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Steve Olt - RE ,Bella Vira -Private Drive Page 2
Our office has been working on the Bella Vira project for John Minatta and
we have received redline comments from the City. There are a couple of
comments related to the private drive for the project that I wanted to
verify with you:
Number 25 (Engineering Comment):
Check with PFA on fire access issues. They may have a problem with the
private drive aisle width, since parking one side would reduce the area for
their trucks down to about 16'.
Number 22 (Engineering Comment):
When 12 or more units are served by a driveway, our standards (LCUASS
9.3.2C) require a minimum width of 28'. This standard applies for the
proposed private drive. The width can be reduced when driveways are off of
low traffic volume streets. As long as average daily volume is <1000
vehicles, the width of the drive can be 24'. However, any parking proposed
will have to be in bumpouts, and not in the 24' width.
The extension of W. Elizabeth (west of Overland Trail) is classified as a
residential local street and will have less than 1000 average daily trips,
therefore the width could be 24'.
1 am a little confused by the statement that parking will need to be in
bumpouts. LCUASS standard for a residential local street is 30' wide with
parking on both sides leaving an effective clear zone of 16'. Could this
same approach work for the MF private drive? Where we are proposing 24' FL
to FL with 7' of parking on one side and maintaining 17' clear zone? I have
attached our proposed plan and a cross section for you to review.
We have only received City comments at this point, were you planning on
issuing comments as well or are they already incorporated in with the
City's?
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Matthew J. Blakely, ASLA
Jim Sell Design, Inc.
153 West Mountain Avenue
Fort Collins, Colorado 80524
(970) 484-1921
(970) 484-2443fax
CC: "'Carie Dann"' <cdann@poudre-fire.org>, "'Steve Olt"' <SOLT@fcgov.com>
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From: "Ron Gonzales" <ronzales@poudre-fire.org>
To: "'Matt"' <mattb@jimselldesign.com>
Date: 01/24/2006 9:40:20 AM
Subject: RE: Bella Vira - Private Drive
Matt,
New rules are in place with the coming of the New Year. The private drive
on the MF side known as Vira Drive has to become a fire lane and must be
shown on the plat as an emergency access easement.
Private Drives can now be "named" and therefore "addressed" for your
convenience. However, if any property being served by the private drive
cannot receive fire emergency service from a public street, then all
emergency access design requirements shall apply to the private drive per
Section 3.6.6.
This being the case, the named private drive now becomes a named fire lane.
The named fire lane, now Vira Drive, is required to be an unobstructed 20
foot wide fire lane, signed "FIRE LANE -NO PARKING" and painted with red
curbs, and all the rest of the design criteria for fire lanes stipulated in
3.6.6 of the FCLUC.
I hope this helps you see the big picture a little easier; let me know how
this impacts your design of this project.
Ron Gonzales
Assistant Fire Marshal
Poudre Fire Authority
970.416.2864
-----Original Message -----
From: Matt[mailto:mattb@jimselldesign.com]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 1:43 PM
To: Ron Gonzales (E-mail)
Subject: Bella Vira - Private Drive
Ron,