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Home My WebLink AboutSP-22-003 - Supplemental - 1795 Shelburne Road (17) 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 January 26, 2022 Marla Keene Development Review Planner City of South Burlington 180 Market St. South Burlington, VT 05403 Re: Application for Site Plan Review Proposed Addition to Mazda Dealership 1795 Shelburne Rd. South Burlington, VT 05403 Dear Marla, Please find attached the following items in support of the minor building addition proposed for the existing Mazda car dealership located at 1795 Shelburne Rd. in South Burlington, VT – · A completed and signed Application for Site Plan Review. · One (1) full size proposed plan set that includes the following plan sheets – o 19020 A400 Exterior Elevations 12-2-21 o 19020 C1.0 Existing Conditions Site Plan 1-4-22 o 19020 C2.0 Proposed Conditions Site Plan 1-4-22 o 19020 C3.0 Proposed Site Details Plan 1-4-22 o 19020 C3.1 Proposed Site Details Plan 1-4-22 o 19020 L-1 Landscape Plan 1-10-22 o 19020 L-2 Planting Plan 1-10-22 o 19020 L-3 Construction Details 1-10-22 o 19020 L-4 Planting Details 1-10-22 o 19020 Plant Images 1-10-22 · Abutters List. · Bike Rack Cut Sheet. · Grit/Oil Separator Cut Sheet. · Landscaping Budget Summary. · Plant Schedule Summary. 2 The existing 1795 Shelburne Rd. property is ±2.61 acre in size and is currently developed with a ±10,000 sf car dealership and repair facility. The property lies within the Commercial 2 zoning district and is subject to the Urban Design, Traffic (Zone 3) and Transit overlay districts. The project involves the construction of a 3,155 sf building addition to the existing facility. The addition will be to the north, within the limits of the existing paved parking area, and include 2,000 sf of building addition to expand the showroom and sales area and 1,155 sf of canopy addition adjacent to the service area. Access to the property and traffic flow will continue to function as it currently operates, with access to the property via the signalized intersection of Shelburne Rd. and Harbor View Rd. This intersection has a single entry lane and two exist lanes. The parking layout will also remain the same, although there will be a reduction in parking spaces due to a reduction in paved parking area necessary to accommodate the proposed building addition. Currently there are 141 parking spaces on the property and the proposed plan calls for a reduction of 20 parking spaces, leaving a total of 121 parking spaces. Of these 121 parking spaces, 14 will be designated as employee spaces (located in southwest corner), 12 will be for customers (along the redeveloped building frontage) and the remaining 95 spaces will be for vehicle storage. The facility will retain the same days and hours of operation, which includes being open 8 am to 5 pm, Monday through Saturday and closed on Sundays. 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 Proposed Conditions Site Plan C2.0, along with summaries of the parking and design flows. With regards to traffic and trip generation, although the project involves a building addition, no additional employees are proposed in conjunction with the project. Furthermore, no significant increase in trip generation is anticipated in conjunction with the project, as no expansion of the service repair area is proposed and the purpose of the addition and remodeling is primarily for rebranding purposes and to provide clients a better experience when visiting the dealership. There are nine (9) sales, eight (8) service, two (2) recon, one (1) parts and two (2) office employees, for a total of twenty-two (22) existing employees. No changes to the number of employees is proposed. The project is served by municipal water and sewer services. No changes to the design flows, means of conveyance or connection to the municipal utility connections are proposed. However, as part of the building expansion and utility upgrading, a couple minor changes and upgrades are proposed to the sewer system. Namely, a new 1,000 gal., heavy duty, grit/oil separator is proposed to be installed and all of the existing floor drains will be rerouted to the new grit/oil separator. This should improve effluent quality to the existing pump station and ultimately to the 3 municipal collection system. Additionally, two roof drains appear to be currently directed into the municipal sewer collection system. These lines are being proposed to be rerouted to the existing drainage collection and conveyance system, as the discharge is directly from the rooftop runoff and substantially clean. This should decrease discharge to the municipal sewer system. No changes are proposed to the municipal water services. Natural gas, electric, telephone and communication lines will all be retained through the existing underground services on the south side of the site. The existing fenced thrash and recycling enclosure will also be retained on the southwest corner of the lot. No changes to the stormwater runoff collection, treatment or conveyance are proposed. Given the limited scope of redevelopment associated with the project, as well as no increase in impervious area, no State stormwater discharge permit should be required for this project. And in fact, due to the building expansion taking place primarily within the existing paved parking lot and reclamation of some of the existing parking area to additional lawn space, there will be about a 500 sf reduction in impervious area associated with the project scope. This should slightly improve the water quality discharge to the Bartlett Brook watershed. The property is accessible to pedestrians via the existing Shelburne Rd. sidewalk system along both sides of the Shelburne Rd. ROW. Additionally, as part of the building addition and customers access, improvements are being proposed to the on-site sidewalk system. Currently, there is a narrow 4 ft. wide sidewalk along portions of the north side of the building for customer access. Once the building addition is complete, this sidewalk will be expanded to 7’-4” in width and span the entire parking area adjacent to the north side of the building. This should increase customer safety and pedestrian access to the building. The relocated ADA compliant parking spaces will be located directly adjacent to the main entrance. Also, the existing bike rack will be relocated so that is directly adjacent to the new expanded sidewalk. Regarding landscaping, a combination of new and supplemental landscaping, as well as a front patio/sitting area is being proposed to meet the landscaping budget requirements. This includes a new, short (2’) stone retaining wall and patio area near the proposed entrance that will also contain a picnic table and the relocated and refurbished bike racks. New plantings will be installed along the building frontage, the new patio area, the northwest corner of the building and around the existing pump station. Please refer to the proposed landscaping and detail plans, prepared by TK Landscape Architects for further detail. No changes to the exterior lighting are proposed. However all of the existing exterior light poles have been previously upgraded to fully shielded, down casting, LED light fixtures. Both a new ground and building mounted signs are being proposed in conjunction with the project. The ground mounted sign will be located along the Shelburne Rd. frontage, just south of 4 the new entrance to Shelburne Rd. The building mounted signs will be located over the north, east and south building faces as shown on the attached renderings. We believe a separate application has been filed for the signs associated with this project. Regarding construction schedule, the hope is to start in late spring of 2022 and have the project complete in a single season and wrapped up by early fall. A construction cost estimate is included in the application and is estimated at $1,965,000. We hope this summary, plan set and supplemental information is sufficient in providing the necessary information for Site 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: Abel Toll (Owner Representative), via email Nate Weeks (Applicant Representative), via email