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qualifies as a major walkway spine. A major walkway spine is defined in
Article 5 of the LUC as, "a tree -lined connecting walkway that is at. least
five (5) feet wide, with landscaping along both sides, located in an outdoor
space that is at least thirty-five (35) feet in its smallest dimension, with all
parts of such outdoor space directly visible from a public street."
Both comments "d" and "e" above will greatly affect the layout of your sites.
You will need more public streets within your proposed developments to be
able to satisfy these standards.
Pedestrian links will be necessary to link to the planned southern terminus of
the Mason Street Corridor (north of the sites) and to the future Fossil
Creek trail (south of the sites).
Section 3.6.3(F) requires stubs for future street connections every 660
feet along project property lines that abut adjacent developable or
redevelopable land. The northern property boundary of the office site and
the southern boundary of the residential site may be required to have these
stubs.
One logical place to locate the possible continuation of Fossil Boulevard
through your sites would be to have it cross through a portion of Fossil
Creek Office Park East P.U.D. There seems to be some parking lots that
could reconfigured to allow for this. The tricky detail would be to cross the
wetlands. It may be better to cross these wetlands where they are
narrowest.
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9. Park Planning:
a. The neighborhood and community parkland fees are based on square footage
of each dwelling unit, and are due at the time of building permit.
b. A future trail is anticipated to run along Fossil Creek south of this site.
c. Contact Craig Forman if you have any questions about park fees.
10. Current Planning:
a. Refer to Section 3 (General Development Standards), and Section 4.4 (LMN
Zoning District). in the Land Use Code for the standards that apply to your
propose development. The Land Use Code is available to view on the internet
at www.ci.fort-collins.co.us/CITY HALL/CODES.
b. There was a major connectivity problem created when the Fossil Creek
Office Park East P.U.D. was approved without providing stubs for future
street connections. Ideally, there should be a parallel street to College
Avenue that allows traffic to flow freely between Cameron Drive and
Fairway Lane. Fossil Drive was started and stubbed to the north property
line of the Mill Brothers Nursery for this purpose. For some reason your
firm developed the Fossil Creek Office Park East P.U.D without making this
vital street connection back in 1996. Now that you want to develop the Mill
Brother's site, the problems created by the layout of the Fossil Creek
Office Park East P.U.D. becomes apparent.
c. You may be required to continue Fossil Boulevard south through the office
site, southwest across the wetlands, and through the residential site to
connect to Cameron Drive. This would provide a road parallel to College
connecting the two signalized intersections of Cameron Drive and Fairway
Lane as proposed in the South College Access Management Plan.
d. Section 3.5.3(B)(1) of the LUC requires that all of the office buildings are
shall have at least one main entrance face and open directly onto a
connecting walkway with pedestrian frontage. A connecting walkway is
defined in article 5 of the LUC as either "(1) any street sidewalk, or (2) any
walkway that directly connects a building entrance(s) to the street sidewalk,
and connects other origins and destinations for pedestrians, including but
not limited to commercial establishments, schools, parks, dwellings, work
places and transit stops, without requiring pedestrians to walk across
parking lots or driveways, around buildings or follow parking lot outlines
which are not aligned to a logical route."
e. Section 3.5.2(C)(1) of the LUC requires that "every front fagade with a
primary entrance to a dwelling unit shall face a connecting walkway with no
primary entrance more than two hundred (200) feet from a street sidewalk."
The following exception is permitted to this standard, "a primary entrance
may be up to three -hundred fifty (350) feet from a street sidewalk if the
primary entrance faces and opens directly onto a connecting walkway that
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i. Trash enclosures should accommodate recycling containers of sufficient size
to accommodate the type of recycling appropriate for the building use
(cardboard, cans, plastics, newspapers, etc.), and dumpsters must be
enclosed within a fenced or walled area. See enclosed information on
dumpster enclosures.
j. We ask that a single trash hauler be used to minimize traffic impacts.
k. Native grasses and plant materials should be used wherever appropriate, and
bluegrasses should be minimized.
I. If construction lasts for more than 6 months, you will have to file a permit
for fugitive dust control with Lorimer County.
6. Fire Department:
a. Address must be visible from the street using a minimum 6" numerals on a
contrasting background. This may require the provision of an additional
street.
b. Access is a serious issue for this site. As shown, there is only one way in and
one way out.
c. A fire hydrant must be within 300' of every building (measured as a hose
would lay) with a capacity of 1500 g.p.m @ 20 p.s.i. Hydrants must be spaced
no further apart than 600 feet on center.
7. Light and Power:
a. There is a system to tap into in Cameron Drive for the residential portion,
and a system in College and Fossil Blvd. for the office portion.
b. The office buildings and any clubhouse for the residential portion will need a
commercial C1 form to be filled out to determine the electric needs.
c. Meter and transformer locations will need to be coordinated.
d. There is shale in the ground in this part of town. Take this into account.
e. Normal development fees apply.
8. Transportation:
a. A TIS is required. The TIS must address all modes of travel (vehicle,
bicycle, pedestrian, transit). Keep in mind that the site abuts the future
Mason Street Transportation Cooridor.
b. A pedestrian and bicycle connection will be necessary to allow access to the
Mason Street Corridor and to the future Fossil Creek Trail.
c. Bicycle parking must be provided near building entrances.
d. The South College Access Management Plan identifies a possible parallel
collector road to College Avenue in the alignment of Fossil Blvd. Your
projects may be required to continue this street network through your site.
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e. The site layout has problems with access and connectivity as per Section
3.6.3 of the LUC.
f. The residential portion may require a state highway access permit.
g. The office portion will require a state highway access permit.
h. The projects must be designed to reflect the South College Access
Management Plan. Contact Kathleen Reavis for more info on the South
College Access Management Plan.
i. A utility coordination meeting is strongly suggested.
j. You will be required to have a Development Agreement, a Development
Construction Permit, and Utility Plans.
4. Water & Wastewater Utility:
a. A utility coordination meeting is strongly recommended early in the site
design process to provide adequate space for all underground utilities.
b. The water conservation standards for landscape and irrigation will apply to
the project.
c. Plant investment fees and water rights will be due at time of building permit.
d. Contact Roger Buffington for water and sewer main locations and/or more
specific information on Water and Wastewater issues.
5. Natural Resources:
a. There are wetlands on site. Delineate all wetlands on the site and landscape
plans. If the wetlands are under a third of an acre, a 50 foot setback
buffer will be required. Any wetland over a third of an acre will require a
100 foot setback. These setbacks will affect your layout substantially.
b. Any deviation from the buffer setback requirements would need to satisfy
the Buffer Zone Performance Standards set forth in Section 3.4.1(E)(1) of
the Land Use Code.
c. An Ecological Characterization Study will be required as per 3.4.1(D) of the
LUC. The study must include the riparian forest and also check the site for
prebbles meadow jumping mouse and the Ute Lady Wild Orchid.
d. Show the limits of development around the wetlands. See Section 3.4.1(N)
of the LUC.
e. The site includes natural features identified on the Natural Habitats and
Features Inventory Map. See Section 3.4.1(A) of the LUC.
f. Contact Terry McKee with the Army Corps of Engineers at (303) 979-4120
to get the required federal input regarding the proposed development's
impact on the wetlands.
g. Mitigation may be needed for the cottonwoods that were cut down on site.
h. If there any prairie dogs on site, they will have to be relocated or humainely
eradicated.
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COMMENTS:
1. Zoning Department:
a. The property is zoned C-Commercial.
b. Section 3.5.3(8) of the Land Use Code requires that the commercial
buildings be set back no more than 15 feet from the adjacent street.
c. Offices are permitted as a Type 1 use.
d. Parking is limited to a maximum of 3.0 spaces per 1000 square feet for
general office, and 4.5/1000 for medical offices.
e. The articulation of multifamily garages are regulated in section 3.5.2(F) of
the LUC.
f. The multifamily garages cannot be more than 55 feet in length without a
break.
g. The location of the multifamily garages are not very convenient. They will
need some type of walkway across the open space to access them from the
units.
2. Stormwater Utility Department:
a. Location: 5033 South College.
b. This site is located in the Fossil Creek basin where the fees are
$2,274/acre and are based on the coefficient of imperviousness. The site is
in inventory grid #7R.
c. The standard drainage and erosion control reports and plans are required
and they must be prepared by a professional engineer registered in Colorado.
_d. The portion of -the site that drains toward College Avenue will need to
provide water quantity and -quality detention and might require offsite
easements.
e. The portion of the site that drains toward the existing ponds might need
detention depending on the ponds' capacities and might need off -site
easements through the natural area.
3. Engineering Department:
a. Check with Matt Baker for the specific amount of the street oversizing fee
for your project.
b. The project(s) will require a Traffic Impact Study (TIS) that addresses
site access, and all modes of transportation including automobile, bicycle,
pedestrian, and transit.
c. The internal drives cannot be public streets if there is to be perpendicular
parking along them, they would need to be private drives that are depicted
as a public access, utility and emergency access easement.
d. The residential drive aisles wouldn't meet horizontal alignment criteria and
can therefore not be public streets.
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CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS
City of Fort Collins
MEETING DATE: September 25, 2000
ITEM: Red Tail Residential and Office Park
APPLICANT: Jon Proudy
Lagunitas Co.
3307 South College, Suite 200
Fort Collins, CO 80525
LAND U5E DATA:
Office Site - The 11.66 site has about 225 feet of frontage'along South College
Avenue, and is roughly 1066 feet deep. The project would consist of 9 office
buildings and a future custom office pad.
Residentail Site - The 7.4 acre site is located at the terminus of the western end
of Cameron Drive. There is a traffic signal at College and Cameron Drive. This site
is just south of the western half of the office site mentioned above. 80 residential
units are proposed in 10 buildings.
DEPARTMENTAL CONTACTS:
Current Planning-
Troy Jones
221-6750
Zoning Department-
Peter Barnes
221-6760
Engineering Department-
Marc Virata
221-6605
Street Oversizing Coordinator-
Matt Baker
221-6605
Poudre Fire Authority-
Ron Gonzales
221-6570
Stormwater Utility-
Glen Schlueter
224-6065
Water & Sewer Utilities-
Roger Buffington
221-6854
Natural Resources Development Planner
Kim Kreimeyer
221-6750
Light and Power
Monica Moore
221-6700
Transportation Services (ped. & transit)
Mark Jackson
416-2029
Transportation Services (traffic)
Eric Bracke
224-6062
Transfort (local bus service)
Gaylene Rossiter
224-6195
Park Planning
Craig Foremean
221-6618
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 N. College Ave. P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 (970) 221-6750
CURRENT PLANNING DEPARTMENT
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Comn- ity Planning and Environments 'ervices
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
Jon Proudy
Lagunitas Co.
3307 South College, Suite 200
Fort Collins, CO 80525
November 27, 2006-�
Dear Mr. Proudy:
For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning
the Red Tail Residential and Office presented before the Conceptual Review
Team on September 25, 2000..
The comments are offered informally by Staff to assist you in preparing the
detailed components of the project application. Modifications and additions
to these comments may be made at the time of formal review of this
project.
If you should have any questions regarding these comments or the next
steps in the review process, please feel free to call me at 221-6750.
Sincere y,
TVoy W, . Jones
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City Planner
cc: Eric Bracke, Streets Department
Stormwater Department
Project Planner
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