Lee's Summit

DE C&O #01 Eng Plans – FDP/PDP

All required engineering plans and studies, including water lines, sanitary sewers, storm drainage, streets and erosion and sediment control shall be submitted along with the final development plan. All public infrastructure must be substantially complete, prior to the issuance of any certificates of occupancy.

DE C&O #03 Eng & Insp Fees

All Engineering Plan Review and Inspection Fees shall be paid prior to approval of the associated engineering plans and prior to the issuance of any site development permits or the start of construction (excluding land disturbance permit).

DE C&O #11 Pavement Thickness

Private parking lots shall follow Article 8 of the Unified Development Ordinance for pavement thickness and base requirements.

DE Contact Field Eng. Inspector

Prior to the commencement of any construction activities, the Contractor shall contact Field Engineering Inspections at (816) 969-1200 to coordinate a preconstruction meeting / conference with the assigned Field Engineering Inspector.

DE Future Repair Work

Please be aware that any future repair work to public infrastructure (e.g., water main repair, sanitary sewer repair, storm sewer repair, etc.) within public easements will not necessarily include the repair of pavement, curbing, landscaping, or other private improvements which are located within the easement.

DE Engineers Estimate

The Engineer’s Estimate of Probable Construction Costs has been accepted for this project, and the Engineering Plan Review and Inspection Fee (which is calculated as 3% of the total infrastructure cost plus a water test inspection fee(s)), and the water tap and meter setup fee have been included. These must be paid prior to the issuance of an infrastructure permit and/or the final processing of a building permit. $53,809.72

Utility Plan - Note I does not accurately describe the new water line connection to the 8” private water main. Reconcile this discrepancy and update the estimate to reflect plan changes.

The Driveway on Alura Way will not be allowed. The current site layout is not what was approved on the PDP and the drive entrance is far too close to the Major Arterial roadway and poses a site distance issue. The arguement for Fire access does not apply as this is a one way entrance going out. A drive connection is show to the property to the north, the apartments, and this access should serve as your secondary access point.

The entrance on Alura Way will not be allowed in any form as it is too close to the Douglas intersection. There is no way to prevent a right in movement and even a right out presents a sight distance issue.

Submit an Engineer's Estimate of Probable Construction Costs.

Add BFPD for the north fire line. Add valves on all sides of the tee connection to the public water main.

LANDSCAPING - PARKING LOT SCREENING. In addition to the street tree and stree shrub planting requirements that are calculated on Sheet CE 8.1, screening to a height of two and one-half feet must be provided in accordance with UDO Section 8.820 along the edge of the parking lot closest to and parallel to NE Douglas St, NE Alura Way and the unnamed private drive along the west side of the site. Paragraph C under UDO Section 8.820 provides four (4) options by which to satisfy the parking lot screening requirement. The resubmittal response letter states that screening has been added parallel to the parking lot along NE Douglas St in response to the previously made comment above. However, the landscape plan (Sheet CE 8.1) shows no change in landscaping along NE Douglas St. To satisfy the parking lot landscaping screening requirement, a hedge consisting of at least 12 evergreen shrubs per 40 linear feet that will spread into a continuous visual screen within two growing seasons shall be provided. Shrubs must be at least 18 inches tall at the time of planting and be of a species that will normally grow to at least two and one-half feet in height at maturity and be suitable for the parking lot application. Based on 155' of parking lot frontage along NE Douglas St, a hedge consisting of a minimum 47 evergreen shrubs shall be provided. The current landscape plan only shows 9 shrubs, 6 of which are deciduous. Revise.

TRASH ENCLOSURE DETAIL. The detail calls out use of a fiber cement gate. City ordinance requires trash enclosure gates to either be a solid steel opaque gate painted to be compatible with the color of the masonry walls and building it is to serve, or a steel framed semi-opaque gate with a screen mesh material approved by the Director that provides an appropriate visual barrier. A fiber cement gate is not allowed. The resubmittal response letter states that the trash enclosure detail has been updated to address the previously made comment above. However, the trash enclosure detail on Sheet A201 still shows fiber cement gates.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION. Revise the legal description provided near the southwest corner of Sheet CE 1.0 to read Lot 13, not Lot 3.

SITE DATA TABLE. The land area information provided on Sheet CE 6.1 doesn't match the plat. The plat lists the lot area as 49,890 sq. ft. (1.15 acres), whereas the plans list a lot area of 49,817 sq. ft. (1.14). Revise to match the plat of record.

STREETS. 1) The abutting drives/streets labeled as "NE Alura Court" and "NE Lakeside Court" are private drives/street, not public streets and therefore not public right-of-way. Remove the notation of "R/W" from the labels and re-label them as private streets. 2) The abutting private street segment labeled NE Lakeside Court is incorrect. Said segment is actually named NE Alura Way per the recorded plat. Revise the private street name to match the plat. 3) The private drive segment labeled as NE Alura Court is actually an unnamed private drive. Remove the street name label for said segment.

DRIVEWAY WIDTH. Label the proposed driveway widths from face-of-curb to face-of-curb to show that a minimum width of 24' (face to face) is provided for a drive serving two-way traffic.

LIGHTING. The photometric plan only shows pole lighting for the site and does not indicate the use of any building-mounted exterior lighting. Include information on all building-mounted exterior lighting on the photometric plans. Said lighting shall be subject to the lighting standards of UDO Sections 8.220, 8.260 and 8.270.

BUILDING ELEVATIONS. Label the proposed colors for the materials listed on the building finish materials list.

LANDSCAPING - PARKING LOT SCREENING. In addition to the street tree and stree shrub planting requirements that are calculated on Sheet CE 8.1, screening to a height of two and one-half feet must be provided in accordance with UDO Section 8.820 along the edge of the parking lot closest to and parallel to NE Douglas St, NE Alura Way and the unnamed private drive along the west side of the site. Paragraph C under UDO Section 8.820 provides four (4) options by which to satisfy the parking lot screening requirement.

TRASH ENCLOSURE DETAIL. The detail calls out use of a fiber cement gate. City ordinance requires trash enclosure gates to either be a solid steel opaque gate painted to be compatible with the color of the masonry walls and building it is to serve, or a steel framed semi-opaque gate with a screen mesh material approved by the Director that provides an appropriate visual barrier. A fiber cement gate is not allowed.

PARKING LOT SETBACK. 1) When not internally connected to a parking lot on an adjacent and separate property/lot, parking lots are required to maintain a minimum 6' setback from an internal side property line. The proposed parking lot has a variable setback from the north property line ranging from only 0' to 3'. Revise to meet the minimum 6' setback from the north property line. 2) Parking lots are required to be set back a minimum 20' from any private street edge of pavement. At its closest point, the parking space closest to the private drive/street at the northwest corner of the site is approximately 18'-6" from the private street edge of pavement. Revise to meet the minimum 20' setback from the private street edge of pavement.

PARKING SPACES. The originally approved preliminary developement plan for Discovery Park showed the subject lot as the potential site for a 3,600 sq. ft. restaurant use with sufficent on-site parking (51 spaces) to satisfy the minimum parking requirements for said commercial use. Staff understands that the applicant now intends to develop the site as a clubhouse/lease office for the development, with some second floor space made available for commercial offices (~5,706 sq. ft.). Adequate parking is provided on the initial plan submittal to satisfy the minimum parking requirements for the allocation of building square footage for the gym/clubhouse/leasing office/commercial tenant space. Please be aware that any future reallocation of square footage for additional commercial office tenant use would likely exceed the parking requirements that can be accommodated on the site and may not be approvable by the City. Staff would need to evaluate any future reallocation of space for commercial use for approval. This comment is informational only and requires no action at this time.

Submit an Engineer's Estimate of Probable Construction Costs.

Show and label with documentation the existing right-of-way and all public utility easements on all plan sheets.

Label existing sanitary sewer manholes. The manhole closest to the building sewer connection is 16-103 and the next two in line are 16-104 and 16-105, respectively.

Add clearance distance of intersecting utilities to the profiles.

Please remove the standard details that will not be used on this project.

Miscellaneous Correction

Provide water usage calculations to justify use of (2) 2" water meters.

Code Statement

All issues pertaining to life safety and property protection from the hazards of fire, explosion or dangerous conditions in new and existing buildings, structures and premises, and to the safety to fire fighters and emergency responders during emergency operations, shall be in accordance with the 2018 International Fire Code.

The drive on NE Lakeside Court is too close to the intersection with Douglas. A second entrance could be incorporated into the roundabout or with the lot to the north.