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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSD-19-08 - Supplemental - 1680 Shelburne Road (32) C A T A M O U N T c o n s u l t i n g e n g i n e e r s, p l l c PO Box 65067 l Burlington, VT 05406 l (802) 598-8081 l www.ccevt.com February 15, 2019 Marla Keene Development Review Planner City of South Burlington 575 Dorset St. South Burlington, VT 05403 Re: Preliminary and Final Application for Subdivision Plat Review Proposed SeaComm Drive Through Banking Facility 1680 Shelburne Rd. South Burlington, VT 05403 Dear Marla, Please find attached the following items in support of the SeaComm drive through banking facility proposed for the property located at 1680 Shelburne Rd. in South Burlington, VT – · A completed and signed Application for Subdivision Plat Review. · An associated fee check for $1,293.00. · Abutters List. · Bike Rack Specification Sheet. · Landscaping Summary Sheet. · Lighting Specification Sheets. · Traffic Impact Study performed by VHB. · Three (3) full size and one (1) reduced proposed plan set. · A CD containing digital copies of the materials and plans submitted. The existing 1680 Shelburne Rd. property is 1.0 acre in size and currently undeveloped. This lot was created as part of the Bartlett Brook Apartment complex PUD and designated for future commercial development. The property lies within the Commercial 2 zoning district and is subject to the Traffic (Zone 3), Transit and Stormwater Management overlay districts. The project involves the construction of a 3,500 sf drive through banking facility. There will be a 1,500 sf canopy to serve three drive through teller/ATM lanes. Access to the property will be via a shared ROW and existing driveway constructed as part of the original PUD. Upon entering onto the property, customers will be provided two options. There will be a double loaded parking area to the left for customers needing to enter the facility and a drive through lane to the right directing customers to the three drive through/ATM lanes. There will also be a fourth bypass 2 lane in the event that a customer needs to exit the drive through prior to entering a lane. The facility will be opened Monday through Friday and closed on the weekends. Hours of operation will be 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Thursday, and 8 am to 6 pm on Fridays. As currently designed, the project appears to fully comply with the dimensional standards associated with the Commercial 2 Zoning District. All of the proposed setback and coverage design values are at or below the required amounts. A summary of the zoning requirements can be found on the left side of the Cover Sheet, along with summaries of the parking, design flow, traffic and landscaping requirements. Although the proposed project falls well below the calculated maximum allowed trip ends for the PUD within the Zone 3 Traffic Overlay District, based on preliminary conversations with both the Vermont Agency of Transportation and the Act 250 District Coordinator, it was determined a Traffic Impact Study (TIS) should be conducted. VHB has performed this evaluation and a copy of the TIS has been attached to this application. In addition to the evaluation of the potential impacts to the roadway network from the proposed project, traffic counts were performed at a similarly sized, nearby, drive through banking facility to assist in determining an appropriate proposed trip end generation. This was done in place of using the ITE Trip generation manual to calculate theoretical trip ends. In summary, based on the conclusions of the VHB TIS, the project is anticipated to generate an additional 26 PM Peak Hour Trips (10 Pass-By and 16 New Trips). This is well below the maximum trip budget allowed by the City as outlined in the TIS. Furthermore, the conclusion of the TIS is that the proposed banking facility project is not anticipated to generate unreasonable congestion or unsafe conditions on the adjacent roadway network. The facility will have, at most, ten (10) employees. Access to the building will be at two locations. The primary entrance will be located at the southwest corner of the building, adjacent to both the Shelburne Rd. frontage and the employee and customer parking lot to the south. There will be a secondary, emergency access located at the back (north) of the building. Parking for the facility includes a single, double loaded, parking area to the south of the facility. Twenty (20) total parking spaces are proposed, with one (1) being a van accessible handicap space. The required number of parking spaces was calculated at thirteen (13). The project will be served by municipal water and sewer services, as well as underground natural gas. Electric, telephone and communication will all be provided through underground services on site. As all of these utilities currently exist along the east side of Shelburne Rd., little to no impact is anticipated to the Shelburne Rd. roadway to perform these utility connections. At most, some minor repair to the existing Shelburne Rd. sidewalk may be required to allow for the natural gas connection. A fenced thrash and recycling enclosure will be located on the east side of the lot. Additionally, an fenced mechanical enclosure will be located directly north of the 3 building. Both of these enclosures will be screened with a 6’ high fence; constructed of PVC material set on a concrete pad. Stormwater runoff will be treated through an off-site infiltration practice that was previously designed and constructed to treat a build out of this subject lot. Sheet flow runoff from the proposed building and parking areas will be collected with two grass swales and an underground drainage line and conveyed to the existing infiltration basin directly south of the site. As this project is adjacent to the Bartlett Brook impaired watershed, this existing basin has been previously sized to fully treat the proposed build out of this project and fully infiltrate the one- year storm event. Please refer to the existing and proposed HyrdoCad models, as well as plan sheets C302 and C303, for further information on the stormwater design. The existing State Stormwater Discharge permit for the PUD will be amended to account for this new development. A sidewalk network connecting the main building entrance to both the parking lot and existing sidewalk along the east side of Shelburne Rd. will constructed to serve the property. Connection to the existing sidewalk along Shelburne Rd. will be via a 10’ wide sidewalk, that includes two small sections of concrete stairs, with a center railing, to address the grade differences. Connection to the parking area will be via a 5’ wide sidewalk that will have ADA compliant grades from the handicap parking space to the buildings’ front entrance. A new bike rack and concrete pad, capable of serving four bicycles, will be installed adjacent to this sidewalk. In addition to the bike rack detail provided in the design plans, please refer to the Bike Rack Specification Sheet for further information on the rack design. Landscaping for the new facility will be provided through a combination of deciduous and evergreen trees, as well as a series of shrubs and ornamental grasses. The proposed landscaping has been focused on the north and south sides of the buildings, around the perimeter of the parking and drive through areas and along the eastern property line to provide supplemental screening to the residential apartment building to the east. Additionally, the trash/recycling and mechanical pad enclosures are proposed to be screened along all sides. Please refer to the Landscaping Summary Sheet, as well as plan sheets SP301 and SP302, for further information on the landscaping design and cost summary. Exterior lighting will be provided through the implementation of five (5) new pole mounted lights and six (6) recessed lights to be located under the drive through canopy. All of the pole mounted light fixtures will be 20’ tall. All light fixtures will be LED and will be down-casting and shielded. Please refer to the Lighting Specifications Sheet, as well as photometric plan sheet SE101, for further information on the lighting design. Both a new ground and building mounted sign are being proposed in conjunction with the project. The ground mounted sign will be located along the Shelburne Rd. frontage, just south of the new sidewalk connecting to Shelburne Rd. The building mounted sign will be located over 4 the primary entrance as shown on the attached renderings. However, as details for the signage have yet to be completed, these will be applied for separately at a later date. Regarding construction schedule, the hope is to start in late spring and have the project complete in a single season and wrapped up by November 30, 2019. A construction cost estimate is included in the application and is estimated at $1,336,000; with approximately $914,000 of that amount dedicated to the proposed building and the remaining $422,000 to complete the site work and utilities. We hope this summary, plan set and supplemental information is sufficient in providing the necessary information for Preliminary and Final Plan review. If upon review of the application and supporting information you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us. Sincerely, JeffJeffJeffJeff Jeffrey Olesky, P.E. Cc: Bob Bouchard (Owner Representative), via email Jason Straley (Applicant Representative), via email Joe Bullister (Applicant Representative), via email