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urban design, inc.
3555 stanford road, suite 105
fort collins, colorado 80525
(970) 226-4074
Requ
est t for Alternative Compliance fax (970) 226-4196
p p e@cityscapeud.com
SideHill (Johnson Property) Overall Development Plan
May 21, 2003
The applicant, James Company, is requesting Alternative Compliance to reduce the required
separation distance between street trees and driveways and between street trees and utilities.
The purpose of the Landscaping and Tree Protection standards in the Fort Collins LUC, Section
3.2.1 is to "ensure significant canopy shading to reduce glare and heat build-up, contribute to visual
quality and continuity within and between developments, provide screening and mitigation of
potential conflicts between activity areas and site elements, enhance outdoor spaces, reduce
erosion and stormwater runoff, and mitigate air pollution."
The proposed plan satisfies the purpose of this code section equally well or better than a plan
compliant with the Land Use Code by:
■ Providing more street trees per block thus a fuller more complete street tree canopy 'is created
which reduces glare and heat build up.
■ Providing a greater number of street trees that create greater repetition which enhances the
visual quality and continuity within the development.
• Allowing for greater densities within single-family residential front loaded developments because
lot widths can remain at the required minimum of 50'. A strict compliance with this code section
would require an increase in lot width and a decrease in overall density. (Note: Lots impacted
by these standards are both forty-nine (49) feet and fifty -feet (50) in width.
Please see the attached plan (Exhibit 'A'), which shows the locations where the applicant is
requesting alternative compliance.
Joe Carter
Cityscape Urban Design