HomeMy WebLinkAboutRETREAT AT 1200 PLUM ST. - PDP - 34-08 - REPORTS - MODIFICATION REQUESTJustification:
• The proposed 6 foot setback is adequate for the trash enclosures at both Aster and
Columbine Street to operate without impeding pedestrian flow at the adjacent
sidewalk. The main service doors will not encroach into the R.O.W. when fully open.
• The wall enclosures have been designed to be fully integrated into the main
architectural fagade, using a precast base course material, and a stone veneer
material for the top course. The main service doors are fully opaque painted steel.
Each door panel is framed with a wide steel band, with vertical banding accents on the
interior portion of each panel. The intent of this design is to provide pleasing
aesthetics that are appealing to pedestrians in close proximity to the enclosures.
• We are providing wider sidewalks at both Aster and Columbine Streets and the trash
enclosures are integrated into an overall streetscape that enhances pedestrian
circulation. Both Aster Street and Columbine are essentially dead-end streets, and
locations of the enclosures at the end of these streets are at portions of the site where
impact on pedestrians and adjacent properties are minimal.
• The walls of the trash enclosures have been designed to be eight feet six inches in
height, and additionally the trash containers within the enclosures are fully covered.
These factors are sufficient to mitigate the possibility of odors or trash from escaping
from the enclosures.
• Given the location and design of the trash enclosures, and the treatment of a
functional pedestrian streetscape around the enclosures, we feel that the 6 foot
setback is equal to the 20 foot setback in this circumstance.
Sincerely,
Jason Holland
VFR Design, Inc.
architecture ■ land planning • landscape architecture m interior design
March 11, 2009
(Revised April 2, 2009)
Steve Olt
Fort Collins Planning Department
281 North College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80524
RE: Modification Request for Trash Enclosure distance from a public sidewalk for— The
Retreat @ 1200 Plum Project Development Plan (PDP).
This is a Modification Request to Section 3.5.1(1)(1), which addresses the distance of trash
storage from the public street.
This section of the Land Use Code states that:
"No areas for outdoor storage, trash collection or compaction, loading or other such uses shall
be located within twenty (20) feet of any public street, public sidewalk or internal pedestrian
way."
The applicant is proposing the following setback criteria for the trash facilities at Aster Street
and Columbine Street in conjunction with the PDP plans submitted March 11, 2009:
• The face of the main service gate doors of the trash enclosure will be set back a
minimum of six feet from the edge of the adjacent handicap ramp.
• The main service gate doors will not encroach into the Right of Way when fully open.
We are requesting approval for this modification that we feel complies with the standards per
Review Criteria 2.8.2(H)(1) and (4) in the following ways:
Criteria (1): the plan as submitted will promote the general purpose of the standard for which
the modification is requested equally well or better than would a plan which complies with the
standard for which a modification is requested.
And,
Criteria(4): The plan as submitted will not diverge from the standards of the Land Use Code
that are authorized by this Division to be modified except in a nominal, inconsequential way
when considered from the perspective of the entire development plan, and will continue to
advance the purposes of the Land Use Code as contained in Section 1.2.2.
VAUGHT FRYE RIPLEY DESIGN INC.
401 W. Mountain Ave., Suite 200 ■ Fort Collins, CO 80521 ■ tel. 970.224.1191 ■ fax 970.224.1662 ■
www.vfrdesigninc.com