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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03_Bozeman Project Narrative_091421Bozeman grocery store project Narrative The proposed project consists of a 20,022 square foot grocery store. This grocery store caters to the local business restaurants and others that want to buy their groceries in bulk. They are not a high traffic generator as it is mostly business traffic and many of these customers are doing business online and having the groceries delivered to the business. The existing asphalt parking lot will be utilized and modified to accommodate the proposed use. Truck traffic will circulate through the parking lot through the two existing driveways in front of the proposed store. (see truck turning template on site plan) The store architecture has been upgraded to meet the intent of the city code. The architecture has been designed to accent 15th Avenue. The main entrance is located on the front corner of the building to provide the pedestrian scale architecture along 15th Avenue. The building has added fenestration along the street and pedestrian walkways providing connectivity throughout the center. Landscaping will be upgraded to meet the city code. The project plans to meet the city drainage code by adding a new surface detention pond behind the proposed building. The ongoing site remediation/cleanup will not be affected by the proposed construction. The building placement has been placed to stay out of the area that requires ongoing cleanup and remediation. The typical store hours of operation are 8 am to 7 pm Sunday through Saturday. We have provided a copy of the phase 1 Environmental report and a copy of the survey that shows the locations of the monitoring wells. We have had previous discussions with Griffin Nielson regarding the sewer demands. This discussion occurred in 2019 regarding flows for a similar grocery store. He reviewed our water demands and concluded that the existing sewer line should be capable of handling the project flows. We would like to know if the sewer line flow capacity has been recently compromised or if our past projected flows can still be accommodated by the existing sewer system? We plan on preparing a traffic study as we move forward to address the city comments from the past concept review. Have there been any changes to impact fees in the last 18 months or any code changes that would impact our project? We appreciate the DRC’s consideration of our proposed concept plan.