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Civil/Structural Engineering and Surveying
February 19, 2020
Danielle Garber
City of Bozeman
Planning Department
20 E. Olive Street
Bozeman, MT 59718
RE: Response to Completeness Review Mountain Vista Housing Complex Site Plan
Application (#180334)
Dear Ms. Garber:
This letter is to provide a narrative response to the email regarding site plan review from February
11, 2020. All responses are shown in bold.
1. BMC 38.230.100 – Plan Review Criteria. Provide a construction management plan for
each phase and clearly delineate which site elements are included with each phase. The
drive aisle, curb, sidewalks and crosswalks including all stormwater infrastructure must
be completed with phase 1. At which time, if occupancy of the first building is desired
landscaping and any other applicable site elements must be financially guaranteed for the
entire project. Please keep in mind that the first phase will need to satisfy occupancy
review from Planning, Engineering, Fire, Stormwater, and Water & Sewer. Provide
details in this plan, such as how vehicular and pedestrian access is to be maintained to
phase 1 during the construction of phases 2-14? If occupancy of any of the units prior to
the completion of all phases is not desired, please state this on the phasing plan.
ADDRESSED, see draft condition of approval 2.
This item is noted.
2. BMC 38.350.050 – Setback encroachments do not allow covered porches
to encroach into the 20-foot rear setback.
The structures have been updated so that no structural element is in the proposed
set back.
3. BMC 38.360.240 – Townhouse and rowhouse dwelling standards apply to this
proposed development. Demonstrate in your resubmittal how the
project is meeting the following:
a. E - Usable open space. Townhouse and rowhouse dwellings must provide open
space at least equal to ten percent of the building living space, not counting
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automobile storage. The required open space may be provided by one or more of
the following ways: 1 .Usable private open space directly adjacent and accessible to
dwelling units. Such space must have minimum dimensions of at least 12 feet on all
sides and be configured to accommodate human activity such as outdoor eating,
gardening, toddler play, etc. Front setbacks may be used to meet this standard,
provided they are defined with a fence meeting the standards of section 38.350.060.
2. Balconies, roof decks and/or front porches. Revise the open space calculations on
the site plan to be 10% of the building/living space. Relabel and provide dimensions
on the site plan and landscaping plan for all areas between front porches and drive
aisles currently labeled open space to comply with Section C above. These areas do
not represent usable open space to accommodate human activity. All other areas
included as private open space must maintain minimum dimensions of 12-feet on all
sides. Determine the locations for usable open space for each unit, delineate and
annotate dimensions on the site plan and the landscaping plan compliant with this
section. NOT FULLY ADDRESSED, usable space for human activity does not include
spaces within planting beds. Label/delineate all proposed open space areas on the
landscaping plan and remove open space from within planting beds.
The residential open space (ROS) areas have been updated to be outside the
proposed plantings. The ROS areas are labeled in the landscaping plan.
4. BMC 38.410.100.A.2 – Watercourse setback. Delineate zones 1 and 2 on the site plan
and landscaping plans. Provide a setback planting plan consistent with this section. NOT
FULLY ADDRESSED, pavers are not a listed exception in zone 2 and must be removed
from the setback. Zone 2 must be planted with native grass suited for the area.
The pavers have been removed from the Zone 2 setback. The front porches for those
units will connect directly to the driveways.
5. BMC 38.520.040.B – Non-motorized circulation and design. All buildings must
feature pedestrian connections to a sidewalk. Provide direct pedestrian access between all
ground related unit entries and a public street or to a clearly marked pathway network or
open space that has direct access to a public street. Currently two 5-foot wide sidewalks
are shown east west through the project. Provide a sidewalk to connect all units to West
Babcock. The gravel trail in the park to the east is inadequate to serve as a transportation
pathway as it is gravel and unable to be cleared of snow and ice in the winter. Crosswalks
are required when a walkway crosses an on-site paved area accessible to vehicles.
Crosswalks must contain contrasting material (such as concrete) and/or patterns (such as
stamped asphalt), excluding painted surfaces. Provide crosswalk details. NOT FULLY
ADDRESSED. Sidewalks shown at grade within drive aisle impede two-way vehicular
circulation, and create a non-functional and unsafe pedestrian circulation system. Not all
units have direct pedestrian access to a public street without entering a drive aisle. No
crosswalk detail was provided.
Crosswalks have been added to the southern drive to connect the units on the
northern portion of the southern drive to the pedestrian access on the south side. A
crosswalk detail has been provided on C4.0.
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6. BMC 38.520.070.D – Utility meters, electrical conduit, and other service utility
apparatus. If such elements are mounted in a location visible from the street, pedestrian
pathway, shared open space, or shared auto courtyards, they must be screened with
vegetation and/or integrated into the building's architecture.
a. Required: Utility meter locations and screening method must be
shown on elevations and site/landscaping plans.
b. Advisory Comment: Address potential locations for AC condenser units now, so
complications do not arise during the building permit and/or occupancy process..
Potential Locations for the AC condenser units are shown on the site plan. Utility
locations and screening are shown on the site plan, elevations, and landscaping
plans.
7. BMC 38.550.060 – Landscaping performance standards. Ordinance 2029 adopted
November 18 goes into effect on December 18, 2019 and repeals this section of the code.
Any projects in review that do not have adequacy by 12/18 are subject to the code
changes and must demonstrate compliance in their submittal. NOT FULLY
ADDRESSED, detail location of utility meters for both wet and dry utilities and show
adequate screening (See #6 above).
Landscape screening is provided for the dry utility meters. Water and sewer utilities
will be metered with the typical wireless meters within the structure; therefore, no
screening is required. The potential AC locations have also been screened.
The following are in response to the Park Comments provided in the letter dated February
10, 2020.
1. Thank you for providing parkland calculation on Sheet C1.0. It is the policy of
community development to use 2 decimal places in parkland calculations, so the
calculation should be based on 1.93 net acres requiring 0.58 acres and resulting in fee
owed of $40,423.68.
The calculations have been updated in the different locations they appear.
2. Please address all of the Resolution 4784 criteria stating whether the project does or
does not meet each criterion.
A narrative providing whether the project meets each criterion is provided in
Section 10 of the submittal.
3. The project is scheduled for review by the subdivision review committee on February
27th. Please submit revisions to Addi Jadin, Parks Planning and Development Manager,
by February 20th to ensure review on the 27th.
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The revisions to the park documents were submitted to Addi Jadin before February
20th.
The following are in response to the Fire Comments provided in the letter dated February
10, 2020.
1. As noted on C1.0 Overall Site Plan 1-13-2020, make it clear that the entire east side of
the road running North/South will be required as a Fire Lane per code..
Proposed Fire Lane signs, as well as red fire lane paint will be provided along the
North-South road. Both sides of the sidewalk will have paint to identify the area as a
fire lane.
If you require any further information, please give me a call at (406) 587-1115.
Sincerely,
Andrew Kirsch, EI