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| 2023-05-01 15:34:42 | 1. SETBACKS: |
| | - PLEASE PROVIDE SETBACK LINES ON SITE PLAN AND |
| | ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS |
| | - SETBACKS NEED TO BE RECALCULATED AND LABELED: |
| | - 10TH STREET IS FRONT, MIN. 20 FT. SETBACK REQUIRED |
| | - RAILROAD AVENUE IS SIDE STREET, 0 FT. SETBACK |
| | REQUIRED |
| | - ALLEY, 5 FT. MIN. SETBACK REQUIRED - SIDE INTERIOR |
| | MIN. 25 FT. SETBACK REQUIRED FOR MIXED USE FRONTING RR |
| | AVE. |
| | RESPONSE: IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE AND DIRECT PUBLIC |
| | ACTIVITY AND MOVEMENT ALONG N. RAILROAD AVENUE, THE |
| | APPLICANT ORIENTED THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO 444 ALONG N. |
| | RAILROAD AVENUE AND PLACED ALL BACK-OF-HOUSE SERVICES |
| | (I.E. LOADING, PARKING, TRASH ENCLOSURE, UTILITIES) TO |
| | THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY. AS SUCH, THE ALLEY AND 10TH |
| | STREET FRONTAGES HAVE BEEN TREATED AS ???SIDE STREET |
| | RESIDENTIAL??? AND ???ALLEY??? BUFFERS BASED ON THIS |
| | UPDATED BUILDING AND SITE PROGRAMMING. THE APPLICANT |
| | RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT THE NORTH BUFFER BE |
| | CONSIDERED A ???SIDE RESIDENTIAL STREET??? BUFFER TO |
| | MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF ACTIVE BUILDING FRONTAGE THAT |
| | CAN BE CREATED/PROGRAMMED ALONG N. RAILROAD FOR THE |
| | BENEFIT OF THE URBAN STREETSCAPE THAT IS ATTEMPTING TO |
| | BE CREATED ALONG THIS CORRIDOR. |
| | 1. ZONING REVIEW 5.1.23 ??? [PARTIALLY SATISFIED] |
| | AFTER STAFF REVIEW OF BPD-R PROVISIONS; SETBACKS SHALL |
| | BE SUCH: |
| | RAILROAD AVENUE ??? 0??? |
| | ALLEY ??? 5??? |
| | SIDE RESIDENTIAL STREET (10TH ST. FRONTAGE) ??? 10??? |
| | SIDE INTERIOR SETBACK (EASTERN PROPERTY LINE) ??? 25??? |
| | NO REAR OR FRONT SETBACKS BY CODE BECAUSE OF COMMERCIAL |
| | PROPERTY FRONTING RAILROAD. |
| | STAIRCASE ENCROACHES INTO SIDE INTERIOR SETBACK BY |
| | 1.5FT. PLEASE ADJUST. |
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| | 2. PARKING REQUIREMENTS: |
| | - PLEASE PROVIDE BREAKDOWN OF OFFICE AND RETAIL SF. |
| | BOTH 7,900 SF? |
| | - WHAT IS WIDTH OF PARKING DRIVE? APPEARS TO BE 24FT |
| | BUT PLEASE BE SURE TO FALL UNDER 25FT MAXIMUM WIDTH. |
| | - PAINTING/STRIPING DETAILS NEED TO MEET CITY STANDARD |
| | FOR STALL |
| | - SITE PLAN MENTIONS PARKING REQUIREMENTS BEING MET |
| | WITH VALET SERVICE OFFSITE, PLEASE INDICATE WHERE THE |
| | OFF-SITE PARKING IS LOCATED. |
| | RESPONSE: THE BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE IS DIVIDED |
| | EQUALLY INTO GROUND FLOOR RETAIL/RESTAURANT AND SECOND |
| | STORY OFFICE USES (7,900 SF RESPECTIVELY). THE PARKING |
| | DRIVE AISLE IS 24 FEET WIDE AND A DIMENSION HAS BEEN |
| | ADDED TO THE PLAN TO IDENTIFY SAID WIDTH. THE PARKING |
| | STRIPING HAS BEEN UPDATED TO MATCH THE CITY STANDARDS. |
| | A NOTE HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE SITE PLAN INDICATING THE |
| | LOCATION OF THE OFFSITE PUBLIC AND VALET PARKING LOTS |
| | THAT SERVE THE VARIOUS USES WITHIN NORA. |
| | 2. ZONING REVIEW 5.1.23 ??? [SATISFIED] |
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| | 3. SANITATION/LOADING: PLEASE PROVIDE AUTOTURN ANALYSIS |
| | FOR ALLEY AND LOADING AREA. |
| | RESPONSE: ACKNOWLEDGED. AN AUTOTURN ANALYSIS HAS BEEN |
| | PREPARED TO IDENTIFY THE ABILITY OF UTILITY VEHICLES TO |
| | ACCESS THE TRASH ENCLOSURE AND THE LOADING ZONE. |
| | 3. ZONING REVIEW 5.1.23 ??? [NOT SATISFIED] NO AUTOTURN |
| | PROVIDED IN SUBMITTAL PACKAGE |
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| | 4. PHOTOMETRIC ANALYSIS SHOWS PROPERTY AS A 1-STORY |
| | 10,185 SF BUILDING, PLEASE BE CONSISTENT ACROSS PLAN |
| | SETS. |
| | RESPONSE: ACKNOWLEDGED. THE PHOTOMETRIC PLAN SHALL BE |
| | UPDATED FOR BACKGROUND CONSISTENCY. |
| | 4. ZONING REVIEW 5.1.23 ??? [SATISFIED] |
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| | 5. CURB CUT FOR TRASHCAN/ALLEY CUTS INTO ADJACENT |
| | RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. PLEASE ADJUST. |
| | RESPONSE: ACKNOWLEDGED. THE RADIAL CURB HAS BEEN |
| | REPLACED WITH A FLARE TO AVOID CONFLICT/ENCROACHMENT |
| | WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE EAST. SEE UPDATED |
| | SITE AND LANDSCAPE PLANS. |
| | ZONING REVIEW 5.1.23 ??? [SATISFIED] |
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| | 6. PLEASE INDICATE WHERE REQUIRED BIKE PARKING SPACES |
| | ARE LOCATED |
| | RESPONSE: ACKNOWLEDGED. BIKE RACK HAVE BEEN PROVIDED |
| | THROUGHOUT NORA WITHIN THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED |
| | STREETSCAPE PLAN AND PUBLIC OFF-STREET PARKING PLAN |
| | PROJECTS. AN ADDITIONAL BIKE RACK HAS BEEN SPECIFIED AT |
| | THE REAR OF THE BUILDING IN THE PAVER PLAZA AREA. |
| | ZONING REVIEW 5.1.23 ??? [SATISFIED] |
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| | 7. PLEASE PROVIDE STREETSCAPE LANDSCAPING DETAILS FOR N |
| | RAILROAD AVE. AND 10TH ST. FRONTAGES. |
| | RESPONSE: ACKNOWLEDGED. LANDSCAPE DETAILS HAVE BEEN |
| | PROVIDED FOR BOTH RIGHTS-OF-WAYS ALONG THE BOUNDARY OF |
| | THE SUBJECT SITE. |
| | ZONING REVIEW 5.1.23 ??? [SATISFIED] |
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| | 8. 5FT. LANDSCAPE BUFFER BETWEEN ADJACENT TO |
| | RESIDENTIAL USES REQUIRES INSTALLATION OF A WALL. |
| | RESPONSE: ACKNOWLEDGED. A WALL SHALL BE ADDED ALONG |
| | THE EAST PROPERTY BOUNDARY AS REQUIRED. SEE UPDATED |
| | SITE AND LANDSCAPE PLAN. |
| | PLEASE PROVIDE HEIGHT DETAIL OF MASONRY WALL |
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| | NEW ZONING COMMENTS 5.1.23: |
| | 1. PLEASE PROVIDE PROJECTION DETAILS OR DIMENSIONS FOR |
| | THE CANOPY ELEMENTS SHOWN ON THE ELEVATIONS. BE SURE |
| | THAT THESE ELEMENTS MEET THE STANDARDS IN SEC. 94-109 |
| | TABLE IV-5. ELEVATIONS PROVIDED, PLEASE SHOW |
| | PROJECTIONS. |
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| | 2. ANY ROOFTOP MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT SHALL BE SCREENED |
| | FROM VIEW. PER SEC. 94-109 PROJECTION, VERTICAL: |
| | MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT AND APPURTENANCES NECESSARY TO THE |
| | OPERATION OR MAINTENANCE OF THE BUILDING OR STRUCTURE |
| | ITSELF SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, COOLING TOWERS, |
| | ELEVATORS, STAIRS AND MECHANICAL PENTHOUSES, VENT |
| | STACKS AND ANTENNAS SHALL BE ENCLOSED AND SCREENED IN |
| | SUCH A MANNER THAT THE ENCLOSURE IS DESIGNED AS AN |
| | INTEGRAL PART OF THE OVERALL BUILDING DESIGN. |
| | 3. FOR THE LANDSCAPING ON SHEET LP-1: |
| | SEC.94-113(D.) AND SEC.94-113(G.) APPLIES |
| | SEC. 94-443(A.)(1.) PROTECTIVE SCREEN WALLS AND |
| | (2.)LANDSCAPE BUFFER APPLIES; THESE SECTIONS PROVIDE |
| | MORE DETAIL ON THE REQUIREMENTS OF SEC. 94-113(G.) |
| | PLEASE AMEND LP-1 & LP-2 TO REFLECT THE THREE |
| | APPLICABLE CODE SECTIONS ABOVE AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS. |
| | THE REFERENCE TO 94-442 CAN BE REMOVED. |
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