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HomeMy WebLinkAbout4900 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE PDP, CHANGE OF USE - 3-06 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEWDevelopment Standards in DIVISION 4.17 - COMMERCIAL DISTRICT of the LUC. Acknowledged. 9. This development request will be subject to the Development Review Fee Schedule that is available in the Current Planning Department office. The fees are due at the time of submittal of the required documents for the appropriate development review process (project development plan, final compliance) by City staff and affected outside reviewing agencies. Fee included with submittal. 10. This development proposal is subject to the requirements as set forth in the City's LUC, specifically Articles 2. Administration (Development Review Procedures), Article 3. General Development Standard's, and Division 4.17 - Commercial Zoning District. Copies of Article 3 and Division 4.17 are available in the Current Planning Department or on the City of Fort Collins website @ www.fcgoy.com. Go to Departments, then the Current Planning Department. Acknowledged. 11. The City's Current Planning Department will coordinate the development review process. The required submittal package will be submitted to this department and distributed accordingly to other City: departments and outside reviewing agencies involved in development review. . Acknowledged. Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to working with you during the development review process. Sincerely, 1 0 Amy Lopp VF Ripley Associates, Inc. this property. A 20' wide easement will be needed for this circulator street. Access easement Deed of Dedication attached to submittal. Please contact Kurt, at (970)416-2040, if you have questions about these comments. 7. Doug Moore of the Natural Resources Department offered the following comments: a. Any new trash enclosures must be designed and constructed to accommodate recycling. No new trash enclosures are planned for the site. b. Native plant and grasses should be used, as possible, in the Landscape Plan. Acknowledged. Please contact Doug, at (970)224-6143, if you have questions about these comments. 8. Current Planning offers the following comments regarding this proposed development: • This property is in the C - Commercial Zoning District. The proposed rental car facility, as presented at conceptual review, is defined in the City of Fort Collins Land Use Code (LUC) as' a "Vehicle and Boat Sales. and Leasing Establishment with Outdoor Storage". This request would constitute a change in use from the previous office use (State Farm Insurance) on the property and the proposed use is permitted in the C District, subject to a.Planring and Zoning Board (Type 2) review and public hearing. A Type 2 review would ultimately go before the Board for a decision. The proposed office uses in the building are permitted in the C - Commercial District, subject to an administrative (Type 1) review and public hearing. However, if a proposal is submitted with both the car rental facility and office uses then it must go through a Type 2 review and ultimately go to the Board for a decision. This is set forth in Section 2.1.2(D) of the LUC. Acknowledged. • The request will have to comply with all applicable regulations and standards set forth in ARTICLE 3 - GENERAL DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS; and, the Permitted Uses; Land Use Standards and There will be no increase in impervious area. d. If there is an,increase in imperviousness greater than 1,000 square feet, in the McClelland's/Mail Creek Drainage Basin on -site detention is required, with a 0.2 cfs/acre release rate for the 10- year storm and a 0.5 cfs/acre release rate for the 100=year storm. There will be no increase in impervious area. e. When State Farm Insurance was in the building they came to the City Stormwater. Utility with a groundwater problem and said that the interior floor slab was sinking. They were talking about installing a cross pan on Fairway Lane to direct water to the south instead of continuing to drain to the east onto the Fairway Estates borrow ditch system. The existing detention pond is considered an on-line pond since properties to the north drain through the pond, so there can be a lot of run-off passing through the site. This may also add to the groundwater issues. That was the choice of the design engineer for State Farm Insurance. There was also a downspout at the southeast corner of the building that was discharging into the landscaping that was going to be modified to mitigate groundwater issues. Acknowledged. Please contact Glen, at (970)224-6065, if you have questions about these comments. 5. Janet McTague of the Light & Power Department indicated that they have no comments -if there are to be no modifications to the electric service with the change of use on the property. 6. Kurt Ravenschlag of the Transportation Planning Department offered the following comments: a. A Transportation Impact Study (TIS), addressing all modes of transportation, may be required with your Project Development Plan (PDP) submittal. Please contact Eric Bracke of the Traffic Operations Department, at (970)224-6062, and Kurt Ravenschlag of the Transportation Planning Department, at (970)416-2040, to determine what information may be needed in the TIS pertaining to Level of Service (LOS) for vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, and transit modes of transportation. See the attached "4900 South College Avenue Transportation Impact Study" prepared by Matt Delich. b. The City's adopted South College Access Control Plan sets forth a requirement for an access circulator street along the east side of Acknowledged. i. With this proposed change of use the property owner is responsible for repairing and/or replacing any damaged curb, gutter, and sidewalk. Acknowledged. j. If applicable, with this proposed change of use the property owner is responsible for undergrounding any overhead utility lines that run along or across the property. Acknowledged. k. A Development Agreement and a Development Construction Permit may be required for development on this property. Acknowledged. - Please contact Susan, at (970)221-6750 or (970)221-6605, if you have. questions about these comments. 3. Roger Buffington of the Water/Wastewater Department indicated that this property is located in the service area for the Fort Collins -Loveland Water District and the South Fort Collins Sanitation District: Please contact them directly for requirements for water and sanitary sewer services to this site. The telephone number for the Districts is 226-3104. 4. Glen Schlueter of the Stormwater Utility offered the following comments: a. The site is located in the McClelland's/Mail Creek Drainage Basin, where the new development fee is $3,717 per acre, which is subject to the runoff coefficiept reduction. The fee is to be paid at the time of issuance of building permits and is only charged if there is an increase in imperviousness greater than 350 square feet. There will be no increase in impervious area. b. The site is on Stormwater Inventory Map #8Q. A copy of the map can be obtained from the Utility Service Center at 700 Wood Street. Acknowledged. C. If there is an increase in imperviousness greater than 1,000 square feet then the standard drainage and erosion control report and construction plans are required and they must be prepared by a professional engineer registered in the State of Colorado. A grading plan is required when there is between 350 and 1,000 square feet of new imperviousness, but no drainage study. There are no requirements for less than350 square feet of new imperviousness. does not generate more traffic than the existing use then the charge per square foot for shall apply only to the net additional building size (if any)." There will be no additional building square footage and no significant traffic increase or decrease per the transportation memorandum prepared by Matt Delich. d. A Transportation Impact Study (TIS), addressing all modes of transportation, may be required with your Project Development Plan (PDP) submittal. Please contact Eric Bracke of the Traffic Operations Department, at (970)224-6062, and Kurt Ravenschlag of the Transportation Planning Department, at (970)416-2040, to determine what information may be needed in the TIS pertaining to Level of Service (LOS) for vehicle, pedestrian, bicycle, and transit modes of transportation. Per a conversation with Eric Bracke on January 30, 2006, a transportation memorandum prepared by Matt Delich is attached to this submittal. e. This property will have to dedicate a 20' wide access easement for a future circulator street along the east side of the property, as set forth in the City's adopted South College Access Control Plan. This easement could be dedicated by subdivision plat or separate document. 20' Access Easement Deed of Dedication attached to submittal. g�K i �2�-� �i L r4,-C ar.�, G�-Irw f UNk - f. The LUC requires that with this proposed change of use the property be brought up to current standards, including street trees and parking lot interior and perimeter landscaping. A Landscape Plan will be required With the change of use development request. Landscape Plan attached. g. If the intent is to add cross pans in the street then utility plans must be submitted. The applicant could revise old utility plans (with the previous engineer's permission) or prepare and submit new utility plans. The applicant may be able to combine everything on a Landscape Plan, if it can be legible. There will be no change in pans. h. Any public improvements must be built according to the requirements set forth in the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (LCUASS). Please familiarize yourself with Appendix E- 4, the complete construction documentation checklist, in LCUASS as this development request may be subject to the requirements. 2. The site has a total of seventy-three (73) parking spaces and provides three (3) handicap parking spaces in -.compliance with Section 3.2.2(K)(5). g. This property is in the Residential Neighborhood Sign District. Signs should not be shown on the plans. They will be reviewed separately by the Zoning Department and . evaluated against the City's Sign Code. Acknowledged. h. Any new trash enclosures must be designed and constructed to accommodate recycling and, if multiple enclosures are provided, should be distributed throughout the development evenly for convenience of the users of the building. No new trash enclosures are proposed in this development. Please contact Gary, at (970)416-2338, if you have questions about these comments. Susan Joy of the Engineering Department offered the following comments: a. The standard utility plan submittal requirements may apply to this development request. Standard utility plan requirements do not apply per Terry Everett's conversations with Glen Shlueter and Roger Buffington. b. Street oversizing fees will apply to this development .request. The fees are based on vehicle trip generation for the proposed land uses in the development plan. Please contact Matt Baker of Engineering, at (970)224-6108, for detailed information on the fees. The fees will be ~collected at the time of issuance of building permits. Acknowledged. C. The Larimer County Road Impact Fees will apply to development on this property. Per email from Sheri Wamoff dated February 6, 2006: "When a development project involves a change of use for a building, the charge per square foot shall apply to the portion of the overall building size for which the change of use is proposed, provided that the new use generates more traffic than the existing use, as determined by the current. Institute of Transportation Engineers Trip Generation. If the new use 'Vehicle and Boat Sales and Leasing Establishment with Outdoor Storage". This request would constitute a change in use from the previous office use (State Farm Insurance) on the property and the proposed use is permitted in the C District, subject to a Planning and Zoning Board . (Type 2) review and public hearing. A Type 2 review would ultimately go before the Board for a decision. The proposed office uses in the building are permitted in the C - Commercial District, subject to an administrative (Type 1) review and public hearing. However, if a proposal is submitted with both the car rental facility and office uses then it must go through a Type 2 review and ultimately go to the Board for a decision. This is 'set forth in Section 2.1.2(D) of the LUC. Acknowledged. b. The proposed non-residential uses are subject to maximum parking allowances, as set forth in Section 3.2.2(K)(2) of the LUC, which are generally based on the square footage of the uses in the building. If there is the intent to provide more than the maximum number of spaces allowed then the applicant may request Alternative Compliance to the parking ratio of the aforementioned standard based on criteria in Section 3.2.2(K)(3) and Section 2.8.2(H) of the LUC. The Alternative Compliance request would be considered, with a determination made by the Planning and Zoning Board. It could be done separately or imbedded in the development request. No parking is proposed for this development. c. With the proposed change of use request the overall site must be brought up to the current standards set forth in the LUC. Acknowledged. d. The required 6% parking lot interior landscaping is set forth in Section 3.2. l(E)(5) and Section 3.2.2(M)(1) of the LUC. Acknowledged. e. Bicycle parking, in the amount of 5% of the total number of vehicle parking spaces, must be provided on this development plan. The amount of bicycle parking is set forth in Section 3.2.2(C)(4) of the LUC. Six (6) bicycle parking spaces are provided, or 8 % of the total parking. f. The required number of handicapped parking spaces is based on the. total number of spaces in the lot, per Section 3.2.2(K)(5) of the LUC. f rliiP't,=yA880CIATES INC Landscape Architecture Urban Design Planning February 7, 2006 Steve Olt City of Fort Collins Planning Department 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80522 Dear Steve, AVfr ca�� The following are the City's comments with responses from the conceptual review on September 26, 2005 for the 4900 South College Change of Use request. MEETING DATE: September 26, 2005 ITEM: Request for a change of use, from an office building to a rental car facility (AVIS) and other office uses, in an existing building at 4900 South College Avenue APPLICANT: Loveland Commercial, LLC c/o Nathan Klein 1043 Eagle Drive Loveland, CO. 80537 LAND USE DATA: Request fora change of use, from an office building to a rental car facility (AVIS) and other office uses, in an existing building at 4900 South College Avenue. The building previously housed State Farm Insurance offices. The property is located at the northeast corner of South College Avenue and Fairway Lane. It is in the C - Commercial Zoning District. COMMENTS: 1. Gary Lopez of the Zoning Department offered the following comments: a. This property is in the C - Commercial Zoning District. The proposed rental car facility, as presented at conceptual review, is defined in the City of Fort Collins Land Use Code (LUC) as a Phone970.224.5828 Fax 970.224.1662 401 West Mountain Ave. Suite 201 Fort Collins, CO 80521-2604 vfripley.com