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#63 The "direct" connection walks from the building to the street need not be "grade
separated" but merely be obviously different from the parking lot. This can be
accomplished using a variety of methods such as — colored asphalt/paving,
scoring/stamping, different materials, lighting, or signage. We will further investigate
these methods and propose our solution with the resubmittal.
#64 There is a 15' parking setback incorporated into the site plan (from Mason St.), however
we may pursue the smaller 10' setback if it can be determined that Mason Street may be
viewed as a collector, versus the current arterial designation. This may evolve
throughout the development plan process.
#55 The requirement to provide a 10-foot parkway and 6-foot sidewalk adjacent to Mason
Street in front of this site is a bit of a hardship, given the current site programming.
Engineering indicates that additional right-of-way might be necessary, which would be
devastating to the project. (#39)
The applicant's preference is to maintain the existing condition along Mason Street of
attached sidewalks — which provides continuity along the street and a larger and more
effective front landscaped area. If the detached sidewalk is necessitated, the preference
would be to accommodate the 10-foot parkway in the right-of-way, and place the 6-foot
walk on the site in a public access easement. This however, assumes that the 15'
parking setback is still measure from the property line, not the back of walk or it would
greatly impact the site east -to -west.
A minor, but related, issue we broached was that of potential liability of accepting a
required public access easement and walk onto Mr. Holter's property, barring
negligence.
Troy is going to approach the Transportation Coordination team with these issues next
Thursday (I will send a reminder email prior to that meeting).
Additional items that were discussed, but not specified on the review comments included:
♦ The fire access will be accommodated in the drive aisle adjacent to the building —'turning
radii will be verified on the plan, permitting a smaller drive aisle to the rear of the building.
This will accommodate the architectural protrusions and tower feature that will greatly
enhance the aesthetics of the building. These were in danger of major revision from the site
plan changes necessitated by the comments, but may be salvageable with these changes.
♦ Mason Street is under review for the Master Transportation Plan Update. Marc Jackson is
in charge of that update. To determine if Mason St. could be considered a collector instead
of an arterial — for setback purposes — we'd need to talk to him and/or Eric Bracke.
Thank you all for your participation in this meeting. It greatly helped us determine how to
proceed towards a resubmittal, and hopefully provided you with some insight into what to
expect.
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MEMORANDUM 3555 Stanford road, suite 5
fort Collins, Colorado 8052525
(970) 226-4074
fax (970) 226-4196
TO: George Holter, Garth Development a@cityscapeud.com
Cameron Gloss, Current Planning Director
Troy Jones, City Planner
FROM: Kimberly Straw, AICP
Project Manager
DATE: April 4, 2003
RE: Garth Commercial Plaza
Meeting re: Current Planning Review Comments (3/17/03)
To review the discussions from yesterday's meeting, I have assembled a quick summary of our
meeting — topics and any resolution.
#59/66 Architect should contact Troy to review proposed changes and review any outstanding
questions related to the comments.
#53 A 5-foot setback has been incorporated along the west boundary.
#54 Five-foot planting beds along 50% of the exterior building walls have been incorporated
into the east and west facades - as they are the most "high use & high visibility"
facades.
#60 Interior parking landscaping has been increased.
#61 The number of street trees in the right-of-way has been increased to the minimum 1/25'
of frontage — however existing utility stubs somewhat limit the ability to "tree" the entire
frontage.
#62 Canopy trees have been added in the 5-foot western setback immediately adjacent to
the parking areas in the rear.
#27 The "direct connection" to the planned off -site major transit facilities at Troutman is
satisfied by the proposed connections to the street sidewalk system. The degree of
proportionality for the requested improvement does not exist for this use — this use is
unlikely to generate the foot and bike traffic that would support the requirement for an
additional connection.
#56 This was a labeling error and has been remedied.
#57 The site has been redesigned and appears to fit everything necessary into the width of
the site.