SCH Number 2021080402

Project Info

Title

EDH Costco (Formerly "EDH 52 Commercial Center")

Description

The revised project includes a new Costco Wholesale Member Warehouse retail store (warehouse retail store), Costco Wholesale fuel facility (fuel facility), and associated site improvements. The warehouse retail store is proposed for the South Site and the fuel facility and Costco employee parking is proposed on the North Site. The remainder of the North Site would include a 13.79-acre outparcel that is not planned for development at this time. The following are the anticipated requested entitlements: - Planned Development Permit (PD15-0001) for a Costco Wholesale Member Warehouse retail store and Costco Wholesale fuel facility. - Conditional Use Permit (CUP23-0012) for a tire center, outdoor vehicle display, and recurring outdoor Christmas Tree sales. - Variance (V22-0001) to allow building-attached signage square footage area beyond the current allowance in the El Dorado County Zoning Ordinance. Additionally, a few pre-construction activities include: Tree permit for selective removal of on-site trees within the development envelope and authorization for the payment of in lieu fees to compensate for tree removal; Lot Line Adjustment to be submitted to the County Surveyor for the adjustment of property lines, and an applicant-led annexation of the site into the El Dorado Irrigation District (EID) and El Dorado Hills Fire Department (formally known as the El Dorado Hills County Water District) service boundaries to be considered by the El Dorado Local Agency Formation Commission. The revised site plan for the project (see Figure 3 in the NOP), shows development currently proposed on the South Site and a portion of the North Site. The remainder of the North Site is not proposed for any development in connection with the project and would remain vacant. Any future development of the North Site beyond the fuel facility would require further applications filed with, and approvals by, the County, as well as associated review of potential environmental impacts under CEQA. North Site Approximately 3.29 acres (143,261 square feet) of the North Site would include a members-only Costco Wholesale fuel facility and Costco employee parking. The fuel facility would include an approximate 11,668 square-foot open canopy and an approximate 125 square-foot controller enclosure. There would be four covered fueling bays, each with four two-sided fuel dispensers to provide fueling for up to eight cars at each island for a total of 32 fuel positions. The Costco employee parking area would include approximately 70 spaces. The remainder of the North Site is not proposed for development in connection with the project. Two access points to the fuel facility would be provided: A restricted right-in and right-out access from Silva Valley Parkway and a new four-way signalized intersection at Silva Valley Parkway and the driveways into the fuel facility and Costco Warehouse retail store parking lot. At a date yet to be determined, future access would also be provided to the planned extension of Country Club Drive. The extension of Country Club Drive, which is not a part of this proposed project, is a County Capital Improvement Project (No. 36105008) and would be constructed by the County at a future date. South Site The South Site would include up to approximately 165,000 square feet of building area planned to be constructed as a Costco Wholesale Member Warehouse retail store. Within the warehouse retail store, Costco would offer optical exams and optical sales, hearing aid testing and sales, food service preparation and sales, meat preparation and sales, bakery and sales of baked goods, alcohol sales, and tire sales and installation. Temporary outdoor sales may occur within the parking field adjacent to the warehouse for seasonal Christmas tree sales during the months of November and December. The warehouse is proposed to include one customer entrance to the main Costco store, which would be located at the northwest corner of the building. The tire center would have bay doors accessible from outside of the warehouse, though the tire center sales area would be accessible through the warehouse retail building. A promotional vehicle may be on display near the customer entrance to the building. This vehicle would be used to promote online or offsite vehicle sales; no vehicles are proposed to be sold on site. The South Site would also include a parking structure and surface parking, which are further described below. Development on the South Site would exclude the 1.38-acre area located west of Clarksville Crossing where no development is proposed. The South Site has been designed to accommodate the existing slope of the site by locating the Costco warehouse retail building in the southeast corner of the site, where the elevation of existing streets adjacent to the site are the highest. Parking would be provided in two at-grade parking lots and one subterranean (below-grade) parking lot structure beneath one of the at-grade lots. Vehicle access to this lower-level parking structure would be provided by a ramp on the north side of the structure from Clarksville Crossing and a ramp on the south side of the structure from the above at-grade parking lot. The below-grade parking structure would include approximately 200 to 230 spaces. A pedestrian ramp would provide pedestrian access from the below-grade level up to the at-grade parking and entry to the warehouse retail building. The below-grade parking structure and at grade parking lots together would include approximately 760 spaces in total parking to serve the South Site. It is anticipated that the warehouse retail store and fuel facility would employ approximately 250 to 300 employees. The warehouse retail store hours are anticipated to be 9:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The fuel facility hours have yet to be determined. The primary customer vehicle entrance to the South Site would be from a signalized intersection via the main driveway at Silva Valley Parkway. There would also be an intersection at Silva Valley Parkway and Clarksville Crossing that would provide a left-hand turn pocket for vehicles traveling northbound on Silva Valley Parkway to make a left turn onto Clarksville Crossing. From Clarksville Crossing, there would be three driveways providing access to the parking areas of the South Site. The intersection set-up of Silva Valley Parkway and Clarksville Crossing would remain in place until the County constructs the Country Club Drive extension. After completion of the Country Club Drive extension, Clarksville Crossing’s existing connection to Silva Valley Parkway would be eliminated. Delivery Truck Ingress/Egress Delivery truck access would be allowed at all driveway locations depending on the size of the delivery truck and direction of travel for both the North Site and South Site. Most trucks delivering to the warehouse retail building would access the site at the southwest driveway on Clarksville Crossing near the receiving docks. Fuel trucks accessing the North Site would enter at the northern right-in/right-out driveway on Silva Valley Parkway and exit at the proposed signalized main driveway on Silva Valley Parkway. Loading The receiving dock of the warehouse retail building would be located at the southwest corner of the building. The bay doors would be equipped with sealed gaskets to limit noise impacts. A smaller on-grade door would also be located on the south side of the building. This on-grade door is to receive bread deliveries and single-unit or box shipping and delivery trucks. A transformer and two trash compactors would also be located along the south edge of the warehouse building. Dense landscape material would screen this area. Signage The project also proposes signage to include approximately 1,300 square feet of combined building-attached signage for the warehouse retail store on the South Site and the fuel facility on the North Site. Lighting The warehouse and employee parking lot would be illuminated with standard downward LED fixtures affixed to a 36-6” light pole. Parking lot light standards are designed to provide even light distribution for vehicle and pedestrian safety, with lighting fixtures of a “shoe-box” style. The parking lot lights would be timer controlled to limit lighting after the warehouse has closed and most employees are gone from the warehouse. Parking lot lighting would then only remain on to provide security and emergency lighting. Lighting fixtures would also be located on the exterior of the building approximately every 40 feet to provide safety and security. Parking and site lighting would incorporate the use of cutoff lenses to keep light from overflowing beyond the South Site boundaries. Lights on the fuel facility would be recessed into the canopy to provide both lighting during operating hours and lower-level security lighting after hours. No direct light from any light source on either site may fall outside the property line or into the public right-of-way Utilities/Services Both the North Site and the South Site would need to be annexed into EID to acquire sanitary sewer and water service. EID stated in its September 14, 2023, Facilities Improvement Letter (FIL) that there should be adequate water supply and sewer capacity available to serve a similar type of project. The project will tie into the existing 18-inch potable water main and the 21-inch gravity sewer line in Clarksville Crossing. An updated Facilities Improvement Letter will be requested through EID at the appropriate time. Sanitary service and potable water for the North Site would be provided by EID sanitary sewer and water lines that cross the South Site. Reclaimed water is available for non-potable irrigation use and would be provided by extending an existing reclaimed line in Silva Valley Parkway north of the project site. The on-site drainage system will connect to El Dorado County’s storm drain infrastructure in Clarksville Crossing. The project proposes bioretention planters for LID treatment of stormwater runoff. The property would also need to be annexed into the El Dorado Hills Fire Protection District prior to building permit issuance. Dry utilities (electric, gas, telephone, and cable TV) will be provided from existing infrastructure located to the north of the project site in Silva Valley Parkway. Dry utilities will need to be extended along the frontage of both the North Site and the South Site.

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