleeping unit, Staff would be supportive of this proposed 3 foot wide sidewalk relaxation.
Please see Staff modification markup to proposed relaxation below.
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16. Proposed Special Residential Block Frontage Standards relaxations, Staff would be
supportive of this proposed relaxation to support the functions of the two ADA sleeping
units. (38.510.030.J)
17. Proposed Crosswalk relaxation, all crosswalks need to provide a durable contrasting
materials and/or patterns to ensure the resilience of these identifying safety features are
not diminished by continued pedestrian use and snow plowing. Staff would be supportive
of crosswalk painting/artwork in addition to the minimum crosswalk standards.
(38.520.040.C.3)
18. Proposed Open Space relaxation, please provide a detailed narrative how the design team
plans to deviate from review criteria for Staff to evaluate. Ordinance No. 1997 (which is Not
Yet Codified) does exempt parkland dedication requirements but does not exempt for open-
space requirements. (38.520.060)
Planning Advisory Comments
1. Next steps for the subject application review:
Design Review Board (DRB) consideration of the CPUD per Sec. Sec.38.200.010. on June
13, 2018
2. Next steps following completion of this application review, including opportunities
highlighted for recommended concurrent review include:
Prepare and submit a PPUD application that clearly outlines all relaxation requests,
provides draft guidelines and PUD performance point provisions, and incorporates
modifications responsive to CPUD feedback, among other PPUD criteria.
Prepare and submit a FPUD with site plan review. May request concurrent construction
for infrastructure improvements.
ENGINEERING COMMENTS
Engineering Division, Griffin Nielsen, EIT gnielsen@bozeman.net, 406-582-2280
1. The City’s capital improvement plan indicates an upgrade to West Griffin Drive to a City
arterial street standard in fiscal year 2021. The applicant will be required to participate in
that upgrade and will be responsible for the local share of improvements, which consists of
curb and gutter, sidewalk, city standard accesses to the property, and street lights where
adjacent to the property boundary. It appears that the City’s upgrade of Griffin Drive will
occur after the proposed project. The City has a cash-in-lieu of infrastructure (CILI) program
such that a development may pay CILI as an alternative to installing the improvements if the
City has a planned upgrade. The future street section for West Griffin Drive has not yet
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been determined. The applicant may look at possible street sections for arterial streets in
the City’s Transportation Master Plan.
2. Griffin Drive is classified as a minor arterial street as such requires 100 ft. of right-of-way.
Additional right-of-way must be dedicated prior to site plan approval to ensure that 50 ft. of
ROW exists south of the street centerline along the property frontage.
3. The extension of the sewer system must be designed and constructed as to allow for the
future construction of Griffin Drive. Manholes may not be placed within vehicle wheel
paths.
4. The applicant must submit and estimate for the number of peak hour trips to the
engineering department (Griffin Nielsen) to determine is a traffic impact study is required.
5. The applicant must demonstrate that emergency vehicles, City service vehicles (trash trucks
and pumper trucks) and private service vehicles (deliver semi-trucks) have access through
the site. The applicant must include a truck movement analysis with a future application to
demonstrate.
6. The plan indicates a single centrally located trash collection receptacles. The applicant
must demonstrate that is design will effectively serve this proposed development and
demonstrate that trash trucks can still access the full site.
7. Utility service locations and spacing must be approved by both Northwest Energy and
the Water and the Public Works Department. The applicant is encouraged to contact
the water department to discuss the possibility using a master meter for the southern
units.
8. The water and sewer main easement must be extended up to the south east property
boundary to allow for future looping of the water distribution system and possible
extension of the sanitary sewer system. No structures or major landscaping features (trees)
maybe placed with in this easement.
9. The applicant must provide written approval from the railroad from the proposed trail
connection at the southern end of the property prior to a preliminary PUD approval.
10. The applicant must submit detailed plans of the location and construction of the bus
stop for review by the City along with documentation from the bus service approving of
the location and design of the stop prior to site plan approval. In addition the applicant
must obtain an encroachment permit for any structures associated with the stop
(shelter, signs, etc.) prior to preliminary PUD approval.
11. A stormwater drainage/treatment grading plan and maintenance plan for a system
designed to remove solids, silt, oils, grease, and other pollutants must be provided to
and approved with the site plan application. The plan must demonstrate adequate site
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drainage (including sufficient spot elevations), storm water detention/retention basin
details (including basin sizing and discharge calculations, and discharge structure
details), storm water discharge destination, and a storm water maintenance plan. The
approved stormwater maintenance plan must be incorporated into the Owners
Association Documents and submit a copy prior to site plan approval. If the applicants
proposes to utilize stormwater infrastructure and capacity that was created with the
subdivision, the applicant must submit the supporting sections of the subdivision
stormwater report with a site plan application.
12. Fire services line will be required for the proposed food bank. The applicant must
prepare plans and specifications for any fire service line in accordance with the City’s
Fire Service Line Policy. The plans must be prepared by a Professional Engineer and be
provided to and approved by the City Engineer prior to initiation of construction of the
fire service or fire protection system. The applicant must also provide Professional
Engineering services for construction inspection, post-construction certification and
preparation of mylar record drawings. Fire service plans, and domestic services 4” or
larger, must be a standalone submittal, separate from the site plan submittal. City of
Bozeman applications for service must be completed by the applicant.
13. The applicant must contact the City of Bozeman Engineering Department (Brian Heaston) to
obtain an estimate for payment of cash-in-lieu of water rights or to determine if a cash-in-
lieu payment has already been made. Any payment shall be provided in accordance to
Bozeman Municipal Code (BMC) section 38.410.130.
14. The Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks, SCS, Montana Department of
Environmental Quality and Army Corps of Engineer's shall be contacted regarding the
proposed project and any required permits (i.e., 310, 404, Turbidity exemption, etc.) shall
be obtained prior to preliminary PUD approval.
15. If they do not already exist the applicant must provide and file with the County Clerk
and Recorder's office executed Waivers of Right to Protest Creation of Special
Improvement Districts (SID’s) for the following:
a. Street improvements to West Griffin Drive including paving, curb/gutter, sidewalk, and
storm drainage
b. Street improvements to East Griffin Drive including paving, curb/gutter, sidewalk, and
storm drainage
c. Intersection improvements to North 7th Avenue and West Griffin Drive
d. Intersection improvements to North Rouse Avenue and East Griffin Drive
e. Intersection improvements to Manley Road and Griffin Drive
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The applicant may obtain a copy of the template SID waiver from the City Engineering
Department (Griffin Nielsen). The document filed must specify that in the event an SID is
not utilized for the completion of these improvements, the applicant agrees to participate
in an alternate financing method for the completion of said improvements on a fair share,
proportionate basis as determined by square footage of property, taxable valuation of the
property, traffic contribution from the development, or a combination thereof. The
applicant must provide a copy of the SID waiver filed with the County Clerk and Recorder
prior to preliminary PUD approval.
Building Division; Bob Risk brisk@bozeman.net 406-582-2377
1. Building permit applications and plans for review are now submitted to the Building Division
electronically. To be sure that your plans are corrected formatted and organized, please
review the submittal information on our website,
http://www.bozeman.net/Departments/Fire/Building/Apply-for-Building-Permit, or contact
our Permit Coordinator at 406-582-2371) for more information.
Fire Department; Scott Mueller smueller@bozeman.net 406-582- 2353
Water Conservation; Jessica Ahlstrom jahlstrom@bozeman.net 406-582-2265
Stormwater Division; Kyle Mehrens jkmehrens@bozeman.net 406-582-2270
Water and Sewer Division; John Alston jalston@bozeman.net 406-582-3200
Forestry Division; Alex Nordquest; anordquest@bozeman.net 406-582-3205
1. Due to the presence of overhead power along Griffin Drive, it may be impractical or difficult
to plant large canopy trees within the public right-of-way, the requirement for one large
canopy tree for each 50 feet of street frontage may be substituted with two small
ornamental trees per 50 feet of total street frontage. Acceptable small ornamental trees for
use in public rights-of-way are those accepted by the forestry department.
NorthWestern Energy; Cammy Dooley; cammy.dooley@northwestern.com
1. Overhead power lines may require additional building setback in order to provide
clearances. Please contact and discuss further with Northwestern Energy what potential
easements may be required with future development. The following overhead power was
discussed during the DRC meeting:
a. 161 transmission line along Griffin with a 50ft on center easement for future
development
b. 50 KVA overhead along the western property line with a 40ft on center easement
required for future development
Parks and Recreation; Carolyn Poissant; cpoissant@bozeman.net 406-582-2908
Sustainability Division; Natalie Meyer nmeyer@bozeman.net 406-582-2317
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Solid Waste Division; Kevin Handelin khandelin@bozeman.net 406-582-3238
1. A solid waste & recycling plan needs to be provided.
2. Please provide details of the proposed garbage enclosure.
3. Will the housing be using the enclosure or individual garbage totes?
Future Impact Fees: Please note that future building permit applications will require payment of
the required transportation, water, sewer and fire impact fees according to the City of Bozeman
adopted impact fee schedule in place at the time of building permit issuance. If you desire an
estimate of the required impact fees according to current rates please contact the Department
of Community Development and/or visit www.bozeman.net.