HomeMy WebLinkAboutMAXI-STUFF STORAGE - MODIFICATION OF STANDARD - 9-99 - CORRESPONDENCE -needed. Also, a 15' wide utility easement is required behind the
right-of-way.
b. The Engineering Department would have no problem with a
proposed 12' landscape setback beyond the new street right-of-way
provided that no buildings encroach onto the 15' utility easement.
Please contact Dave, at 221-6750, if you have questions about these
comments.
3. Peter Wray of the Advance Planning Department stated that they are
recommending NO modifications of the standards. The applicant should
maintain the required 30' landscape setback and screening. Adjust the
buildings and parking on the Site Plan to meet the requirements of
Sections 4.23(E)(2)(b) and 4.23(E)(3)(a)(2). Please contact Peter, at 221-
6754, if you have questions about these comments.
4. The applicant should submit a schematic plan that meets the
requirements of the LUC and show/indicate why the proposed plan that
was submitted with the request for a modification is better.
5. There are red -lined Landscape Plans, with comments, from Current
Planning and Advance Planning that are being forwarded to the
applicant.
This completes the staff comments at this time. You may contact me at 221-
6341 to schedule a meeting to discuss these comments, if necessary.
Sincerely,
teve Olt
Project Planner
cc: Engineering
Zoning
Advance Planning
Riverside/Prospect LLC
Project File #9-99
2. Peter Barnes and Jenny Nuckols of the Zoning Department offered the
following comments:
a. There appears to be sufficient room on the site to provide greater
than a 12' deep landscaped yard along Riverside Avenue if the
applicant reduces the drive aisle width a few feet.
b. The building directly to the south of this site recently upgraded
their landscaping and Zoning is unaware of anything directly
adjacent to the north. If there is a building to the north it would be
helpful to see a diagram of what that site currently has as far as
street frontage setback & landscaping. If the property is vacant
there is no reason that a 30' landscape yard cannot be put in. Any
subsequent developments would have to comply with the 30'
setback requirement.
C. The section of the LUC that the applicant has cited in the request
for a modification of a standard is 4.23(E)(2)(a)(2), which is
incorrect. The correct section is 4.23(E)(3)(a)(2) dealing with a,
minimum 30' deep landscaped yard along arterial streets.
d. Section 4.23(E)(2)(b) of the LUC requires that buildings along
arterial streets in the I - Industrial Zoning District be sited and
oriented so that the building face abuts the required minimum
landscaped yard for at least 30% of the building frontage. This
section of the LUC would apply to this site and it would appear
that the development proposal would not meet the requirement.
Therefore, the modification request should deal with both sections
of the LUC.
Please contact Peter or Jenny, at 221-6760, if you have questions about
these comments.
2. Dave Stringer of the Engineering Department offered the following
comments:
a. The modification as proposed will not work. This property will
need to dedicate 17.5' of additional street right-of-way for
Riverside Avenue.
Riverside Avenue is an arterial street. There is only 80' of existing
right-of-way along the frontage of this property. A half right-of-way
is required for an arterial street. Therefore, this project will be
required to dedicate the additional 17.5' of right-of-way that is
Commu._.y Planning and Environmental, zvices
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
June 18, 1999
Robert Gustafson
Wickham Gustafson, Architects
1449 Riverside Avenue
Fort Collins, CO. 80524
Dear Robert,
Staff has reviewed your documentation for the Maxi -Stuff Storage -
Modification of Standard 4.23(E)(3)(a)(2) request that was submitted to the
City on June 2, 1999, and would like to offer the following comments:
1. This property is located on the east side of Riverside Avenue just north of
East Prospect Road. It is in the I - Industrial Zoning District. The
proposed indoor storage use is permitted in this District, subject to an
administrative review (Type I) and public hearing for a decision. However,
Section 4.23(E)(3)(a)2 of the Land Use Code states:
A minimum 30' deep landscaped yard shall be provided along all
arterial streets, and along any district boundary line that does not
adjoin a residential land use. If a district boundary line abuts upon
or is within a street right-of-way, then the required landscaped yard
shall commence at the street right-of-way line on the district side of
the street, rather than at the district boundary line.
The district boundary between this site in the I - Industrial District and
the properties on the west side of Riverside Avenue, in the E -
Employment District, appears to be in the street right-of-way. The
referenced. section of the LUC clearly requires that the landscaped yard
be 30' deep behind the street right-of-way on this side of the street. The
applicant's request for a modification of the standard not being met will
be reviewed by City staff, who will take a recommendation to the
Planning and Zoning Board for a decision.
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