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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20230296 12 Ballston Sketch Plan Narrative501 Main Street, Suite 2A 11 Vanderbilt Avenue, Suite 240 Monroe, CT 06468 Norwood, MA 02062 Office: (203) 880-5455 Office: (781) 352-8491 www.SolliEngineering.com PROJECT NARRATIVE To: City of Saratoga Springs Planning Board Saratoga Spring, New York From: Kevin Solli, P.E. / Solli Engineering, LLC Subject: Site Plan Application (Sketch Plan) Proposed Chipotle 12 Ballston Avenue (Parcel: 165.83-1-3) Saratoga Springs, NY Project #: 21206201 Date: 04/27/23 Solli Engineering (Solli) has prepared this narrative for the Site Plan Review Application (Sketch Plan) to describe the existing site conditions and potential redevelopment plan for the property located at 12 Ballston Avenue, Saratoga Springs, NY. It is the intent of the Applicant, CollabDev 2 LLC, to redevelop the existing site to include a 2,343 square-foot Chipotle restaurant with an outdoor patio area. Below is a brief summary of existing and proposed conditions. EXISTING SITE CONDITIONS SITE LOCATION The subject site consists of one parcel totaling approximately 0.32 acres, identified as follows: Tax Map 165.83, Block 1, Lot 3, 12 Ballston Avenue The property is located in the Neighborhood Center (T-5) zoning district and is bound by Ballston Avenue to the north and west, commercial use to the south and Hamilton Street to the east. The parcel is currently accessed via an unsignalized driveway on Ballston Avenue, with an additional curb cut on Hamilton Street. The existing structure is a ±2,703 square-foot one-story, commercial building which was formerly a restaurant until 2015. Since that time, the site has remained vacant. PROPOSED SITE CONDITIONS The project proposes to demolish the existing building and construct a 2,343 square-foot Chipotle restaurant with an outdoor patio area. The project will also include drainage, utility and landscaping improvements. Access to the site will come from a full-movement, unsignalized driveway located on Ballston Avenue and a full-movement, unsignalized driveway located on Hamilton Street. 501 Main Street, Suite 2A 11 Vanderbilt Avenue, Suite 240 Monroe, CT 06468 Norwood, MA 02062 Office: (203) 880-5455 Office: (781) 352-8491 www.SolliEngineering.com There will be two-way circulation adjacent to the parking area. The parking area will include a total of twenty-three (23) parking spaces, which will include one (1) space being designated as ADA accessible and three (3) marked parking spaces dedicated for order pickup. The dumpster location will be situated in the parking area, adjacent to the site entrance from Hamilton Street. The redevelopment also includes the utilization of approximately 3,134 SF of land from 32 Ballston Avenue through a perpetual easement to provide the area necessary to comply with the City’s parking regulations and to provide adequate area to support safe access and egress on both Ballston Avenue and Hamilton Street. The stormwater runoff for the site will be designed in accordance with all City and State regulations. Within the area analyzed for stormwater purposes, the redevelopment results in the reduction of approximately 610 square-feet of impervious area. Existing drainage patterns on-site direct runoff to three (3) distinct discharge points; Southwest along Ballston Avenue to a catch basin located approximately 250 feet from the property, north towards Ballston Avenue and to a catch basin located at the intersection of Ballston Avenue and Hamilton Street, and southeast along Hamilton Street. Based on the reduction in impervious area, it is anticipated that the redevelopment will result in a decrease of overall peak flows from the site, greatly improving the overall stormwater management of the property from that of existing conditions. Upon submission for a full Site Plan Review, a detailed stormwater management plan and report will be provided. The proposed redevelopment is intended to be served by public water, sanitary sewer, gas and electric and will maintain similar connection point that the existing restaurant utilized. Proposed site lighting and landscaping will be designed in accordance with current zoning regulations and be included with the full site plan submittal. CLOSING We look forward to working with the City of Saratoga Springs to make this a successful project. We hope you will agree with the planned development of this site and we understand that area variances will be necessary to meet the frontage build-out requirement along Ballston Avenue and Hamilton Street. Once comments from City staff have been received and addressed, an area variance application and full Site Plan application will follow with detailed design plans, project narrative and supporting engineering calculations. Please contact us with any questions at (203) 880- 5455 or Kevin@Sollillc.com.