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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKAUFMAN & ROBINSON OFFICE DEVELOPMENT - PDP - 40-08 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESlArmill Land Surveying .—INN 1301 N. Cleveland Ave. Loveland, Colorado 80537 (970) 669-0516 Fax: (970) 635-9775 E-mail: intermill@qwest.net P-08-6543 November 10, 2008 PROPERTY DESCRIPTION FOR THE PROPOSED EVERGREEN PARK - REPLAT OF LOTS 3 AND 4, BLOCK 5 0 LOTS 3 AND 4, BLOCK 5, REPLAT (NO. I) OF EVERGREEN PARK, SITUATE IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION I, TOWNSHIP 7 NORTH, RANGE 69 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., CITY 01 FORT COLLINS. COUNTY OF LARIMER, STATE OF COLORADO Prepared By and On Behalf Of: INTERMILL LAND SURVEYING, INC. 1301 North Cleveland Avenue Loveland, Colorado 80537 P:970-669-0516 F: 970-635-9775 E: intermill@gwestoffice.net Robert George Persichitte Colorado PLS 34174 Date: /I /e e ., PROPERTY OWNER INFORMATION The owner of the development property is Kaufman & Robinson Inc., 1306 Blue Spruce Drive, Fort Collins, Colorado 80524. The Board of Directors consists of: Harold R. Kaufman (Chairman), Elinor M. Kaufman (Secretary), and Raymond S. Robinson. The officers are: Harold R. Kaufman (President) and James R. Kahn (Treasurer). Future ownership of this development is intended to remain a single ownership of the entire property including the improved structures, parking, landscaping, open spaces and other property improvements with all responsibility of property maintenance and care. Prepared by: Matthew Heiser BASIS Architecture, P.C. property to align with Red Cedar Circle. The proposed plan locates the drive more central to the property with intent to distinguish this drive as separate from Red Cedar Circle and to provide a more central internal circulation path that allows for consideration of the future use of the southern portion of the lot. Parking is located north of the entrance between the building facade and the street, intended primarily for office and customer parking and south of the entrance, along the drive, intended primarily for employee parking. The maximum allowable parking space calculation is based on the table located in section 3.2.2(K)(2) of the Land Use Code as applied to Phase I of the project. General Office: 3000 sq ft @ 3/1000 sq ft = 9 spaces Small Industry: 6500 sq ft @ 2/1000 sq ft = 13 spaces 22 maximum spaces Pedestrian access internal to the project is provided along the parking and drive edge leading to the building's primary western entrance and a southern employee entrance. Pedestrian access along the street is provided by a new sidewalk connecting to existing sidewalks both to the north and the south of the subject property. LANDSCAPING Landscape design focuses on large, deciduous trees to provide a defined streetscape as well as shade and screening of parking areas, while native, flowering shrubs provide a lower cover screen between parking and Blue Spruce Drive and the associated pedestrian way. There are no existing trees or shrubs on the site that require protection. MODIFICATION of STANDARDS Per section 4.28(E)(3)(a.3) of the Land Use Code, an 80-foot buffer is required between this Industrial zoned property and the adjacent Low Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood to the east. This project provides for an 80-foot strip of property free of buildings and parking, but seeks a modification of this standard to provide additional landscape screening. Section 2.8.2(H)(1) of the Land Use Code allows for such a modification of the standard when the submitted application promotes the purposes of the code and equally meets the provisions of the modified standard. The existing Evergreen West pond and surrounding vegetation create a visual screen that exceeds the requirements of the 80-foot buffer. PROJECT PHASING The project is anticipated to be constructed in two phases. Phase I would include all site improvements including utilities and storm water management facilities, all parking and construction of the first 9500 square feet of commercial construction. Phase I is anticipated to begin and be completed during 2009. Phase II would include 4875 square feet of an addition to the Phase I building at a future time not yet delineated. Kaufman & Robinson Office Development 1324 & 1330 Blue Spruce Drive Lots 3 & 4, Block 5 Evergreen Park November 12 1h 12008 PROJECT DESCRIPTION The proposed project is designed to accommodate the growing needs of Kaufman & Robinson Inc., a technology -based design and manufacturing company. Located approximately one mile north of downtown in the Evergreen Park Subdivision, this project is an infill development utilizing existing infrastructure without the extension of public roads or utilities. ZONING and USE The site consists of two existing lots, proposed to be combined, in the I -Industrial zoning classification. Uses within development comply with the Land Use Code section 4.28(B)(2) with approximately 3,000 square feet of office space and 11,500 square feet of small to light industrial space. Combined employees occupying both the office and manufacturing space is anticipated between 12 and 30 people. BUILDING and UTILITIES The proposed building is a single -story structure not exceeding 22 feet in height. The proposed metal building is similar in character to other developed properties along Blue Spruce Drive. The building will be served by utilities located along the western edge of the property or in the adjacent Right -of -Way without extension of any main utility lines. A 4-inch fire line will be run to the building to serve an NFPA-13 sprinkler system equipped throughout the structure. The project proposes on -site storm water detention with release off the property to the Evergreen West pond immediate east of the site. The wrap -around nature of the parking design allows parking and internal pedestrian access (see below) to remain close to the proposed building. This proximity will allow all parking lot lighting to be provided off of the building itself, without free-standing parking lot lighting. SITE ACCESS and PARKING Vehicular access to the subject property will enter from Blue Spruce Drive running north/south along the western edge of the property. During the Conceptual Review, Engineering had suggested the access drive be placed on the southwest corner of the