HomeMy WebLinkAboutMASON STREET MOTEL - PDP/FDP - 7-98 - CORRESPONDENCE - (5)28. Cross access connections and easements should be explored and connect to
adjacent development to the north.
29. Coordinate all easements, open areas, street, sidewalk and pedestrian
crossings, infrastructure through out the development with Natural Resources, .
Stormwater, Traffic Operations, Engineering, Transportation Planning Services
and other affected departments and outside reviewing agencies. All
infrastructure provisions need to'be met and are to be in compliance with the
Land Use Code. Please call to set up a meeting if necessary.
30. All certification blocks on the project development plan shall be consistent with
language as required by the City of Fort Collins Development Manual.
31. Return all redlined documents with plan revisions, including redlined plans with
Current Planning comments.
Prior to formal re -submittal, it is pertinent that City staff meets with you and your team to
discuss issues relating to the plans. Additional comments will be forthcoming as they ..
are reviewed and received from City departments and from outside reviewing agencies.
Please provide at written response to each of the above comments with the submittal of
plan revisions. Please return all drawings and reports redlined by City staff with
submission of your revisions that are clearly dated and labeled as revised plans°:Please
see the attached Revisions Routing Sheet for the number of copies of revisions to
submit. To facilitate the complete re -submittal of the application with supplemental
materials, please have your project manager contact Ginger Dodge and/or Voneen
Macklin of the Current Planning Department. at 970.221.6750.
Please contact me at 970.221.6750 and/or e-mail: rfuchs6Dci.fort-collins.co.us if you
should have any questions or concerns related to these comments.
Sincerely,
Ronald G. Fuchs
City Planner
cc: Current Planning File #7-98
Engineering'
Natural Resources
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provide a mix of material for year round interest and mix of forms and shapes,
such as, evergreen trees and shrubs for winter months, ornamental trees
(including deciduous shrubs) for seasonal variety.
18. Per LUC Section 3.2.1(D)(2) street trees shall be placed at thirty-foot to forty -foot
spacing intervals. The trees shall be placed at least eight (8) feet away from the
edges of driveways and alleys, and forty feet (shade trees)/fifteen feet
(ornamental trees) (LUC 3.2.1(K) from any street light.
19. Please note Section 3.2.1(D)(1)(c), as it relates to full tree stocking requirements,
this section requires the addition of trees (with tree grates if within a sidewalk)
within high use or high visibility sides of a structure, including that portion facing
Mason Street. "Full tree stocking" is required along all high visibility facades.
20. The trash enclosures need to incorporate recycling. It is not clear to staff if this
need is met. Hence, scaled design elevations for all trash enclosures need to be
submitted to insure compliance. Section 3.5.1(J)(1) and (2) require that no trash
enclosure be located within twenty (20) feet of any public street, public sidewalk
or internal pedestrian way and screened with vegetative landscaping.
21. Provide a detail for all fence designs, all fences and walls need to meet LUC
Section 3.8.11.
22. Section 3.5.1(J) (2)&(3) require that utility meters, HVAC equipment, vaults,
irrigation boxes, transformers, and other utility service functions (such as
conduits, and vents) shall be located and screened so that the visual and
acoustic -impacts of these functions are fully contained and out of view of the
adjacent properties and public streets. Please provide a sketch of the building
complete with all of the utility elements and the proposed screening so it can be
determined whether or -not these requirements are being met. There is currently
not enough information provided to make this determination.
.23. The 12 feet wide easement for future transit corridor connection seems to have
been de-emphasized and needs to be enhanced with a concrete pathway
designed and improved to City standards. This walkway is a very important link
to the surrounding area, and must meet all access and circulation provisions of
the Land Use Code.
24. The proposed plan does not comply with Land Use Code Section
3.2.2(C)(1)Safety Considerations (a) and (b) requiring pedestrian separation from
vehicles and bicycles to the maximum extent feasible. The functional integrity of
the walkway needs to be enhanced. Per Sections 3.2.2(A) — (F) the proposed
project development plan has not sufficiently demonstrated. an interrelation of
pedestrian, vehicular and bicycle circulation ways and how the developments
plan contribute to a cohesive, continuous and functional link within the
surrounding area and integration of pedestrian/vehicular separation through the
parking lot from the north entrance.
25. The cross-reference notes, legends and site/landscape layout should be in sync
throughout the plan. For example, sheet 2 of 6 references the property to the
north as Harms Sound Lab and sheet 5 of 6 references the same property as the
Salvation Army. Further, the Context Plan and Photometric Plan have a differing
parking area layout as opposed to the Site and Landscape Plans. Please revise.,
26. Provide a detailed lighting plan (spec. sheet for all lighting fixtures) insuring that
all lighting apparatuses are shielded down, which meets Sections 3.2.2 and
3.2.4(A) — (D).
27. After revising the site/landscape, please make sure the minimum species
diversity is provided in accordance with Section 3.2.1(D)(3) of the Land Use
Code.
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12. The plan sets need to include the exact building envelope/footprint dimensions
and distance to nearest platted property lines as required by the City of Fort
Collins Development Manual.
13. Street improvements including the width of bike lanes, sidewalks and all
pathways need to be shown on the project development plan sets.
14. The plan sets need to show all drive widths, typical parking, landscape widths.
15. Address all visual clearance and sight distance triangle areas per Section
3.2.1(L) of the Land Use Code, they have not been shown.
16. The following comments apply to the architectural design of the buildings:
a. Section 3.5.1(A)-(H) requires a building to achieve a compatible design
characteristic. To improve the architectural massing and scale of the
structures, revisions to the submitted elevation are needed and/or clarified.
Please see the attached redlined architectural elevations, as the entrance
features (canopies?) are not clearly identified as to materials, purposes and
colors.
b. Section 3.5.1(F)(3)(c) requires that windows must be placed to visually
establish human scale and proportion and must be individually defined with
detail elements such as frames, sills and lintels. It appears that the window
types and placements that you have proposed may not meet these
requirements.
c. The door proposed on the south elevations does not have sufficient aesthetic
articulation. Please incorporate the door into the fagade treatment elements
including such details as whether they are glass, wood and/or metal.
d.. Does the entire. structure incorporate gutters, please show and identify all
down spouts.
e. The color schemes for the elevation noted accent stucco but were not
identified on the building's elevation. Please note all elevation design
elements.
f. Please provide all details for those areas with lattice screening, such as
material, color and et cetera.
g. Please note all typical building materials on the proposed elevations.
h. Please indicate on the elevations the height of the ridgelines, eaves, et
cetera.
i. All signs will require an additional sign permit outside this comment review.
And should be removed from the buildings elevations.
17. Please note LUC Section 3.2.1(E)(4) Parking Lot Perimeter Landscaping (a) and
(b) address the need to screen parking areas with the a plan clearly identifying
the extent and location of all plant material and landscape features.
a. Section 3.2.1(E)(4)(a) of the LUC requires that trees be planted every 25'
between parking lots and the street, and every 40' between parking lots and
interior lot lines. Upon review of the landscape plan, sheet 2 of 6, the
landscape areas between the curb and property line, the side property lines
and areas between the property line and parking areas have not satisfied this
requirement.
b. Please note LUC Section 3.2.1(E)(4) Parking Lot Perimeter Landscaping (b)
screening addresses the. need to screen parking areas. The proposed
parking lot landscape plan on sheet 2 of 6 has not met this standard and
needs to be revised to meet the Land Use Code. The areas between the
property lines and parking areas have not satisfied this requirement.
Screening from residential uses shall consist of a fence or wall six (6) feet in
height in combination with plant material. The landscape intent should be to
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N. Park Plahning;
O. Light & Power;
P. Natural Resources; and,
Q. Current Planning;
The following comments are from the Current Planning Department:
1. Section 2.2.11 of the Land Use Code requires that.an applicant submit revisions
based on this letter within 90 days or the project application becomes null and
void. Your response to the City's concerns is due by October 4, 2000. A 30-day
extension to this deadline is available. Request for an extension should be
directed to the Current Planning Director. If remaining issues are those that do
not require plan revisions, a status report verifying continuing efforts toward
resolving the issues is required within the same timeline.
2. Contact the Natural Resource Department to set a meeting to discuss wetland
mitigation options. Prior to any additional review of the project, documentation
needs to be submitted ensuring proof of compliance with all Federal Regulations
including Army Corp of Engineers assurances of allowing the project to proceed.
Please contact Kim Kreimeyer at 970.221.6641.
3. Please clean the layers on sheets 1 of 6 2 of 6 and 6 of 6. Please note the plans
provided to the Current Planning Department are very hard to read/comprehend
since notes and designations tend to be blurred in numerous areas. In addition,
a separate sheet and/or diagram needs to be utilized to illustrate the building's
shadow line.
4. To review the preliminary site plan, as submitted, requires that a subdivision plat
be submitted meeting Land Use Code Division 3.3. The plat must conform to all
subdivision requirements of the City and shall contain proper designations for
public streets, easements, floodplains, floodways with base flood elevations if
applicable, and allotherpublic rights -of -way required by the project development
plan. (see Engineering Comments)
5. All plans and drawings must be scaled/detailed and are to be compatible with the
overall development based upon Land Use Code standards.
6. A revised narrative and possible diagrams is needed and should include a
clarification of wetlands and natural areas on site and in the general vicinity of the
project as required by the submittal requirements of the City of Fort Collins
Development Manual.
7. Delineate all property line setbacks for all proposed and existing structures and
improvements, Mason Street right-of-way width and improvements, private drive
widths, and sidewalk widths on all plans as required by the submittal
requirements of the City of Fort Collins Development Manual.
8. The plan set needs to include total land area and location and amount of open
space as required by the City of Fort Collins Development Manual.
9. The plan set needs to include the following information as required by the City of
Fort Collins Development Manual listing the proposed coverage of buildings and
structures, including the following:
(i) Percentage and square footage of wetlands and landscaped area.
(ii) Percentage and square footage of "active recreational use" area.
10. The plan set needs to include permanent and temporary drainage courses and
structures.
11. Existing and surrounding zoning shall be shown as required by the City of Fort.
Collins Development Manual.
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Comm '.ty Planning and Environmenta-
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
July 6, 2000
Mr. Ric Hattman
Hattman & Associates
145 West Swallow Road
Fort Collins, CO 80522
!rvices
RE: Staff review comments for Mason Street Centre Motel - Project Development Plan
Dear Mr. Hattman,,
This letter is in response to plans for the Mason Street Motel — Project Development
Plan (Current Planning File #7-98 —Type 1 Review) submitted on June 12, 2000.
Please note that staff reviewed your plans and the Planning Department routed a
request for comments to several public agencies and various City departments. This
development -proposal is subject to and shall comply with all requirements set forth in the
City's Land Use Code (LUC), specifically: Articles 2. Administration (Development
Review Procedures); Article 3. General Development Standards; Article 4. [Zoning]
District; and, the City of Fort Collins Development Manual.
The City of Fort Collins Land Use Code (LUC) requires that throughout all land use
proceedings, the burden to comply with all applicable standards rest with the applicant.
After reviewing materials submitted by the applicant, staff finds that revisions including
various levels of re -design to the submitted plans dated May 29, 1998 and May 29, 2000
are warranted to meet the Land Use Code.
The following lists the agencies and departments that responded and their comments
are attached:
A. Engineering Pavement;
B. Transfort;
C., Engineering;
D. Poudre Fire Authority;
E. Transportation Planning;
F. Water & Wastewater;
G: Stormwater Utility;
H. Forestry;
I. AT&T Digital;
J. Post Office;
K. Water Conservation;
L. Streets;
M. Zoning;
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