HomeMy WebLinkAboutSD-19-25 - Supplemental - 0039 Bowdoin Street (12)CIVIL ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INC.
10 Mansfield View Lane Phone:802-864-2323
South Burlington, VT 05403 Fax:802-864-2271
E-Mail: dmarshall@cea-vt.com
August 2, 2019
Ms. Marla Keene, PE
Development Review Planner
City of South Burlington Planning & Zoning
575 Dorset Street
South Burlington, Vermont 05403
Re:Northeast Territories, Inc.Lot 7 at Meadowland Business Park
Proposed Planned Unit Development for Lots 7, 11 and 12
Sketch Plan Application for supporting infrastructure for Logic
Supply Light Manufacturing Facility Planned Unit Development
Dear Ms. Keene:
Please find enclosed the Sketch Plan application for the proposed improvements
on Lot 7 at the Meadowland Business Park being proposed in support of the
proposed Logic Supply manufacturing Planned Unit Development Project. Logicsupply is seeking to expand its existing manufacturing capabilities through the
creation of this PUD to tie its operations together across several lots.
The primary components of this application include:
1.The creation of a Planned Unit Development approval for the involved
properties.
2.The creation of a new 21,570 SF manufacturing facility on Lot 7 with a front
yard setback waiver request from 50-feet to 35-feet.3.Creation of 53 parking spaces
4.Extension of underground utility service lines from Meadowland Drive into
the site.
View Protection Zone -The proposed facility is located well below the
Hinesburg Road North View Protection Zone Overlay. The street tree plantings
have been chosen so as to minimize the potential for the street trees to extend
vertically up into the VPZ with a 64-foot (408 base line –344 finish grade)
maximum height.
Street Access –With frontage on two streets, the project is seeking to maximize
perimeter circulation pattern by proposing curb cuts on both Meadowland Drive
and Bowdoin Street.
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August 2,2019
Fire Access -The multiple driveway access points will maximize emergency
vehicle circulation opportunities.
Cross Lot Access -The applicant has not proposed a physical cross lot access
at this time as the Homeland Security facility has no historical interest in enabling
improved access to the property due to security concerns. The applicant has
show a reservation for a future access easement to Lots 8&9 to the north
(Homeland Security) in case there was ever a change in land use that would
benefit from that circulation opportunity.
Stormwater –Lot 7 is burdened with a high groundwater table and low rates of
permeability due primarily to the presence of the Vergennes Clay soil type which
soil mapping shows occupying the majority of this portion of the Meadowland
Business Park.This soil type was reconfirmed with subsurface soil explorations
in the vicinity of the proposed building footprint.As such, the opportunity for on-
site infiltration of stormwater cannot be achieved as otherwise required in Article12.03 the Land Development Regulations.Lacking the ability to infiltrate, Article
12 requires that the applicant implement LID approaches where possible and to
comply with the State Stormwater Rules. The latter requirement is consistent
with the current Individual Permit State Stormwater authorization issued for the
Business Park which requires that all future development projects meet the
standards of the current State Stormwater Rules.
The applicant is proposing to utilize underground stormwater chambers as a
means of meeting the stormwater treatment and peak flow managementrequirements from the property.
Traffic –A Traffic Impact Study is being developed by Lamoureaux & Dickenson
for the project. Based on Land Use Category #140 –Manufacturing theestimated PM Peak hour trip end generation will be an additional 16 VTE.When
this value is applied to the existing and future background traffic levels at the
Meadowland Drive-Hinesburg Road intersection, the preliminary TIS indicates
that the turning movements at the intersection do not trigger the warrants for the
installation of a traffic signal system at this time.
Landscaping –The proposed landscaping plans are being developed by
Wagner –Hodgson Landscape Architects
Lighting –Site lighting will primarily be provided through the use of a
combination building mounted downcast LED luminaires and area lights for the
parking lots..
Project Schedule –The project schedule calls for construction to commence in
late Fall and to be completed by late Summer 2020.
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Site Grading Plan –In order to provide an improved understanding of the site
grading for Lot 7 we have eliminated the proposed 2-foot contours in favor of the
more detailed spot grades throughout the property.
This completes our general summary of the proposed project.If you should have
any questions, please feel free to contact me at 864-2323 x310.
Respectfully,
David S. Marshall, P.E.
Project Engineer
Attachments:
Sketch Plan Application Package
Sketch Plan ApplicationApplication Fee of $794.40 ($350 Base Fee +$13 +21,570 SF x $0.02/SF))
Industrial Open Space Design StandardsAdjoiner List
1 set of 11" x 17" plans,3 sets of full size plans, and 1 digital copy
cc:(All w/ enclosures, 11x17 plans);M. Neagley CEA File 19145.00
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