DATE: May 20, 2015
TO: Franklin Municipal Planning Commission
FROM: Donald Anthony, Planning Supervisor
Subject
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City of Franklin Water Treatment Facility, site plan, a 9,170 square foot civic structure on 47.02 acres, located at 838 Lewisburg Avenue.
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Purpose
The purpose of this memo is to provide information to the Franklin Municipal Planning Commission (FMPC) concerning a site plan for the City of Franklin Water Treatment Facility.
Project Information
COF Project Number: 5842
Applicant: Andrew Johnson, Smith Seckman Reid, Inc.
Owner: City of Franklin
Background/Staff Comments
The applicant seeks a design modification to allow the use of metal panels on the structure, particularly the southwest elevation. Section 5.3.6 (7) (f) (iv) of the Franklin Zoning Ordinance lists corrugated metal as a prohibited material. In this case, staff supports the design modification for the following reasons: 1) most of the exposed metal panels are on the southwest elevation, which faces an existing structure, thereby making the southwest elevation not visible from the public realm, and 2) the distance from Lewisburg Avenue and the relative isolation of the proposed structure mitigate the visibility of the side panels. Staff recommends approval of the design modification request.
Recommendation
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Staff recommends approval, with conditions.
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See attached pages for a list of staff recommended conditions of approval.
PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS:
1. In addition to uploading the corrected plan to the online plan review website (https://franklin.planreview.org), the applicant shall submit one (1) complete and folded set and a .pdf file of corrected site plan to the Department of Building and Neighborhood Services (Suite 110, Franklin City Hall). All revisions to the approved plans shall be "clouded." With the resubmittal, each condition of approval/open issue in the online plan review system shall contain a full response from the applicant as to the satisfaction or completion of that condition.
2. Once the corrected site plan has been approved, one (1) full-size and one (1) half-size copy of the final approved landscape plans shall be submitted to the Department of Building and Neighborhood Services for future landscape inspection purposes.
3. Once all conditions of approval related to engineering and tree preservation concerns have been met, the applicant shall upload the corrected water/sewer plans to the online plan review website (http://franklin.planreview.org) to be digitally stamped by city officials prior to the issuance of stormwater and grading permits and water/sewer approval, where applicable. It is also suggested that the applicant submit the stormwater and grading permit applications and stormwater maintenance plan and agreement in conjunction with the grading/drainage plan submittal.
4. The applicant shall upload complete building plans, including the approved, revised site plans, to the City's IDT site for Building and Neighborhood Services Department review and approval prior to the issuance of a building permit.
5. Prior to start of any excavation work, the developer and/or contractor shall notify AT&T and Comcast.
6. The city's project identification number shall be included on all correspondence with any city department relative to this project.