HomeMy WebLinkAboutRETREAT AT 1200 PLUM ST. - PDP - 34-08 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE REQUESTWe are requesting approval for an alternative site layout that we feel meets the
standard equally well or better than a plan that complies with the standards per
Review Criteria 3.5.2(D)(2)(a) 2b. and c. in the following ways:
• The buildings will have off-street parking located in a parking structure.
• The buildings will have private outdoor amenity areas. Buildings A & B will
have interior courtyards (30' x 60') and there will be an outdoor pool amenity
area (50' x 45') as well.
• Although the buildings do not have front porches, the upper stories will have
balconies giving the building a residential appearance and the closer setbacks
give the building more of the urban feel that typically occurs with higher density
housing.
• The project provides street sidewalks that reinforce the streetscape as a
comfortable pedestrian route and gathering area with an urban residential
character that exemplifies the urban infill goals of the City.
Sincerely, �4W
Jason Holland
VFR Design, Inc.
architecture ■ land planning ■ landscape architecture ■ interior design
October 22, 2008
Anne Aspen
Fort Collins Planning Department
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80524
RE: Alternative Compliance Request for Residential Building Setbacks — The
Retreat @ 1200 Plum Project Development Plan (PDP).
The Retreat @1200 Plum is intended to be a luxury student housing apartment project
consisting of 197 units. The site is located on 2.63 acres of land west of Colorado
State University, in the 700 block of West Plum Street. The property is zoned
Community Commercial District (CC). There are several existing single -family homes
that were built in the 1950's and are currently rented to students. The intent is to
relocate the houses to another development and replace them with five buildings and
a parking structure. The two larger buildings (A & B) contain 90 and 83 units
respectively and are located on Plum Street, between Aster and Columbine. These
buildings are proposed to be five stories and not more than 70 feet in height.
Buildings C, D & E are smaller buildings containing 8 units each, and are proposed as
four stories with a height of not more than 50 feet. A parking structure is located south
of Building E, along the Scoff Avenue frontage. The parking structure contains 314
spaces and is proposed to be 50' high. Additionally, on -street parking is available.
Since the property is in the TOD overlay district, no minimum residential parking is
required; however, adequate parking is essential from a leasing standpoint.
This is an Alternative Compliance Request to Section 3.5.2(D) of the City's Land Use
Code, which addresses residential building setbacks. The code requires that setbacks
from nonarterial streets be a minimum of 15 feet.
We are proposing the following setbacks:
• Front yards facing Plum Street (Buildings A, B & E only) - 9 feet
• Side yards —five (5) feet from all property lines
VAUGHT FRYE RIPLEY DESIGN INC.
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