HomeMy WebLinkAboutFRONT RANGE REZONING & STRUCTURE PLAN AMEND. - 3-00 - P&Z PACKET - CORRESPONDENCE-HEARING (9)Steve Olt = Timan Property NC Strip
From: Clark Mapes
To: Gregory Byrne
Date: Wed, Oct 31, 2001 11:12 AM
Subject: Timan Property NC Strip
Key points for the staff report, with one remaining question. Cameron suggested I contact you.
1) It's clear we can support a second red dot,
2) because of this being a very good location for it, and
3) because it does not look crucial to hang on to the C designation for a number of reasons.
I am comfortable writing those things up and stating that the Structure Plan "needs to be changed" in
response to this request, for those reasons.
What I am not yet sure about is the configuration, with the strip of NC along College. The NC totals about
35 acres. It does not look like City Plan to me. It looks more like a half -mile of highway strip commercial.
The reason for this conguration is...
[This is where I am having trouble with sound policy. The reason I have heard is that the applicant
questions the market for MMN uses, and so prefers the flexibility of more retail, gas stations, and other
commercial uses.
These uses would then buffer the apartments from the highway
This feels weak to me. Then I look at the conceptual site plan and it doesn't make me feel any better. Us
Advance Planners would feel more comfortable about policies if the NC only extended about halfway
across the property - closer to about 20 acres, more focused, more surrounded by MMN, less of an
arterial strip. We understand the thinking behind the proposal. Any help on policy insight? Do you
definitely support the configuration?]
Another point: I would bring builidngs together along the neighborhood streets, not line the highway, and
then place screened parking lots along the highway. The highway is LOUD, and drivers don't care about
pedestrian scale buildings and spaces - a green edge of parking lot screening is fine for the highway
motorist. This is the issue the Design Manual wrestles with on p. 3.5.3 20. The concetp plan does not
reflect this approach. Does anyone disagree, that NC buildings should line the highway with parking lots
on the neighborhood side?
Staff report needed ASAP. Thanks.
CC: Cameron Gloss; Joe Frank; Steve Olt