HomeMy WebLinkAboutTIMBERLINE CENTER - PDP - 41-05A - REPORTS - MODIFICATION REQUEST (7)complies with the standard. We believe the proposed project meets this criterion in the
following ways:
The center as a whole is designed to encourage pedestrian movement throughout
the site. Walkways are placed at convenient locations to provide direct,
convenient and safe pedestrian access to all uses in the center. Crosswalks are
provided to increase awareness where pedestrians and vehicles share the drive.
2. The drive-thru is placed behind the building away from the interior of the center.
This separates the vehicular use from the "pedestrian" side of the development.
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Landscape Architecture Urban Design Planning
Modification Request
Timberline Center PDP
Pedestrian Connectivity
November 23, 2005
This request is for a modification to the "Orientation to a Connecting Walkway"
requirement as outlined in the City of Fort Collins Land Use Code. The modification
being requested is from section 3.5.3 (B)(1). This regulation reads as follows:
(1) At least one (1) main entrance of any commercial or mixed -use building
shall face and open directly onto a connecting walkway with pedestrian
frontage. Any building which has only vehicle bays and/or service doors
for intermittent/infrequent nonpublic access to equipment, strorage or
similar rooms (e.g. self-service car washes and self -serve mini -storage
warehouses) shall be exempt from this standard.
Project Description
The Timberline Center property consists of 18.5 acres and is located south of Prospect
Road and north of Drake Road on the west side of Timberline Road. Timberline Center
will be a well -planned and architecturally coordinated commercial center consisting of
retail, restaurant, office, storage and auto related uses.
Modification
The Timberline Center development is proposing a drive-thru restaurant with a single
drive-thru lane along the southern property line between Timberline Road and Sage
Brush Drive. The front of the restaurant is oriented to face towards the interior of the
convenience shopping center with the drive-thru lane wrapping around the back side of
the building. Sidewalk access from Sage Brush Drive into the convenience center is
provided at several convenient locations along the public street sidewalk. However, in
order to access the main entrance of the fast food drive, the pedestrian will cross an
interior driveway. A cross walk is provided to make this crossing as safe as possible.
The request is for a modification to allow a drive-thru restaurant with a connecting
walk crossing a drive-thru lane.
Justification
A justification for this request per the Modification Criteria (Section 2.8.2(H) (1) is that
the proposed plan will serve the standard equally well or better than would a plan which
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