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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBMC West Truss Plant w applicantOffice of Community Planning & Economic Development PO Box 5604 – 5160 Yellowstone Avenue, Chubbuck, ID 83202 208.237.2430 – Fax 208.237.2409 www.CityofChubbuck.us Design Review Committee Meeting Minutes May 5, 2020 Meeting held via Zoom, Meeting ID 883 7945 2970 (w applicant) Applicant: H & S Financial Corp. Jeff McNee/Don Zebe Proposed site address: 5630 and 5660 Industry Way Present: Mitchel Greer, RMES; Don Zebe, Cheyanne, Kevin England, Mayor; Rodney Burch, Public Works Director; Devin Hillam, Community Planning and Economic Development Director; Bridger Morrison, City Engineer; Bill Guiberson, Police Chief; Merlin Miller, Fire Marshal; Don Matson, Senior Planner; Paul Andrus, City Planner; Ray Griffin, Building Official; Tom Holmes, City Attorney; Kami Morrison, Office Administrator. Meeting today is a site plan review for BMC West Truss Plant Don Zebe stated the only site that made sense was on Industry Way because of proximity to freeway. Had building originally in the middle and then went to Utah to look at that facility. Needed as much ground as possible for finished product. Producing product on regular basis 6 days/week. Need big laydown yard to get product out door. 10-year term commitment. Upwards of 25 new jobs and could go higher. Moved building closer to New Day. Mitch, first iteration had a single road centered in the middle of site and building was in the middle. Thought it would work but then as they analyzed operations and how they will function they asked to slide the building south and east. As it evolved they decided they absolutely have to have all of that yard space to function. Seems like were talking about the plant being a very regional facility to serve down into Northern Utah, towards Twin Falls/Boise area, north into those markets. Final iteration, loop around site for trucks to enter and exit effectively. Had a separate truck loop and access, felt that ate up too much yard space. Combined truck/employee traffic and parking areas. Trucks will be exiting via main parking area. Will only have a few large trucks every couple of days. Between 2-4 trucks every other day (Zebe). Future plan is the rail service. When need to bring more material in. Upwards of 250, 300,000$. Reason they like that location as well. Availability of rail infrastructure. Approach southern, tried to line up with what was existing at the RV business. Gives site a little front area to use for storm water or landscaping improvements. Design some underground some above ground retention. If underground were to fail or exceed capacity could back up into pond but is intended to be a dry pond. Maintained buffer along New Day Pkwy that allows for landscaping. Plan to use existing utilities. Ribbon curb along industrial way, have a fence along the yard setback along easement line. One concern that places sidewalk outside of right of way. Into utility easement. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS TRAFFIC SAFETY AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION: As per plans Parking 1 for each vehicle, 1 for each employee on largest shift. 46 spots with 25 employees. Mitch, have overflow parking everywhere. Paved surfaces, could stripe somewhere else for employees to park if needed. Parking need to meet requirements Parking stalls near Industry Way should be adjusted to meet City specs of 50’ from road line Change curb, gutter and sidewalk to ribbon curb and swale on Industry Way Help with storm water runoff to pipe into swale. Separates pedestrians from roadway. Holmes had concern at one time about pedestrian safety on busy arterials and collectors, curb might offer separation/protection for pedestrians walking. Does provide visual and physical barrier. Could still do that with a swale. Do curb cuts and a concrete trough to swale like in other locations. Issue was taking street runoff and piping to interior disposal system. They need to acknowledge and be responsible for that and they were also missing a piece. Holmes recommendation is to do a curb instead of a ribbon. UTILITY STUDIES: Will use existing stubs. Utility easements needed. Water line is only serving their property. Would recommend that is a private line maintained by property owner which would require a meter near Industry Way. Or the City would allow to connect back to the water line in New Day and make a looped line which would reduce maintenance requirements and would then maintain as public line. OUTDOOR ADVERTISING: No sign plans yet except for one shown on building. Plans for additional signs can be submitted to the Building Official. LANDSCAPING: No landscaping plan yet. Bill Jackson will have done tomorrow. May need to amend. Could condition that it be submitted, approved and installed prior to scheduling final inspection for building. Developer will have a landscaping obligation between the path and parking lots. Suggest they work with Lyn Yost on screening between properties. Possibly a fence and trees to minimize sound on both sides. Exterior areas are to be used as stockyard area. Will check code on screening of outdoor materials. STRUCTURES AND SITE LAYOUT: Plan Complies DRAINAGE: Must meet PVSWDM requirements. PRETREATMENT: Need to find out if there are floor drains. Break room has dishwashers, etc. find out if residential size appliances or industrial. Won’t need any pretreatment unless there are floor drains. EXTERIOR LIGHTING: Lighting needs to be shielded to prevent light trespass. ENGINEERING: Stalls between roadway and where drawn don’t meet 50ft requirement. Southern access does not meet access management control guidelines. Without that they will not have enough stockyard on site and will need to move locations. Justified because of low traffic counts. Preservation of site for industry use. City could reserve the right to make it right in, right out access in future. Ask that it aligns with RV dealership across so needs to shift 10 feet north or south. Northern access does not meet separation from steel plant southern access. Justified through traffic counts. Loop road/northern access only used by large trucks. 2-3 in and out every day. Sanitation trucks will need to use. Volumes are low enough to keep there. Widths of approaches modified to meet commercial specs. Crosswalks on ramps on Industry Way. Request to make modification more adjacent to roadway Work with engineering on coordination of sidewalk and connection to path on New Day Parkway when built. Agreement to store storm water runoff in swales and sidewalk. FIRE DEPARTMENT: Fire Department needs access after hours. Knox box required. Plan shows 2 hydrants in parking area in the front of building. Fire line to building and hydrant on NE corner. One at entrance at Industry Way southern entrance. One off New Day. BUILDING DEPARTMENT: Dumpster location is back behind a gate which is a concern. The site in Utah keeps gates open during business hours which should allow for sanitation trucks but need to clarify. Make sure trucks have access to loop road. POLICE DEPARTMENT: No issues NONRESIDENTIAL WASTEWATER PERMIT: BUSINESS LICENSE: DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT: Minutes from today’s meeting were e-mailed to the Design Committee and Mitch Greer on May 5, 2020.