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HomeMy WebLinkAbout7-ELEVEN @ COLLEGE & MAGNOLIA - PDP/APU - PDP120026 - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-HEARINGFourth, the proposed use is "retail convenience" under the code. This is not a permitted use in the Downtown District. The applicant is therefore proposing an intensified use under the code which should require additional scrutiny. Permitting a 24 hour retail operation on this site is most definitely not compatible with the immediate surrounding neighborhood which primarily includes professional office businesses and residential both east and west of the site. I have no doubt that if this use is permitted, Clocktower Square will experience additional significant problems with vandalism, etc. because people will be hanging out at 7-11 at all hours of the night right next door to our building. We already experience significant problems with vandalism, the homeless, tagging, etc. This is primarily the result of young intoxicated people walking home from the bars in old town late on Friday and Saturday nights. In summary, this proposed use is fundamentally incompatible with the surrounding neighborhood and the application should be denied. Thank you for your consideration. TJD/cw 2 Yours very truly, THE DOW LAW FIRM, LLC Timothy J. Dow TIMOTHY J. DOW, MBA, ID PATRICIA T. DO W, CPA, JD, LLM ASHLEY A. PERKINS, MA, JD MAYO SOMMERMEYER, LLC OF COUNSEL THE Dow LAW FIRM, LLC ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW P.O. BOX 1578 FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 90522-1578 (970)498.9900 FAX: (970) 498-9966 E-MAIL: dowQQdowlawfim.wm November 21, 2012 Via Email: CLevin sg ton@ cgov.com City of Fort Collins Planning Department Attn: Courtney Levingston, City Planner 281 N. College Ave P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 Re: Proposed 7/11 Store - College & Magnolia Dear Courtney: N 5 CLOCK TOWER SQUARE 323 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80524 ALSO ADMRIEDTOPRACIICE LAW IN nBRASKA Thank you for providing me with your file materials on this pending proposal. I am one of the owners of the Clocktower Square building located at 323 S. College Avenue, which is immediately north of the subject site. I have reviewed the staff materials and the traffic study and have a couple of comments. First, with regard to the traffic study, the inclusions in Section 5.2 are so inaccurate as to be laughable. It is absolutely not the case that the College and Magnolia intersection operates at an acceptable level of service during peak periods. During peak periods, we have great difficulty entering or exiting the parking lot onto College Avenue. Additionally, the intersection of College and Magnolia is completely clogged during the 5 p.m. rush hour. It is not at all unusual to be unable to cross College Avenue east or westbound on Magnolia Street because cars are backed up completely blocking the intersection when there is a red light on north or southbound College Avenue at Mulberry Street. The College and Magnolia intersection is most definitely not operating at an acceptable level of service during peak periods. Secondly, there can be little doubt that the proposed 7-11 will generate significant traffic in the north — south alley which is immediately west of the Clocktower property. People will quickly learn to avoid the jammed intersection of College and Magnolia and use the alley as a public street for access to and from 7-11. That is unacceptable. Third, the proposed access point from College Avenue onto the site will exacerbate the College Avenue traffic flow problems. At the very least, a right turn in and a right turn out lane should be required. There will also be significant difficulties accessing the site from Magnolia Street given the short distance to the College Avenue intersection and the fact that traffic is often backed up for the entire block. Of course, this is even worse when the trains go through on Mason Street.