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tngmeenng Uepartment
Development Review Engineering
City of Fort Collins
January 13, 2005
Mr. James Loonan
Loonan & Assoc. Inc.
P.O. Box 270852
Fort Collins, CO 80527
Re: The variance request for street width on Triangle Drive for Ridgewood Hills, Fourth Filing
Dear Mr. Loonan,
This letter is in response to your request for a variance to the Larimer County Urban Area Street
Standards. The variance requested was a reduction of street width from 50 feet to 36 feet (and a reduction
in street classification from collector to connector local) for the portion of Triangle Drive fronting the
Ridgewood Hills Fourth Filing project. This variance has been denied.
Triangle Drive has been designated on the approved Master Street Plan as a collector street. The
question of compliance with the Master Street Plan is one that must be taken up by the Modification
process under the Land Use Code. Section 3.6.1 of the Land Use Code states that "all development plans
shall provide for or accommodate the streets and transportation facilities identified on the Master Street
Plan that are associated with the development plan." City staff does not see that providing a connector
street instead of a collector street will meet this provision of the Land Use Code. Staff did, however, agree
that a compromise to the collector street standard in the following form would be acceptable in meeting
this project's requirement to meet the Master Street Plan: the addition of parallel parking bays along,
Triangle Drive. Sidewalks could be attached (with a width of 6') where these bays are located and.
detached (6) in their standard location where the bays are not present. The ROW to accommodate this
would need to extend to the back of the walk. This additional space for parking would leave a wide
enough section of pavement in the street for bikes and vehicles to meet the needs of a collector street,
removing the need for a Modification.
If the Developer of this project decides to pursue a Modification to the Land Use Code for constructing
Triangle Drive as a connector local instead of a collector, it is important that they know that City
Transportation staff would not support that Modification request.
Should you have any further questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact this office.
Sincerely
Katie Moore
Project Engineer
City of Fort Collins
cc: file, Steve Olt; Sheri Wamhoff
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