PB-25-10 Trader Joe's (457 Mount Pleasant Avenue)

27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. The loading area will have an 8ft. high screening wall and a canopy to shelter the area from rain and snow. The indoor trash room and compost area are refrigerated, and all trash and compost are kept indoors until picked up for better rodent control. Applicant is also proposing an 8” high sound barrier to screen the condenser. The existing paver sidewalk will be replaced with an all-new concrete sidewalk, and the entire facade of the Main Building will be re-finished and four new columns will be added as an aesthetic enhancement. The lettering proposed for the left side sign is 18” which requires a variance but is necessary for store identification. Applicant’s traffic expert, Paul Going, presented trip generation estimates which demonstrated that based on Institution of Transportation Engineers (ITE) methodology, there will be no increase in trips since there will be no change in floor area of the Main Building. For a particularly conservative analysis, he also compared the trips which would be generated by the proposed Trader Joc’s if considered a stand-alone supermarket use, to the number of trips that the prior garden center and martial arts uses generated. This alternate analysis demonstrated that while there will be an increase in trips to and from the site relating to the supermarket use as compared to the former garden center and martial arts uses, the increase is no more than thirty (30) trips in any peak hour and therefore will not have an impact on traffic. No parking variance is necessary as the Applicant demonstrated they have 188 parking stalls (which includes 4 EV credits) and 188 parking spaces are required for the project.