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Home My WebLink About002 Project Narrative Site Plan Application The Block 15 Apartments Lot 1, Block 15, Phase 2 BLACKWOOD GROVES Site Plan Application – The Block 15 Apartments March 2023 Page 2 of 4 Table of Contents NARRATIVE Section I. – Project Team Section II – Introduction Section III – Site Plan Section IV – Engineering Section V – Schedule Section VI – Response to Concept Comments I. PROJECT TEAM OWNER & Blackwood Land Fund, LLC APPLICANT 140 Village Crossing Way, Unit 3B Bozeman, MT 59715 p: 406.539.6015 PLANNER Intrinsik Architecture, Inc. 111 N. Tracy Avenue, Bozeman, MT 59715 p: 406.582.8988 ARCHITECT Humphreys & Partners Architects 5339 Alpha Road, Suite 300 Dallas, TX 75240 p: 972.701.9636 ENGINEER White Mountain Engineering PO Box 888 Belgrade, MT 59714 p: 603.491.0927 LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT Cashman Landscaping 2055 Springhill Road Bozeman, MT 59718 p: 406.587.3406 BLACKWOOD GROVES Site Plan Application – The Block 15 Apartments March 2023 Page 3 of 4 II. INTRODUCTION The Block 15 Apartments (the Property) is a proposed 82-unit apartment project located on Lot 1, Block 15, Blackwood Groves Subdivision Phase 2 (preliminary plat application approved June 8, 2021). The 2.51-acre project is on vacant land, zoned Residential Emphasis Mixed-Use (REMU), and is wholly surrounded by REMU zoning. The Cottages at Blackwood Groves, Block 14 (City SP #22324), is located west of this project, multi-household residential is planned to the north, and community commercial/mixed use developments are planned for the future to the east and south of the project. Two (2) buildings with 41 dwelling units each are proposed with this site plan. Each building contains an amenity room on the first floor for indoor recreational opportunities. The units are a mix of one-, two-, and three-bedroom units ranging from 779 – 1,617 square feet in floor area. III. SITE PLAN The proposed buildings have frontage on Winterthur Ave., Victoria St., and South 15th Ave. The site, including all ground-floor units fronting public streets, provides direct pedestrian connections to the perimeter public streets. Parking: Parking for this project is provided by on-site parking spaces and on-street parallel parking spaces. Please refer to the parking calculations on the Cover Sheet (CS). The parking calculations do not include any of the angled parking spaces along South 15th Avenue. These angled parking spaces will be utilized for future development applications for the community commercial/mixed use projects planned to the south and east of this project. On-Site Residential Open Space: On-site residential open space is provided by private balconies, ground level private outdoor space, and indoor recreational areas (amenity rooms). Please refer to the open space calculations provided on the Cover Sheet (CS). Only qualifying balconies are included in these calculations (minimum 6’ dimension - BMC 38.520.060.B.3). An indoor amenity room is provided on the first floor of each building. In addition to the on-site open space, residents will have close access to the linear public park (Park 11) on the west side of Winterthur Ave. and will be within a 5-minute walk to the Dog Park in Park 10 and the large Subdivision Parks (Park 14 in Phase 1, and future Park 1 and Park 3 in Phase 3). Parkland: The Blackwood Groves Subdivision provided parkland dedication in excess of the maximum 12 dwelling units per acre for parkland dedication and/or cash-in-lieu of parkland dedication for Block 15. No additional parkland dedication or cash/improvements-in-lieu of parkland dedication is required for this proposal. BLACKWOOD GROVES Site Plan Application – The Block 15 Apartments March 2023 Page 4 of 4 IV. ENGINEERING Utilities: Water and sanitary sewer services have been stubbed into the project as part of the Phase 2 public infrastructure improvements. Please refer to the Civil Utility Plan for additional details (C4.0). Stormwater: The Stormwater Master Plan for Blackwood Groves is designed to manage the majority of runoff from Block 15. The site is graded to drain to the surrounding street network where stormwater runoff will be conveyed to the Subdivision’s stormwater facilities. Underground stormwater retention chambers within the development will capture and retain the additional runoff that cannot be sent to the Subdivision stormwater system. The Stormwater Design Report is included in the documents folder of this application. Fire Access: Fire hydrants are located at all intersections surrounding Block 15 and mid-block hydrants are located on Winterthur Ave. and South 15th Ave. Ladder trucks will have access to the buildings around the full perimeter of the site with access from Winterthur Ave, Victoria Street, South 15th Ave, and the interior parking lanes. The buildings will contain fire sprinkler systems. Solid Waste: The trash enclosure is located on the south end of the site – please refer to the trash enclosure plans (A9.01) for additional details. The enclosure is anticipated to be serviced two times per week. Snow Storage: Snow will be plowed to various landscape areas and landscape islands – please see civil sheet C1.1 for snow storage locations. Traffic Impact Study: The Traffic Impact Study for the Blackwood Groves Subdivision accounted for the 82 residential units proposed with this development – the TIS requirement was waived by the Engineering Department. V. SCHEDULE This project intends to begin construction as soon as site plan approval is received and intends to break ground in the summer of 2023 in order to complete the project in 2024. VI. Pre-Application Meeting The pre-application meeting was conducted on October 27, 2022. The Concept Review Waiver is included in this application. Attendees of this meeting included: Alicia Paz-Soils, Susana Montana, Scott Mueller, and Diane Tolhurst from the City of Bozeman as well as Matt Hausauer, Grant Syth, and David Gordon from the design team.