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Home My WebLink About19436 DRC Letter - Responses - 06-23-2020June 23, 2020 Sarah Rosenberg, Associate Planner City of Bozeman Department of Planning and Community Development P.O. Box 1230 Bozeman, MT 59771-1230 Re: Bozeman Gateway Ph 4 Subdivision Preliminary Plat Resubmittal COB#: 19436 MMI#: 3638.009 Dear Sarah: This letter is to provide written responses to the comments stated in the DRC review memo dated April 7, 2020. Below are our responses associated with each comment. DRC COMMENTS: Project Description: A Subdivision Pre-Application to create a Major Subdivision 17 lots, 5 common areas and 3 open space areas. Project Location: Remainder tracts of Tract 2A of the Amended Plat of West College, Minor Subdivision Number 195.A. Recommendation: Staff finds the application to be inadequate for continued review. There are some minor comments from Engineering in the attached memo. However, since Phase 4 does not match with the approved PUD Development Manual, the modification application (20051) needs to be approved to reflect these changes prior to approval of the preliminary plat. SECTION 2 – CODE CORRECTIONS ENGINEERING COMMENTS, ANNA RUSSELL, ARUSSELL@BOZEMAN.NET: See attached comments dated April Engineering comment responses are included along with this resubmittal. SECTION 3 – CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL Ensure that the certificates or notes within the condition of approval are noted on the next submission of the preliminary plat. 1. The applicant must add a note to the Conditions sheet of the plat to the effect that the subdivision and its future uses and development are coordinated with the Bozeman Gateway PUD and special restrictions may apply. Please see the Bozeman Gateway Development Manual for the PUD for further details. The note has been added to Fig 2 in the conditions section of the plat. 2. The plat shall conform to all requirements of the Bozeman Municipal Code and the Uniform Standards for Subdivision Plats (Uniform Standards for Certificates of Survey and Subdivision Plats (24.183.1104 ARM) and shall be accompanied by all required documents, including certification from the City Engineer that as-built drawings for public improvements were received, a platting certificate, and all required and corrected certificates. The Final Plat application shall include three (3) signed reproducible copies on a 3 mil or heavier stable base polyester film (or equivalent); two (2) digital copies; one (1) PDF copy; and five (5) paper prints. The Gallatin County Clerk & Recorder’s office has elected to continue the existing medium requirements of 2 mylars with a 1½” binding margin on one side for both plats and COS’s. The Clerk and Recorder will file the new Conditions of Approval sheet as the last same sized mylar sheet in the plat set. Acknowledged 3. The applicant is advised that unmet code provisions, or code provisions that are not specifically listed as conditions of approval, does not, in any way, create a waiver or other relaxation of the lawful requirements of the Bozeman Municipal Code or state law. Acknowledged 4. The final plat and all associated improvements must be completed consistent with the application as submitted except where required to be changed by the City of Bozeman. Acknowledged 5. The applicant must submit with the application for Final Plat review and approval, a written narrative stating how each of the conditions of preliminary plat approval and noted code provisions have been satisfactorily addressed, and must include a digital copy (pdf) of the entire Final Plat submittal. This narrative must in sufficient detail to direct the reviewer to the appropriate plat, plan, sheet, note, covenant, etc. in the submittal. Acknowledged 6. The final plat must contain the following notation on the conditions of approval sheet of the final plat: “The responsibility for the maintenance of the stormwater facilities and associated landscaping in the open space lots and street frontage landscaping for the perimeter streets must be that of the property owners’ association. Maintenance responsibility must include the functioning of the stormwater facilities, all vegetative ground cover, boulevard trees and irrigation systems in the public right-of-way boulevard strips along all external perimeter development streets and any vegetative ground cover and landscaping on the open space lots. The property owners’ association must be responsible for levying annual assessments to provide for the maintenance, repair, and upkeep of all perimeter street frontage landscaping and open space lots and stormwater facilities. The perimeter streets of this subdivision include Garfield Street, Harmon Stream Boulevard, and Technology Boulevard. The note has been added to Fig 2 in the conditions section of the plat. 7. The final plat must provide all necessary utility easements and they must be described, dimensioned and shown on each subdivision block of the final plat in their true and correct location. Acknowledged 8. Realty transfer certificates must be provided for transfer of any platted tract to the City or other entity in association with filing of the final plat. Acknowledged 9. Simultaneously with filing of the final plat, in conjunction with required or offered dedications, the subdivider (or owner of the property being subdivided if the owner is not the subdivider) shall transfer ownership to the property owner’s association of all any open space proposed to be conveyed to the property owner’s association and all its right, title, and interest in any improvements made to such parkland or open space. For the transfer of real property, the subdivider or owner of the property shall submit with the application for final plat a warranty deed or other instrument acceptable to the City Attorney transferring fee simple ownership to the property owner’s association and associated realty transfer certificate. The subdivider or owner of the property must record the deed or instrument at the time of recording of the final plat. For personal property installed upon open space owned by the property owner’s association, the subdivider shall provide an instrument acceptable to the City Attorney transferring all its rights, title and interest in such improvements including all applicable warranties to such improvements. Acknowledged 10. A notice prepared by the City shall be filed concurrently with the final plat so that it will appear on title reports. It shall read substantially as follows: Lots within the Bozeman Gateway Subdivision Phase 4 are subject to specific design standards and unique building setbacks from property lines. These standards may be found in Bozeman Gateway Development Manual. Lot owners are advised that these are specific to the Bozeman Gateway Subdivision and are in place of the general development standards of the City of Bozeman Zoning. If a development standard is not specifically established in the Bozeman Gateway Subdivision approval documents the general standards of the City apply. Modification of the special standards would require an amendment to the Bozeman Gateway Planned Unit Development. Modifications are strongly discouraged. It is the obligation of the lot owner to be fully informed as to these standards before beginning any home or site design process. Approval by the design review entity established in the covenants of the development does not bind the City of Bozeman to approve a construction plan. Acknowledged If you should have any questions regarding these comments, revisions and corrections for the Bozeman Gateway Phase 4 Preliminary Plat don’t hesitate to contact me, _____________________________ James A. Ullman, PE Project Manager