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HomeMy WebLinkAbout300 BLEVINS COURT BOARDING HOUSE - PDP - 46-05 - CORRESPONDENCE - UTILITY PLANS (5)Boarding Houses 1111105 Issues Sidewalk construction — Per Section 24-95 of the City Code Development or Redevelopment is responsible for doing the adjacent street improvements prior to by or as specified in the development agreement. Change of use is considered redevelopment. • Non existent walk • Walk not meeting ada widths • Walk detached but narrower than standards (meeting ada widths) • Walk attached but narrower than standards (meeting ada widths) Dedication of Ri is -of -way and adjacent easement • Dedication of row to meet current street standard widths - more of a concern or issue with arterial or collector roadways where this could be dedication of 20 feet or more. Parking lot setbacks — Boarding houses need to provide parking based on the number of beds. In many cases this is going to mean that the whole front yard is parking. Local streets and Collector streets — concerns • Head in parking creating one massive curb cut — what should the max curb cut driveway width be? • Use of the sidewalk as a parking space - should some sort of barrier or landscaping be required between the sidewalk and diagonal or angled parking stalls/area. • Non head in (driveway type) parking stalls will not meet parking setback requirements of LCUASS. Allow, but require a variance request from standards by licensed eng? For Collector streets — higher volumes on these streets, does this create a safety concern for cars backing out onto the street? Arterial streets — concerns • Where having to back out onto the street is not as much of a concern on the local and probably collector streets having to back out onto the arterial to get off of the property can create some safety issues. Most properties are proposing using the entire front yard for parking. This type of layout does not meet parking setback requirements in LCUASS — the setback is in place to allow the backing of vehicles and maneuvering to occur on the private property and not impact the public street. Is having to back out onto the arterials an acceptable daily movement? Require a variance to reduce the parking setback? • What should the max curb cut driveway width be? • Use of the sidewalk as a parking space - should some sort of barrier or landscaping be required between the sidewalk and diagonal or angled parking stalls/area. Steve Olt - RE Boarding house process _Page 3 1, 2006. So does the change in the boarding house parking and 350/sf requirement change at that time? In the meeting today it was mention Nov. 25 this year. I should have asked in the meeting. CC: Dan DeLaughter; David Averill; Peter Barnes; Shelby Sommer; Steve Olt i Steve Olt - RE. Boarding house process Page 2 j -----Original Message ----- From: Susan Joy fmailto:sioyCa.fcgov.coml Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:00 AM To: JSwanstrom(cDbrvanconstruction.com; Shelby Sommer Cc: Dan DeLaughter; Marc Virata; Steve Olt Subject: RE: Boarding house process Hi all... One other thing Jim. We need to know the existing width of the sidewalk on all of the properties you brought in and whether or not it is attached or not. Thanks, Susan >>> Shelby Sommer 11/1/2005 9:58:40 AM >>> Jim, If Council passes the occupancy regulations on November 15, the ordinances regarding boarding house parking, separation requirements and sq.ft. per boarder will take effect 10 days later, on November 25th. You will have to have an application in to my office before the effective date in order to be subject to the current standards. Questions about parking setbacks can be addressed by the Engineering Department. Dan DeLaughter will be your point of contact for these boarding houses. You may contact Dan at 331-6605 or ddelaughter(o)fcgov.com. Feel free to call/email if you have any other questions. One last thing ... when Steve Olt and I have your comment letters and checklists ready, do you prefer to have them emailed, regular mailed, or faxed? Please give me your mailing address/fax number if that's what you prefer. Shelby Sommer Associate Planner City of Fort Collins Current Planning 970-221-6750 ssommer(a)fcgov.com >>> "Jim Swanstrom" <JSwanstromnabryanconstruction.com> 11/1/05 9:16 AM Thanks for everyone's time today it was informative I have a couple of question. Who do I talk to about the parking set back requirement? It was my understanding that this ordinance would go into affect Jan Steve Olt RE Boarding house process Page From: Susan Joy To: jswanstrom@bryanconstruction.com Date: 11/02/2005 12:02:57 PM Subject: RE: Boarding house process Ok, thanks. That means you're about a half a foot short along a local street. More if along any other street classification. >>> james.swanstrom@gmail.com 11 /2/2005 11:47:39 AM >>> I am not certain what you mean by a curb there is one section of concrete 52" wide and then there is asphalt. -----Original Message ----- From: Susan Joy (mailto:sioy(d,)fcgov.coml Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 10:48 AM To: lswan strom (a) bryancon struction.com Cc: David Averill; Dan DeLaughter; Peter Barnes; Steve Olt; Shelby Sommer Subject: RE: Boarding house process 52" total (4' 6") - is that INCLUDING the curb? If so, the actual sidewalk width is 4' as you can't include the curb in the total sidewalk width. Attached means that the sidewalk and curb are together... next to the street. Detached sidewalks are separated from the street by a parkway. The section you are speaking of is an automatic requirement when additions of 25% or more are proposed. Our street standard and Land Use Code says that a change of use automatically triggers the requirement to bring your site up to standard regardless of the amount of improvements proposed. We are waiting for an interpretation from the city attorney as to which code is appropriate. He is on vacation this week and will be back on the 11 th. There is another section of the Land Use Code just after the one you are speaking of that says no parking lots are allowed in front yards, only side and rear yards. We will be discussing that section of the code as well and your planner will get back to you on that as soon as possible. Susan >>> iames.swanstrom(aDgmail.com 11/2/2005 10:25:48 AM >>> The existing concrete in front of each property is 52 in wide in all cases. It appears to be a single section of concrete. I do not understand what you mean by attached? I would like to know if you do not think the 25% rule specifically note in the zoning definition for this zoning would not apply? I am not proposing any increase in area at this time.