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Home My WebLink AboutDIANE LOUISE JOHNSON CULTURAL CENTER - PDP - 24-03 - CORRESPONDENCE - (5)Project: Diane, Louise. `fokn5on Cl+ural meter Planner: She ye blf TraMc Operations: b0neer: !�a-h� Moo ml Date: 9.20-63 Items Requested Site land I Plat Udlity I Drainage fl t Other Items Required Redlined Items Being Returned Site land I Plat Utility Drainage fl t Other Items Being Returned fngineering X I a.uGat V�nzr►��x Ie r d- w Stormwater Water/Wastewate o corm ft. 1raMc Operations Irani. Planning . lramlbrt Natural Resources Park Planning Totals Other: Note: All redlined Items should be returned with the resubmittal/ revisions. r No Text .• ... .s.. .. ..ten .! , n I/ parking is 1 space for every 4 "seats". Since there won't be fixed seating, it is based on building code occupancy as determined by the square footage of the meeting room - 1 person for every 15 square feet. For instance, a 500 s.f. meeting room results in an occupancy of 33 people. Parking is then determined by dividing 33 people by 4, which equals 8.25 parking spaces (rounded up to 9). Also, the site plan lists the floor area of the building as 1327 square feet plus 612 square feet. Where is the 612 square feet? Is it in the basement, or on a second floor? There are several significant comments that must be addressed prior to this item going to a Planning and Zoning Board public hearing. Another round of review is considered to be necessary. This proposal is subject to the 90-day revision re - submittal requirement (from the date of this comment letter, being September 22, 2003) as set forth in Section 2.2.11(A) of the Land Use Code. Be sure and return all of your red -lined plans when you re -submit. The number of copies of each document to re -submit is shown on the attached Revisions Routing Sheet. If you have any questions regarding these issues or any other issues related to this project, please feel free to call me at 221-6341. Yours Truly, I A� 0Ji-- Steve Olt, City Planner cc: Katie Moore, City Engineering Peter Barnes, City Zoning Bragonier Architects, LLC Page 5 M Department: Transfort Topic: General Number: 2 No Comments Department: Transportation Planning Issue Contact: Garold Smith Created:7/28/2003 Issue Contact:. Mark Jackson Topic: General Number: 8 Created: 8/19/2003 I am concerned about having adequate parking available. I need more information as to number of spaces required and number of parking spaces actually available per the variance request. It would be helpful to know more about the types and sizes of group meetings to be held at this location to help determine adequacy. Number: 9 Created:8/19/2003 Please provide bicycle -parking facilities, per Code. Department: Zoning Issue Contact: Peter Barnes Topic: zoning Number: 3 Created: 8/5/2003 The proposed use is classified as a place of assembly. This must be stated on the Site Plan. Number: 4 Created: 8/5/2003 Their "contextual site plan" (8 1/2 x 11 sheet) has two properties marked with an asterisk. One is the subject property, the other is Dunn Elementary. They have labeled the Dunn property as the cultural center. They need to label the correct lot as the cultural center. I believe their "parking" narrative is a request for alternative parking compliance, so the contextual plan should be a part of the alternative compliance request, and it should label the school site, the insurance site, and the two pedestrian cross walk light locations so that the request can be adequately reviewed. I would say that the 7/11 and Gilsdorf Garage should not be included in the request because of their remote location. Between the school and the insurance office, they should be able to provide more than adequate parking. Additionally, they should include some sort of letter of agreement from the school and the insurance office stating that they agree to make parking available. Number: 5 Created: 8/5/2003 The site plan should contain additional information relevant to the square footage in order to determine how many parking spaces are required. For example, how much of the 1326 s.f. main floor will be considered to be meeting room(s)? The required number of parking spaces will be based on the square footage of the meeting rooms. This square footage should not include kitchen, bathroom, halls, closets, etc. Required Page 4 J Department: Natural Resources Topic: General Number: 14 No issues. Department: PFA Issue Contact: Doug Moore Created:8/22/2003 Issue Contact: Michael Chavez Topic: General Number: 15 Created: 9/9/2003 Sprinkler Requirements for an A3. Stairways: An automatic sprinkler system shall be installed in enclosed usable space above or over a stairway. Buildings that are required to be fire-sprinklered shall have a minimum. 6-inch fire line unless hydraulic calculations can support a smaller fire line. Number: 16 Created:9/9/2003 Poudre Fire Authority requires a "Knox Box" to be mounted on the front of every new building equipped with a required fire sprinkler system or fire alarm system. Department: Police Issue Contact: Joseph Gerdom Topic: General Number: 13 Created: 8/20/2003 Will there be any landscaping or additional site lighting? Department: Stormwater Utility Topic: Stormwater Number: 7 Floodplain Comments Issue Contact: Wes Lamarque Created:8/19/2003 1. The property is located in the Old Town floodplain. 2. A floodplain use permit including a $25 permit fee is required for any work done on the property including remodels, fencing, handicap ramp, etc.. P►ease contact Marsha Hilmes-Robinson at 224-6036 to discuss the permit requirements. 3. If the cumulative value of improvements/remodel work to either of the existing structures exceeds 50% of the market value of that structure, that structure must be brought up to the current floodplain code (i.e. flood -proof or elevate non-residential structures, elevate residential structures). Department: Traffic Operations Issue Contact: Eric Bracke Topic: traffic operations Number: 1 Created: 7/28/2003 No problems or issues from a Traffic Engineering perspective Page 3 L ,/ Topic: Utilities Number: 17 Created: 9/17/2003 Len Hilderbrand of Xcel Energy offered the following comments: a. There is a gas main located in the rear alley right-of-way. b. There is a 3/4" gas service from the main to the north wall of 1024 West Mulberry Street. C. There is a 3/4" gas service from the main to the east wall of 520 Wayne Street. Department: Engineering Issue Contact: Katie Moore Topic: General Number: 10 Created: 8/19/2003 Please dedicate Right of Way and easements according to standard: 1. Mulberry Street is considered a constrained arterial with a total ROW of 102'. This project is required to dedicate enough ROW to bring their half up to standard: 51' from the centerline of Mulberry Street. 2. A 15' utility easement (where possible) is standard along Mulberry Street. 3. 9' standard utility easement along Wayne Street. 4. 8' utility easement along the alley. (see attached handout for more information regarding these dedications) Number: 11 Created: 8/19/2003 Please accurately scale, label, and dimension the sidewalks, parkways, Right of Way, etc. Number: 12 Created: 8/19/2003 To. keep the single parking stall off of Wayne Street, the length needs to be increased to 19' measured from the back of walk toward the house so that a car parked there will not overhang and block the sidewalk. Can the manhole be lowered to achieve this? What is the manhole for? If 19' cannot be provided, then this parking space and curb cut need to be removed. Department: Light & Power Issue Contact: Janet McTague Topic: General Number: 6 Created: 8/7/2003 Please contact Light & Power if electric needs change. Page 2 I/ J STAFF PROJECT REVIEW Citvof Fort Collins Don & Margaret Webber Date: 9/22/2003 1024 West Mulberry Street Fort Collins, CO. 80521 Staff has reviewed your submittal for DIANE LOUISE JOHNSON CULTURAL CENTER - Type II Review, and we offer the following comments: ISSUES: Department: Current Planning Topic: General Issue Contact: Steve Olt Number: 18 Created: 9/17/2003 City staff's primary concern is the parking for this proposed "place of assembly" for meetings and other gatherings. The Planning Objectives do not sufficiently describe the type, amount, and frequency of groups of people that will assemble or gather here. Therefore, it is very difficult to evaluate the potential parking impacts and conflicts that may occur. Number: 19 Created: 9/17/2003 The existing vegetation on the property (trees, shrubs, etc.) must be identified as such. An additional new street tree is needed in the parkway area between the 2 curb cuts on Wayne Street. Are all the existing fences shown on the Site Plan? Number: 20 Created: 9/17/2003 The parking variance, as submitted, is insufficient to ensure adequate parking for this "place of assembly" (especially since the information about the gatherings is very vague). The referenced sites to be used for parking, generally, are too remote and require crossing of one or more arterial streets. Also, have these sites given permission for your guests to use their parking spaces? Number: 21 Created: 9/22/2003 City Code recognizes only 2 parking spaces on the property. The 8' wide concrete drive from Wayne Street to the front door of the residence at 1024 West Mulberry Street is too short to be considered as an off-street parking space. A minimum of 19' depth behind the sidewalk is necessary to prevent parked cars from overhanging onto the sidewalk, thereby restricting pedestrian movement on the sidewalk. Cars stacked front to back, as they would have to be in the garage and driveway of the existing carriage house at 520 Wayne Street, do not count as 4 off-street parking spaces as 2 cars would always be blocked and their movement encumbered. Page l