HomeMy WebLinkAboutARCADIA AT WILLOX LANE - PDP - 5-05A - CORRESPONDENCE - (10)Comments from Current Planning:
1. Section 3.5.2(B)(1 and 2) requires that any project of fewer than 100 single
family dwellings shall have at least three different housing types of housing
models. Each housing model shall have at least three characteristics which
clearly and obviously distinguish it from the other housing models. Please
indicate how this standard is being met.
2. Section 3.5.2(E)(1 — 5) requires that streetscapes not be dominated by
protruding garages. The plan needs to address this standard. Have you
considered side -loading the garages on the corner lots (Lots 18 and 53)? Are
Lots 13, 14 and 51 able to access the side of the lot from the utility easement
for driveways? If alternative garage door treatments are proposed as allowed
for under (E)(5), then please provide sufficient details. Please keep in mind that
attractive neighborhood -scale streets is the fundamental aspect of the standard.
At a minimum, please add a General Note that all houses shall comply with
Section 3.5.2(E) at the time of building permit application.
3. The Landscape Plan must provide for street trees along Willox Land spaced at
40-foot centers, with the accommodation for street lights.
4. The transition in grade between the south line of Lot 10 and the north property
line of the Pekech property should be shown in cross-section.
5. Additional landscaping should be added south of Lot 10 for buffering purposes.
6. While not necessary for the next submittal, please start narrowing down the
fence options. Please refer to Section 4.1(E)(2)(e) for guidance. This issue
was raised at the neighborhood meeting and should be resolved by the time of
public hearing.
Be sure and return all of your redlined plans when you re -submit.
If you have any questions regarding these issues or any other issues related to this
project, please feel free to call me at (970) 221-6750.
Sincerely:
RedShepard
Chief Planner
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Topic: Water/Wastewater-Utility Plans
Number: 34 Created: 1/17/2006
[1 /17/06]
Please show the proposed irrigation line that will serve the park.
Please label street names on the utility plan sheets.
Will these houses have basements? If yes, how will these basements be served
given the shallow sewer depths ?
Please extend sewer line so that existing farm house may be served by sewer if
possible.
Will the property to the south need a stub out for sewer service?
Please indicate what type of cover is being provided for water and sanitary lines.
Indicate that crossings with storm lines will be possible, maybe a cross section at
critical locations would be helpful. Maintain 18 inches of clearance from other lines. .
The storm sewers are shown to be crossing water and sanitary lines at a shallow
angle in two locations. Please avoid this situation if possible, by re-routing the storm
lines.
Please call out all existing water and sanitary sewer lines, in particular please call
out the existing Northern Colorado Water District line in Willox and maintain proper
horizontal separation from the proposed 12" water line.
The proposed extension of an electric line along Willox should be shown in order to
ensure proper separation distances are maintained.
The 12" water line is Willox is not cathodically protected, the cathodic protection
detail is not needed.
Please provide a profile for the 12" water line in Willox.
The detail shown suggests that a possible subdrain system is being proposed yet no
subdrain is shown on the utility plans.
Please use the updated water meter detail, an electronic copy of this detail can be
emailed upon request.
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Any grading on Park property will require approval from the Parks and recreation
Department.
Pond to the north seems to have a flat bottom.
Please provide riprap at all pipe and swale outlet locations.
Topic: Stormwater-Plat
Number: 44 Created: 1 /19/2006
[1 /119/06]
Since off -site flows are being routed through the farmhouse, a drainage easement
should be designated for the swale crossing that property.
Topic: Water/Wastewater- Off -site Easement
Number: 31 Created: 1 /17/2006
[1/17/06] A letter of intent for the proposed off -site easement for the sewer line is
required prior to hearing. At final that easement needs to be dedicated to the City.
Please also delineate the existing sanitary line easement on the mobile home
property.
Topic: Water/Wastewater- Plat
Number: 30 Created: 1/17/2006
[1/17/06] Tract A should be designated as a Drainage Utility Irrigation and Access
easement.
The access easement to the existing farmhouse should be dedicated as a utility and
access easement.
Since off -site flows are being routed through the farmhouse, a drainage easement
should be designated for the swale crossing that property.
Topic: Water/Wastewater-Landscape Plan
Number: 33 Created: 1 /17/2006
[1/17/06] Please show the water and storm drainage lines on the landscape plan in
order to make sure that proper separation distances from trees and shrubs are
maintained.
Topic: Water/Wastewater-Railroad Crossing
Number: 32 Created: 1 /17/2006
[1/17/06] The plans show the waterline to be across the railroad, according to our
records the line is to the east of the railroad tracks. If the 12" line is to be extended
across the railroad tracks than a license agreement with the railroad company would
be required. Since approval from the railroad company might be time consuming it
is suggested that this process be started early.
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Number: 40 Created: 1/18/2006
[1/18/06] Street names shall be verified and reviewed by LETA prior to being put in
service.
Number: 41 Created: 1/18/2006
[1/18/06] Address numerals shall be visible from the street fronting the property, and
posted with a minimum of six-inch numerals on a contrasting background. (Bronze
numerals on brown brick are not acceptable.)
Number: 43 Created: 1/18/2006
[1/18/06] An approved second point of access shall be provided. The minimum
distance from the two access points shall be no more than half the length of the
longest diagonal of the site.
Department: Transportation Planning Issue Contact: Kurt Ravenschlag
Topic: General
Number: 37 Created: 1/17/2006
[1/17/06] Section of trail that connects to the existing trail in Soft Gold Park must be
concrete from trail connection to the sidewalk along Willox.
Department: Stormwater-Water-Wastewaterlssue Contact: Basil Harridan
Topic: Stormwater-Drainage Plans and Report
Number: 36 Created: 1 /17/2006
[1/17/061 Currently Basin 113 is being drained into a private system that is owned
and maintained by homeowners on Wood Lane. Since this is not a public system,
the City cannot allow flows from this basin to be drained into that system, unless you
show that that system can handle these flows and a maintenance agreement is
reached with these homeowners.
Since this site is proposing to its detention on Parks property, it would be important
to secure approval from the Parks Department for this arrangement. This will be
needed prior to this item proceeding to a hearing.
The drainage report is incomplete as it is missing several elements such as basin
descriptions and water quality detention calculations.
Text of report references SWMM while calculations for one detention pond was done
using an FAA type method. Please make sure that the report is better documented
with your next submittal.
Topic: Stormwater-Grading Plans
Number: 35 Created: 1 /17/2006
[1/17/06] Please show existing grades at least 50 feet from the project boundaries
and provide tie in elevations.
At final, provide a detail for all proposed retaining walls.
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Number: 6 Created: 1/10/2006
[1/10/06] Normal electric development charges and policies will apply for this
development.
Number: 7 Created: 1 /10/2006
[1 /10/06] Electric layout needs to be shown on utility plans. Contact Light and
Power Engineering Department to initiate design of the electric facilities.
Electric lines must maintain minimum clearances to other utilities:
10-feet minimum clearances are needed from stormwater, water and sewer lines. 5-
feet minimum clearance is needed from gas lines. Gas and electric services are to
be located on opposite sides of the lot.
Number: 8 Created: 1 /10/2006
[1/10/06] Street trees must maintain clearances from streetlights. 40-feet
separation from shade trees and 15-feet separation from ornamental trees are the
minimum distances. Contact Light and Power Engineering to initiate design of the
streetlight layout
Department: Natural Resources Issue Contact: Doug Moore
Topic: Landscape Plan
Number: 1 Created: 12/27/2005
[12/27/05] Natural Area - If the area labeled as "Natural Area" is meant to be
designed to serve as a private natural area we recommend that only Fort Collins
native plant species be used. Additional plantings should also be done to enhance
the use of this area a habitat for possibly song birds and other migratory species.
Please refer to the Fort Collins Native Species Plant list which is available on the
City's web site at http://www.fcgov.com/naturalareas/native-plants.php.
Number: 2 Created: 12/27/2005
[12/27/05] Wet pond - If this pond will truly be "wet" we recommend that additional
wetland planting be provided within the pond to provide additional opportunities to
attract birds and provide habitat.
Number: 3 Created: 12/27/2005
[12/27/05] Wet pond - The design shape of this pond appears overly -engineered.
We recommend that a more natural curvilinear design be used to better reflect the
character of the surrounding area.
Department: PFA Issue Contact: Carie Dann
Topic: fire
Number: 39 Created: 1 /18/2006
[1/18/06] Fire hydrants are required. Minimum requirements are 1,000 gallons per
minute at 20 psi residual pressure, spaced not further than 400 feet to any building,
on 800-foot centers thereafter.
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Number: 29 Created: 1 /17/2006
[1/17/06] If the Willox cross-section is going to be changed, you may need to do
some additional grading to make the storm inlet work.
Topic: Plat
Number: 10 Created: 1 /16/2006
[1/16/06] Tracts are unclearly labeled. Are you intending them to be easements? If
so label as "drainage easement and private access." (Do not say private access
easement, since all easements are dedicated to the city for public use). Also, note
what purpose the private access is for.
Number: 12 Created: 1 /16/2006
[1/16/06] The 15' utility easement is shown overlapping the existing house. This is
not allowed. If you wish to reduce the easement width, a variance request will be
required.
Number: 13 Created: 1 /16/2006
[1/16/06] Provide a letter of intent indicating the willingness of the mobile home park
to grant the off -site utility easement shown.
Number: 14 Created: 1 /16/2006
[1/16/06] Add street names.
Topic: Technical Services
Number: 42 Created: 1 /18/2006
[1/18/06] Technical Services Comments:
1. Boundary Closes, Legal doesn't match the plat.
2. Title & Dedication do not match.
3. Plat is missing a lot of dimensional info.
4. Based upon configuration, the plat will need 5 street names. Please note that
street names must not duplicate or phonetically sound alike any existing names in
Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority (LETA) call area. Tara Leman, Planning
Technician, can check your proposed names against the data base to verify
compliance with the street naming criteria.
Department: Light & Power Issue Contact: Monica Moore
Topic: General
Number: 5 Created: 1 /10/2006
[1/10/06] Power is currently located at the corner of West Willox Lane and College
Avenue. Developer will be
responsible for obtaining the off -site easements needed in order to get power to this
site.
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Number: 16 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Scanability-need to fix overlapping text. Please refer to Appendix E-6 in
LCLIASS.
Number: 17 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Driveways should be dimensioned.
Number: 18 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Specify the type of curb being used.
Number: 19 Created: 1/16/2006
[1 /16/06] For the 2 retaining walls shown on the eastern part of the site, label the
heights and provide spot elevations for top and bottom. Provide construction details
if walls are higher than 2'. The structures, including footings may not cross onto
adjacent property (without obtaining an offsite easement) or into utility easements.
Number: 20 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Offsite grading must be shown a minimum of 50' to be sure that you're
tying in properly to existing topo.
Topic: Overall Utility Plan
Number: 21 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Label and dimension all easements, ROW, and property lines.
Number: 22 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Show the approximate limits of street cut and provide the city's standard
street cut note: "Limits of street cut are approximate. Final limits are to be
determined in the field by the City Engineering Inspector. All repairs to be in
accordance with City street repair standards."
Topic: Plan & Profile
Number: 23 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Arterial crosspans are to be 10' wide and 1.5" deep. Please revise.
Please label all crosspans as such.
Number: 24 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Please station all driveways.
Number: 25 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Notes reference page numbers not in this plan set..
Number: 26 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Preliminary Willox design must be completed prior to hearing. This must
include a centerline profile and updated striping plan, showing dimensions and
transitions back to existing street. Also, left turn lanes are required on all arterials, so
these must also be included for both site entrances.
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STAFF PROJECT REVIEW
Cifv of Fort Collins
MICHAEL CHALONA = Date: '01/2372006
LAND IMAGES, INC
1136 E. STUART #2040
FORT COLLINS, CO 80525
Staff has reviewed your submittal for ARCADIA PDP - TYPE II, and we offer the
following comments:
ISSUES:
Department: Engineering Issue Contact: Dan DeLaughter
Topic: Details
Number: 27 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] What is the private drive intersection detail for? If it is for Wood Lane., an
offsite easement will be needed to do any grading or construction.
Number: 28 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Where are subdrains being proposed? There is a detail provided but none
are indicated on the plans.
Topic: General
Number: 9 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] A variance request is required for this project since the minimum driveway
separation standard is not being met. For an arterial street, the required distance is
330' between Wood Lane and the west site access.
Number: 38 Created: 1/18/2006
[1/18/06] Transportation Development Review Fees will apply for all future
submittals, including Final Compliance, Minor or Major Amendments, and ROW and
easement vacations and dedications not done with the plat. Please contact the
Engineering Development Review Office for a copy of the fee structure.
Number: 45 Created: 1/19/2006
[1/19/06] The county may be intending to improve the bridge to the west of Wood
Ln. We will be holding a joint City/County meeting on February 14th in order to
discuss the County's plans and to make the intentions of this development known to
them.
Topic: Grading Plan
Number: 15 Created: 1/16/2006
[1/16/06] Note what is to be constructed with this project. It is unclear what is new
and existing and how your Willox design will tie in. Left turn lanes are required at
each entrance.
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