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Home My WebLink About004DepartureRequestCivil ● Geotechnical ● Water Resources ● Land Surveying ● Construction Services Corporate Office 32 Discovery Dr. Bozeman, MT 59718 Ph: (406) 582‐0221 www.alliedengineering.com DUNS: 00‐769‐3724 CAGE: IGHU7 May 9, 2022 Susana Montana, Senior Planner 20 East Olive Street Bozeman, MT 59715 Phone: 406‐582‐2260 Email: smontana@bozeman.net RE: Nikles Business Park – Lot 3A of Amended McChesney Industrial Park Subdivision Departure Request – 10‐foot Block Frontage Landscape Buffer Dear Susana: The subject property is located at the southwest corner of the intersection of Nikles Drive and Evergreen Drive. The proposed site improvements will involve construction of two office buildings and associated parking. The subject property is within the M‐2 zoning district and is designated as “Other” Block Frontage along both Nikles Drive and Evergreen Drive. The “Other” BF requires a 10‐foot landscaped buffer between the street and off‐street parking areas meeting the standards of BMC 38.550. The purpose of this memo is to request a departure from the block frontage landscape buffer requirement to allow for a reduced setback from the property line. A site plan application was previously submitted, and comments provided. A departure request was submitted as part of the previous application. The original departure request intended to use the existing landscape area located between Evergreen Drive and the subject property to meet the landscape screening requirements. Comments from the City indicated that for safety purposes, the existing landscaping did not adequately screen headlight glare from parked vehicles. The departure request was conditionally granted with the condition that an adequate landscape buffer would be provided on the site to accommodate a densely planted Evergreen vegetative screen. As part of the condition, the plantings were required to be Evergreen shrubs at least 4‐ft in height at planting and densely planted to screen headlight glare from on‐coming motorist on Evergreen drive. The landscape architect had concerns about the difficulty/feasibility of meeting the 4‐ft planting height requirement noted in the conditional approval. A new alternate design has been proposed and is discussed further below. Departure Narrative: Evergreen Drive is entirely within the M‐2 industrial zone and is classified as a private street with public access. An existing landscape area consisting of an approximately 10 to 15‐ft wide landscape bed is located along the site’s frontage with Evergreen Drive. The existing vegetation consists of mature ash, evergreen, and conifer trees. The proposed parking lot is set back 3‐ft from the east property boundary and is approximately 20‐ft from the Evergreen street surface at its nearest location. A 4‐ft tall vinyl fence is proposed to shield the parking lot from the adjacent road. The fence will be located on‐site, 2‐ft from the proposed parking lot curbing to provide space for vehicle overhang. We feel that the intent of the Nikles Business Park – Lot 3A of Amended McChesney Industrial Park Subdivision Departure Request – 10‐foot Block Frontage Landscape Buffer Proj. 21‐076 May 9, 2022 Bozeman Office: 32 Discovery Drive. Bozeman, Montana 59718. ● Ph: (406) 582‐0221 ● Fax: (406) 582‐5770 Page 2 required 10‐foot block frontage landscape buffer will be accomplished via the existing landscaping and any improved landscaping within the street right‐of‐way. To mitigate the previously noted concerns of headlight glare, a 4‐ft tall opaque fence is proposed along the east edge of the parking lot. Both the existing landscaping and proposed fence create a visual transition between the street and the site’s surface parking lot and properly mitigates headlight glare onto Evergreen Drive. We anticipate that approximately 9 trees will need to be removed from the existing landscape area due to poor health (trunk splitting) or conflicts with the proposed improvements (drive aisles and associated grading). The existing landscape edging, fabric, and mulch will be removed and replaced as part of the landscaping improvements. Any areas disturbed by grading will be reseeded. An exhibit demonstrating the existing extents of landscaping and proposed fencing are included with the departure request. The proposed landscaping plan (including additional improvements to the landscaping within the street right‐of‐way) is also included. Sincerely, Allied Engineering Services, Inc. Madeline Good, EI Staff Engineer enc: ‐ Landscape Departure Exhibit ‐Proposed Landscaping Plan P:\2021\21‐076 Stillwater Hospice\04 Permitting & Entitlements\Departure\Departure Narrative.docx NICKLES DRIVEEXISTING PARKING LOTGILKERSON DRIVERIPARIANSEED MIXRETENTION POND(SNOW STORAGE)PROPOSED SIDEWALKPROPOSEDBUILDINGPROPERTY LINE 99.96' PR O P E R T Y L I N E 1 7 1 . 8 1 'PROPERTYLINE 168.71'PROPERTYLINE 93.89'DI T C HDITCHDITCH IRRIGATED TURFEXISTING FESCUE MIXEVERGREEN DRIVEPROPERTYLINE 363.02'SNOW STORAGE3.0 RESEED ANY AREAS DISTURBEDBY GRADINGEXIST. LANDSCAPE EDGING, FABRIC, AND MULCH TO BE REMOVED AND REPLACEDTRASH ENCLOSURESEE ARCHITECTUREBIKE RACK, SEE CIVILCOBBLE ROCK(EROSION CONTROL)ADD COBBLE ROCKEXIST. CULVERT OUTLETSHREDDED CEDARMULCH BEDSBOULDER RETAINING TOPROTECT EXISTING TREEEXIST. TREE TO BEREMOVED, TYP.EXIST. TREES TO BEPROTECTED, TYP.SEE DETAIL 7/L201IRRIGATION CONTROLLERPROPOSED STEEL EDGINGTO TIE INTO EXISTINGMATCH TO EXISTINGGRASS TYPEBOULDER RETAINING TOPROTECT EXISTING TREEROCK MULCH LANDSCAPE BED, TYP.STEEL EDGING, TYP.TRANSFORMERALL LANDSCAPE BEDS TO BEIRRIGATED WITH HIGHEFFICIENCY DRIP IRRIGATION,TYP. SEE IRRIGATION NOTESALL LANDSCAPE BEDS TO BEIRRIGATED WITH HIGHEFFICIENCY DRIP IRRIGATION,TYP.PROPOSED IRRIGATION WELL/POINT OF CONNECTIONPROPOSED FENCE, SEEARCHITECTURE FOR DETAIL.RESEED ANY AREAS DISTURBEDBY GRADINGPROPOSED STEEL EDGINGEXISTING FESCUE MIXIRRIGATEDTURFBOZEMAN U.D.C. REQUIREMENTSPARKING LOT LANDSCAPINGTOTAL PARKING STALLS: 26LANDSCAPE AREA REQUIRED: 520 SF; 812 SF SHOWN3 PARKING LOT TREES REQUIRED, 6 SHOWNBOULEVARD TREES:1 LARGE CANOPY TREE PROVIDED FOR EACH 50' OF STREET FRONTAGEDROUGHT TOLERANT SPECIES:75% OF TREES AND SHRUBS USED ARE DROUGHT TOLERANT SPECIESOWNERNIKLES BUSINESS PARK LLC3737 GRAND AVE., STE. 1BILLINGS, MT 59102LEGAL DESCRIPTIONLOT 3A OF AMENDED MCCHESNEY INDUSTRIAL PARK SUBDIVISIONLOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST ONE-QUARTER OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHI 2SOUTH, RANGE 5 EAST, PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN MONTANA, CITY OF BOZEMAN,GALLATIN COUNTY, STATE OF MONTANAN Project For: Stillwater Hospice Evergreen Drive Bozeman, MTLandscapePlanL10110/25/21For ReviewDate Issue3084 Thorpe RoadBelgrade, Montana 59714Ph 406.924.8038alyssa@redbarnmontana.com0feet401" = 20'206080SCALE: 1"=20'-0"11/16/21City Submittal4/04/22City Submittal