HomeMy WebLinkAboutHARMONY TECHNOLOGY PARK-CELESTICA - ODP - 12-97 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESStatement of Planning Objectives
The Harmony Technology Park Overall Development Plan achieves several principals and policies of the
City Plan. Located within the Harmony Corridor Zone District, the project utilizes well -managed land
use planning practices within the previously master planned Harmony Corridor. The project will develop
within the standards and guidelines of the plan and will continue the District's vision to provide industry
and a strengthened economic base while remaining compatible with community values.
The Harmony Technology Park property is currently within the Fort Collins City Limits. The land uses
proposed in the Harmony Technology Park Overall Development Plan are all permitted uses within the
H-C District. The project will include office and manufacturing facilities. It will also allow for the
inclusion of convenience retail and associated service related businesses that will support operation of
the office and manufacturing facilities. The existing `Harmony House' structure will remain and be
incorporated into the overall plan. The site will be developed in phases concurrent with provision of site
utilities and the requirements of the potential Harmony Technology Park tenants. Phase One is estimated
to develop 150,000 s.f. gross floor area and 315 employees. The entire Harmony Technology Park site
may reach a build -out of approximately 2.36 million s.f. gross floor area and 4950 employees.
Addressing the entire site in the Overall Development Plan allows for a comprehensive development
layout which will integrate the various parcels and utilities into a cohesive plan.
The development of the Harmony Technology Park property will incorporate improvements to Harmony
Road and County Road 9 providing a vital link in the pedestrian and bicycle connections along the
Harmony Corridor. Since the City of Fort Collins plans `Enhanced Transit' for the Harmony Corridor, a
transit facility and shelter may be provided as a part of this development.
An 80' landscaped buffer conforming with the Harmony Corridor Plan will be included and will provide
a continued link in the overall vision of the `Harmony Oaks' landscape design concept. The buffer area
will provide screening from parking areas by incorporating berming and planting with an integrated
pedestrian recreation trail. Appropriate landscape buffering will also be incorporated along County Road
9 to provide screening from any interior site parking.
The site generally slopes from northwest to southeast. Stormwater runoff will be conveyed by means of
grass -lined drainage swales in landscaped areas where possible to allow greater infiltration, slower runoff
rates, and reduced overall runoff volumes. Stormwater will be conveyed by this method or along interior
streets in a northwest to southeast direction. Interim detention will occur within each development
parcel. Site outfall will occur near the historic low point of the property near the southeast property
corner.
Harmony Technology Park
May 15, 1997