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April 21, 2021
City of Bozeman
Community Development Department
20 E. Olive Street
PO Box 1230
Bozeman, MT 59771
RE: Site Plan Review for UPS Bozeman Parcel Distribution Facility
Dear Planning & Development Review Committee,
This application is for a Site Plan Review by the City’s Development Review Committee (DRC). Included in the
submittal are the required application form (A1) and the required accompanying plans and documents.
1. General Information:
a. Name of Project: UPS Bozeman, Montana - Parcel Distribution Facility
b. Project Zoning: M1
c. Adjacent Uses: Vacant to the east and south, Gallatin County jurisdiction to the north and
west.
d. Project Legal Description / Location: Lot1 & Lot 27, Block 6, Nelson Meadows Subdivision,
SE¼ Section 22, Township 1 South, Range 5 East, P.M.M City of Bozeman, County of Gallatin,
State of Montana.
Property is currently 9.28 acres of undeveloped land generally located north of Frontage Rd
and West of Nelson Road on the North Western edge of Bozeman.
2. Project Narrative:
a. Design Intent – Inspired by the local environment, the building and site design will derive
color and material selections from the regional character of Gallatin County. The project aims
to respond to the Bozeman community and local landscape, merging the critical need for
shipping goods and site reclamation. Before the land use of the site was agricultural, it is
probable that native prairie and meadow grasses covered the property. Today package
delivery is an essential industry to both residents and business owners of the Bozeman
economy. This project proposes to connect the native site features of the Gallatin Valley to
the design of the distribution facility by utilizing attractive materials and textures that
complement both architectural and site design elements. Drawing from site inspiration and
the guidelines of the subdivision and city, the project aspires to achieve community
enrichment through design.
b. Project Goals – The goal of this project is to consolidate two existing UPS operation locations
in Bozeman. The existing project sites include the current package distribution center and
customer counter at 95 Simmental Way as well as an additional location located on Maus
Lane. The purpose of the Maus Lane location was originally to accommodate the additional
demand during the peak season around the December holidays. Since the COVID-19
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pandemic began, both facilities have been operating beyond full capacity and a new, larger
distribution center has become an absolute priority.
The consolidation of existing uses will be beneficial to the environment by reducing vehicle
miles traveled, reducing energy consumption using new technologies, and by allowing the
city to correct non-compliant, grandfathered land uses, as the vacated sites develop in the
future.
c. Project Time Frame – Construction of the project will begin as soon as possible after city
approval is granted and building permit is obtained. The duration of construction is
anticipated to last one full construction season, or two partial construction seasons with a
winter shutdown on civil activities. In efforts to alleviate the over allocation existing UPS
operations, the new facility would ideally be in operation prior to peak season (December)
2021.
d. Proposed Uses –
i. Package Distribution Area – Employees will unload trailers, and packages will be
sorted for local delivery. Conveyor equipment will be designed with sorting and
loading stations in the main portion of the open building. This area is divided
between the two tasks and noted on the plans as Unload Bays and Package Loading.
ii. Customer Counter – Customer service counter for package pickup and point of sale.
This space will have typical business finishes and lighting and will the main entrance
for the public into the building.
iii. Automotive Shop – Employees perform daily inspections of their vehicles before
leaving the facility, if issues are noted minor repairs would be made in the
Automotive Shop. This area will be enclosed to minimize the transfer of sound to the
adjacent open portions of the building.
iv. Employee office, bathrooms, locker rooms, etc. – Adjacent to the main building entry
at the Customer Counter are the other building core spaces. Locker and restrooms
are connected spaces in the middle of the core. Offices for managers, support staff
and security are located on the main floor and the mezzanine space with typical
office finishes and lighting. The mezzanine will also house the server room.
e. Site Improvements –
i. Earthwork/paving - Portions of the currently vacant site will be cleared of vegetation,
graded, and receive asphalt and concrete in areas surrounding the proposed
building. A drive approach will be installed both from Royal Wolf Way and Prince
Lane to provide circulation of traffic through the site.
ii. Landscaping – The overall strategy for the landscape design is to celebrate the
regional ecosystem by mimicking natural processes and native plant communities as
the main concept behind screening and softening the appearance of vehicular areas,
installing diverse plant species in daylit stormwater facilities, and creating a
welcoming presence along the streetscape and at the site entries. Hydroseeding will
be installed on all disturbed areas. Street trees and drought tolerant grasses will be
placed in the existing boulevards. Appropriate container plants and grass seed
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species will be chosen to stabilize and respond to the function of stormwater
management areas. Landscape beds will be composed to create inviting pedestrian
and vehicular entries. Landscape screening will surround the parking and service
areas as needed to create an appealing appearance from the streetscape and
adjacent properties. With a relatively flat topography, the landscape design will focus
on prairie/meadow style plantings to reclaim the disturbed land by establishing a
native grass community, and deciduous shrubs and evergreens will be used for
screening. All irrigation is proposed to be drawn from the domestic water connection.
iii. Utilities - Domestic water and sanitary sewer service lines have been stubbed into the
property from the City of Bozeman municipal system. Two individual water lines will
be extended to the proposed building for domestic water/irrigation supply and fire
protection supply. Sanitary sewer will exit the building in two locations. One location
will be domestic wastewater from the employee restrooms and the other will be from
the internal floor drains within the building. These floor drains will be routed through
sand traps inside the building as well as a sand/oil interceptor located on the exterior
of the building. The two waste lines will be combined before connecting to the sewer
service stubbed into the property.
iv. Stormwater – The developed site will be graded to drain stormwater on the surface
to stormwater retention ponds sized in accordance with current City of Bozeman
design standards. The stormwater system will be designed as to not adversely impact
downstream properties from flooding.
f. Building – The program for this building and the site zoning are well matched in the
development. The form and articulation of the building strikes a balance between the various
design inputs of form, function, aesthetic, and energy efficiency. The main entry has a canopy
for weather protection and to aid in wayfinding for visitors. Articulation in building form and
repetition of openings and finish colors are being used to break up the south and east
façades. Exterior materials will be metal siding in natural tones and glazing that respond to
the city and subdivision guidelines. The metal siding will create the layered level of interest
noted in the UDC and Nelson Meadows design guide by communicating the repetition of the
structure with openings and material color from afar and a finer level of detail in the panel
pattern and texture up close. Building articulation has been focused on the south and east
façades as the main street frontage while the other facades are more industrial as mentioned
in the Nelson Meadows Design Standards and Guidelines.
g. Parking Demand – The “Manufacturing and Industrial Uses” type from Table 38.540.050-3 in
the City of Bozeman Unified Development Code was used to calculate the total number of
required standard parking stalls for this proposed development. See the cover page of the
drawing set for the parking table which outlines the number of required parking stalls and
the number of parking stalls proposed in the development drawings. No adjustments to City
of Bozeman minimum requirements are being requested. All the required parking is
accommodated on-site with no on-street parking necessary. Additional parking is provided
for the use of tractors/trailers, dollies, and package cars.
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Handicapped/Accessible parking will be provided in accordance with ADA standards. This will
include 1 van accessible stall and loading zone as well as three standard ADA stalls. These
stalls will be located nearest the customer counter entrance of the building.
Sincerely,
Adam Schlegel,
Civil Engineer