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Home My WebLink AboutSWIFT ADDITION TO FOSSIL LAKE P.U.D. - COUNTY REFERRAL - 33-01(I) - CORRESPONDENCE - (6)r M Fn^W SWWT LA r.' � Pw WILL TO P. i wr,74 nmk Un Mau STRW- AND LOI DEVEL01", R fl I fhb 10 Pu" AOCISS K NI i W: 2 21 22 23 17, F T 4 Jd . I IN 4W-- lull, XV �E PUD ING — t3ri. ^M1� r a Y �p '4 i { O iWM A'.aml (w. v- ::.QC ,�. .', is .)::.''��: �la'`:''•jZ.' PUD a•r�� r `- 7r v'r. MOM yM, VI mff►ate �X7 �� f%,o,,., 3 �, ,,(R %m,le - I�L&o' 7. I have not received any comments from Traffic Operations. If and when I do, I'll forward them on. I forwarded the redlines directly to the applicant. If you have any questions regarding these comments, please contact me or any of the departments listed above. PImcerely, Tr.`09ones,Cnt nner cc: Appli File 3 and North Shore Lane layout within this said two -block portion of the neighborhood provides circuitous rather direct connections within the neighborhood. The lots numbered 59 through 89 form somewhat of a barrier in that the backs of the Mixed - Use Neighborhood lots are facing the street where the fronts of the Estate Residential lots face. We would have preferred that the neighborhood not be segregated in this manner. After discussing this issue with upper City Staff management at the Growth Management Lead Team on 12118101, staff finds that this comment is a request rather than a requirement because although the spirit behind the requirements are not being met, the specific language within the standard for this issue is being satisfied. We still however strongly urge the applicant to reconsider the proposed street system layout in the said two -block portion of the neighborhood. 4. Current/Advance Planning- Fossil Creek Reservoir Sub -area Supplemental Regulations I.F.4.f. states: " Either a neighborhood park or a privately owned park, that is at least one (1) acre in size, shall be located within a maximum of one-third (1/3) mile of at least ninety (90) percent of the dwellings in any development project of ten (10) acres or larger as measured along street frontage." Neither the City owned park north of the site or the private park west of the neighborhood center of the Fossil Lake PUD are located close enough (measured along street frontage) to 90% of the dwelling units in the Mixed -Use Neighborhood zone to satisfy this standard. By our measurements, only 65 of the 78 applicable lots (those in the Mixed -Use Neighborhood zone) are within the required 1/3 mile, or in other words, only 83% of the applicable lots satisfy the standard. This standard must be satisfied, however the proposed layout does. not satisfy this standard. Please see the attached redlined plan from Current Planning showing our measurements. Such park must meet the design criteria required in I.F.4.f _ (1)-(5). The approved preliminary layout shows a 1.6 acre park at the northeast corner of Lake Ranch Road and Shallow Pond Drive. Our preference is that the approved 1.6 acre park at the corner of Lake Ranch Road and Shallow Pond Drive not be removed. It was a wonderful design for a small neighborhood park, and we particularly liked the fact that the regional trail went through it. In any case, a qualifying "small neighborhood park" must be provided somewhere on the Swift Addition site to satisfy this standard. 5. Current/Advance Planning - The portion of Lake Ranch Road currently proposed between Shallow Pond and Rocky Stream Drive should be changed into a pedistrian/bicycle connection rather than the proposed street. This will eliminate one of the street crossings of the future City owned and maintained trail. The elimination of this segment of street can be required through the application of Fossil Creek Reservoir Sub -area Supplemental Regulations I.E.5.a.(1) which states, "To the maximum extent feasible, streets shall be designed to minimize the amount of site disturbance caused by .roadways and associated grading required for construction." This segment of street is not necessary or wanted by the City in this location. Please see the diagram of the affected block on the Current Planning Redlines. 6. Please see the attached comment sheets from Stormwater, Transportation Planning and Engineering. R r` ComrnL_�ty Planning and Environmental _,rvices Current Planning City of Fort Collins December 19, 2001 Matt Lafferty Lorimer County Planning Department P.O. Box 1190 Fort Collins, CO 80522-90 City staff has reviewed the proposed changes to the approved preliminary layout of the Fossil Lake P.U.D. - Swift Addition that has been submitted, and we offer the following comments. DEPARTMENTAL CONTACTS: Current Planning - Advance Planning - Engineering Department- Stormwater Utilities - Natural Resources Development Planner Transportation Planning Traffic Engineering Troy Jones 221-6750 Pete Wray 221-6376 Sheri Wamhoff 221-6605 Basil Hamden 221-6681 Doug Moore 221-6750 Tom Reiff 416-2040 Ward Stanford 221-6820 COMMENTS: 1. Current/Advance Planning - We still feel this is not a minor change to the preliminary approval, and should be treated as a new project with full review and a full schedule of hearings. 2. We would still like to reiterate that this project will be annexed very soon after approval, so we feel very strongly that the City of Fort Collins staff interpretations of the language in the Fossil Creek Sub -area Supplemental Regulations be enforced during the review of this project. 3. Current/Advance Planning - Fossil Creek Reservoir Sub -area Supplemental Regulations II.B.2 specifies that "the local street system shall provide multiple direct connections to and between local destinations such as parks, schools, shopping. Local streets must provide for both intra- and inter -neighborhood connections to knit developments together, rather than forming barriers between them." The proposed local street system reconfiguration does not embrace the intent or purpose behind the above quoted standard, and we recommend that the applicant reconsider using the original approved preliminary layout. We highly recommend that the two block area bounded by Wild View Drive on the north and east, Rock Stream Drive and Shallow Pond Drive on the South and Lake Ranch Road on the west be reconfigured to be more in the spirit of providing intra-neighborhood connections that knit the neighborhood together rather than forming barriers between elements within the neighborhood. 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