HomeMy WebLinkAboutTIMBERLINE CENTER - PDP - 41-05A - REPORTS - MODIFICATION REQUEST (5)requested equally well as a plan which complies with the standard for which a
modification is being requested. Adjacent to the west propertyline is Union
Pacific Railroad right-of-way. The railroad right-of-way vanes from 174'
wide to 400' wide further to the north. In addition, the Parkwood East
neighborhood has a 65 foot buffer along the railroad right-of-way.
Mini storage units are proposed on the west side of the Timberline Center
development between Sagebrush Drive and the railroad right-of-way. The
back of the storage units will be generously landscaped and building mounted
lighting will have cut off shields hiding the light source and allowing no light
spillage beyond the property line.
2. The plan as submitted will not diverge from the standard of the Land Use
Code except in a nominal, inconsequential way when considered from the
perspective of the entire development plan, and will continue to advance the
proposes of the Land Use Code as contained in Section 1.2.2.
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Landscape Architecture Urban Design Planning
Modification Request
Timberline Center PDP
Landscape Buffer
November 23, 2005
This request is for a modification to the "Screening" requirements as outlined in the City
of Fort Collins Land Use Code. The modification being requested is from section 4.23
(E)(3)(a)(2), Development Standards, Building Design, Screening. This regulation reads
as follows:
(2) A minimum thirty-foot landscaped yard shall be provided along all
arterial streets, and along any district boundary line that does not adjoin
a residential land use. If a boundary line abuts upon or is within a street
right-of-way, then the required landscaped yard shall commence at the
street right-of-way line on the district side of the street, rather than at the
district boundary line. This requirement shall not apply to development
plans that comply with the standards contained in Section 3.5.3.
Project Descrintion
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. The western
boundary of the project runs in a north/south direction, paralleling railroad property.
Timberline Center will be a well -planned and architecturally coordinated commercial
center consisting of retail, restaurant, office, storage and auto related uses.
Modification
The west side of the site is designed for mini -storage. This is a low traffic and pedestrian
use. The storage units will be set back from the west property line 20.5 feet.
The request is for a modification to allow a 20.5 foot setback along Timberline
Center's west property line.
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
complies with the standard. We believe the proposed project meets this criterion in the
following ways:
Setting the building 20.5 feet from the west property line in this situation will
still promote the general purpose of the standard for which the modification is
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