HomeMy WebLinkAboutRIGDEN FARM, PHASE 1 - PDP - 56-98C - CORRESPONDENCE - (3)• Direct any questions to Kim Kreimeyer at 221-6641.
Water/Wastewater:
• A utility coordination meeting has been set up for Thursday, July 6th.
• Please see the attached comments and redlined materials from the Water/Wastewater
Department.
Light and Power:
• Vaults take up 3.5' on each side of the property line. Light and Power needs 3'
r: clearance adjacent to the vault for construction.
• Electric facilities will be placed between the curb and sidewalk. There are several
locations where storm sewers are encroaching this area, precluding the installation of
electric. For example, Lot #18, Custer & Chase (NW), and Custer adjacent to tract F.
Public Service:
• Proposed fences in front lot utility easements behind sidewalks (typical cross -sections
sheet 58 of 70) represent a major obstacle to maintenance of natural gas lines. These
fences need either to be shifted to the rear line of these easements or eliminated.
Poudre Fire Authority:
• Please see attached information handout.
Post Office:
• No Comment.
TCI Cable:
• No Comment.
US West:
• I'm still waiting on comments from this department.
Park Planning:
• No Comment.
Forestry:
• The street tree species selected are good and notes and diagrams are correct.
• Tim Buchanan will be at the utility coordination meeting next
If you have any questions feel free to contact me.
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the LUC specifies that fences along arterial streets shall be made visually interesting
and shall avoid creating a "tunnel" effect by integrating architectural elements such as
brick or stone columns, incorporating articulation into the design, varying the
alignment or setback of the fence, softening the appearance of fence lines with
plantings or similar techniques. Long sections of this fence should be visually broken
up by providing recessed and protruding sections of fence. Plantings should be
provided in the recessed areas along the fence. Brick columns should be spaced
along this fence at key locations for emphasis
• Section 3.8.11(1) also states that in no instance shall a fence or wall be opaque for
r: more than 50 feet for every 75 feet of length, or proportion therof. Split rail fencing
will satisfy this requirement. Another option that would satisfy this requirement
would be a fence up to 6' high, but the top 2 feet build non -opaque.
• We recommend that your restrictive covenants should prohibit the folks who have
lots backing on to Drake to dump grass clippings over their fence into the open space
tract.
• There is still a label for "Colorado Drive" above Tract F in the site plans.
• The landscape plan shows a tree on top of the sanitary sewer line for 30 on Des
Moines Drive.
• The curb radii of the driveways going into the neighborhood center seem to be
excessive. Check to see if they meet the engineering standards, and if they don't, we
would require that the radii be reduced to at least meet the standard. It is
recommended, however, that a tighter radii should be used to lessen the conflict
between automobiles and pedestrians crossing the drive cuts.
• The memo entitled "administrative interpretation #2-99 pertaining to the submittal
requirement of building elevations for Type 1 projects in the LMN zoning districts"
that you received, explained the process by which the dispursed multifamily lots will
be allowed to have a minimal level of detail at this submittal by specifying how and
when the architectural elevations are to be submitted and reviewed at a later time.
The "administrative interpretation" memo explains that as a
requirement for final compliance, a note shall be placed on both the
plat and the site plan. This note currently only specifies that
multifamily elevations are to be submitted for review before the
building permit is granted, but should be revised to include utility and
site plans as well.
A revised version of this "administrative interpretation" memo will be
worked out by staff, and a copy will be provided to you when
fmalized. The purpose of this update is to include the provision of site
and utility plans (of the multifamily lots) for review at the time that,
multifamily elevations are reviewed.
Natural Resources:
• Detention ponds along the canal as well as the large detention pond should be
designed like the ponds between Limon Drive and Custer Drive (a more naturalistic
shoreline).
• Add the native grass blend to the landscape plan for approval by the Natural
Resources Department.
Commu_ _,y Planning and Environmental evices
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS
Vaughn Furness
.. Jim Sell Design
153 W. Mountain Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80524
June 30, 1999
Staff has reviewed the latest submittal of the Rigden Farms PDP. The following
departments received copies of your submittal, and would like to offer the following
comments:
COMMENTS:
Traffic Operations:
• Traffic Study is OK.
• The median in Rigden Parkway at the intersection of Drake should be redesigned or
eliminated. (See redlined plan sheet 3 of 6)
• The nose of the median in Custer Drive at Timberline should be brought forward to
extend closer to Timberline. (See redlined plan sheet 3 of 6)
Stormwater:
• Please see the attached comments and.redlined materials from the Stormwater
Department.
Engineering:
• Please see the attached comments and redlined materials from the Engineering
Department.
Transportation:
• Drake is shown at 31' to accommodate the new bike lanes. Kathleen Reavis explains
that no dimensions had been agreed upon in previous negotiations on this issue. She
thinks the road should be 36' wide.
• Please call Kathleen Reavis at 224-6140 if you have any Transportation questions.
• I'm still waiting on written comments from Transportation, and will forward them on
as soon as I get them (She thinks she'll have them ready by Friday).
Planning:
• We need some way to ensure that the fences for the lots that back up to Drake to
comply to the LUC Section 3.8.11 Fences and Walls. Provide a detail of the
proposed fence, and label it on the site and/or landscape plan. Section 3.8.11(1) of
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