HomeMy WebLinkAboutRETREAT AT 1200 PLUM ST. - PDP - 34-08 - REPORTS - ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE REQUEST• The buildings will have private amenity areas. Buildings A & B will have interior
courtyards (30' x 60') and there will be approximately 7,000 square feet of interior
amenity space in Building B.
The buildings feature ground level patios with walk -out doors, and balconies at the
upper stories, giving the building a quality residential appearance. The closer setbacks
give the building more of the urban feel that typically occurs with higher density
housing.
• The project provides street enhanced sidewalks that exceed the standards, reinforcing
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,
Jason Holland
VFR Design, Inc.
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October 22, 2008
(Updated March 11, 2009)
(Updated April 2, 2009)
Steve Olt
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), which encourages five -story construction. There are several
existing single -family homes that were built in the 1940's that are currently rented to students.
The intent is to relocate the houses to another development and replace them with four
buildings and a parking structure. The two five -story 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 70 feet in height. Buildings C & D are four-story buildings containing 16
units and 8 units and are both 55 feet in height. A parking structure is located south of
Building E, along the Scott Avenue frontage. The parking structure contains 314 spaces and
is proposed to be 58' 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 street setbacks:
• Front yards facing Plum Street (Buildings B & D only) - 12 feet
• Front yards facing Bluebell Street (Buildings A and B) — 11 feet
• Front yards facing Columbine Street (Building C only)- 12 feet
We 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.
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