HomeMy WebLinkAboutEAST RIDGE C-STORE - PDP - 33-98G - CORRESPONDENCE -This item is being scheduled for the December 6, 2007 Planning & Zoning
Board public hearing, unless the applicant does not want it included on that
agenda. There are some issues expressed in this City staff comment letter
that may require some level of attention to keep the item on the agenda. Be
sure and return all red -lined plans should you re -submit before public
hearing or initially submit Final Plans after the hearing.
If you have any questions regarding these issues or any other issues related
to this project, please feel free to call me at 221-6341.
Yours Truly,
ASteveOlt
City Planner
cc: Susan Joy
TST Consulting Engineers
Illumination Planning, Ltd.
Planning & Zoning file #33-98G
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Number: 55 Created: 10/29/2007
[10/29/07] Please provide the City's sidewalk chase detail. The ones
shown are ok for On -Site only if labeled as "On -Site".
Number: 59 Created: 10 / 29 / 2007
[10/29/07] Type III Barricades are required at all dead-end sidewalks.
Number: 61 Created: 10 / 29 / 2007
[10/29/07] Please dimension the PCs of the curb returns for the driveways
off the PL or where ever it makes sense so that they are locatable in the
field. Please dimension the driveway widths. 36' max allowed.
Topic: Utility Plans -Utility
Number: 56 Created: 10 / 29 / 2007
[10/29/07] See comment number 7 under "General".
Department: PFA Issue Contact: Carie Dann
Topic: Fire
Number: 62 Created: 10 / 30 / 2007
[10/30/07] PFA has no further comments or concerns at this time.
Department: Traffic Operations Issue Contact: Ward Stanford
Topic: Traffic
Number: 63 Created: 10 / 31 / 2007
[ 10/ 31 / 07] Ok with the 164' Sykes Dr. Variance Request.
Number: 64 Created: 10 / 31 / 2007
[10/31/07] The store access onto Vicot does not align correctly with the
opposing street across Vicot. The offset is to the more problematic direction
for left turning vehicles. This alignment issue needs to be corrected.
Department: Stormwater-Water-Wastewater Issue
Contact: Wes Lamarque
Topic: General
Number: 22 Created: 4/ 10/2007
[10/24/07] No comments before hearing. Comments may follow at Final
Compliance regarding detailed items and erosion control mitigation.
[4/ 10/07] No comments.
Department: Zoning
Topic: Zoning
Number: 47
[10/25/07] No concerns.
Issue Contact: Gary Lopez
Created: 10/25/2007
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Topic: Hearing
Number: 57 Created: 10/29/2007
[10/29/071 This project cannot go to hearing until the new street alignment
has been determined due to the newly proposed median. Comment #50
under "Site Plan" must be addressed as well. A 9' UE is required per the
City's typical street section. See comment #6 for more info.
Topic: Landscape Plan
Number: 52 Created: 10/29/2007
[10/29/07] See comments under the other topics and coordinate all plan
sets.
Topic: Site Plan
Number: 50 Created: 10/29/2007
[10/29/071 The Site Plan is showing an 8'-8" UE on the south side of the
store. This must be 9' minimum.
Number: 51 Created: 10/29/2007
[10/29/07] See comments under the other topics and coordinate all plan
sets.
Topic: Utility Plans - Cover Sheet
Number: 15 Created: 4/ 10/2007
[10/29/07] Repeat - 3 corrections required.
[4/ 10/07] Legend - Please use greyscale for existing and black for
proposed.
Topic: Utility Plans - General
Number: 53 Created: 10/29/2007
[10/29/07] See comments under the other topics and coordinate all plan
sets.
Number: 58 Created: 10/29/2007
[10/29/071 More detailed comments will be given at Final Compliance.
Topic: Utility Plans - General Notes
Number: 17 Created: 4/ 10/2007
[10/29/07] Repeat - Still missing all of the notes in Appendix E2.
[4/ 10/07] Please provide the notes as shown in Appendix E2 in addition to
E1.
Topic: Utility Plans - Grading
Number: 54 Created: 10/29/2007
[10/29/07] Please dimension all sidewalks, drive aisles and parking stalls.
Ok to label one as "typical" and then dimension only what is different.
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Number: 7 Created: 4/9/2007
[10/29/071 Carrying this comment forward as a reminder to all (including
me!). The next East Ridge submittal will need to revise their plans to show
the new median in Sykes as well as redesign Sykes in order to accommodate
the median shown with this project. Sheet 3 of the utility plans currently
shows the water and sewer being installed with this project. If so, will need
to show the approximate limits of the street cut and provide the street cut
note. Is there any way that these utilities can be stubbed out with the East
Ridge Development? We really would prefer not to have a brand new street
cut into and it would save you the triple street cut fees. Let me know.
[4/9/07] All plan sets need to be designed as if East Ridge has been built
out so show everything that is to be built by East Ridge as existing
(greyscale) and black for everything that this project is proposing to be built.
Will need to provide stub outs for all utilities on the East Ridge plans and
then show as existing on this plan set OR show as proposed with this
development and show all appropriate street cuts. Keep in mind that any
street cut within 5 years of installation or rehab requires triple street cut
fees.
Number: 8 Created: 4 / 9 / 2007
[10/29/07] Carrying this comment forward as a reminder to all (including
me!) .
[4/9/07] This project can not complete the DA or receive an approved set of
mylars until the East Ridge improvements have been completed. If this
project needs to go sooner, than it will be responsible for constructing all
street frontage plus the offsite design as required by LCUASS, chapter 7.
Number: 48 Created: 10 / 29 / 2007
[10/29/07] The curb return radii off a local street for the driveway is 15'.
Those shown off Vicot Way are too large at 20'. Please revise all plan sets
accordingly.
Number: 49 Created: 10 / 29 / 2007
[10/29/07] The C-Store has been moved further south placing the
foundation right at the edge of the utility easement. No portion of the
foundation (including the footing) may be placed within the easement itself
so either the building needs to shift a foot OR suggest using the "L" shaped
foundation in this area. We'll want a cross section of that portion of the
footing in relation to the UE and note on the plans calling this out if this is
the direction you would like to go.
Number: 65 Created: 11 / 1 / 2007
[ 11 / 1 / 07] From Technical Services: We did not get revised plans to look at.
Unable to review.
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Topic: Traffic
Number: 68 Created: 11 / 2 / 2007
[ 11 / 2 / 07] Susan Joy of the Engineering Department offered the following
comments:
a. With the addition of the median in Sykes Drive the variance request for
the proposed right-in/right-out from that street is OK.
b. Additional right-of-way (ROW) for Sykes Drive is needed. A letter of
intent from the property owner to the south is needed for the additional
ROW. Also, a one sheet exhibit showing how the additional ROW will
occur must be submitted for review.
c. The building foundation cannot extend into the 8'-8" to 9'-0" wide
utility easement.
Topic: Utility Plans -General
Number: 67 Created: 11 / 2 / 2007
[ 11 / 2 / 07] Alan Rutz of Light & Power indicated that the
applicant/developer must coordinate a transformer location with the City.
Department: Engineering Issue Contact: Susan Joy
Topic: General
Number: 6 Created: 4 / 9 / 2007
[10/29/071 A variance was granted for the R-In R-Out driveway of Sykes
provided that a median was installed to control the movement. However,
additional row will be required in order to make up for the 7' lost to the
median. Please see LCUASS Chapter 7 for street design requirements
regarding minimum radii, tangent and curve lengths, maximum lane shifts,
etc. Since the median is not required by the city's minor collector street
section and only required in order to accommodate this development's
preference for a driveway entrance, it is not eligible for city street oversizing
reimbursement for either the median or the additional row necessary to
build it. At minimum, an exhibit (separate sheet) showing the new street
alignment, street striping) will be required so that we can determine that
this will all work, meet the standards and tie into each other. If East Ridge
is unable or unwilling to revise their plans and provide additional row, then
this development is responsible for the design and acquiring the row. A
letter of intent from the East Ridge project agreeing to the new street
alignment as well as the additional row will be required prior to allowing this
project to go to hearing.
[4/9/07] The driveway off Sykes does not conform to the spacing
requirements as shown on table 7-3 and will not be allowed. Please take
both accesses off Vicot Way and submit the appropriate variance request if
driveway spacing is not met there either.
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Topic: Site Plan
Number: 30 Created: 4/ 17/2007
[10/23/071 An outdoor patio has been added at the southeast corner of the
building, now enlarged, to help satisfy the "build -to" line requirement to
Vicot Way. This would appear to satisfy the requirement in the LUC;
however, the patio is being described to provide outdoor seating for the
proposed fast food restaurant in the building. It may be advantageous to
provide a 5' - 6' wide sidewalk connection to the public sidewalk for
convenience for pedestrians (especially from the adjacent neighborhood to
the east) entering and exiting the fast food restaurant. Section 3.5.3(13)(2)(d)
of the Land Use Code states:
"Exceptions to the build -to line standards shall be permitted:
1. in order to form an outdoor space such as a plaza, courtyard, patio
or garden between a building and the sidewalk. Such a larger front
yard area shall have landscaping, low walls, fencing or railings, a
tree canopy and/or other similar site improvements along the
sidewalk designed for pedestrian interest, comfort and visual
continuity."
[4/ 17/07] The convenience store building does not satisfy the "build -to"
line requirement, relative to Vicot Way and Sykes Drive, as set forth in
Section 3.5.3(13)(2)(b) of the Land Use Code. Therefore, a request for a
modification of this standard must be submitted immediately for City staff
and Planning & Zoning Board review. The Board will be the ultimate
decision maker. The applicant's request and justification must be supported
by the criteria set forth in Section 2.8.2(H) of the Land Use Code.
Number: 31 Created: 4/ 17/2007
[ 10/ 23 / 071 For reference for the Final Plan submittal.
[4/ 17/07] The minimum building height for non-residential buildings in
the LMN - Low Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood district is 1.5 stories. This
should be noted on the Site Plan and demonstrated on the Building
Elevations.
Number: 70 Created: 11 / 2 / 2007
[11/2/07] The most easterly parking space just to the north of the building
scales to be 7' wide. This is not wide enough for car parking.
Number: 71 Created: 11 / 2 / 2007
[11/2/07] With an expressed fast-food restaurant now included in the
building, please note this within the building on the Site Plan. Also, in the
LAND USE table please include c-store w/ fuel sales and fast-food
restaurant under "COMMERCIAL/RETAIL" NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER.
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Topic: General
Number: 66 Created: 11 / 2 / 2007
[ 11 / 2 / 07] Bonnie Ham of the U.S. Postal Service indicated that if the
developer wants to receive mail here postal service approval must be given
on the type of mail box and location for the box.
Topic: Landscape Plan
Number: 36 Created: 4/ 17/2007
[10/23/071 Need minor revision to the added statement. Please see the red -
lined Landscape Plan.
[4/ 17/07] The standard Landscape Assurance note (install or secure with
125% of value of materials and labor ...) must be added to the Landscape
Plan.
Number: 45 Created: 10/23/2007
[10/23/071 Just a question: Was the approval to remove all of the existing
trees in the right-of-way along the east side of North Timberline Road
adjacent to this property granted with the East Ridge PDP? When did an
approval take place?
Topic: Lighting Plan
Number: 39 Created: 4/ 17/2007
[10/23/071 Just for reference. However, the "spot" lighting levels right along
the east and west edges of the canopy still appear to be high (13 - 16 foot
candles) even though the lighting levels right under the canopy generally
decreased. What is the reason for this?
[4/ 17/07] Sections 3.2.40 & (D) of the Land Use Code sets for the allowable
lighting levels for a development, including around and under a canopy.
Maximum under -canopy area lighting (initial installation) is 26.0 foot-
candles; and, maximum under -canopy area lighting (average maintained) is
20.0 foot-candles. There are several spots shown on the Lighting 86
Photometric Plan under the canopy that exceed 26.0 foot-candles, whether
they are initial installation or average maintained. Many of the spots, if they
are average maintained levels, are too high. Please clarify. Also, there are
many spot foot-candle levels shown just outside the canopy lines that
exceed the maximum allowed on -site lighting levels of 10 foot-candles. The
under -canopy lights must be fully recessed into the structure's "ceiling",
ensuring that the lights will be down -directional.
Topic: Plat
Number: 69 . Created: 11 / 2 / 2007
[11/2/07] Asa reminder, the East Ridge C-Store PDP is dependent on the
overall East Ridge PDP/Final Plan subdivision plat as it is Tract W of that
plat. Therefore, the C-Store plans cannot be recorded before the overall East
Ridge - Final Plans, including subdivision plat.
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STAFF PROJECT REVIEW
City of Fort Collins
Jim Sell Design, Inc Date: 11/5/2007
c/o Matt Blakely
153 West Mountain Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Staff has reviewed your submittal for EAST RIDGE C-STORE, PDP - TYPE
2, and we offer the. following comments:
ISSUES:
Department: Current Planning Issue Contact: Steve Olt
Topic: Building Elevations Plan
Number: 32 Created: 4/ 17/2007
[10/23/07] See Comment #44.
[4/ 17/07] The Conceptual Architectural Elevations Plan as provided with
the Project Development Plan submittal is sufficient at this phase of
development review. However, with the Final Compliance submittal the
building elevations must be more defined for this particular site and the
plan must show heights, materials, and "general" colors to be used. The
canopy over the gas tanks must be designed with a shallow -pitched roof,
false mansard or parapet that matches the building.
Number: 42 Created: 10 / 23 / 2007
[10/23/071 There must be a minimum 14'-0" clearance under the canopy
for the fuel pumps. There is a note to this effect on the Site Plan; however,
this information must be clearly demonstrated on the Final Architectural
Elevations, also.
Number: 43 Created: 10 / 23 / 2007
[10/23/07] The Final Architectural Elevations must be scale -able, with
building heights, lengths, and widths noted.
Number: 44 Created: 10 / 23 / 2007
[10/23/07] The Final Architectural Elevations must indicate building
materials (including roofing) and a general color scheme. This requirement
is set forth in Item 7) of the Final Plan Submittal Requirements.
Number: 46 Created: 10 / 23 / 2007
[10/23/07] Have not yet seen a detail for the trash enclosure. It could be
included on the Architectural Elevations, Site, or Landscape Plan.
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