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Home My WebLink AboutFOSSIL LAKE PDP FOURTH - Filed GC-GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 2005-08-02S North Star -,051w,., design, inc. October 8, 2002 Ms. Sheri Wamhoff City of Fort Collins Engineering 281 North College Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 50522-0580 Re: Request fior Variance —Fossil Lake Fourth Filing — Driveway Drainage Proj: 111-05 Dear Sheri: The following is a request for variance from Section 9.4.11.13— Access Requirements — General - Drainage in the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards, March 2001". This variance is requested to allow for more than 500 square feet of driveway to drain over the adjacent sidewalk on Dripping Rock Lane. The proposed project is a multi -family project with four (4) drives proposed off of Dripping Rock Lane. At the southwest drive, an inlet is proposed to intercept runoff, at the northeast drive, there is no drainage over the public sidewalk. The northwest and southeast drives have highpoints in the drive past the sidewalk. These walks will have 1,380 square feet and 760 square feet of pavement drainage over the sidewalks respectively. These drives both exceed the 500 square feet allowed in the standard sited above. At a public meeting on May 3, 2002, proposed revisions to this standard were distributed. This document stated that this requirement would be changed to state, "no sheet flow drainage may cross a sidewalk that interferes with the pedestrian use of the sidewalk". It is our understanding that this revised language is in the current standards and that under the current (October 1, 2002) Standards, no variance would be required. This variance from the above Standards will not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare. Please call me with any questions or additional information that you may need for the approval of this variance. Sincerely, Michael Oberlander, PE, LSI ?00 Automation Drive, Unit I Windsor, Colorado 80550 970-686-6939 Phone • 970-686-99813 Fax No Text I North Star '01 **., design, iric. February 3,2003 Sheri Wamhoff City of Fort Collins Engineering 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins, Colorado 50522-0580 Re: Request for Variance -- Fossil Lake 4°i Filing — Intersection Spacing Proj : 11 1-05 Dear Sheri: FEB' The following is a request for variance from Table 7-3 — Technical Design Criteria — Minimum Distance Between Intersections in the "Latimer County Urban Area Street Standards, March 2001 ". This variance is requested to allow `Local Street' (see attached sketch) to be located 190' south of Hearthside Drive rather than the 250' stated in the Table. This variance should be considered in conjunction with the variance request for Fossil Lake 4`' Filing dated January 15, 2003. This previous request was to allow for reduced tangent lengths on the proposed 'Local Street'. The two streets oppose each other on Ziegler Road in south Fort Collins. In this area, Ziegler Road is a Minor Collector with a 40' flowline to flowline cross section. At the neighborhood meeting, there was concern about the amount of traffic Fossil Lake 4°i Filing would add to Shallow fond Drive to the south. This additional street connection has been proposed as a result of these comments. The street has been designed to be placed as far north (and as far away from Shallow Pond Drive) as possible. The Hearthside Drive intersection is adjacent to the property north of Fossil Lake 4°i Filing and it is not possible to line up the two intersections. It is requested that this variance to the above standard be granted for the following reasons: • The purpose of the street connection is to take as much traffic off of Shallow Pond Drive as possible. We do not anticipate a huge number of residents to use this access, but the further south the access is, the fewer trips it will receive. • There is no cross street connecting to 'Local Street' on the west side of Ziegler; because of parcel geometry, it is extremely unlikely that Hearthside Drive will ever extend to the cast. The two "tee" intersections will have less turning movements than if one were a four legged intersection and the other were a tee. • The 190' of separation proposed will not cause a situation where left turning traffic waiting at either intersection will back up into the other. • Sight distance between the two intersections will not be an issue because of the straight section of Ziegler. Drivers will be able to see movements happening at both intersections clearly. • The proposed variance will address the neighbor's requests. As long as this is not a safety issue, the Owner is attempting to minimize the impact on the adjacent owners. 100 Automation Drive, Unit I Windsor, Colorado 80550 970-S8G-9939 Phone • 974-GB9 33a1% Fax This variance from the above Standards will not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare. Please call me with any questions or additional information that you may need for the HEARTHSIDE DRIVE DT B IN LJ TRACT B / ❑CI I i'' -LCT � I^ IC I 6-PLEX - TVFD FEB) 7 2003 KEM HOMES Pride in Quality -sina 19ra- KEM - Fossil Lake Place, LLC A Colorado Limited Liability Companv P. O. Box 1845 Fort Collins, CO 80522. February 5, 2003 Mr. Cam McNair City of Fort Collins Engineering Department P. O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 RE: FOSSIL LAKE PDP - 4TH FILING Dear Mr. McNair: Telephone:(970) 223-4900 Fax: (970) 223-4901 BY FACSIMILE Hard Copy will Follow This is a request for ain extension of the review process for the FOSSIL LAKE PDP - 4TH FILING. Since the last staff review summary, issued on November 7, 2002, we have held a series of meetings with neighborhood representatives in an attempt to address several of their concerns and perspectives, particularly as related to a direct access to the site from Ziegler Road. As a result, we have submitted two variance requests to the Engineering Department (one on January 15 and one on February 4). Both Troy Jones and Sheri Wamhoff are aware of these factors. Having received unofficial favorable staff comment in support of the above requests, we are proceeding with further redesign of the site based upon those proposed changes. We hope to be able to re -submit on this basis within the next two weeks. I am also meeting with Troy Jones on Thursday, February 6, to further facilitate this re -submission. Please feel free to coritact me at 223-4900 for additional information. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, KEM—Fossil Lake Place, LLC David S. Brown Multi -Family Division Manager DSB/s Transportation Services Engineering Department City of Fort Collins February 18, 2003 Patricia Kroetch, P.E. North Star Design, Inc. 700 Automation Drive, Unit I Windsor. Co 80550 RE: Fossil Lakes Fourth Filing— Variance Request for Intersection Spacing and Minimum Tangent Length Dear Trisha, This letter is in response to the requests dated January 15, 2003 and February 3, 2003 in regards to a proposed street layout at the north end of Fossil Lakes 41h Filing and the two variance requests associated with this layout. The variance requests are to reduce the distance required between intersections on a Collector roadway (Ziegler Road) and to reduce the minimum tangent required between curves. In accordance with Table 7-3 of the Latimer County Urban Area Street Standards (LCUASS) the minimum distance between intersections on a Collector is 250 feet and per Section 7.4.1.A.2 the minimum tangent between curves is 100, feet. The variance to reduce the separation between the future Hearthside Drive being preliminarily platted in the County on the west side Ziegler Road and the local street at the northern edge of the Fossil Lakes 4`h Filing parcel to 190 feet is granted. The variance request to reduce the tangent length on the local street located at the northern portion of the Fossil Lakes 4'h Filing; property to 60 feet is approved. This variance request does not set a precedence or change the application of our design standards in other situations. If you have any questions, please contact Sheri Wamhoff at 221-6750. Sincerely, r Sheri Wamhoff, PE cc: Dave Stringer Troy Jones file 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6605 • FAX (970) 221-6378 www.fcgov.com 05/29/2003 0U:48 y/b-221-6a32 WATERPIK TECH INC PACE 01 KEM =HOMES.= Pride in aity 4.- ]97 Y. G. Boat 1 a'', Telephone: (970) 223 4900 FortCaNisg3512 Fax: (970)223.4901 may 2Z- Port Cilin., 0 isa Ref' ppaaatAOi+-4* Filling This **%a iqw intarlt to grant and easement to the City of Fort Collins and/or the Fort Collins - Love". 'wM Soutlt Fort Collins Sanitation District on behalf of KEM-Fossil Lake Place. LLC, relethie fO iloppient of the Fossil Lake PDP 4" Filing. The IrtMidatl` Mh W1111 be an area at the north end of the to-be-develaped extension of Dripping Rock Lane, dad' of ftalixe to socommodate the placement of and -stubs for certain utilities, particularly water and aaINM;. 'liD Via devalopment. We ar in 1h*9 WOexisoAing an easement agreement for this purpose and our present Intent is to grant Pak i ieoript of a property -dratted and certlicd easement debuip0on rand a document outlining omteM oarnirYiyAPlis made to us by KEM. 06 N v a �- Barba lank North Star �son... design, July 30, 2003 Ms. Sheri Wamhotf City of Fort Collins Engineering 281 North College Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 50522-0580 Re: Fossil Lake Fourth Filing — Request for Variance from Minimum Cover over storm Proj: 1 1 1-05 Dear Sheri: The following is a request for variance from Section 12.2.2 — Design Standards — Minimum Depth in the "Lorimer County Urban Area Street Standards, March 2001". This variance is requested to allow portions of Storm I in Fossil Lake Place to have less than the required 2' of cover below the scarified subgrade. The length of storm that will not meet this requirement is approximately 5 linear feet from the west Flowline of Fossil Lake Place. The minimum depth that the storm will located is approximately 1.7' below scarified subgrade. This variance from the above Standards will not be detrimental to the public health, safety and wel fare. Please call me with any questions or additional information that you may need for the approval of this variance. Sincerely," "T Patricia P. . North Star irx 700 Automation Drive, Unit I Windsor, Colorado 80550 97C-SP-6-6939 Phone a 970-68F-l1rR Fax North Star �amm., design, inc. July 30, 2003 Ms. Sheri Wamheff City of Fort Collins Engineering 281 North College Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 50522-0580 Re: Fossil Lake Fourth Filing— Request for Variance from Minimum Curve Length Proj: 115-01 Dear Sheri: The following is a request for variance from Table 7-5 — General Design Elements — Minimum Curve Length in the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards, March 2001". This variance is requested to allow portions of Fossil Lake Place to be designed and constructed with horizontal curves shorter than the standards. The curves are located at the west end of Fossil Lake Place approaching the intersection with Zeigler Road. At this location near the intersection, the travel speeds will be low therefore a lower K-value curve would not interfere with the comfort or safety of the vehicular traffic. This variance from the above Standards will not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare_ Please call me with any questions or additional information that you may need for the approval of this variance. 700 Automation Drive, Unit I Windsor, Colorado 80550 97 0- 6 9f�- S g 3 9 Phone - 9 7 0- F; P Ea - 1 n R k' Fax Community Planning and Environmental Services Current Planning City of Fort Collins February21, 2007 Mr. Stanley K. Everitt Everitt Companies 3030 South College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80525 Subject: Fossil Lake R,—*ReFt PDP Fourth Filing one-year extension Dear Mr. Everitt, The City of Fort Collins has reviewed and approved your request for a one year extension to the Fossil Lake Ranch PDP Fourth Filing #33-01 G originally approved on March 24, 2004. Based on this extension, all engineering improvements (water, sewer, streets, curb, gutter, street lights, fire hydrants and storm drainage) must be completed no later than March 24, 2008. Pursuant to Section 2.2.11(D) (4) of the Land Use Code, I am authorized to grant an additional one year extension should you find that the above new deadline cannot be met. Please note that additional requests beyond the two consecutive one year periods fall outside my purview and may only be authorized by the Planning and Zoning Board. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to give me a call at 970/221-6765. Sincerely, C 4eronoss, AlgP Current Planning Director cc: Sheri Langenberger Project File Z61 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 • FAX (970) 416-2020 City of Fort Collins MEMORANDUM TO: Cam McNair, City Engineer THRU: Dave Stringer, Development Review Manager FROM: Sheri Wamhoff, CE 11 ::$I- ) DATE: November 7, 2002 RE: Variance Request for Fossil Lake Fourth Filing Request to allow more than 500 square feet of driveway drain over the sidewalk. In accordance with Section 9.4.11.13 in the Latimer County Urban Area Street Standards adopted January 2, 2001, no more than 500 square feet of driveway can sheet flow across a sidewalk. The applicant has submitted a variance request to be able to drain more than the 500 square feet of driveway over sidewalk at two of the access points onto the street. In accordance with the request the areas mowing across the sidewalk would be 1,380 and 760 square feet. I think that this variance should be approved for the driveway with 760 square feet of drainage. This does not seem to be a problem. I do think however that the Northwest driveway with 1,380 square feet of area draining across the sidewalk is a bit too much and could be reduced somewhat without great impact to the site, with a variance still being granted, but not to the extent requested. If you have any questions, please call me at 0140. Attachments coMr'�r rIE January 23,2007 Mr. Cameron Gloss City of Fort Collins Current Planning 281 North College P. O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80521 Re: Extension for Fossil Lake Ranch PDP Fourth Filing Dear Cameron; I am writing to request an extension of the Fossil Lake Ranch PDP Fourth Filing that is due to expire on March 24, 2007. The Fourth Filing is an 80 unit townhome project and the market has been so weak that we have not felt comfortable building at this time. Hopefully the market will improve and we can start the project within a year. Thanks for your continued assistance. Please let me know if additional information is needed to consider our extension request. Sincerely, Stanley K. Everitt STE/amr Corporate offices 3030 South College Avenue • Rm Collins, Colorado 80525 Mailing Address: P.O. liox 2125 • Furt Collins, Colorado 80522 "Telephone (970) 226-1500 • FAX: (970) '23-4156 Community Planning and Environmental Services Current Planning City of Fort Collins February21, 2007 Mr. Stanley K. Everitt Everitt Companies 3030 South College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80525 Subject: Fossil Lake R,—*ReFt PDP Fourth Filing one-year extension Dear Mr. Everitt, The City of Fort Collins has reviewed and approved your request for a one year extension to the Fossil Lake Ranch PDP Fourth Filing #33-01 G originally approved on March 24, 2004. Based on this extension, all engineering improvements (water, sewer, streets, curb, gutter, street lights, fire hydrants and storm drainage) must be completed no later than March 24, 2008. Pursuant to Section 2.2.11(D) (4) of the Land Use Code, I am authorized to grant an additional one year extension should you find that the above new deadline cannot be met. Please note that additional requests beyond the two consecutive one year periods fall outside my purview and may only be authorized by the Planning and Zoning Board. Should you have any questions or require additional information, please feel free to give me a call at 970/221-6765. Sincerely, C 4eronoss, AlgP Current Planning Director cc: Sheri Langenberger Project File Z61 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 • FAX (970) 416-2020 coMr'�r rIE January 23,2007 Mr. Cameron Gloss City of Fort Collins Current Planning 281 North College P. O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80521 Re: Extension for Fossil Lake Ranch PDP Fourth Filing Dear Cameron; I am writing to request an extension of the Fossil Lake Ranch PDP Fourth Filing that is due to expire on March 24, 2007. The Fourth Filing is an 80 unit townhome project and the market has been so weak that we have not felt comfortable building at this time. Hopefully the market will improve and we can start the project within a year. Thanks for your continued assistance. Please let me know if additional information is needed to consider our extension request. Sincerely, Stanley K. Everitt STE/amr Corporate offices 3030 South College Avenue • Rm Collins, Colorado 80525 Mailing Address: P.O. liox 2125 • Furt Collins, Colorado 80522 "Telephone (970) 226-1500 • FAX: (970) '23-4156 MEMORANDUM TO: Dave Stringer Sheri Wamhoff FROM: Cam McNair ( 0\� \ DATE: November 14, 2002 RE: Variance Requests for Fossil Lake, 4°i Filing The intent of LCUASS Section 9.4.11 is to allow only a minimal amount of sheet flow across sidewalks, in order to avoid safety problems for pedestrians. This Fossil Lake design is using curb -and -gutters which create concentrated flows. 9.4.1 ] .A specifically prohibits concentrated flows across sidewalks. My suggestion is to have the curb -and -gutter transition to a flat concrete edge strip, from the high point of the main driveways (or the first garages) to the sidewalks. This would allow for sheet flow into the landscaped areas as well as across the sidewalks. The 760 square feet of driveway draining toward the sidewalk should be about the upper limit of what we would allow without inlets to a pipe system or sidewalk culverts. I believe the NW driveway with the 1,380 square feet of drainage area crossing the sidewalk could be reduced by moving the high point of that driveway to the east by about 40-feet. That in combination with the suggestion above would satisfy our concerns. As always, these variances do not necessarily set precedence or change the application of our design standards in other situations. Let me know if you have any questions. cc: Mike Herzig Transportation Services Engineering Department City of Fort Collins November 22, 2002 Mr. Michael Oberlander, P.E. North Star Design, Inc. 700 Automation Drive, Unit 1 Widsor, Co 80550 RE: Fossil Lakes Fourth Filing - Variance Request to increase the amount of drainage across a sidewalk at a driveway. Dear Michael, This letter is in response to the variance request dated October 8, 2002 to allow for more than 500 square feet of driveway to drain over the adjacent sidewalk for two of the driveways. In accordance with Section 9.4.11.13 of the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (adopted January 2, 2001) no more than 500 square feet of driveway can sheet flow across a sidewalk. The variance request: for the Southeast driveway, in which 760 square feet of area would flow across the sidewalk out the driveway, is approved with the following condition. At the high point in the driveway the curb and gutter section shall transition to a flat concrete edge strip which shall run to the back of the sidewalk. This will eliminate the concentrated flows that are prohibited from crossing the sidewalk. The variance request for the Northwest driveway, in which 1,380 square feet of area would flow across the sidewalk out the driveway, is denied. If the area of drainage across this driveway was reduced to 760 square feet of area or less it would be approved with the same condition as the request for the Southeast driveway. This variance request does not set a precedence or change the application of our design standards in other situations. If you have any questions, please contact Sheri Wamhoff at 221-6750. Sincerely, Sheri Wamhoff, PE cc: Dave Stringer Cam McNair file 281 North Colle';c Avenue • P0. Box r80 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6605 North Star �fta.s design, inc. December 30, 2002 Sheri Wamhoff City of Fort Collins 281 N. College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 Ms. Wamhoff, RECEIVED CURRENT PLANNING This letter is in reference to a significant proposed layout change at Fossil Lake 4°i Filing. KEM has tried to very carefully weigh all of the variables related to the possibility of an access from Ziegler Road to the Fossil Lake 4"' Filing project. The request was initiated by the neighborhood, and KEM believes that (at least some) of the concerns being raised by the neighbors are emotional and not factual. In most considerations, KEM essentially has nothing to gain, except the elimination of the emergency turnaround requirement at the north end of Dripping Rock. We have already assumed additional costs in design services and time delays. There certainly will be further additional costs if the City's preliminary review of the attached proposal is favorable and we proceed with further site re-dcsign and review. And, we believe the change we are proposing actually results in a somewhat less attractive site than the original. In spite of all of the above, solely in the interest of better neighbor relations (for both KEM and the City), KEM would like to propose the access as depicted herewith, understanding that variances to the LCUASS would be required. Please review the attached layout and provide us with an indication of whether or not the City Engineering; Department would grant the necessary variances to allow this layout to be approved. This is not a formal request for a variance, only a request that you provide us with your feedback before significant time and design effort is invested in making the required changes to our design drawings. Thank you for your time and assistance. Sin G� Patricia Kroetch, P. i'00 Automation Drive, Unit I Windsor, Colorado 80550 970-6,96-6939 Phone < 970-686---1188 Fax awt-aaw2-------------------- ------ � \�� , � �-----\ .. .� . .� �� _ :��! y�-\-\ \ � ____:___� � Transportation Services Engineering Department January 7, 2003 Patricia Kroetch, P.E. North Star Design, [nc. 700 Automation Drive, Unit 1 Windsor, Co 80550 RE: Fossil Lakes Fourth Filing — Potential Variance Request Dear Trisha, This letter is in response to the request dated December 30, 2002 in regards to a proposed street layout at the north end of Fossil Lakes 4`" Filing. You have asked whether or not the City would grant the necessary variances to allow this layout, but did not provide .any indication of what the variances would be. A determination on the City position on any variance to standards can not be made until a formal request is made with information as required in the standards (Section 1.9.4 of Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards). We will be happy to review a variance request for this project at such time that the information needed to evaluate a. request is provided. If you have any questions, please contact Sheri Wamhoff at 221-6750. Sincerely, Sheri Wamhoff, PE cc: Dave Stringer file 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6605 • FAX (970) 221-6378 www.fcgov.com % North Star "01e, design, inc. January 15, 2003 Sheri Wamhoff City of Fort Collins Engineering 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins, Colorado 50522-0580 Re: Request for Variance — Fossil Lake 4t" Filing Proj: 111-05 Dear Sheri: The following is a request for a variance from Section 7.4.1A.2. — Horizontal Alignment — Minimum Tangent Length in the "Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards, March 2001 ". This variance is requested to allow for reduced tangent lengths on the proposed local residential street connection between Ziegler Road and Dripping Rock Lane. The proposed local street connection is located at the north end of the site and will provide a second access for the site. The street alignment is dictated by the location of an existing gas line easement and adjacent neighborhood desires. The proposed design of the road calls for both intersections to be at 90' to the cross streets and to have two 165' radius curves in the street. It is requested that the tangent lengths be allowed to be less than 100' as specified in Table 7-3 for the following reasons: • The proposed street is only 300' in length. Ziegler Road is existing and Dripping Rock Lane is an extension of the existing street. Both of these street locations are fixed. • The curves in the street meet the Standards and the intersection angles are at 90°. Meeting these two constraints provides for a better design than meeting the tangent length criteria. if the radius was reduced, or if the angles of intersection were skewed, the tangent distances would still not be met and would still require a variance. • Sight distances will not be an issue if the variance is granted. As a driver enters the proposed street from either direction, they will be able to see the stop sign at the opposite intersection (approximately 300'). It is unlikely that the design speed of 25 mph will ever be achieved on this short length of street. This variance from the above Standards will not be detrimental to the public health, safety and welfare. The desires of the neighbors to reduce traffic through the existing neighborhood and the shape of this site have driven this variance request. Please call me with any questions or additional information that you may need for the approval of these variances. .tea ;700 Automation Drive, Unit I Windsor, Colorado 80550 970-686-6939 Phone- 970-686-1188 Fax