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Home My WebLink About300 BLEVINS COURT BOARDING HOUSE - PDP - 46-05 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEW1. The entire Fort Collins Land Use Code (LUC) is available for your review on the web at http_/ / www.colocode.com / ftcollins / landuse / begin. htm 2. This development proposal is subject to all applicable standards of the Fort Collins Land Use Code, specifically Article 3 - General Development Standards, and Division 4.24 High Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood District. 3. If you decide to propose six or more sleeping rooms, be aware that building codes require one accessible sleeping room which is provided with visual and audible smoke alarm, one accessible van parking space with wheelchair access into the building and one wheelchair accessible restroom complete with bathing facilities. Comment 4 bedrooms request 4. A neighborhood meeting will be required for your proposed six boarding houses. Rather than have separate meetings, please coordinate with my office (and planner Shelby -.Sommer) so that we can find a place and time for a meeting to discuss all six proposals. Comments: Have started 5. Please contact me if you have any questions about the code requirements or application submittal- requirements. 6. You will need to set up an appointment to submit your application with Tara Leman, Planning Technician at 221-6750. Incomplete submittals will not beaccepted. Comment meeting scheduled s Comment no changes planned 3. If there is 5,000 square feet or less of new imperviousness, water quantity detention is not required nor is water quality extended detention. When on -site detention is required the release rate would be the 2-year historic for water quantity and extended detention would be required for water quality treatment. Parking lot detention is allowed as long as it is not deeper than one foot. If there is an increase in imperviousness greater than 350 square feet, but less than 5,000 square feet, a grading plan is all that is required. If it can be shown that the total imperviousness, including one-half any adjacent streets or alleys, is equal to or less that the master plan imperviousness, the report and detention,..requirements .are waived, but a grading plan is still required. Comment: no changes planned Water Wastewater Contact Info: Roger Buffington, 221-6854, rbuffington@fcgov.com 1. No changes planned to the existing water/sewer services; therefore, no comments. Comment no changes planned. Transportation Planning 11h!-,Contactdnfo: Kurt Ravenschlag,:41.6-2O4O, kravenschlag@fcgov.com 1. Please provide bicycle parking for the six residents. Indicate on the site plan where the bicycle parkingwill be provided. Comment Why six.this is a four bedroom house? Existing bike rack shown on drawings. Natural Resources Contact Info: Doug Moore, 224-6143, dmoore@fcgov.com 1. Trash enclosure needs to be designed to accommodate recycling services. The City of Fort Collins Design Considerations Guidance Document may be found at http://www.fcgov.com/`recycling/``pdf/enclosure- guidelines08O4.pdf. If no trash enclosure is proposed, please include a letter addressing how rash and recycling service will be provided. Comment existing home trash is stored in shed. Current Planning Contact Info: Steve Olt, 221-6341, solt@fcgov.com 4 Y 7. Engineering will need to review the parking lot plans. Parking spaces may need to meet the setback requirements from Blevins Court. Comment: Parking shown on submitted plans. This is an existing parking area. 0. One parking space on the cul-de-sac is required for this property. Comment Understand there is an acceptation for narrow properties. Otherwise a variance will be applied for. 9. This change of use on the property triggers the undergrounding any existing overhead utility lines along or across the property. Comment: There is overhead phone and Cable TV in the back yard that is used by several properties. We feel this cost should be equality divided over the properties. 10. All public improvements will need to be made in accordance with Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (LCUASS) Comment: All streets do exist, no new construction. Light and Power Contact=Info: Judy Dahlgren, 221-6150, jahlgren@fcgov.com ..A.. _Applicant will need to contact utility billing, at 212-2900, in order to change existing service from residential to commercial. Comment: Utilities in tenants name. But it's this still a residential use? Storm water Utility Contact Info: Glen Schlueter, 221-6700, gschlueter@fcgov.com 1. This site is in the Old Town drainage basin where the new development fee is $4,150.00/acre which is subject to the runoff coefficient reduction. This fee is to be paid at the time the building permit is issued and is charged only when there is an increase in imperviousness greater than 350 square feet. The fee may change as City Council is considering a new city wide drainage fee instead of the present fee which is based on a specific drainage basin. Comment: no changes planned 2. In the Old Town drainage basin a drainage report and construction plans are required if there is an increase in imperviousness greater than 5,000 square feet. They would need to be prepared by a Professional Engineer registered in Colorado. required. One of these parking spaces must be van accessible with wheelchair access into the building, if 6 or more sleeping rooms are proposed. Parking areas must be paved in a hard surface (concrete or asphalt). Comment: No employees. parking spaced provided see drawings 3. A bicycle rack must be provided for this change of use. Comment: provided see plans 4. A Certificate of Occupancy will be needed to change the use from a single-family residence to a boarding house. Comment: Need more specifics as to what this means to comment. Engineering Contact Info: Susan Joy and Dan DeLaughter, 221-6605, sjoy@fcgov.com, ddelaughter@fcgov.com 1. Larimer County Road Impact Fees and Street Oversizing Fees for this site may apply. Contact Matt Baker, at 224-6108, for an updated estimate of the fees for this kind of use. Comment Matt Baker contacted understand no fee 2. A Traffic Impact Study is required for this project but may be waived because of low traffic volume. Contact Eric Bracke, at 224-6062, to discuss this issue. Comment: Eric Bracke contacted no change in traffic not required 3. Applicant is responsible for repairing or replacing any damaged curb, gutter or sidewalk along the property frontage. Comment: No damage existing, no work expected 4. Applicant may need to dedicate Right -of -Way (ROW) and Utility Easements. Comment: Upon further investigation I understand this is not necessary. But would need more specifics to comment further. 5. Applicant may be responsible for sidewalk improvements. Comment Upon further investigation I understand this is not necessary. 6. A Development Construction Permit may be required for this project development plan. Comment Upon further investigation I understand this is not necessary. 2 Copy of applicable conceptual letter & Response letter to Comments combined to save paper Owner comments added below each paragraph ITEM: Request to change the use of the property at 300 Blevins Court from a single-family residence to a boarding house. MEETING DATE: October 31, 2005 <:`1==�PL1CANT: Jim Swanstrom 4720 Prairie Ridge Dr. Fort Collins, CO 80526 970-225-0170 home / 970-377-0937 work j : swanstrom@comcast. net Comment: My mailing address is PO Box 271516, Fort Collins Co. The above address is my fathers Robert Swanstrom , LAND' USE DATA: Request to change the use of the property at 300 Blevins Court from a single-family residence to a boarding house. The property is within the City of Fort Collins and is zoned HMN - High Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood District. COMMENTS: The following departmental agencies have offered comments for this proposal based on a map and site plan which were presented to the review team: Zoning Contact Info: Peter Barnes, 416-2355,..pbarnes@fcgov.com 1. Boarding Houses are permitted uses in the HMN District, subject to a Type 1 (Administrative) review and public hearing. Comment: none 2. Off-street parking requirements for boarding houses are specified in Section 3.2.2(K)(1)(e) of the Land Use Code. For each boarding house, there shall be one parking space per two beds, plus one parking space per two employees. Garage space does not count as a parking space. For the proposed six beds, a.minimum of three unobstructed, off-street parking spaces are