October
22, 2007
Landplan
Engineering
Attn: Tim
Herndon
Email: therndon@landplan-pa.com
Dear Mr.
Herndon,
Thank you
for your comments concerning the Preliminary Plat conditions for the Airport
Business Park No. 1 [PP-06-07-07]. After reviewing the conditions with City
Staff, the following response is being provided:
1. Revised conditions for PP-06-07-07: Preliminary Plat for
Airport Business Park No. 1;
a.
Addition
of a note stating that a Transfer of Ownership to the City of
Keep condition as written. Utilities staff has commented that the pump
station is not considered temporary until a decision is made in the future to
abandon it. Utility infrastructure is
provided for developments through the dedication of the underlying property and
releasing all operational decisions to the City. Policy dictates that the property be held fee
simple by the City.
b.
Removal
of the utility easements encompassing the entirety of the pump station sites,
as ownership of the pump station sites will be transferred to the City.
Additional utility easements may need to be dedicated for the sanitary sewer
mains with the final siting of pump stations.
Keep condition as written. See note above.
c.
Revision
of the pump station sites to appropriate sizes. The sizes of these sites may
need to be slightly altered at a later date PRIOR TO FINAL PLAT RECORDATION based on the layout of the pump
stations.
Revised. Appropriate size will need to be
discussed with Utilities Department.
d.
Addition
of a note stating that ownership of the property on which the temporary
pump station is located will revert to the adjacent property owners when the
pump station is decommissioned.
Revised. Pump station is not considered temporary
until future justification is provided to alter its location.
e.
Addition
of a note stating that funds will be placed in escrow after the approval of the
final plat for the future decommissioning and modification of the temporary
pump station, and that no building permits will be issued until the funds are
in escrow.
Revised. The intent of the condition is to require a
mechanism that runs with the deed to the property. This is a precedent/policy driven condition.
f.
As
the access waiver requests for direct access to US 24/40 were denied, the first
sentence of General Note #9 will need to be revised to read as follows: “Direct
driveway access onto
Revised to reflect discussion. Please review.
g.
Inclusion
of a note stating that one temporary access point for the temporary
sanitary sewer pump station will be permitted from Block Five, If the
location of the access point is known, it shall be shown on the plat, with
hatch marks included along the remainder of the west side of
Revised to reflect intent.
h.
Block
Five, Lots 2 and 4 will be reoriented so they both have frontage on proposed
Ok.
i.
Inclusion of a note stating that access from Block Four,
Deleted. All access points will meet the City’s then
current, codes, access management policies, and best management practices.
j.
Dedication of any additional required Right-of-Way, per the approval of
the City Engineer.
Deleted. Request meets code. Applicant should understand that additional
right-of-way or construction easements may be needed with the actual
construction of improvements of section line roads.
k.
Revision
of Note #15 in the General Notes section to state that the pedestrian ways
within pedestrian easements are to be constructed concurrent with the paving
of the most adjacent roadway. SHALL
BE CONSTRUCTED PER THE SUBDIVSION REGULATIONS SECTION 20-811(C)(v).
Revised. Per the Subdivision
Regulations, sidewalks adjacent to streets shall be constructed with the
street. This ensures a continuous sidewalk for the benefit of the pedestrian
and to ensure that the sidewalks actually get constructed. Construction
operations will need to respect the sidewalks and other infrastructure when
working on individual sites.
Completion of the sidewalks in
pedestrian easements not adjacent to streets shall not be required under the
earlier of three years after approval of the Final Plat or three months after
the issuance of the last Building Permit for a lot adjoining the segment;
completion of such improvements shall be guaranteed in accordance with Section
20-811(g)(8).
l.
Inclusion
of information regarding final plat phasing. This phasing shall be concurrent
with phasing of the Downstream Sanitary Sewer Study.
Keep as written. This note ensures that the project is
developed per the Downstream Sanitary Sewer Study. It leaves open the opportunity to revise the
phasing and Sewer Study if market conditions warrant.
m.
Revision to include the airspace overlay zones as described in the
Development Code Section 20-302.
Deleted. Concur.
n.
Removal
of General Note #16e.
Keep as written. The plat note does not address Section
20-812(4)(ii)(e), but instead appears to
leave the question of whether infrastructure will be provided to the property
owners when the code dictates when infrastructure will be provided.
o.
Revision
of General Note #16f to remove the following language: “Timing of the
installation of such improvements will be per the discretion of the property
owner(s) [in the instance of private financing] and per the City [in the
instance of public financing]. General Notes #16a through f may need to be
further revised, based on the outcome of discussions related to financing of
infrastructure improvements at the City Commission meeting.
Ok.
p.
Dedication
of the full right-of-way for E 1500 (
Delete. Plat
dedicates required right-of-way.
q.
PRIOR TO A BUILDING PERMIT BEING
GRANTED FOR ANY BUILDING ASSOCIATED WITH PHASE A1, AN AGREEMENT SHALL BE
REACHED BETWEEN THE CITY AND PROPERTY OWNER / APPLICANT AS TO THE PROVISION,
TIMING, AND FINANCING OF ALL ROAD, WATER, SEWER, AND STORM WATER INFRASTRUCTURE
FOR THE PROJECT.
This is a new
condition based on the apparent negotiations of such matters
A hard
copy of your October 17, 2007 letter and this response letter will be provided
in communications to the Planning Commission, along with a memo containing a clean
copy of our conditions, dated October 22, 2007.
Sincerely,
Scott
McCullough, AICP
Director
of Planning and Development Services
Copy:
E-mail
Copy: Airport Industrial Development,
L.L.C. – jes@dconcepts.biz
Brian Sturm – brains@landplan-pa.com