10/29/2021
Home Depot – Hercules, CA #1044
1625 Sycamore Ave
Project Description
SEASONAL SALES AREA
The Home Depot store proposes to display and sell various seasonal items from an area in close proximity to the front of the Garden Center in the existing parking lot . Certain events require tents or awnings in order to protect both merchandise and customers. Included among these items are expected to be trees, plants, rugs, nursery materials, barbecues, and Christmas trees. This seasonal area will not be used to store building materials or home improvement items. The seasonal display area in the parking lot will take place from March 1st to July 31st and November 15th to December 31st.
FRONT SIDEWALK SALES & DISPLAY
The Home Depot store also proposes to display along the front of the store a number of items such as barbeques, patio furniture, material displays, fencing displays, and landscape products including living plants, sand, and blocks.
STAGING AREA IN REAR OF STORE
The purpose for the staging area is to allow for product to be brought in and taken off the flat-bed trucks to be brought into the store or garden center within 72 hours. This is to allow for available merchandise d uring heavy sale periods to k eep p roduct on-site and avoid additional trucking, which helps on the carbon footprint. The height is typically 3 stacked pallets.
THD EQUIPMENT RENTAL
The Site Plan includes proposed display of THD Rental Equipment in 14 stalls and Trailer Rentals in seven (7) stalls . Customers can rent equipment through the existing Tool Rental Center (TRC). It should be noted that this program is owned and operated by Home Depot and Home Depot Associates are the designated staff for transactions. There are no third - party vendors for this operation. Home Depot does not maintain or repair t his equipment on-site, as they are sent to a designated repair location off -site. It should be noted that the
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off-site repair centers are also owned and operated by Home Depot. Such equipment are items like small trailers, see the attached file for a list of example compact power equipment, see attached sample rental equipment document.
THD TRUCK RENTAL
The proposed Site Plan includes eight (8) to be designated for Rental Truck parking only.
The benefit that the Rental Truck Program provides to the community is the ability to easily obtain a moving vehicle at an accessible store location. This program is based on customer orders through the Internet or made in person at the Home Depot store. The Rental Trucks will be delivered to the designated parking area for pick up by the customer – there is typically three to six trucks parked on -site at a time. The paperwork and key pick up and drop off are handled inside the existing TRC. No semi -trucks or tractor trailer type vehicles are included in this program. The trucks being rented have box enclosures varying in size from twelve (12’) feet to twenty-six (26’) feet and are the type of vehicles that can be driven with a normal driver’s license. No fueling, servicing or maintenance of the trucks will take place onsite.
LOAD & GO AND PRO PARKING
Two (2) “Load ‘N Go” trucks can be available to customers wishing to rent a small flatbed truck (18 feet +/ -) to transport materials on their own. Load ‘N Go is an hourly roundtrip vehicle rental service that uses pick -up trucks with specially designed aluminum beds capable of carrying up to 3,000 pounds. The program is intended for rentals of one to two hours but can also be rented at a daily, weekly, or monthly rate. The Home Depot flatbed trucks allow the customer to safely and easily transport large items locally. The ten (10) Pro Parking stalls are intended for Contractors to utilize so that they are close to the Contractor Pick-Up Area to assist on quick turn -around for their orders. There are no penalties if a customer utilizes these stalls.