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December 20, 2018
South Burlington Development Review Board
C/O Ms. Marla Keene, Development Review Planner
City of South Burlington
575 Dorset Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Re: Hillside at O’Brien Farm, Supplemental to 11.30.18 Application for Sketch Plan Review.
Dear Board Members:
On November 30, 2018, O’Brien Farm Road, LLC (“Applicant”) submitted an application for
sketch plan review (the “Application”). Subsequently, in an email dated December 18, 2018, Applicant
was advised of information missing from the Application and required for review. The below letter and
enclosed attachments provide that missing information.
1. Number of Residential Units: Currently the Project proposes 322 residential multi‐family
dwelling units. The use of the word approximate was not meant to indicate the project
proposed a different number, but rather to acknowledge this is an early planning stage and that
number could change.
2. Building Square Footages and Lot Coverage: A lot coverage analysis is attached as Exhibit 001.
This analysis includes the square footage of the building footprints by lot. It also includes a
calculation of the overall coverage for the Project. As you will see, total coverage is at 39.9
percent, and building coverage is at 19.3%. The Master Plan, City Permit #MP‐16‐03 (the
“Master Plan”), sets coverage limitations that are viewed overall for the entirety of the master
plan of which this Project is a part. The maximum coverage allowed under the Master Plan is
35% coverage for buildings and 50% coverage overall. As outlined here, the Project is well
within those thresholds. The Project also complies with the 85% and 90% overall coverage
thresholds outlined at Table 2 of the Master Plan decision. Please see Exhibit 001 for further
detail, coverage is reviewed for each lot in the entire Master Plan area.
3. Building Height: An updated Sketch Plan is attached which includes an indication as to the
number of stories proposed by building. Please note that the stories proposed does not include
the garage level parking deck. A four‐story building would be four fully above‐ground stories, on
top of a partially exposed (on the downhill side of the building) parking story. All of the
buildings on the site are set up this way due to grading. The stories noted are when the building
is viewed from the uphill side. As you will see the tallest building requested is four stories on
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the uphill side, or four above‐grade stories. When viewed from the downhill side, that building
would appear to be five stories.
4. Description of Utilities: All utilities will be underground and will connect to utility stubs that
were permitted previously as part of the Master Plan and the Final Plat that were approved for
this project. Copies of which were submitted with the Application.
5. Request to Show Entire PUD on Plan: The Sketch Plan attached as Exhibit 002 has been
amended to show the limits of the entire PUD. This includes open space areas. A second sheet
that provides a smaller scale look at the proposed multi‐family portion is also included at Exhibit
002.
6. Wetland Buffer F Omitted: The wetland buffer for Wetland F was waived as part of previous
approvals and therefore is no longer relevant to the Project, which proposes work in that buffer
as previously authorized. This is why it was not included in the Application. The updated Sketch
Plan attached as Exhibit 002 includes a note regarding this waiver, and also indicating that
Wetland F is a Class 3 wetland and that the state has indicated no buffer is required.
7. Open Space: The updated Sketch Plan attached shows the previously approved open space,
trails and trail connections. As discussed in the Application, these areas were previously
reviewed and determined to be adequate for the entire Master Plan. The Project will certainly
propose on site outdoor amenities, dining areas, barbeque areas, benches and sitting areas,
gardens, etc. However, no additional deeded “open space” is proposed. Details regarding
outdoor areas will be further defined at Preliminary and Final Plat in landscape plans that will be
required.
8. Contours Unlabeled: The contour labels on the Sketch Plan attached as Exhibit 002 have been
corrected.
We appreciate your insight and assistance in getting this application filed and complete for our
upcoming hearing. Please feel free to contact me with any questions, or if any of the above answers are
not clear. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Andrew Gill, Director of Development
Enclosures