HomeMy WebLinkAboutHARMONY TECH. PARK 3RD FILING, CUSTOM BLENDING - PDP - 01-08 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVES• Custom Blending will be responsible for maintenance of Lot 2. A master association
for the entire Harmony Technology Park campus will maintain public and shared
open space areas.
(iv) Estimate of Number of Employees for Commercial and Industrial Uses
• Approximately 26 production/warehouse employees expected
(v) Description of rationale behind assumptions and choices made by the applicant
• This project will comply with applicable city standards
(vi) Variances
• There are no variances being requested at this time.
(vii) How Conflicts Between Land Uses are Being Avoided
• There are no wetlands or natural areas on the site.
(viii) Neighborhood meeting
• With the proposed land use and building size, the project is subject to Adminstrative
Review so no neighborhood meeting is required.
(ix) Project name and previous project names.
• Custom Blending - Lot 2 Harmony Technology Park Fourth Filing
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in from the Liquid Blending and Extraction area and the Finished Warehouse being recessed
on the west elevation from both the dry and liquid processing areas.
(i) Statement of appropriate City Plan Principals and Policies
The proposed project is consistent with the City's Comprehensive Plan as per the following
• Custom Blending is being developed as part of the Harmony Technology Park ODP.
The project will comply with the city code and the requirements set forth in the ODP.
The land use is a primary use in the Harmony Corridor zone district. Bicycle and
pedestrian access as well as connectivity to the rest of the Harmony Technology Park
sites will be important in the design.
(ii) Open Space, Buffering, Landscaping, Circulation, Transition Areas, Wetlands and Natural
Areas
Open Space:
• As part of a larger business park, open spaces are designed not based only on single
sites but through the development as a whole. The Custom Blending site is being
reviewed as part of a 5-lot subdivision plat with a large shared open space along the
southeast edge that will also function as detention.
Buffering:
• Buffering is indicated to screen parking and service areas from adjacent properties.
These properties are also anticipated to develop as similar
manufacturing/office/manufacturing uses.
Landscaping:
• Appropriate landscaping will be installed at the building entrances, adjacent to
parking areas and at building perimeters.
Circulation:
• The site will be accessed from a new road to the north, Precision Drive. The east
access point serves an employee parking lot. The west access point serves a small
customer parking area and also accommodates truck access to the service docks on
the west side of the building. Future connection around the south end of the site is
expected to be needed when building expansions occur. Accessible parking spaces
are shown in both the customer and staff parking areas. Pedestrian access is provided
from parking areas to building entrances, and directly to the adjacent Precision Drive
sidewalks in multiple locations.
Wetlands and Natural Areas:
• There are no wetlands or natural areas on the site.
(iii) Proposed ownership and maintenance of public and private open space areas.
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Statement of Plannina Ob
Custom Blending
The proposed project includes a light manufacturing facility on a 3 acre parcel in Harmony
Technology Park. This project will be the second to occupy the Harmony Technology Park
business park area after the Celestica/Intel project built several years ago.
The site is presently unplatted. Lot 2 is part of a 5-lot subdivision plat being proposed. Since
the Custom Blending site is the first to develop in this area, the plat helps to define the overlot
grading, utilities and drainage patterns that will occur in the areas adjacent to the site. The site
is directly south of Harmony Technology Park, Second Filing Final Plan. This Final Plan is for
an office park that was approved in 2001 granted extended 15-year vesting by City Council.
Architecture
The proposed 31,775 sq. ft. Custom Blending Facility consists of an office, light
manufacturing and warehouse usages.
The 7,947 sq. ft, 2-story office portion of the facility is located on the north side of the
building, facing Precision Drive. The program for the office area includes offices, conference
rooms, a staff training room with locker room and restrooms, a test/demonstration kitchen,
quality control and research and development labs, as well as utilitarian spaces such as
electrical, telephone and mechanical rooms. The north elevation is based upon a story and a
half horizontal brick plane that is interrupted by the 2 vertical stair elements both with their
own extending plane elements. The remaining exterior elements consist of stucco with
horizontal control joints and aluminum storefront windows.
The 9,249 sq. ft. Liquid Blending and Extraction portion of the building is housed. in a precast
concrete wall panel construction directly to the south of the office component. The precast
concrete wall panels in this area are 24' high with punched clerestory windows high in the wall
panels. The exterior of the precast panels have a textured Tex -Cote finish with a darker warm
gray color at the base and top and a lighter warm gray body color, and includes vertical
panel joint reveals at 10' intervals and horizontal reveals that align with elements of the
adjacent office portion of the building.
The 6,930 sq. ft. Dry Blending, Storage and Packaging portion of the building is at the
southern end of the facility and has the same 24' height as the Liquid Blending/Extraction
Area. The exterior of this will match the Liquid Blending and Extraction area, but include more
clerestory windows and sunscreen elements to take advantage of natural day lighting on the
south facade.
The 7,649 sq. ft. Finished Warehouse part of the facility is the tallest at 37' feet and is located
between the liquid and dry production areas. It will contain racks for pallet storage of finished
products waiting to be shipped out. The exterior of this building form will match the Liquid
Blending and Extraction area.
The overall building massing is broken up by the four different programmatic functions of the
building previously described giving clear distinction between them when viewed from the
exterior. The building footprint also helps define these elements with the office area being set
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