HomeMy WebLinkAboutFORT COLLINS LOVELAND WATER DISTRICT - PDP - 23-98 - CORRESPONDENCE -This concludes Staff comments at this time. Please feel free to call if you have any
questions or concerns about these comments, or to set up a meeting with the
appropriate Staff to discuss the issues in depth.
Sincerely:
Ted Shepard
Senior Planner
15. Will mechanical equipment be ground -mounted or roof -mounted? How will this
equipment be screened? Please note that the Code requires that all rooftop
mechanical equipment shall be screened from public view from both above and
below by integrating it into building and roof design to the maximum extent
feasible (Section 3.5.1 (J) (5) in Article Three, page 80.)
16. Please coordinate with Light and Power on the location of the electrical
transformer and indicate the location on the site and landscape plan. The
transformer should not be located along Snead Drive, but, rather internal to the
site. The detached walk, street trees and the "build -to" line are all designed to
promote an attractive urban streetscape. Placing the transformer between the
building and Snead Drive would defeat this purpose. The transformer must be
accessible (ten feet) by hard surface from one side only for emergency change -
out by a boom truck. The transformer must be screened with landscaping or by
a solid enclosure meeting the clearance specifications of Light and Power.
17. The wall around the material yard scales eight feet in height. This exceeds the
maximum allowable height of six feet. Please refer to Section 3.8.11 (3) (c)
Fences and Walls, in Article Three, page 149.
18. Please describe the surface of the storage yard. Is this area asphalt or gravel?
If this area will be used to store vehicles, then the parking lot standards shall
apply. Please refer to Section 3.2.2 (D) (3) (d) in Article Three, page 26 which
requires hard surface for vehicular use areas.
19. Staff is concerned about the impact of the blank wall on the future residential
area to the east. The Code requires that landscaping and building elements
shall be used to screen areas of low visual interest or visually intrusive site
elements (such as blank walls) from off -site view. Please refer to Section 3.2.1
(E) (6) in Article Three, page 13. Therefore, additional plant material will be
needed on the north and east side of the storage yard fence.
20. Staff is concerned about the southern bay of parking faces a residential area.
The Code requires that parking lots with six or more spaces shall be screened
from adjacent uses. Screening from residential uses shall consist of a fence or
wall six feet in height in combination with plant material and of sufficient opacity
to block at least 75% of light from vehicle headlights. Please refer to Section
3.2.1 (E) (4) (b) in Article Three, page 10.
21. On the site plan, please show building envelope dimensions and distance to
property lines.
22. Comments from Engineering and other Utilities are attached under separate
cover.
6. The "Drainage and Access" easement should be re -named to called the
"Drainage, Access and Utility Easement."
7. Public Service Company cautions that trees along Snead Drive should be kept a
minimum of four feet from the gas line.
8. The amount of pavement associated with the drop-off box is excessive. The
traffic impact study indicates that only 17 drop-off customers are expected per
day. Staff is concerned that over 200 feet of drive, with 12 feet of width, (2,400
square feet) is devoted to the convenience of only 17 customers. (The money
funding this drive would buy a lot of prepaid postage for return envelopes.) It is
suggested that this drop-off function be deleted thereby reducing the storm
drainage impact and helping comply with the" build -to" requirement as
mentioned above.
9. The northerly driveway should be shifted to the north to align with the existing
curb cut across the street.
10. Accessible exterior wheelchair routes and parking facilities shall be provided in
accordance with the U.B.C. Chapter 11, Appendix Chapter 11, Division I, and
the American National Standards Institute Publication Al 17.1 -1992 titled
Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities. Accessible parking spaces are
eight feet wide with a five feet wide adjacent access aisle. Slopes for parking
and access aisles shall not exceed 1:50 in any direction.
11. Buildings shall be designed to comply with the Fort Collins Energy Codes. The
non-residential code is based on ASHRAE/IES (American Society of Heating,
Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers/Illuminating Engineering Society)
90.1-1989.
12. Since the building area exceeds 5,000 square feet in area, it must be equipped
with an automatic fire extinguishing system.
13. U.S. West cautions that the owner is responsible for provision of all conduit and
street crossings for telephone facilities within the project. The owner also
provides terminal room space (usually 8' x 4') and power for the telephone
terminal. Contact Susan Peterson, U.S. West Engineer, 224-7473 for conduit.
specifications for the telephone entrance cable. Also, please be aware that any
relocation of existing telephone facilities will be at the owner's expense.
14. The Land Use Code requires that the building facade have a recognizable
"top"consisting of cornice treatments, other than just colored "stripes" or
"bands,"with integrally textured materials such as stone or other masonry or
differently colored materials or sloping roof with overhangs and brackets, or
stepped parapets (Section 3.5.3 (D) (6) (b) in Article Three, page 88.)
Comm ty Planning and Environmenta. 2rvices
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
Linda Ripley
V-F Ripley Associates
1113 Stoney Hill Drive
Fort Collins, CO 80525
May 22, 1998
Staff has reviewed the request for the Fort Collins/Loveland Water District Project
Development Plan, and offers the following comments:
1. The City Traffic Operations Engineer has asked that the potential extension of
Snead Drive to Fossil Creek Parkway be re-examined. There is a concern that
Werner School traffic, which now uses the cut-off directly south of the Design
Center, will now cut through the FCLWD parking lot and use Fossil Ridge Drive.
This will impact the homes on Fossil Ridge Drive. A discussion regarding this
possible extension should take place among all the interested parties.
2. A detached sidewalk is needed along Snead Drive. Walk should be 4.5 feet in
width and separated from the curb by at least six feet. Street trees should be
planted in the parkway strip on 40 foot centers.
3. The City Code requires that public streets terminate in a turnaround, or cul-de-
sac, rather than feed into a private parking lot. The Code states:
0... no dead-end streets shall be permitted except in cases where such
streets are designed to connect with future streets on adjacent land, in
which case a temporary turnaround easement at the end of the street with
a diameter of at least 80 feet must be provided. Such turnaround
easement shall not be required if no lots in the subdivision are dependent
upon such street for access."
4. The Land Use Code requires that buildings shall be located no more than 15
feet from the right-of-way of an adjoining street if the street is smaller than a full
arterial or has on -street parking. Please refer to Code section 3.5.3 (B) (2) (b) in
Article Three, page 84. Consequently, the building should be shifted to the
west. This will impact the proposed drive-thru lane for the utility bill drop box as
further discussed below.
5. The Drainage Plan indicates offsite grading on the southwest corner of the
property. An easement must be obtained from this property owner. This
easement must be in hand prior to the administrative hearing.
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