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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-PLNAPP-569 Concept Review Comment RESPONSESTexas Roadhouse – Bozeman, MT PLNAPP-377 Concept Review - Comments / Responses: Solid Waste #1. need a minimum of 50 foot straight approach to front of refuse enclosure. RESPONSE: 50' of straight approach is available; a 50' dimension has been added for clarification. #2. need a detailed plan for refuse enclosure. RESPONSE: Provided, see Sheet SA1 Dumpster Enclosure Plan & Details Engineering #3 - BMC 38.410.070 and DSSP V.A and V.B - Water and Sewer Design Criteria - Prior to a determination of adequacy the applicant must provide an estimate of the peak-hour sanitary sewer demand as well as the average and max day demands of domestic water usage for the proposed site development. The estimates must be certified by a professional engineer. RESPONSE: Understood. Demands to be provided. #4 - BMC 38.410.060.B.2 - The applicant must provide a ten (10) foot utility easement (power, gas, communication, etc.) along the developments property frontage prior to Site Plan approval. RESPONSE: Added 10' easement along north property line. #5 - BMC 38.540.020.M - Snow removal storage areas must be sufficient to store snow accumulation on site. Areas must be indicated on the site plan prior to approval. RESPONSE: Awaiting response from City. Left voicemail and email on 4/1/22 asking for clarification. #6 - The applicant will need to confirm proposed stormwater plan meets the PUD Master Stormwater Plan. RESPONSE: Proposed stormwater plan matches Bozeman Gateway Design Reports dated 7/7/06 provided by the City. #11 - BMC 40.03.960 - Each owner shall submit a detailed drawing and design criteria for the sand and grease trap. RESPONSE: Noted Northwestern Energy #9 - The electric meter & or CT cabinet will need to be installed in the same general location within 10- feet of the gas meter. NorthWestern Energy reserves the right to specify the location of our meters. All meters are to be located outdoors on the corner or in a location on the building closest to the transformer or secondary junction can serving the building unit. On new construction, electric meter locations must be within 10 feet of the gas meter if NorthWestern Energy will be providing both electric and gas service. Meter locations will need to be approved by NWE. NWE policy is to maintain a minimum 30-inches wide by 3-feet clear zone between the front of the meter and landscape screening or wall screening for self-contained meter bases and 48-inches for installations requiring cabinets. Location of the meter(s) shall allow easy access to the meters for operation and maintenance. RESPONSE: Electric and Gas meters have been relocated to meet the requirements noted above – see C5.0 Utility Plan #10 - Suggestion to place gas & electric meter along this area to meet 10-ft separation requirement. This area seems to meet the criteria for a gas meter as the gas regulator cannot be placed under a window or within 3â of the operable portion of the window. Ensure that there is 10â of separation from any mechanical air intake, including air conditioning units. The regulator will need to be 3â from the closest corner of any portion of the electric meter base. The landscaping for meter screening would need to adjusted to provide 48-inches in front of the meters and to provide a 30-inch wide unobstructed, non-gated pathway access to the meter. RESPONSE: Addressed #7 - Screening walls and landscaping must meet the clear zone requirement of NWE Electric Service Requirements which typically for commercial application i.e. large apartment buildings, is 48-inches from the glass face of the electric meter to the wall or edge of landscaping. NWE policy is to maintain a minimum 30-inches wide by 3-foot clear zone between the front of the meter and landscape screening or wall screening for self-contained meter bases and 48-inches for installations requiring CT cabinets. Location of the meter(s) shall allow a 30-inch wide non-gated, unobstructed access pathway to allow NWE employees and safety professional access to the meters for operation, maintenance and emergency shutoff. RESPONSE: Addressed #8 - NWE policy is to maintain a minimum 30-inches wide by 3-foot clear zone between the front of the meter and landscape screening or wall screening for self-contained meter bases and 48-inches for installations requiring CT cabinets. Location of the meter(s) shall allow a 30-inch wide non-gated, unobstructed access pathway to allow NWE employees and safety professionalâs access to the meters for operation, maintenance and emergency shutoff. RESPONSE: Addressed Water and Sewer Division #12 - You will need to confine your sanitary sewer service to your own property or obtain an easement for it into the adjacent property. RESPONSE: There is an existing 30’ water/sewer easement long the southerly property boundary. In addition, there is a lease agreement and CER in place which would allow the development to obtain water/sewer service via an adjacent property. #13 - The record drawings for this water main do not show water service size into the lot. If a 2" service is required, it may not be there. You may need to install a new 2" water service from the water main into the building and kill the existing service at the main. RESPONSE: Added new 2" water service connection to water main. Existing service is to be abandoned. Engineering #3 - City of Bozeman Resolution 5076, Policy - 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 (SIDs) on City standard form for the following: (a) Street improvements to Garfield Street including paving, curb/gutter, sidewalk, and storm drainage. The document filed must specify that in the event an SID is not utilized for the completion of these improvements, the developer agrees to participate in an alternate financing method for the completion of the 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 filed SID waiver prior to the site plan approval. RESPONSE: Waivers to be filed #4 - BMC 40.03.960.B - Records of maintenance and service for the grease trap shall be made available to the city upon request by the engineer. RESPONSE: Noted Planning #5 - BMC 38.220.080 - Site Plan Submittal Requirements. The application must meet the SP form requirements. Please provide consistent information for the subject property within all documents and drawings submitted (i.e. Narrative & A1 Form have different building square footage, footprint, and lot size information). RESPONSE: Noted. #6 - BMC 38.270. Improvements and securities. If any necessary on-site and/or off-site improvements are required that the applicant would like to construct during vertical construction, please provide a formal request for concurrent construction in conformance with this section of the BMC. RESPONSE: Noted #7 - BMC 38.320.050 - Form and intensity standards - Non-residential and other mixed-use districts. Form and intensity calculations were not included in this conceptual submittal. Please provide detailed calculations during the formal submittal. Please denote the correct setbacks for the front, rear, and side per the PUD Phase 2 Setback Table on page 99 of the Appendix on the SP during the formal submittal. Alcohol sales for on-premises consumption requires a special use permit (SUP). This SUP may be applied for concurrently with the SP application. Please see Sec. 38.360.060, and Chapter 4, Section 2 for applicability of Montana Code Annotated and further BMC requirements. RESPONSE: SUP application has been submitted for alcohol sales. Corrected setbacks to match table. #8 - BMC 38.410.120 - Mail delivery. If mail delivery will not be to each individual lot within the development, the developer must provide an off-street area for mail delivery within the development in cooperation with the United States Postal Service. The city will not be responsible for maintaining or plowing any mail delivery area constructed within a city right-of-way. Please denote how mail delivery will occur for this building. The PUD indicates a centralized area which should be included within the SP submittal. RESPONSE: Mail delivery will be to the lot / restaurant. #9 - BMC 38.410.130 - Water adequacy. A detailed calculation and determination for cash-in-lieu of water rights by the City’s Engineering Division must be provided during the formal submittal. Payment of cash-in-lieu of water rights will be required prior to SP approval RESPONSE: Water adequacy and calculations are being reviewed. #10 - BMC 38.510.030.I - Trail/park frontages. Please revise indications of the block frontage designation from Mixed to Trail Frontage per the PUD documents. RESPONSE: Corrected to Trail Frontage. #11 - BMC 38.520.040 - Non-motorized circulation and design. The PUD documents indicate a 6' concrete pathway along the western portion of the building which provides pedestrian and bike connectivity throughout the overall Bozeman Gateway Development (pages 14, 38 and in the Appendices). The proposed design must be revised to include this pathway accordingly. Where a pathway is adjacent to perpendicular or angled parking, an extra two feet of walkway width must be provided to mitigate for parked vehicles overhanging the walkway. Please ensure the parking on the eastern portion of the building meets this requirement. It appears this pathway is 5 feet. Additionally, pathways must be separated from structures by at least three feet of landscaping which appears to not be indicated along the Northern facade. Please address this requirement along the northern portion of the site. A departure may be applied for per the BMC. RESPONSE: Added 6' concrete path connecting the NW corner of the building to the existing trail. Added 2' extra for areas adjacent to perpendicular parking stalls for both the west and east sides. Separated north ramp from building by 3.5'. #12 - BMC 38.530.060 - Building materials. Cement board paneling/siding may not be used on the ground floor of non-residential or mixed-use buildings where adjacent to a sidewalk or other pedestrian path. Where cement board paneling/siding is the dominant siding material, the design must integrate a mix of colors and/or textures that are articulated consistent with windows, balconies, and modulated building surfaces and are balanced with facade details that add visual interest from the ground level and adjacent buildings. Departures will be considered provided the material's integration and overall facade composition meets the intent of the standards. Please revise the design to meet the integration provisions within this code or apply for a departure during the formal SP submittal. RESPONSE: Noted. #13 - BMC 38.540.050 - Number of parking spaces required. Please provide the amount of parking spaces required for the use and further details on how this will be provided in the common areas surrounding the lot for the Bozeman Gateway PUD. Traditionally, a parking tracking mechanism has been utilized to track the parking. This must be provided within the formal SP submittal. Please provide bicycle parking in conformance with Sec. 38.540.050. The PUD highlights common bicycle rack areas which may satisfy this requirement. Please provide bicycle rack details is in accordance with this section and the Bozeman Gateway Development Manual (pg 36). RESPONSE: See attached PUD Parking Calculations. Required parking for the proposed building is provided via offsite parking requirements on the shopping center. This has been noted on the site plan. Bicycle parking has been provided elsewhere by others as part of the larger shopping center development. See PUD Exhibit D., PUD Bike Parking Locations on page 72 of the Bozeman Gateway Development Manual Appendix. #14 - BMC 38.530.050 - Building details. For any transparent design elements such as windows and doors, please provide a glass sample and corner window sample prior to the approval of a building permit for this proposed development (Administrative Policy). RESPONSE: Transparency Detail to be provided. #15 - BMC 38.550.050 - Mandatory landscaping provisions. Please ensure drought tolerant thresholds are met per Sec. 38.550.050.B. Please indicate existing and proposed street frontage landscaping per Sec. 38.550.050.E. An irrigation plan is required and must meet Sec. 38.550.050.I and Bozeman Gateway Development Manual (pg 35, 41-44). RESPONSE: Provided, Landscape materials match existing development. #16 - BMC 38.560.060 - Signs permitted upon the issuance of a sign permit. Please note a separate sign and building permit must be obtain prior to the construction, placement, erection or modification of any signage in conformance with this section of the BMC and the Bozeman Gateway Development Manual (pg 26, 58-62). RESPONSE: Noted #17 - BMC 38.570. Please provide a detailed lighting plan, if applicable, in accordance with this section of the BMC and the Bozeman Gateway Development Manual (pg 25, 56-57, and Appendices, pg 88). RESPONSE: Building Photometric plan provided – no site lighting proposed. #18 - Please provided written approval of this proposed plan from the Gateway Review Board in conformance with the Bozeman Gateway Development Manual (pg 5, pg 66-67). Please demonstrate that projecting design elements (canopies, awnings, etc) meet Bozeman Gateway Development Manual (pg 55) Advisory Comments Section II.D.2. Open Spaces Along Huffine Lane of the Bozeman Gateway Development Manual (pg 23) encourages restaurants along Huffine Lane to incorporated outdoor dining and sitting areas. RESPONSE: Outdoor dining and customer waiting areas provided. #19 - BMC 38.410.060 - Easements. No permanent structures shall be placed within public utility easements unless an encroachment permit has been obtained from the city. There appears to be a conflict between the proposed trash enclosure service area and the 25' public access easement. Please revise the design to address this accordingly. RESPONSE: Trash enclosure storage area is outside of the public trail easement. Trash trucks will cross this area only on occasion to get to the dumpsters outside of the easement.