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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMASON STREET MOTEL - PDP/FDP - 7-98 - CORRESPONDENCE - REVISIONS (3)Commur''y Planning and Environmental r- -vices Current Punning City of Fort Collins March 10, 1998 Ric Hattman Hattman Associates 145 W. Swallow Fort Collins, CO 80525 T XED 3/10AS Ric, The following comments were received from the City Forester: - 1. The City Forester suggests that species changes be made for the Lanceleaf Cottonwood (gets huge); the Narrowleaf Cottonwood (serious problem with root suckers); and the Laurel Leaf Willow. = -2. Per. Section 3.2.1[E][2][d]-of the Land Use.Code, foundation plantings are required along high use/Visibility walls. Please add foundation plantings along the east wall of the building. 4. Per Section 3.2.1 [D][2] of.the Land Use Code, street trees.should be located in the parkway between the sidewalk and curb. The parkway width must be 7.5 feet wide on collectors based on the new street standards. Lawn should be noted in the parkway strip. rJUjAt_K Cottonwood is not an approved street tree species (see two "street trees north of the southeast property comer). 5. Please add the following sentence to Landscape Note #6: "Tree/utility separation requirements shall not be used as a means of avoiding the planting of street trees as per Section 3.2.1 [K] of the Land Use Code." Please contact me at 221-6206 if you have any questions or concerns related to these comments. Sincerely, Michael Ludwig, A CP City Planner 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 • FAX (970) 416-2020 k. ROOF TOP UNITS — No roof top units exist. What is visible are wall louvers that are painted to match the adjacent wall elements. The Elevations have been revised to clarify these elements. 1. PLAT — There was a communication error between the Engineers, Owner, and myself. There is not a requirement for replatting of the property so no replat is provided. The Planning Objectives are not correct in this area. M. PDP — It is understood that this submission is for a PDP. 10. Engineering comments are addressed by the Civil Engineer. 11. Storm Drainage comments are addressed in new engineering reports. 12. Water and Wastewater comments are addressed by the Civil Engineer. 13. Transportation comments call for the revision of the Context Plan, which are provided. The changes requested for the Transportation Study were reviewed and addressed separately by Eugene Cappola and separately and directly returned to the Transportation Department. Thank you for your time in reviewing these plans. We hope that we have addressed all of your comments to your satisfaction and that we can work to moving the project forward at this time. Sincerely; Fredric Hattman on the Land Use Schedule and indicates that Landscaping within the parking lots totals at least 6.9% of the parking area. C. FOUNDATION PLANTING — With the additional area of land between the building and the adjacent sidewalks as required above in item a., space was provided and landscaping in the form of shrubs, ground covers, and flowering plants as required by the code. d. SITE AMENITIES — Benches have been added along the pedestrian spine that connects the building with the public sidewalk and the future multi -modal corridor to be constructed to the west of the property. Along with the benches Ballard lights have been added to this walkway to provide illumination at a pedestrian scale during the evenings. e. PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING — Ballard lights have been added to illuminate the sidewalk on the north side of the building. f. MULTI -MODAL PATH — The developer is providing a direct connection from the future multi -modal corridor and the public street. This pathway is one and the same with the sidewalk system provided for the building. This walkway will be maintained and installed with the project rather than in the future. We believe that it is better to have one path for the ease of use by the patrons of the side who will most probably be unfamiliar with Ft. Collins and the system. We believe that it is safer for both patrons and those passing through the property to use the one path especially in this litigation happy society, Corporate Names are easy targets and legal councils warns against a dual system that may not be able to be monitored by the staff as well. The plus we see for one pathway is that the amenities and the lighting that we are providing in the previous comments can be better utilized by all. The code calls for the connection. We are providing but are not placing it within a dedicated easement because it serves the property as well. I believe that the code wording of this item has been revised changing the requirements for this multi -modal corridor. g. SITE LIGHTING — The site lighting has been revised to meet the current lighting requirements of the City. h. BUILDING SHADOW — A shadow study is provided demonstrating the extent of the shadows at eight o'clock in the morning, noon, and four o'clock in the afternoon and at the equinoxes and solstices. i. COLORS — A color board is provided with this submittal. j. MECHANICAL COMPONENTS — The location of the electrical transformer, gas meter, and electrical cabinet one the site plan. All of these elements are blocked from view of the public R.O.W. by the building. The air handing units for the building are located in the attic space and are concealed from view. This is the same for mechanical flues. Individual mechanical units for the rooms are interior to the space and have wall louvers. A continuous lattice that runs vertical as an element where these items are stacked in elevation screens these wall louvers. 3. BUILDING INSPECTION a. ACCESSIBLITY — The property will meet the grading criteria as determined by the UBC and the ANSI codes definition for accessibility. The accessible routes have been verified. Marking by signage as per the code is only required if all routes from the building are not accessible. b. ENERGY CODE — The building will conform to the Ft. Collins Residential Energy Code as noted. C. BUILDING CODE — The building will be constructed to the current adopted UBC codes with City modifications as well as the Current NEC. 4. NATURAL RESOURCES a. WETLANDS — The Corps of Engineers has reviewed the Site Plan and the Landscape Plan, reviewed the Wetlands Study, and visited the site. Their letter of approval to develop the site in accordance to the plans as submitted was formally granted when we submitted the plans for review. I am including copies of our approval letter. I have renewed our correspondence regarding our plans since the original approval has expired. Their initial approval notes that they do not determine this area to be of major significance. We are providing areas of mitigation on site and are limiting the total area of filling to approximately 0.7 acres while maintaining and reestablishing 0.2 acres as wetlands. Currently 0.2 acres of the property is not part of the wetlands area. The existence of wetlands type ecology is not deputed with this application. What we are noting is that significant areas of this wetland have been filled by all of the adjacent property owners as well as the City of Fort Collins in constructing Mason Street through this area. The only portion of the wetlands remaining is on this property —The sources of the water are now off site flows from streets, development and parking areas. The quality if said water to this wetland and the relative value of this area as a wetland is questioned. There is no significant vegetation, stand of trees, significant size of the wetlands, or significant vistas of eastetic quality present on this site. We are requesting that mitigation of this wetland be provided in the form of preservation funding for wetland areas within or adjacent to the City found to be endangered and in need of funding to preserve. 5. CURENT PLANNING a. TREES REQUIRED AS PER CODE — The setback of the building from the sidewalk was increased as required on the east, west and north sides of the building. This distance was increased to the depth noted in the code. Landscaping and tree treatment was added to meet the code requirement. b. PARKING LOT LANDSCAPING — The note in the Planning Objectives noting five percent was a typographic error. It was intended to note compliance with the six- percent code requirement. This is noted May 25, 2000 Steve Olt Senior Planner City of Ft. Collins 281 N. College Ave Ft. Collins, CO 80524 RE: MASON STREET MOTEL PDP Dear Steve; HATTMAN ASSOCIATES Architecture & Planning 145 W. Swallow Road * Ft. Collins, CO 80525 970. 223 . 7335 * * * Fax 970. 223 . 0511 I am addressing this to you for it will probably be you or Ted who will assign a Planner for this project. In a letter that I received from Bob prior to his departure it was indicated that I would need to submit revisions for this project by June 10 to continue the process. You may be aware that for some time there has been an impasse regarding this project and the Storm Drainage Department. Their concerns had to due with the potential flooding of this site during a 100-year storm occurrence. After may hours of discussions and many drainage models for the basin being run it was determined that they would remove the stumbling blocks from their portion of the review process which was stopping the project from progressing. Since this item has been resolved we can now submit the revisions to the project. I hope that you find our responses to your satisfaction. I will be answering the comments that we received on the project dated March 3, 1998. This report was prepared by Mike Ludwig. I will briefly state the concern from his letter and how the project now addresses this concern. US WEST a. SERVICE - We understand the terms that service will be provided and that facilities may or may not be available. b. UTILITY CONSTRUCTION - The owner will provide all conduits, excavations and cabling as required by the utility to obtain service. This work will be provided from the pedestal to the interior phone distribution center. C. RELOCATION - The owner understands that if existing utility services need to be relocated that are within an existing easement due to this plan, then this work will be the responsibility of the owner. 2. POUDRE FIRE AUTHORITY a. FIRE SUPPRESSION — The building will be equipped with a fully automatic fire suppression system. b. FIRE HYDRANTS — Adequate fire flows are available at this location. The fire hydrants adjacent to the site are shown on the plan. The building is within the three hundred foot limitation.