HomeMy WebLinkAboutFORT COLLINS VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA, ELDERLY HOUSING - PDP - 14-01 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESApache Forest easement, still a..owing a 260' buffer. This buffer zone, beyond the required trees and
landscaping as outlined in the Land Use Code, will likewise be incorporated as native grasses which will also
not be irrigated.
Landscape plantings proposed for this development have been designed to the best extent possible to comply
with the City of Fort Collins Land Use Code landscaping requirements. Deciduous street trees have been
incorporated at the spacing required and additional deciduous trees have been added to south and west sides
of buildings where allowed to provide summer shade and winter sun. In addition, more dense shrubs have
been planned to be installed at the ends of parking pods to filter vehicular headlights from spilling onto
adjacent properties. Low plantings have also been included along a minimum of 50% of the length of
building facades facing the public residential local street.
Vehicular circulation will be provided by an internal access drive and parking pods between the dwelling unit
buildings.
Currently, three open irrigation ditch laterals pass across the site, historically allowed by a previous property
owner. The lateral residing closest to West Horsetooth Road is being routed into an underground 12" PVC
line and a 10' easement will be provided, concurrent with the 15' utility easement provided adjacent to the
widened West Horsetooth Road right-of-way. The existing middle irrigation lateral is proposed to be
abandoned, while the southernmost existing irrigation lateral will be relocated, remaining an open ditch and
provide water for all customers previously serviced by the middle and southern irrigation lateral.
A couple of alternative compliances are being proposed as outlined and explained in a letter to the
Engineering Department included in this Project Development Plan application.
A neighborhood meeting will be held at Johnson Elementary at 4104 Seneca Street on March 12 at 7:00 P.M.
This development is being funded and will be managed by Fort Collins Volunteers of America Elderly
Housing, Incorporated. There are to be two employees working on site, one manager, living in one of the
units, and one maintenance/groundskeeper, living off -site.
This proposed development will provide affordable housing for elderly citizens and will be federally
subsidized by the Housing & Urban Development (HUD) to allow residents to afford rent according to a
percentage of their income.
Sincerely,
Robert A. Donahue
TSP Five Architects
Memorandum
TSP Five, Inc.
503 Remington Street
Suite 5
Fort Collins, CC 80524
To: Steve Olt
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
From: Robert A. Donahue
TSP Five Architects
Subject: Volunteers of America
202 Elderly Housing Project
Fort Collins, Colorado
Date: 5 March 2001
Phone (970) 493-1772
Fax (970) 493-1820
CC: Denise Dehart, VOANS
Robin Keller, VOANS
Jennifer Thong, TSP Five Architects
Mr. Steve Olt,
I am writing this letter as a statement of planning objectives as required by the Project Development Plan
submittal requirements.
We are proposing a 60 unit elderly housing multi -family residential development on an 8.69 acre property on
the south side of West Horsetooth Road approximately 1500' west of South Shields Street. The site, zoned
LMN, Low Density Mixed -Use Neighborhood, includes a portion of the Pleasant Lake & Valley Irrigation
Canal, which also forms the westernmost boundary of the site. Adjacent to the site to the east lies the existing
Skyline Acres estate lot single family residential neighborhood, while the still developing Westfield Park
PUD single family residential neighborhood lies to the west. To the south, across the protected Apache
Forest, is the existing Mountain Ridge Farm PUD single family residential neighborhood.
This proposed development will be constructing an access drive into the site, according to the City of Fort
Collins street standards for a residential local street, with the exception of widening the access lane from the
city standard from 16' to 20'. The 20' access lane will comply to the Poudre Fire Authority requirement for
an unobstructed 20' fire lane. A letter is included with this Project Development Plan application to the
Engineering Department explaining the alternative compliance to the city street standards. This access drive
will be platted and dedicated as a public street, with 9' utility easements on both sides of the street as
required. This public street will also include detached sidewalks with complete handicap accessibility and
striping to delineate pedestrian paths that cross parking pods or the public access drive.
This proposed development is providing a 50' buffer zone against the east side of the Pleasant Lake & Valley
Irrigation Canal with occasional encroachment to 40'. This area will incorporate native grasses and will not
be irrigated. Transition zones will occur to blend the irrigated landscaped area of the development to this
buffer zone. The protected Apache Forest at the south portion of the site will be preserved and the proposed
development will be approximately 235' from the 100' Apache Forest easement, thus allowing a 335' buffer
zone to the south property line. The proposed future phase will still allow an approximate 160' buffer to the