HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRPA EXISTING POLE, WTE (NEXTEL) - PDP - 52-98 - CORRESPONDENCE -This concludes Staff comments at this time. As always, please call if you have any
questions or concerns regarding these comments or to set up a meeting with the
appropriate Staff. We will need six sets of revised plans.
Sincerely:
Ted Shepard
Senior Planner
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4. Please indicate the type and height of the new fence. While the plans indicate the
fence "to match (E)," it is not clear what is the specification of the existing fence.
Please be aware that the Code prohibits a fence of greater than six feet and the use
of barb wire. The fence must be of a solid material. Chainlink (either with or
without slats) is not allowed.
5. The cover sheet should include a vicinity map of the general neighborhood that
extends at least one mile in all directions and includes street names and major
public facilities such as Fort Collins High School and Collindale Golf Course.
6. The cover sheet should include a City Approval signature block. An example is
enclosed.
7. Please delete the "Nextel — Internal Approvals" block.
8. The "Landlord Acknowledgement" block should be changed to "Owner's
Certification." An example is enclosed. Be sure that there is a notary block,
including address, for the ownership signature.
9. Please provide dimensions for the new 11 x 21 Nextel ground building.
10. The pole should be specified to be painted a light brown/beige. The only
monopole to be approved under the current ordinance (southeast corner of South
College Avenue and Harmony Road) was specified to be a "palette tan" which
was a manufacturer's color chip. This particular color was selected because is
closely matched the background building. Please provide a range of medium
brown color chips that we can review for selection. An unpainted galvanized pole
will not be allowed.
11. Since the height of the pole exceeds the distance to the nearest property line, data
must be provided indicating that the pole has the ability to collapse upon itself and
not topple onto adjacent properties.
12. Landscaping should be upgraded to include two additional Austrian Pine along
the west side of the Lease Parcel. Please correct the specification for these
Austrian Pines to be "Six Feet In Height," rather than 2" in caliper.
13. Please add the standard evergreen tree planting detail and landscape notes to the
plans (see attached). If the trees are to be irrigated rather than watered, then
please modify the first note accordingly.
14. The landscaping data should be on a separate sheet. Please label the sheets one of
three, two of three, etc. Be sure to adjust the "Drawing Index" accordingly.
15. Please indicate the direction of view under the "Photo Description — Existing
Conditions."
Comn 'ty Planning and Environment4 2rvices
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
November 24, 1998
Mr. Justin Robinson
Nextel
4643 S. Ulster Street, Suite 500
Denver, CO 80237
VIA FACSIMILE: 303-714-8504
Dear Justin:
Staff has reviewed the request for co -locating wireless telecommunications equipment on
a replacement pole at Platte River Power Authority at the northwest corner of Timberline
and Horsetooth Roads. The following comments are offered:
1. In the title in the upper left corner of sheet one, please make it clear what is being
requested. The title, "Harmony," is ambiguous and misleading in that the site is
one mile north of Harmony Road. (Please be aware that we have three existing
and one proposed wireless telecommunications equipment installations on or
close to Harmony Road.) The title also does not indicate that there would be six
new AT&T antennas (see following comment). I suggest the following title be
used:
"Wireless Telecommunications Equipment
Platte River Power Authority — Nextel and AT&T
Co -location on a Replacement Communications Pole
2000 East Horsetooth Road."
2. The proposed replacement pole indicates an increase in the number of antennas
for AT&T from six to twelve. This will require an amended joint application with
AT&T that indicates this proposed increase. Enclosed is a new blank application
form for AT&T. Please contact P.R.P.A. and AT&T to amend the application and
the plans accordingly. Be sure to amend the "Project Description."
3. Platte River Power Authority is subject to an approved P.U.D. (Planned Unit
Development). The re -location of the new pole and the construction of new
ground based equipment will trigger a Minor Amendment to the P.U.D. This
process simply requires two redlined drawings of the approved P.U.D. Site Plan.
A fee of $168 is charged. The approved P.U.D. Site Plan is on record with our
Mapping and Drafting Department as #P-27, 830.
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