hanover engineering feb 15 civil engineer report - nestle project in eldred township

8/17/2019 Hanover Engineering Feb 15 Civil Engineer Report - Nestle Project in Eldred Township

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February 15, 2016

Mary Anne Clausen, Chair

Board of Supervisors

Eldred Township

P.O. Box 600

490 Kunkletown Road

Kunkletown, PA 18058

Dear Mary Anne:

RE: Special Exception Review

Deer Park - Chestnut Springs Project

Hanover Project ELD15-21

We are in receipt

of

the following materials related to the above-referenced Project:

• A Site Plan consisting

of

fifteen

15

sheets, prepared by Miller Bros. Construction,

Inc., dated December 10, 2015.

• One

1

copy

of

the Deer Park - Chestnut Springs Project Volume 1 of 3

Application, Environmental Impact Statement, and Erosion and Sediment

Control/Stonnwater Management Plans.

• One 1 copy of the eer Park - Chestnut Springs Project Volume 2 of 3

Hydrogeological Report, prepared by EarthRes Group, Inc., dated December 2015.

•

One

1

copy

of

the Deer Park - Chestnut Springs Project Volume 3

of

3 Traffic

Impact Study, prepared by Pennoni Associates, Inc., dated December 2015.

This site is

located

in

Eldred Township, Monroe County, south east

of

the intersection of

Chestnut Ridge Road SR 3001 and Kunkletown Road

SR

3004 . The Applicant proposes to

access the site via an unnamed Township Road to Chestnut Ridge Road.

We have reviewed this Special Exception Use Application with respect to the applicable

Township Ordinances and general engineering practice and have the follo\.ving comments to offer:

StTBDIVISIO - A_

TD

L N EVELOPME T ORDINA_ TCE:

A Land Development

will

be required for this project zoning approval

received. A

Subdivision and Land Development re\-iew

\. ill

be perfonned upon receipt

of

the Land

Development application. Please note that the written application and narrative contain a

description of features to address many ordinance requirements which

will

need to be shown on

these land development Plans.

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Mary Anne Clausen

Eldred Township

ZO I G ORDINA CE:

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February 15 2016

1.

Section 303 Water extraction/bottling is considered light manufacturing for the

purposes of the Zoning Ordinance.

2. Section 404.1 Light Manufacturing in the Commercial District

is

permitted by

Special Exception.

3.

Section 502.1.A

The

total number and type

of

uses must be identified on the

property. Two 2 or

more

principal buildings or uses located on a parcel in single

ownership shall conform to all the requirements of this Ordinance which would

normally apply to each building or use if each were

on

a separate district lot

including but not limited to setbacks parking lot coverage and sewage disposal

requirement

Each use should identify these features

as

if it was on its own separate

lot. This may include street frontage requirements such

as

Section 502.2 and

SALDO Section 606.3c.

4. Section 503.2 The height

of

all proposed fences shall

be

identified

on

the Plan to

verify compliance with this section.

5. Section 504.6.A Parking tabulations should be provided for each use in accordance

with

comment

three

3

above.

6. Section 504.7 Off street loading areas are required to be developed to street

construction standards. Section 607.10

of

the SALDO requires thicker paving

requirements than are proposed.

7. Section 504.7.H Fire Lanes should be identified on the Plan.

The

fire company

should

be

consulted

to

verify compliance with their accessibility requirements.

8. Section S04.8.C A Highway Occupancy Permit

vill

be required.

9.

Section 504.8.D Turning radius templates shall be provided to assure adequate

circulation for the expected vehicles at

ll

intersections and access points.

10. Section S04.9.B Parking spaces shall be located a minimum

of

10 feet from a

building wall.

11.

Section 504.15 Parking lots are required to be landscaped per Sections 701.1 and 2.

12.

Section 701.1 This section requires landscape buffers along any property with

existing residential use and any other boundary decided by the Township.

13. Section 701.1.B The residential buffer should

be

defined and dimensioned.

14.

Section 701.1.C The Plan must cl rify that the landscape buffer

will

provide a dense

screen within three 3 years per this section.


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Mary Anne Clausen

Eldred Township 3

Febmary 15, 2016

15. Section 701.8.C.3.d -

The

building elevations review or Sheet A-2.1 show wall pack

lighting mounted on the proposed building. is not clear if these

fL tures

are

accounted for

on

the Lighting Plan Sheet LL-1.

16. Section 701.11 -

The

application narrative states Consistent with state law Act 124

of 2009) and

NW

A policy, tanker trucks

w ll

not be allowed to idle their engines

when

not

engaged in vehicle movements . Are anyon-site measures/signage

proposed to prohibit idling of trucks?

17. Section 701.12 - A hydro-geologic study is required which clearly establishes tlliit the

proposed use will not cause a reduction

n

the quantity or the quality of ground water

supplies available to other properties located within 1000 feet

of

any portion

of

this

property. It is our understanding that the submitted study

is

under review by

another Township consultant.

18. Section 701.13 - Stormwater review comments are provided under the Stormwater

Management Ordinance section

of

t s letter and may be revisited during any future

land development plan review.

19. Section 701.15 - 0 D parking spaces have been shown.

20. Section 701.20 - nadequate and reliable water source shall

be

provided for

firefighting purposes. The Plan must identify the fire-fighting provisions proposed

the satisfaction of the Fire Department and Township.

21. Section 701.21 - The Applicant shall provide evidence that they have obtained all

required permits and authorizations.

22. Section 703.4 - An Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared. The

consultants must be previously approved by the Zoning Hearing Board.

23. Section 704.2 - 704.4 - Buffers for

all

on-site features shall be identified and

dimensioned.

24. Section 707.7 -

The

Township may wish to evaluate the future land use prohibitions

and special exceptions which may be introduced upon neighboring properties as a

result of the proposed.water supply wells. AI.so

e

se : age system for the existing

house should be identified and evaluated for lsolatlOn distance for wellhead

protection.

25. Section 708 -

The

following comments relate to the Traffic Impact Study TIS):

26. Section 708.C - The Intersection Sight Distance ISD) for all intersections reviewed

shall be revised in accordance with the AASTHO Green Book to account for the

posted speed limit not reduced truck speed), minor street approach grade, etc.


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Mary Anne Clausen

Eldred Township

February 15, 2016

27.

Section

7 8 C -

The Applicant shall provide a Table summarizing the sight distances

for all intersections analyzed.

28.

Section

7 8 C -

The Truck Route Study contained Appendix I refers to

structurally deficient

SD

and functionally obsolete FO) bridges; however, only

those with posted weight restrictions are called out.

The

Tables should be revised to

identify these bridges.

29. Section 708.3.B - The Trip Generation appears to be based on the average daily

,vater withdrawal volumes and capacity

of

the trucks. The study should also report

the maximum number of trucks that can be served during hours

of

operation as d ily

water withdrawal can be higher than the monthly average daily withdraw.

30. Section 708.3.B - The narrative references to HCS 2010 Sheet 11 should be

removed as Synchro 8 was used.

31. Section 708.3.B - The TIS shall include the volume capacity analysis of the

intersection

of

Silver Spring Blvd, SR 3003 and Kunkletown Road, SR 3004 as

requested by the Township following the Scoping Meeting with PennDOT.

32. Section 708.3.B - T he TIS should include the Saturday peak h ou r for peak hour s

analyzed.

33.

Section 1208.4 - The Planning Commission should review the standards and criteria

for special exceptions in this section.

STORMWATER rvfANAGEMENT ORDIN NCE

A Stormwater Management review

will

be performed

upon

receipt

of

the Land

Development application. We noted that the following items were not addressed

the stormwater

analysis provided:

1. The Plan identifies minimum stone envelopes around the infiltration trench, with

actual dimensions to be determined by the Designer. The Plan should clarify what

stone is proposed above and below the infiltration trench.

2. The Plan identifies an elevation of 523.5 near the bottom of the infiltration trench.

The Plan should clarify whether this

is

the bottom of the stone trench or the bottom

of

the SC-740 - Stormwater Facility.

3.

The Plan must clarify what filter fabric will be provided around the infiltration

trench.

4.

The

Designer must confirm that the widest orifice 4 ) will fit in the outlet control

structure, which

is

proposed to be a Type 1 Inlet Box.

S.

The Plan must show the infiltration test pit locations and limiting zones

on

a sheet

that shows the proposed infiltration system.


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Mary Anne Clausen

Eldred Township 5

February 15, 2016

6 The

erosion control details and construction sequence must provide for assuring that

no water enters the infiltration trench until the tributary area is completely stabilized

and the upstream storm sewer has been cleaned.

7.

The

Plan must make provisions to prevent conveyance

in

the trench outside

of

and

along the discharge pipe downstream of Inlet S-20 that might drain the infiltration

trench.

8 Means of access must be provided at ll bends n the storm sewer.

The Plan must clearly identify whether pavement

will

be graded to direct water to the

proposed inlets.

GENERAL COMMENTS:

The

Applicant shall verify that they have rights to cross any properties necessary to access

the public streets. The Applicant shall address any improvements required by PennDOT for

the access to Chestnut Ridge Drive (SR3001). Stone Arch Bridge Road (T-361) and its right

of-way

must

be labeled

on

the Plan, and the Applicant must provide ll frontage and

connection in1provements the Township would require.

Please note that the review

of

the application

is

ongoing and is, therefore subject to further

comment.

you have any questions or comments regarding this information, please contact this office.

Respectfully,

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