Zoning and Platting CommissionDec. 6, 2022

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SUBDIVISION REVIEW SHEET CASE NO.: C8-2022-0267.0A COMMISSION DATE: December 6, 2022 SUBDIVISION NAME: Resubdivision of Lot 1-A ADDRESS: 11801-1/2 Research Blvd Service Road APPLICANT: Karlin Duval, LLC (Matthew Schwab) AGENT: HRGreen Development TX (Joe Isaja) ZONING: LI, LI-CO (Limited Industrial) NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN: n/a AREA: 35.2 acres (1,533,312 sf) LOTS: 8 COUNTY: Travis DISTRICT: 6 WATERSHED: Walnut Creek JURISDICTION: Full Purpose SIDEWALKS: Sidewalks along state maintained property must be approved by TxDOT. VARIANCE: None DEPARTMENT COMMENTS: The request is for the approval of Resubdivision of Lot 1-A final plat comprised of 8 commercial lots on 35.2 acres (1,533,312 sf). The plat does not comply with the criteria for approval in LDC 25-4-84(B) and staff recommends disapproval for the reasons listed in the attached comment report. An application that has been disapproved with reasons may be updated to address those reasons until the application expires. If the applicant submits an update to address the reasons for disapproval, that update will be presented to the Land Use Commission within fifteen days of submittal. STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends disapproval of the final plat for reasons listed in Exhibit C in the support material. CASE MANAGER: Nick Coussoulis PHONE: 512-978-1769 E-mail: nicholas.coussoulis@austintexas.gov ATTACHMENTS Exhibit A: Vicinity map Exhibit B: Proposed final plat Exhibit C: Comment Report ` 1 of 1514 2 of 1514 3 of 1514 4 of 1514 5 of 1514 6 of 1514 CITY OF AUSTIN –DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT SUBDIVISION APPLICATION – MASTER COMMENT REPORT CASE NUMBER: UPDATE: CASE MANAGER: C8-2022-0267.0A U0 Nicholas Coussoulis Email: Nicholas.Coussoulis@austintexas.gov PROJECT NAME: LOCATION: Resubdivision of Lot 1-A 11801-1/2 RESEARCH BLVD SVRD NB SUBMITTAL DATE: November 14, 2022 FINAL REPORT DATE: December 1, 2022 STAFF REPORT: This report includes all staff comments received to date concerning your most recent subdivision application submittal. The comments may include requirements, recommendations, or information. The requirements in this report must be addressed by an updated submittal. The subdivision application will be approved when all requirements from each review discipline have been addressed. If you have any questions, concerns or if you require additional information about this report, please contact your case manager at the phone number listed above or by using the contact information listed for each reviewer in this report. Any change to the plan/plat shall not cause noncompliance with any applicable code or criteria. In addition, any change to the plat may trigger new comments. UPDATE DEADLINE INFORMATION (LDC 25-4-56; 25-4-82): All comments must be addressed by filing an updated submittal prior to the update deadline of February 13, 2023. Otherwise, the application will expire. If this date falls on a weekend or City of Austin holiday, the next City of Austin workday will be the deadline. Extension of Review Period, Extension of Update Deadline and Tolling of Application Period do not apply to applications for preliminary plan, plat or subdivision construction plans (LDC 25-1-88; 25-1-89; 25-1- 90). UPDATE SUBMITTAL INSTRUCTIONS (LDC 25-1-83): 1. Applicants must make an appointment with Intake Staff (974-1770) in order to submit an update. 2. Your update must include the following items: a. The revised plat/plan in pdf format b. A letter that addresses each comment in the master comment report 3. Updates must be submitted on an approved submittal date. Refer to the submittal calendar for a list of approved submittal dates. REVIEWERS: Planner I: Chima Oniya 911 Addressing Review: Janny Phung Drainage Engineering Review: David Gomez Subdivision Review: Nicholas Coussoulis Wetland Biologist Review: Miranda Reinhard Electric Review: Betty Nguyen ATD Engineering Review: Renee Johns PARD / Planning & Design: Scott Grantham Water Quality Review: David Gomez Site Plan Plumbing : Cory Harmon 7 of 1514 Electric Review - Betty Nguyen - betty.nguyen@austinenergy.com EL 1. Add the following note to General Notes on Page 4: The property owner is responsible for maintaining clearances required by the National Electrical Safety Code, National Electrical Code, OSHA regulations, City of Austin rules and regulations and Texas state laws pertaining to clearances when working in close proximity to overhead power lines and equipment. Austin Energy will not render electric service unless required clearances are maintained. All costs incurred by AE as a result of an owner’s failure to maintain required clearances will be charged to and shall be the responsibility of the property owner. Source: AE Design Criteria Manual - 1.16.0 - Subdivision Application Requirements 911 Addressing Review - Janny Phung - janny.phung@austintexas.gov AD1: This plat review is rejected for the following: AD2: Please remove the punctuation marks in W US 290 HWY AD3: Please change the label for Anderson Lane appears as E ANDERSON LN so that E ANDERSON LN appears above the label US HIGHWAY 183. US HIGHWAY 183 should be enclosed within parenthesis and not be bold. RESEARCH BLVD (N US 183) AD4: Please update labels for all streets in the location map the street types must be included AD5: Please update label for WEST COW PATH in the location map the full name must be included 8 of 1514 NOTE: Punctuation or diacritical marks cause confusion for first responders Active streets and address points can be viewed on Property Profile. Please label to what is shown https://maps.austintexas.gov/GIS/PropertyProfile/ The standards applied to all new street names in Travis County can be found at this link: http://www.austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Information_Technology/911Addressing/Street_ Name_Standards.pdf §25-4-155 End of Comment 9 of 1514 ATD Engineering Review - Renee Johns - (512) 974-6486 ACCESS TO LOTS ATD 1. Vehicular access to a tract of land through a joint-use driveway is permitted as an alternative to direct access to an abutting public or private street. LDC 25-6-451(B). The use of joint use driveways does not eliminate the requirements of adequate road frontage for each lot. The developer must include a plat note and provide dedication documents indicating that maintenance of the joint use driveway shall be the responsibility of the lot owners served by the joint use driveway. Please state which lots will be served by the joint use access easement in the requested plat note. TCM 5.3.1.H. ATD 2. Vehicular access to a tract of land through a joint-use driveway is permitted as an alternative to direct access to an abutting public or private street. LDC 25-6-451(B). Provide the joint use access easement for review. SIDEWALKS ATD 3. Sidewalks on state-maintained roadways must be approved by the Texas Department of Transportation. TCM, 4.1.4.2. TxDOT approval will be required during the site plan application Drainage Engineering Review - David Gomez - 512-974-7706 Release of this application does not constitute a verification of all data, information, and calculations supplied by the applicant. The engineer of record is solely responsible for the completeness, accuracy, and adequacy of his/her submittal, whether or not the application is reviewed for code compliance by city engineers. DE 1. Please provide an offsite drainage area map to show that there is no offsite drainage or demonstrate adequate conveyance of off-site runoff through the site per LDC 25-7-151. DE 2. Engineer’s and surveyor's signature and date are required. [application packet] DE 3. It appears that there are concentrated flows and/or floodplain through the property. A drainage easement is required to the limits of the 100-year fully developed flow elevation per LDC 25-7- 152. Please submit the easement with exhibits to this reviewer for processing. The standard link: be drainage http://www.austintexas.gov/page/common-easement-and-restrictive-covenants#pdrd. document may easement following through found the DE 4. Unless this subdivision intends on using an existing regional detention pond, please remove Note 5 “Prior to construction on lots in this subdivision, drainage plans will be submitted to the City of Austin for review. Rainfall run-off shall be held to the amount established by the regional detention plans approved by the City of Austin, except that run-off in excess of the amount established for the regional detention system shall be detained by the use of onsite ponding or other approved methods.” DCM 1.2.2 (A) DE 5. If this subdivision does not intend on using an existing regional detention pond, please add the following note, “Prior to construction on lots in this subdivision, drainage plans will be submitted to the City of Austin for review. Rainfall run-off shall be held to the amount existing at undeveloped status by ponding or other approved methods.” DCM 1.2.0 DE 6. Please add the following note, [LDC 25-5-1] "Prior to construction, except detached single family on any lot in this subdivision, a site development permit must be obtained from the City of Austin." 10 of 1514 PARD / Planning & Design Review - Scott Grantham - 512-974-9457 Update 0: PR1. A Parkland Early Determination (PED #1290) was issued in 2021 which stated that there would be no parkland requirements per current code in effect at the time, and based on no proposed residential or hotel units. PR2. Please add the following note to the plat: Parkland dedication is required per City Code §25-1-601, as amended, prior to approval of a site plan in this subdivision for any applicable uses. Subdivision Review - Nicholas Coussoulis - Nicholas.Coussoulis@austintexas.gov SR 1. This application was submitted on November 14, 2022, and is subject to the following deadlines (25-1-83; 25-4-84; 25-4-85): Update deadline: February 13, 2023 Fiscal due: May 15, 2023 Recording due: June 7, 2023    SR 2. Add Case # C8-2022-0267.0A in the bottom right-hand corner of each sheet. 25-1-83 SR 3. Provide a lot summary table near the legend. Indicate the acreage of the overall subdivision, the size of each lot (in square footage), and the number and total of each land use (open space, drainage, parkland, etc.) 25-1-83 SR 4. Please revise the following administrative approval block: 25-1-83 APPROVED, ACCEPTED AND AUTHORIZED FOR RECORD BY THE DIRECTOR, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, CITY OF AUSTIN, COUNTY OF TRAVIS, THIS THE ____ DAY OF _____________, 20__, AD. _________________________________________________ Nick Coussoulis for: Denise Lucas, Director Development Services Department State of _________________ § County of _____________________ § SR 5. Add/revise the notary signature block as follows: 25-1-83 Before me, the undersigned authority, a notary public in and for the State of ________________, on this day did personally appear _____________________________, known to be the person whose name is subscribed to the foregoing instrument and has acknowledged to me that they have executed the same for the purpose and consideration therein expressed and in the capacity therein stated. _____________________________________ _____________________ Notary Public – State of ______________ Date SR 6. Revise the lines as follows: 25-1-83 11 of 1514 a. b. c. d. The boundary line must be solid and the heaviest weighted line. Verify the boundary line accurately encompasses only the area inside the preliminary plan. All proposed lot lines must be solid and the second heaviest line. Easement lines (existing and proposed) must be broken, and a lighter weight than lot lines. The easement area may be shaded or hatched. Lot lines outside but adjacent to the project must be broken and the lightest weight. SR 7. The match line needs to reference the other sheet which it is to match. Match lines should be on lot lines or right-of-way lines. 25-1-83 SR 8. The site contains existing structures. The structures must meet setbacks from the new lot lines, and the new lots must comply with any applicable impervious cover (IC) and building cover (BC) limits. Include calculations for IC and BC. 25-1-83; 25-2-492 SR 9. If the structures will be removed or demolished, that must occur before the end of the update period (90 calendar days after formal submittal of the plat). 25-1-83 SR 10. If the structures will remain, submit a scaled drawing that shows the existing structures and the SR 11. Provide documentation the person signing the plat has the authority to sign the plat on behalf of new lot lines. 25-1-83, 25-2-492 the owner. 25-1-83 SR 12. Revise the surveyor’s certification as follows 25-1-83: “I, (name of surveyor), am authorized under the laws of the State of Texas to practice the profession of surveying and hereby certify that this plat complies with the surveying related portions of Title 25 of the City of Austin Land Development Code, and is true and correct to the best of my knowledge, and was prepared from an actual on the ground survey of the property made under my direction and supervision.” SR 13. Revise the engineer’s certification as follows 25-1-83: “I, (name of engineer), am authorized under the laws of the State of Texas to practice the profession of engineering and hereby certify that this plat is feasible from an engineering standpoint and complies with the engineering related portions of Title 25 of the City of Austin Land Development Code, and is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.” SR 14. If fiscal is required, replace note #11 and add the following note. 25-1-83, 25-4-38, 25-4-84 "This subdivision plat was approved and recorded before the construction and acceptance of streets and other subdivision improvements. Pursuant to the terms of a Subdivision Construction Agreement between the subdivider and the City of Austin, Dated ____________, 20__, the subdivider is responsible for the construction of all streets and facilities needed to serve the lots within the subdivision. This responsibility may be assigned in accordance with the terms of that agreement. For the Construction Agreement pertaining to this subdivision, see the separate instrument recorded in Doc#. ____________________, in the Official Public Records of _________ County, Texas." SR 15. Add the following note. 25-1-83; TX LGC 212.014(resubdivisions): “All restrictions and notes from the previous existing subdivision, (name of existing plat) recorded in (doc. #/Vol. & Pg) of the plat records of ___________________ County, shall apply to this plat.” SR 16. New or current tax certificates will be needed showing that property taxes are paid for the 2022 year if the plat is recorded after January 31, 2023. 25-1-83 SR 17. Revise the Owner’s dedication statement as follows: 25-1-83, TX LGC 212.014 and 212.004(c) That (owner) being owner of (legal description of subject property, lot, block, subdivision) a subdivision of record in document No. XXX of the official public records of _______ County, Texas, conveyed by deed of record (vol/pg, instrument #) of the real property records of _______ County, Texas, and said subdivision having been approved for resubdivision pursuant to the public notification and hearing provisions of Chapter 212.014 of the Local Government Code, do 12 of 1514 hereby resubdivide (subject property) in accordance with the map or plat attached hereto, to be known as: (Name of resubdivision plat) And do hereby dedicate to the public the use of all streets and easement shown hereon, subject to any and all easements or restrictions heretofore granted and not released. Water Quality Review - David Gomez - 512-974-7706 Release of this application does not constitute a verification of all data, information, and calculations supplied by the applicant. The engineer of record is solely responsible for the completeness, accuracy, and adequacy of his/her submittal, whether or not the application is reviewed for code compliance by city engineers. WQ 1. Please provide Certification of Compliance LDC 25-1-84 – Applications Related to a Closed Municipal Solid Waste Landfill. The certification form can be found at the following website: http://austintexas.gov/sites/default/files/files/Planning/Applications_Forms/Landfill_Verification_Fo rm.pdf WQ. 2. Per LDC 25-8-211, add the following note to the plat, “Water quality controls are required for all development pursuant to the Land Development Code.” Wetlands Biologist Review - Miranda Reinhard - Miranda.Reinhard@austintexas.gov Please be advised that additional comments may be generated as update information is reviewed. If an update has been rejected, reviewers are not able to clear comments based on phone calls, emails, or meetings but must receive formal updates in order to confirm positive plan set changes. FYI Three wetland CEFs (BRG IDs 207775, 207776 and 207777) were previously identified and field verified by WPD staff. These three CEFs coincide with the wetland CEFs identified in the ERI conducted by Terracon (dated July 2019). Please the screenshots of the approximate location and boundaries of the wetland CEFs on Property Profile Tool. In addition, the Shapefiles for the wetland CEFs are available on Property Profile to be downloaded. Overall Wetland CEFs: 13 of 1514 Zoomed in Wetland CEFs: 14 of 1514 WB1. Update0. Please demonstrate compliance with LDC 25-8-281 or 30-5-281; LDC 25-8-282 or LDC 30-5-282. Additional information: {This reviewer cannot establish wetland CEF protection provisions. e.g. Clearly show the boundary of the wetland CEFs and clearly label the features: “WETLAND CEF” on all plat sheets where they exist. Please show the wetlands as shown in the Environmental Resource Inventory and on Property Profile Tool see screenshots above.} WB2. Update0. Please demonstrate compliance to LDC 25-8-281(C)(2)(a) or 30-5-121(C)(2)(a). Additional information: {This comment can be addressed by adding a note on the plat stating that: “ The presence of CEFs on or near the property may affect development. All activities within the CEF and CEF buffer must comply with the City of Austin Code and Criteria. The natural vegetative cover must be retained to the maximum extent practicable; construction is prohibited; and wastewater disposal or irrigation is prohibited. CEF setbacks will be determined with the site development permit.”} Site Plan Plumbing - Cory Harmon - 512-974-2882 Pursuant to verifying compliance with Sections 307.1, 609.6, and 721.1 of the 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code, provide an existing conditions exhibit that illustrates the locations of all existing septic tank(s), sewer tap(s), water well(s), water meter(s), domestic water piping, building sewer piping, etc.  End of Report 15 of 1514