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3030 south college ave., suite 200
fort Collins, Colorado 805.25
(30.3) 226-4074
November 29, 1989
Sherry Albertson -Clark
Cit:y of Fort Collins
Planning Department
P.O. Box 580
Fort Collins, CO 80522
Dear Sherry;
Attached are five copies of the Preliminary Plat of The Orchard
at. Clarendon Hills reflecting revisions made in response to Staff
Comments dated November 14, 1989. Specific responses include:
1— Utility services will be coordinated with final utility
plans.
2. Street tree locations will be coordinated with final
development plans.
3. The utility and landscape easements indicated ,.are included as
part of Lots 2 and 26. Landscaping within these easements
will be maintained by the Clarendon Hills Home Owners
Association.
4. We have discussed the possible need to overlay a portion of
Ashford Lane with City Staff. The extent and type of overlay
needed will be resolved with final engineering plans.
5. The owner of lot 23 Clarendon Hills lst Filing has agreed to
a replat that will allow access to Lot 27 as indicated on the
preliminary plat. The final plat of The Orchard at Clarendon
Hills will include this replat.
6. There is an existing, gated, private access drive onto the
Orchard property off the end of Paradise Lane. Upgrading this
existing access to a well defined, paved private road will
provide The Orchard with a second point of emergency access
and serve several other purposes:
- Because the road will be private, the gate will be left
in place. The gate can be double locked to allow fire
department and restricted private access. This will be
similar to the condition at EPIC where keyed bollards
restrict all but emergency access.
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- This access way - in conjunction with an access easement
between Lots 12 and 13 - will allow down stream users
continued access to irrigation lateral head gates.
Over 1300 feet of Paradise Lane is currently served by a
single point of access. The proposed private road will
remedy that hazard and will also provide emergency
vehicles on Paradise lane with access to a City standard
turnaround.
The road will be paved and further defined with
landscaped berms and a driveway cut at Abbey Road.
The applicant will be contacting the adjacent lot owners in
Applewood Estates to review this proposed limited access
road.
7. Right-of-way needed to allow the possible extension of Apple
Drive will be reserved with The Orchard final plat.
8. By providing the minor amount of required detention in the
southeast corner of the Orchard within a defined drainage
easement across private lots the following may be
accomplished:
- The detention can be spread out across a gentle slope
rather than forced into a defined "hole" in an open
space tract.
- Common access to all residents of Clarendon Hills will
not be needed. Avoiding open use of this area is
desirable from the point of view of both The Orchard and
Applewood Estates.
Fencing and landscape restrictions will be formulated to
ensure the area will continue to function as a detention
pond.
9. If the proposed streets are built to the normal City standard
of 36' of pavement with walks on both sides and underground
gas and electric beyond the back of walk, approximately 57
trees (32 of which are dead or severly diseased) will have to
be removed. The proposed variance to a 28' street with a
detached, meandering walk, would probably save 15 trees (9 of
which may have several years of life remaining). If desired,
a detailed survey of the existing trees can be provided with
final plans; however the poor condition of the trees makes
the value of such a survey questionable.
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10. Of the 250+ apple trees on the site, over 80% appear to be
dead or severly diseased, and all are extremely old.
Approximately 50 elms in the southwest portion of the site
will not be impacted by street construction. Lots in that
area are being designed to provide opportunities for
building sites with minimal impact on these mature elms.
There is a large amount of deadfall on the site which will
be cleaned up with development.
Landscape guidelines are being prepared that will encourage
homebuilders to preserve viable existing apple trees. The
"orchard" environment will be revived through the required
use of fruit trees as the primary streetscape elements.
11. Fencing restrictions and entry/streetscape landscape plans
will be provided with final plans.
12. - 15. Land Development Services is providing the additional
drainage information requested. The irrigation lateral will
be enclosed according to the same requirements as were met
for the same ditch in Clarendon Hills 2nd Filing.
If further discussion on any of the above items please call.
Reductions, color plans, and 10 seas of prints will be provided
by December 11, 1989.
Sincerely,
Eldon Ward, President
Cityscape Urban Design, Inc.
Attachments
cc: Gary Nordic, Nordic Construction and Development
Dennis Donovan, Land Development Services
Rob Persichitte, Intermill Land Surveying, Inc.
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DOUBLE -LOCKED
TO ALLOW RESTRICTED
ACCESS
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AT CIARENDON HILLS
THE PRIVATE ROAR AND ADJACENT LANDSCAPING
/ WILL BE OWNED AND MAINTAINED BY THE
HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATON
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