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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFIRST COMMUNITY BANK PLAZA - PDP - 49-05 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEWCoordination has been on going with Doug Moore. An Ecological Characterization Study has been submitted with this submittal. A letter from the Department of Wildlife has also been included. 23. The design team is encouraged to take advantage of.the services offered by the City Utilities In Design Assistance Program. Please refer to the handouts provided by Gary Schroeder, 221-6700, Light and Power Department. Also, this program offers demand side management in order to conserve electricity. Some funding is available for systems analysis and design assistance. Acknowledged. Please let us know if you have any other issues. Sincerely. Sandy McFeron Project Manager V.F. Ripley Associates, Inc. Lee Watkins Project Manager JR Engineering 17. Be sure that where there is head -in parking next to a sidewalk that the walk is at least six feet wide. A bike rack should be placed near the entrance. Ramps need to be placed next the handicap parking spaces. Six-foot walks have been provided where there is head -in parking. Bike parking has been provided at the north and south entrances. Ramps have been added next to the handicap parking spaces. Refer to site plan. 18. Check with Matt Baker, 221-6605, to see if this lot carries a financial obligation to for repaying the Special Improvement District that constructed J.F.K. Parkway. Acknowledged. 19. Utility Plans will be needed at the time of submittal. A Development Agreement will be required prior to recording final documents. A Development Construction Permit will be required prior to beginning site work. For further information, please contact Marc Virata, 221-6605. Utility plans have are being submitted with this submittal. 20. The construction phase will require a Fugitive Dust Permit from the Larimer County Health Department. Also, trash enclosures should be sized to accommodate various containers for recycling. For further information on natural resource issues, please contact Doug Moore, at 221-6750. Acknowledged. 21. For an estimate of the Capital Improvement Expansion Fee, payable at the time of building permit issuance, please contact the Building Inspection Division, 221-6760. This fee is adjusted annually based on the Denver - Boulder consumer price index. Acknowledged 22. Please schedule a site inspection with Doug Moore, Environmental Planner, to determine if an Ecological Characterization Study is needed. If the fox den is active, then a 50 foot buffer is required. If the irrigation canal is determined to be a wildlife movement corridor, then a 50 foot buffer is needed as well. Both buffers can be adjusted in a qualitative manner depending on the effectiveness of preserving the wildlife values. Any disturbed areas that are to be contained within the buffer area must be re - vegetated using native plants and grasses. For further information, please contact Doug Moore, 221-6750. 11. Designated fire lanes must feature curbs painted red and "No Parking — Fire -Lane" signs. For further information, please contact Ron Gonzales, 221-6570. Acknowledged. 12. The new buildings will be assessed both the Larimer County Road Impact Fee and the City's Street Oversizing Fee. The exact fee will depend on the land use and trip generation rate. These fees are payable at the time of building permit issuance. Keep in mind fees are adjusted annually. For further information, please contact Matt Baker, 221-6605. Acknowledged. 13. A Transportation Impact Study will be required which will address all modes. Check with Eric Bracke, 221-6630, to determine the scope, or the need for the study. A Transportation Impact Study has been provided with this submittal. 14. The T.I.S. scoping meeting should discuss whether a southbound right - turn lane is needed, or if any other access control improvements are needed such as limiting turn movements to right-in/right-out only. If there are existing driveways across the street, new driveways should align, or be sufficiently separated so as to not cause any conflicting left -turns on J.F.K. Acknowledged. 15. Public improvements shall comply with Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards. For example, a detached sidewalk is required along J.F.K. Parkway. Street trees need to be planted in the parkway strip. A detached sidewalk and street trees have been provided. Refer to site and landscape plans. 16. The bicycle/pedestrian bridge over the irrigation canal is an excellent idea. Please contact David Averill, Transportation Planning, 416-2643, so the City can coordinate design specifications with John Moen, representative for Larimer Canal Number Two. Every effort is being made to provide and bicycle/pedestrian bridge. Grad constraints will make it difficult to comply with ADA requirements. Coordination is on going with John Moen. including water quality provided by extended detention. The release rate cannot exceed the two-year historic rate. The closest storm sewer and inlet is north of the site on the west side of JFK Parkway adjacent to the property to the north. Easements may be needed for the conveyance system from the intervening property owner. The Larimer County Canal No. 2 Irrigating Company will need to approve the construction plans. The superintendent is John Moen, 482-3309. The attorney for the ditch company is Gene Fischer at 482-4710. Acknowledged. On -site detention and water quality has been provided and the release rate has been restricted to the two-year historical rate. The adjacent property owner has been contacted and is willing to grant permission for the storm sewer connection. A letter of intent has been provided stating same. The final offsite easements will be executed prior to submittal of the final plans. The design team has been working closely with John Moen, Ditch Superintendent, throughout the design process. Ditch Company authorization will be provided on the final plans. 8. There are eight -inch diameter water and sewer mains available in J.F.K. Parkway. The sewer main is on the north half of the site. A repay is due for the Warren Trunk Sewer. Acknowledged. 9. The water conservation standards for landscape and irrigation will apply to the project. Development fees, water rights will be due at time of building permit. Please be aware that the Water and.Sewer Department of Fort Collins Utilities has implemented a plan check fee. For further information, please contact Roger Buffington, 221-6681. Acknowledged. 10. The site will be served by the Poudre Fire Authority. They will require that a fire hydrant be within 300 feet of the building capable of delivering a minimum of 1 *500 gallons per minute at 20 p.s.i. The address must be visible from J.F.K. Parkway. If there will be more than 5,000 square feet or more of floor area that is not "fire -contained," then an automatic fire extinguishing system is required. The most remote exterior portion of the buildings must not be more than 150 feet from the designated fire access lane. The building will be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system. Fire hydrant locations have been coordinated with the Poudre Fire Authority. 4. Please be aware of the standard regarding Orientation \to a Connecting Walkway in Section 3.5.3(B)(1). This standard requires that at least one main entrance face and open directly onto a connecting walkway with pedestrian frontage. A connecting walkway means (1) any street sidewalk, or (2) any walkway that directly connects a main entrance of a building to the street sidewalk without requiring pedestrians to walk across parking lots or driveways, around buildings or around parking lot outlines which are not aligned to a logical route. A direct connecting walkway has been provided on the north and south sides. 5. Please be aware that the number of parking stalls is now regulated by the allowable maximum number of spaces versus a required minimum. For general office, three spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area is the maximum. This allowable maximum increases to 4.5/1,000 for medical office space. There is an "exception to the standard" provision if more parking is needed over the allowable maximum. This exception is to accommodate the unique needs of individual tenants, such as call centers, or where there maybe shift work. Or, if the workspace per employee ratio is known, and the amount of square footage per employee is relatively low, then an increase in parking may be allowed. Proposed parking counts do not exceed the allowable maximum parking counts. 6. Please check with the Light and Power Department to see if the development charges have already been paid for Lot 2. If not, then Lot 2 will be assessed both on a square footage basis and linear foot basis along J.F.K. Parkway. Since the site is vacant, the developer is still responsible for building site charges. There is existing conduit at the southeast corner of the site which can be used as the source of electrical power. The location of the transformer must be coordinated with Light and Power and Current Planning such that it is within ten fee of hard surface, but screened from the view from public right-of-way. A Commercial One ("C-1") Form must be completed by the electrical contractor to determine entrance capacity. A separate CT cabinet will be required. Any existing overhead power on the site must be placed underground with this project. For further information, please contact Rob Irish, 221-6700. Acknowledged. 7. This site is in the Foothills drainage basin where there new development fee is $6,525 per acre, subject to the runoff coefficient and amount of impervious surface. This fee is to be paid at the time of building permit issuance. The standard drainage and erosion control reports and construction plans are required and they must be prepared by a professional engineer registered in Colorado. Onsite detention is required \/ F YiiiPIGyASSOCIATES INC Landscape Architecture Urban Design Planning November 23, 2005 Mr. Ted Shepard Fort Collins Planning Department 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 ����rcutf-C ent • - �/ � S i C OM �+ �,�., r i /,3�t �v/c Response to staff Project Review comments ^ 2- A Dear Mr. Shepard, I 111� ( � We have reviewed the staff letter dated t�-0--7, 2005 and have the following comments: ITEM: New Four -Story Office Building, Lot 2 Observatory Heights COMMENTS: 1. The site is zoned C, Commercial. Offices are a permitted use subject to review by the Hearing Officer (Type One Review). One of the handicap parking stalls must be van -accessible and be 16 feet in width. Be sure to provide bicycle parking near the front entrance. Be sure that the trash enclosure is large enough to accommodate containers for recyclable materials. The size is flexible based on the needs of the office user. Bike parking has been provided at the north and south entrances. Van accessible parking spaces have added. The trash enclosure will be sized to accommodate both trash and recycling. 2. The build -to line along J.F.K. Parkway is between 15 and 25 feet behind the property line. The building has been placed to meet the build -to -line code requirements. Refer to site plan. 3. For buildings that are over 40 feet in the Commercial zone, a Building Height Review is required as per Section 3.5.1(G). Acknowledged. Phone 970.224.5828 Fax 970224.1662 401 West Mountain Ave. Suite 201 Fort Collins, CO 80521-2604 vfripley.com