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Home My WebLink AboutSWALLOW OFFICE BUILDING - PDP - 45-00 - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORT W/ATTACHMENTSThis building also will have excellent pedestrian and bicycle access to nearby commercial and retail locations, both along College and in the Foothills Fashion Mall. 3. Architectural Character The LUC goal of achieving exceptional architectural character is realized by this building in terms of aesthetic and functional small office architectural design including simple elegance, residential scale, double frontage entrances each with full brick gables, and the use of high -quality stucco and brick materials. III. Buffering, Landscaping, and Circulation This building project will be buffered to the north, east and the south by existing mature landscaping as well as additional supplemental landscaping on site and in the City easement. In addition to the south, very substantial, mature landscaping presently exists on site and off site which effectively buffers the adjacent shopping center parking lot from this building and vice versa. This building has excellent circulation with vehicular access from College, Swallow, Remington and the adjacent shopping center. Furthermore, all access is safely from Remington rather than being directly off of Swallow. IV. Rationale behind Assumptions and Choices 1. This office building is designed to meet the needs of small office owners who need in the range of 1800-7200 square feet of office space and desire an aesthetic, upscale, high -quality office building environment. 2. Notwithstanding the property's C District zoning, it is very important that a thoughtful and sensitive transition occurs between the retail and office uses along College and the existing residential uses to the east of this building. SWALLOW OFFICE BUILDING PROJECT SUMMARY December 21, 2000 I. Introduction The proposed Swallow Office Building is a single, small office building on an existing developed site. It will be replacing an obsolete car wash (Noah's Ark). The office will be opposite of existing offices located to the north, east and south, and adjacent to an existing gas station (Shamrock) to the west. Existing on -site and off -site (particularly to the south) mature landscaping will be supplemented as per our landscape plan. This office will be similar in design to the office buildings constructed in Landings and Landings Bay Office Parks. This office building will be a double frontage office building with one major entrance fronting directly onto Swallow on the north side of the building, and a second major entrance accessed from the parking lot on the south side of the building. The change of use from a car wash to a small office building has a significant benefit to the City of Fort Collins in that the impact to the City's sewer system and artificial stormwater runoff both created by the high -usage water requirements of a car wash are virtually eliminated by the change to a small office building use. II. City Plan Principles and Policies Achieved 1. Transitional This project is complementary to and transitional in relation to the retail uses along College Avenue; the office uses to the north, east and south; and the residential uses as you proceed east on Swallow. This project achieves an attractive and appropriate office use at this location within the C District zoning category. 2. Access This project has very good vehicular access with an entrance for all office traffic and parking from Remington. This eliminates direct access from Swallow, and permits much safer access from Remington due to the dramatically lower traffic volume on Remington as compared to Swallow. VICINITY MAP #45-00 Swallow Office Building 121 E. Swallow Rd. PDP Type I (LUC) 12/29/00 1"=600' B. The building design complies with the standards in the Commercial zone district in Article Four. C. The P.D.P. complies with the applicable General Development Standards of Article Three. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of Swallow Office Building, P.D.P., #45-00. anticipated to link any re -development of the existing Diamond Shamrock parcel. This access is dedicated by separate instrument as an access easement. The number of parking spaces, 17, does not exceed the allowable maximum. Bicycle parking is provided at the entrances to both buildings. Handicap parking is provided at the proper ratio. C. Lighting A photometric lighting plan was prepared for this P.D.P. All parking lot light fixtures will feature down -directional sharp cut-off luminaires. The light source will be high pressure sodium to match the adjacent public street lighting. Building -mounted lighting will also be shielded. There will not be more than 0.1 foot-candle as measured 20 feet beyond property line. D. Building Standards Swallow Road is classified as a collector street. As such, the building is ten feet back from the northerly property line thus within the 15 foot build -to line. The setback from Remington Street, classified as a local street, is also ten feet. The building provides a variation in massing by the use of both masonry and synthetic stucco. The north and south entrances are highlighted with a pitched roof. The loft provides a variation in the roof line. E. Transportation Level of Service A Transportation Impact Study was waived for this project since the anticipated number of trip ends is less than 100 trips per day. The number of trip ends is estimated to be 79. This is calculated using the daily trip generation rate of 11.01 trip ends per 1,000 square feet for a general office building. For pedestrians and bicyclists, an acceptable level of public and private sidewalks will be constructed to meet to meet level of service requirements. For transit riders, there are adequate public walkways to the transit routes serving South College Avenue. 4. Findings of Fact and Conclusion: A. The proposed land use, general office, is permitted as a Type 1 review in the Commercial zone district. COMMENTS: Background: The surrounding zoning and land uses are as follows: N: C; Existing Office Building S: C; Existing Shopping Center E: M-M-N; Existing Single Family Home W: C; Existing Gas Station This is a re -development of an existing automatic carwash. The parcel is platted as Lot 2, Block 3, Thunderbird Estates, Ninth Subdivision. 2. Compliance with Employment Zone District: A. Land Use Offices are permitted uses in the Commercial zone district and eligible for a Type 1 (administrative) review. B. Building Design The primary entrance to the building faces and opens directly onto the public sidewalk along East Swallow Road. A sidewalk is also provided on the south side of the building to connect the south entrance to Remington Street. In both cases, there is no vehicle use area requiring the pedestrian or bicyclist to cross an intervening drive aisle or parking lot to gain access to the building. 3. General Development Standards: A. Landscaping Both public sidewalks are existing and attached to the curb. Street trees are provided behind these sidewalks. The interior of the parking lot features shade trees in tree grates located between the building and parking lot. The perimeter features hedges to screen cars. Foundation plantings are provided. B. Access, Circulation and Parking The property is at the corner of two public streets with existing sidewalks providing excellent access to the building. A future potential bike and pedestrian connection is ITEM NO. J MEETING DATE i-1t-0 STAFF 7fD If keeA AV Citv of Fort Collins HEARING OFFICER STAFF REPORT PROJECT: Swallow Office Building, P.D.P., #45-00 APPLICANT: Mr. John Prouty Lagunitas Companies 3950 J.F.K. Parkway, Bldg. 12B Fort Collins, CO 80525 OWNER: Same PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is a request for a P.D.P. for a 7,195 square foot, two -and -one-half story office building located at the southwest corner of East Swallow Road and Remington Street. The site is .48 acre in size and zoned C, Commercial. RECOMMENDATION: Approval EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The proposed land use, office building, is permitted as a Type 1 review in the Commercial zone district. The building design complies with the standards in the Commercial zone district in Article Four. The P.D.P. complies with the applicable General Development Standards of Article Three. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 N. College Ave. P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 (970) 221-6750 PLANNING DEPARTMENT