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This 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 residential 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 residential building is designed to meet the needs of residents who desire a
one -bedroom unit of 665 square feet or a two -bedroom unit of 1,279 square feet in an
aesthetic, high -quality residential building and who would like to live in close proximity to
shopping, bus routes, and the center of Fort Collins.
2. Within this C District zone, it is important that a thoughtful and sensitive transition
occur between the commercial uses along College and the residential uses to the east.
2 of 2 R/D: 4/8/02
P/D: 4/8/02
SWALLOW 8-PLEX RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
PROJECT SUMMARY
April 9, 2002
I.
Introduction
The proposed Swallow 8-plex Residential Building is a single, small residential building
on an existing developed site. It will be replacing an obsolete car wash (Noah's Ark).
Surrounding uses are: residential to the east, offices to the north, gas station (Diamond
Shamrock) to the west and office and retail to the south. Existing on -site and off -site
(particularly to the south) mature landscaping will be supplemented as per our
landscape plan.
This residential building will be similar in design to the office buildings constructed in
Landings and Landings Bay Office Parks. The elevation and floor plan will vary slightly
to accommodate eight residential units within the building.
This building will be a double frontage residential building with four entrances fronting
onto Swallow on the north side of the building, and four entrances fronting onto the
parking lot on the south side of the building.
The change of use from a car wash to a small residential eight-plex 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 residential building use.
II.
City Plan Principles and Policies Achieved
1. Transitional
This project is complementary to and transitional in relation to the residential uses to the
east along Swallow Road; and to the commercial uses to the north, west and south.
This project achieves an attractive and appropriate residential use at this location within
the C District zoning category.
2. Access
This project has very good vehicular access with an entrance for all 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.
1 of 2 R/D: 4/8/02
P/D: 4/8/02