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HomeMy WebLinkAboutEngineering Comments - Rice House V1 10-8-24 321 N. Kimball Rice House SUP24-000018 Page 1 of 2 City of Caldwell Engineering Department Staff Report To: Joeseph Dodson, Planner III, Senior Planner Caldwell P & Z Department From: TJ Frans, Project Manager II Steven Pendleton, Plans Examiner II City of Caldwell Engineering Department Re: SUP24-000018, 321 N Kimball Ave. Rice House Date: Oct 8, 2024 The City of Caldwell Engineering Department provides the following preliminary staff report on a request by Angela Hansen of Cushing Terrell, on behalf of Caldwell Housing Authority, is requesting a special use permit for multi-family land use within the T-N (Traditional Neighborhood) zone. The project is an adaptive reuse of a historic single-family dwelling into a mixed-use project consisting of retail/restaurant commercial space on the 1st floor with one (1) apartment unit on the 1st floor, two (2) apartment units on the 2nd floor, and two (2) apartment units on the basement level. Apartments are one and two-bedroom units ranging between 500- 900 square feet. The proposed site is addressed as 321 N Kimball Avenue (R0482200000) and is located on the corner of N Kimball Avenue and E Chicago Street, in Caldwell, Idaho. General 1. Any note, item or drawing element on the construction drawings, engineering drawings and/or design drawings related to the property inconsistent with City Codes, Policies and/or Ordinances shall not be construed as approved unless specifically addressed and granted by City Council. Rights-of-Way 1. All necessary right-of-way adjacent to this project has already been dedicated to the City. Street 1. Full street improvements shall be completed to all classified roads adjacent to the proposed project (including N. Kimball St and E. Chicago St.) in accordance with all City of Caldwell standards and specifications. Improvements shall include (but are not limited to) curb, gutter, sidewalk, asphalt, streetlights, joint trench, spare communication conduit along classified roadways, storm drainage facilities, etc. 321 N. Kimball Rice House SUP24-000018 Page 2 of 2 2. Applicant shall remove all existing curb, gutter and sidewalk along Kimball Avenue and Chicago Avenue and construct new curb, gutter and sidewalk that fully complies with current Federal, State and local construction specifications and guidelines. 3. Pedestrian ramps shall be constructed on the west corner of Kimball Avenue and Chicago Avenue that are fully compliant with Federal, State and local standards. 4. The existing streetlight on the west corner of Kimball Avenue and Chicago Avenue does not meet current Caldwell standards. Applicant shall remove this light and replace it with a new light which meets current Caldwell standards. 5. The alley located adjacent to this site shall be paved between N. Kimball Ave. and N. 7th Ave. to a minimum width of 16’ and minimum asphalt depth of 2.5”. All storm water for the alley directed to the connecting streets. All City utilities within the paved area shall be located, brought to-grade, and collared in accordance with city standards. All construction shall comply with City Standards. Storm Drain 1. Provisions shall be made for the disposal of storm water drainage in accordance with the City Storm Water Management Manual and any updates adopted subsequent to this application. It is to be noted that retention designs will be denied in most instances. A copy of this policy is available upon request. The engineer of record is to provide calculations, which indicate that the assumptions in his storm water drainage plan comply with the requirements of the storm water manual. In this case, if a storm water system is existing, the burden of proof is on the developer to verify the capacity is sufficient for the proposed development. 2. The applicant shall identify and retain all historical drainage discharge points from the property for the purpose of draining on-site storm water detention facilities. 3. The construction drawing should indicate that storm water detention basins are to be placed in accordance with the referenced Storm Water Policy. A note should be placed on the drawings indicating that all areas designated as common areas are to be operated and maintained by the business owners association. 4. There is to be no discharge of storm water overflow into any irrigation water return/discharge facility/ditch/pipe/etc.