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Home My WebLink About15-000 ApplicationBLEW & ASSOCIATES,, PA CIVIL ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS July 27, 2015 SUBJECT: 15-675 Dollar General of Little Rock (Ferndale) To Whom It May Concern: Blew & Associates, PA received comments for the Dollar General of Little Rock (Ferndale) on July 23, 2015. The following are the responses to the comments: Public Works Department 1. Provide detail of proposed lane widening and 6 ft paved shoulder; Detail is now included on Details Sheet C6-2. 2. Provide detail of proposed driveway to comply with CLR Standard detail PW-34; Detail is now included on Details Sheet C6-1. 3. Any work involving one (1) or more acres of disturbed area requires a State of Arkansas NPDES permit. Contact the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, NPDES branch at 501-682-0744 for applications and information about General Stormwater Discharge Construction Permit #ARR150000. The Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan has been included with this submittal, which includes Permit #ARR150000 4. Provide one (1) copy of detention plans and calculations to Vince Floriani at 701 West Markham Street. Contact Vince Floriani at 501-371-4817 or Nathan Charles at 501-918-5348 with any questions or for more information Parking lot detention may not exceed 6 inches in depth and must be located no closer than 10 feet from adjacent buildings. The Storm Water Management Report has been included with this submittal, which includes all storm water calculations. 5. Damage to public and private property due to hauling operations or operations of construction related equipment from a construction site shall be repaired by the responsible party. This note has been added to the Revised Site Plan. 6. Prepare a letter of pending development addressing streetlights as required by Little Rock Code Section 31- 403 of the Little Rock Code. Contact Pulaski County Road and Bridge at 501-340-6800 for more information regarding streetlight requirements. This site is located outside of the City of Little Rock's City Limits, and will not be required to follow the City's Street Light Regulations, per a phone conversation with Greg Simmson on 7/27/2015. The Pulaski 524 W. SYCAMORE ST, SUITE 4 - FAYETTEVILLE / ARKANSAS • 72703 PHONE: 4 7 9- 4 4 3- 4 5 0 6 FAX: 4 7 9- 5 8 2- 1 8 8 3 BLEW & ASSOCIATES? PA CIVIL ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS County Road & Bridge Department will also not require street lights, per a phone conversation with John Burton on 7/27/2015. 7. Contact Public Works, Civil Engineering, Vince Floriani at 501-371-4817 for confirmation of installed improvements as required by the City of Little Rock prior to occupying the facility; Understood. 8. All signage, pavement markings and parking lot striping shall conform to requirements given in Manual Of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD). MUTCD requires that parking spaces be marked in white. All parking spaces are now shown to be white. Please see the revised Site Plan. 9. Provide as -built plans of newly installed or modified public and private stormwater drainage system prior to occupancy of the facility. The as -built plans should contain information as found on the City of Little Rock website at http://www.littlerock.org/citydepartments/publicworks.aspx. Plans of the stormwater drainage system within public and private properties, right-of-ways, and easements are to be uploaded to an established City of Little Rock Public Works FTP site. Use an FTP client to connect to www.littlerock.org or go to ftp://web.littlerock.org/ using a web browser for download only. Go to the Public Works/Civil Engineering folder to upload or download information. User ID and password information can be obtained by contacting the Public Works, Civil Engineering section at 501-371-4811. Understood Landscape Plan Comments 1. Site plan must comply with the City's minimal landscape and buffer ordinance requirements. The Revised Site Plan now shows the required Street Buffers and Land Use Buffers. 2. Signage is to be reviewed and permitted separately. Understood 3. A land use buffer will be required when an adjacent property has a dissimilar use of a more restrictive nature. In addition to the opaque screen adjacent to the residential property along the north property additional plantings will be required. Landscaping in land use buffers shall be the same as perimeter landscaping (Sec 15-102). Provide one (1) tree and three (3) shrubs or vines for every thirty (30) linear feet of perimeter planting strip adjacent to the residential property. These landscaping requirements have been addressed with the revised Landscape Plan. 4. For any site, shrubs from two (2) different genuses are required. At least twenty-five (25) percent of the shrubs on the site outside of those required for screening purposes are to be of evergreen variety. Provide an additional shrub specie. 524 W. SYCAMORE ST, SUITE 4 • FAYETTEVILLE / ARKANSAS • 72703 PHONE: 4 7 9- 4 4 3- 4 5 0 6 FAX: 47 9- 5 8 2- 1 8 8 3 BLEW & ASSOCIATES, PA CIVIL ENGINEERS & LAND SURVEYORS An additional shrub species has been included on the revised Landscape Plan. 5. Shrubs must be eighteen (18) inches in height at installation. Provide shrub material height specification on plan. The Landscape Legend on the revised Landscape Plan now specifies shrubs to be 18" in Height. 6. Return three (3) revised copies of the landscape plan, sheet C2-1 and one (1) copy of the survey to the Plans Development Administrator. Understood 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. Credit for Tree Preservation is now included in the Landscape Requirement Calculations. Please see the Landscape Credit for Preservation Table on the revised Landscape Plan. Sincerely, Charlie Zardin Blew & Associates, PA 524 W. SYCAMORE ST, SUITE 4 • FAYETTEVILLE / ARKANSAS • 72703 PHONE: 47 9- 4 4 3- 4 5 0 6 FAX: 4 7 9- 5 8 2- 1 8 8 3 BARTLETT Architects* Planners -(- Designers Be Hwy R North201LE77EIR OF U�nNSM��/�L Benton, AR 72019 (n1 LI\J uv�J /� 501-794-4448 Fax: (501) 794-4449 TO: City of Little Rock 723 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 72201 DATE: 7/28/2015 1 PROJECT #: 1435 ATTENTION: Tracy Chapman RE: Dollar General Store #16417 (Ferndale Cut-off) WE ARE SENDING YOU ❑ Attached ❑ Under separate cover via ❑ Shop drawings ❑ Copy of Letter the following items: ❑ Return Documents J6 Plans ❑ Samples ❑ Change Order ❑ ❑ Specifications COPIES DATE NO. DE50RIPTION 3 Revised Set of Site Plan and Landscape Plan for Zoning Clearance 1 Response to comments letter 3 Copy of Site Survey THESE ARE TRANSMITTED as checked below: For Approval ❑ For your use ❑ As requested ❑ For review and comment El Transmitted Via: 0 Nand belivered ❑ UF5 ❑ Fed FK ❑ U5 postal 5ervice REMARKS Attached is the revised civil plan for the Proposed Dollar General Store #16417 to be located at the intersection of Kanis Road and Ferndale Cut-off Road to complete our Zoning clearance process. Let us know if you need any additional information. COPY TO 51&NED: Marcus McNeice Spillman, Darren From: Spillman, Darren Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 3:18 PM To: 'Daniel Bartlett' Subject: RE: 1435 Dollar General revised plan Looks good Dan, However, since we have the planting space now could I get you to drop in two more trees. That would get bring this perimeter into compliance with the landscape code. Thanks, is D. Tracy Spillman, RLA Plans and Development Administrator City of Little Rock - Department of Planning and Development 723 W. Markham Little Rock, AR 72701 501.371.4864 From: Daniel Bartlett [mailto:dan@bartarch.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 1:28 PM To: Spillman, Darren Cc: Marcus McNeice Subject: 1435 Dollar General revised plan Tracy, the drive on Ferndale changed, so the landscape changed a little. Attached is the revised plan. We assume they meet the requirements but if you see something please let us know soon. Thanks db Daniel Bartlett, Architect, AIA, NCARB, ICC Bartlett Architecture, inc. 603 Hwy #5 North Benton, AR 72019 Phone = 501-794-4448 Email = dan hartarch.net