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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZ-4940-C Planning Staff CommentsCity of Little Rock Planning and Development Planning Commission Hearing/October 14, 2021 Applicant Comments for Proposed Development Applicant Responses are due no later than Wednesday, September 8, 2021. Please submit revised site plans, if applicable, along with any written responses. All documents should be submitted to this email address for review. RE: Z-4940-C (Ran Management Convenience Store – CUP, 13624 Vimy Ridge Road) Development Comments 1. Provide proposed use(s) of the proposed building. 2. Provide information on restaurant use. Will the restaurant-type use have indoor seating or will it be drive-thru only? 3. Show and label menu board and pick-up window location on the site plan. 4. Provide hours of operation for all uses. 5. Provide signage plan for the development. 6. The dumpster area must be screened as per ordinance requirements. 7. All site lighting must be low-level and directed away from adjacent properties. 8. Land use buffers and street buffers are deficient. Perimeter landscape strips are also deficient. Request variances or revise site plan to provide. Staff has concerns regarding the reduced buffer widths. Civil Engineering Comments 1. Repair or replace any curb, gutter, sidewalk and access ramps that are damaged and not in compliance with ADA recommendations in the public right-of-way prior to occupancy. The access ramp at the intersection of Vimy Ridge Rd. and County Line Rd. shall be constructed to meet the Cityof Little Rock standard details. 2. Street Improvement plans shall include signage and striping. Public Works must approve completed plans prior to construction. 3. On site striping and signage plans should be forwarded to Public Works, Traffic Engineering for approval with the site development package. 4. Prior to construction of retaining walls, a engineer's certification of design and plans must be submitted to Public Works for approval. After construction, an as-built certification is required for construction of the retaining wall. 5. Provide as-built plans and data entry template of newly installed or modified public and private stormwater drainage system prior to issuance of the certificate of occupancy. The as-built plans should contain information as found on the City of Little Rock website at https://www.littlerock.gov/city- administration/city-departments/public-works/. Provide the as-built plans and data entry template to Planning and Development Dept., Civil Engineering Private Development by email to CEPermits@littlerock.gov. If you have any questions or desire additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Planning and Development Dept., Civil Engineering Private Development at 501-399- 3470 or at 501-371-4817 or CEPermits@littlerock.gov. 6. Damage to public and private property due to hauling operations or operation of construction related equipment from a nearby construction site shall be repaired by the responsible party prior to issuance of a certificate of occupancy. 7. Show the proposed order board locations for the drive-thru's. Due to the minimum single lane provided at the rear of the new building, vehicles will backup and block the drive-thru lane. 8. The north drive-thru will stack vehicles into the drive aisles. Submit a Traffic Impact Study for the proposed project. Study should address trip generation, trip distribution, drive-thru timing plan, and projected vehicular stack for the development and also should take into account existing and projected traffic growth. Contact Nat Banihatti in Traffic Engineering at 379-1818 for additional information for preparation of traffic study. Landscape Comments 1. Any new site development must comply with the City’s minimal landscape and buffer ordinance requirements. 2. A land use buffer six (6) percent of the average width / depth of the lot will be required when an adjacent property has a dissimilar use of a more restrictive nature. The properties to the north and west are zoned R-2. As a component of all land use buffer requirements, opaque screening, whether a fence or other device, a minimum of six (6) feet in height shall be required upon the property line side of the buffer. A minimum of seventy (70) percent of the land use buffer shall be undisturbed. Easements cannot count toward fulfilling this requirement. The plantings, existing and purposed, shall be provided within the landscape ordinance of the city, section 15-81. The north and west buffer areas are partially deficient. The property is approximately 270 in length and 185 feet in width. A minimum 16-foot buffer is required adjacent to the west property line and a minimum 11-foot buffer is required adjacent to the north property line. 3. Street buffers will be required at six (6) percent of the average depth of the lot. The minimum dimension shall be one-half (½) the full width requirement but in no case be less than nine (9) feet. The street buffers are deficient. The property is approximately 270 in length and 185 feet in width. A minimum 16-foot buffer is required adjacent to the Vimy Ridge Rd property line and a minimum 11-foot buffer is required adjacent to the County Line Road property line. 4. Screening requirements will need to be met for the vehicular use areas adjacent to street rights-of- way. Provide screening shrubs with an average linear spacing of not less at three (3) feet within the required landscape area. Provide trees with an average linear spacing of not less than thirty (30) feet. 5. A perimeter planting strip is required along any side of a vehicular use area that abuts adjoining property, or the right-of-way of any street. This strip shall be at least nine (9) feet wide. One (1) tree and three (3) shrubs or vines shall be planted for every thirty (30) linear feet of perimeter planting strip. The perimeter planting strip adjacent to County Line Road is deficient. The perimeter planting strip adjacent to the north property line is partially deficient. 3. Building landscape areas shall be provided at the rate equivalent to planter strip three (3) feet wide along the vehicular use area. One (1) tree and four (4) shrubs shall be planted in the building landscape areas for each forty (40) linear feet of vehicular use area abutting the building. Verify building landscape percentage. 4. Eight percent (8%) of the vehicular use area must be designated for green space; this green space needs to be evenly distributed throughout the parking area(s). The minimum size of an interior landscape area shall be one hundred fifty (150) square feet for developments with one hundred fifty (150) or fewer parking spaces. Interior islands must be a minimum seven and one half (7 1/2) feet in width. Trees shall be included in the interior landscape areas at the rate of one (1) tree for every twelve (12) parking spaces. Verify interior landscape percentage. 5. An automatic irrigation system to water landscaped areas shall be required for developments of one (1) acre or larger. 6. The development of two (2) acres or more requires the landscape plan to be stamped with the seal of a Registered Landscape Architect. 7. The City Beautiful Commission recommends preserving as many existing trees as feasible on this site. Credit toward fulfilling Landscape Ordinance requirements can be given when preserving trees of six (6) inch caliper or larger. 8. Any landscape code requirements that cannot be met may require a variance from the City Beautiful Commission. LR Fire Department Comments Maintain Access: Fire Hydrants. Maintain fire apparatus access roads at fire hydrant locations as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.1 Access road width with a hydrant. Where a fire hydrant is located on a fire apparatus access road, the minimum road width shall be 26 feet, exclusive of shoulders. Grade Maintain fire apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D103.2 Grade. Fire apparatus access roads shall not exceed 10 percent in grade except as approved by the fire chief. If the grade exceeds 10 percent, approval will be denied and the applicant must submit request to be reviewed by Fire Chief for Approval. Loading Maintain fire apparatus access road design as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D102.1 Access and loading. Facilities, buildings or portions of buildings hereafter constructed shall be accessible to fire department apparatus by way of an approved fire apparatus access road with an asphalt, concrete or other approved driving surface capable of supporting the imposed load of fire apparatus weighing at least 75,000 pounds. Commercial and Industrial Developments – 2 means of access. - Maintain fire apparatus access roads as per Appendix D of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code Vol. 1 Section D104.1 Buildings exceeding three stories or 30 feet in height. Building or facilities exceeding 30 feet or three stories in height shall have at least two means of fire apparatus access for each structure. Section D104.2 Building exceeding 62,000 square feet in area. Buildings or facilities having a gross building area of more than 62,000 square feet shall be provide with two separate and approved fire apparatus access roads. Exception: Projects having a gross building area of up to 124,000 square feet that have a single approved fire apparatus access road when all building are equipped throughout with approved automatic sprinkler systems. D104.3 Remoteness. Where two fire apparatus access roads are required, they shall be placed a distance apart equal to not less than one half of the length of the maximum overall diagonal dimension of the lot or area to be served, measured in a straight line between accesses. Fire Hydrants Locate Fire Hydrants as per Appendix C of the 2012 Arkansas Fire Prevention Code. Section C101 – C105, in conjunction with Central Arkansas Water (Daniel Tull 501-377-1245) and the Little Rock Fire Marshals Office (Capt. Tony Rhodes 501-918-3757, or Fire Marshal Derek N Ingram 501-918-3756 Number and Distribution of Fire Hydrants as per Table C105.1. LR Reclamation Authority Comments 1. Retain easements for existing sewer mains. FOG Analysis required if food service on site.