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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHARMONY TECH. PARK 2ND AMENDED ODP - 12-97E - CORRESPONDENCE -21. An amendment to the Harmony Road A -line may be needed. This process is governed by CDOT with City assistance. 22. Utility Plans will be needed at the time of submittal. A Development Agreement will be required prior to recording final documents. A Development Construction Permit will be required prior to beginning site work. For further information, please contact Marc Virata, 221-6605. 23. The construction phase will require a Fugitive Dust Permit from the Larimer County Health Department if the property is under construction for over a certain time period . Also, trash enclosures should be sized to accommodate various containers for recycling. A single trash hauler should be used. An Ecological Characterization Study will not be needed. For further information on natural resource issues, please contact Doug Moore, at 221-6750. 24. For an estimate of the Capital Improvement Expansion Fee, payable at the time of building permit issuance, please contact the Building Inspection Division, 221- 6760. This fee is adjusted annually. 25. The architectural character of the buildings must conform to the standards in Section 3.5.1 and 3.5.3 of the Land Use Code. Please note that the building must include a recognizable base, middle and top. Please be aware that if the buildings feature flat roofs, a parapet. or cornice will be required to comply with this standard. 26. Existing trees should be preserved. Signage should be strategically placed to avoid conflicts with the foliage of the trees. v and drainage patterns. The report and grading plan must be prepared by a professional engineer registered in Colorado. For water quality, extended detention is the recommended method to treat the runoff and is required for redevelopment of a site. This is a 40-hour sedimentation pond. Other acceptable methods may be found in Volume Three of the materials published by the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District. 13. One-half of the site drains north and one-half drains south. For the northern one- half, stormwater flows into the barrow ditch along Harmony Road. This water ultimately flows into the Fossil Creek Inlet Ditch. Erosion control structures, and possibly ditch improvements, will be needed for draining into this outfall. For the southern one-half, there are storm sewer outlets in Rock Creek Drive which is an approved public outfall for this site. Detention pond volume must be designed for the 100-year storm. According to the master drainage plan, the maximum allowable release rate from the detention ponds is .5 cubic feet per second. For further information, please contact Basil Harridan, 221-6700. 14. Please contact Matt Baker, 221-6605, to determine the Street Oversizing Fee and the Larimer County Road Fee. " These fees are based on square footage, land use and trip generation. Fees are adjusted annually and due at the time of building permit issuance. 15. There will need to be a nine -foot utility easement dedicated behind the right of way along Cambridge and any other local public street. 16. Upon completion of the enclave annexation, Staff will initiate a street name change for Cambridge Avenue as this is a duplicate name. Since it is a collector, the name can only be selected from the official list that has been adopted by City Council. 17. The east -west street through the center may need to be public as it serves multiple parcels and buildings. 18. Harmony/Cambridge intersection is eligible for a traffic signal in accordance with the Access Control Plan. 19. The project will be responsible for constructing street improvements along all abutting public streets, including Cinquefoil. In addition, the Harmony/Cinquefoil intersection will need to be improved. 20. An eastbound deceleration lane will be needed along Harmony Road for the Cinquefoil intersection. Cinquefoil cannot be blocked during construction as it serves as the second point of emergency access for the Brookfield/Morningside residential development. W 5. If any Modifications of Standards are needed, then the request must be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Board either as a stand-alone Modification or in conjunction with the Project Development Plan (P.D.P). 6. Bike racks must be provided near the entrance. Handicap parking spaces would be required, one of which must be van -accessible. Foundation shrubs around the buildings are required. Signs are reviewed separately by the Sign Code which is not part of the P.D.P. process. For further information regarding the Sign Code, please contact Gary Lopez, 221-6760. 7. There is existing electrical system along the south side of Harmony Road and an underground vault at Cambridge. This system has adequate power to serve the proposed land uses. Any new system extended to serve the site must be placed within an easement. , I - 8. Transformers must be placed within ten feet of hard surface for emergency change out. Normal site and development charges will apply. A Commercial One ("C-1 ") Form must be completed by a licensed electrical contractor to determine entrance capacity for each building. Please contact Light and Power for the hand-out describing the development fees and charges. For further information, please contact Bruce Vogel, 221-6700. 9. There is a 16-inch diameter water main in Cambridge. There is a 12-inch water main stubbed to the southwest portion of site. Water mains should be looped . through the site by extending the 12-inch main over to Cinquefoil. A repay is due on the 16-inch line in Cambridge. 10. The water conservation standards for landscape and irrigation will apply to the project. Development fees and water rights will be due at time of building permit. For further information, please contact Jeff Hill, 221-6700. 11. The site will be served by the Poudre Fire Authority. All addresses must be clearly visible from the public street on which the buildings front. A fire protection system is required for hood and duct systems in the restaurants and convenience store. All portions of the exterior of the building must be within 150 _feet of the private access drives. (Poudre Fire does not consider Harmony Road an appropriate roadway for fire -fighting.) Any internal fire access roadway must be dedicated as a public emergency access easement, with pavement markings and curbs painted red. If this cannot be accomplished, then an automatic fire extinguishing system must be installed. There are no tap fees for automatic fire sprinkler lines. For further information, please contact Ron Gonzales, 221-6570. 12. This site is in the McClelland -Mail Creek drainage basin where the new development fee is $3,717/acre which is subject to runoff coefficient reduction. The drainage and erosion control report will need to address the imperviousness ITEM: Harmony Technology Park Amended Overall Development Plan, Parcels G, H and I. MEETING DATE: January 26, 2004 APPLICANT: Mr. Les Kaplan c/o Mr. Bruce Hendee, B.H.A. Design, 4803 Innovation Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 LAND USE DATA: Request to amend Parcels G, H, and I in order to accommodate a mix of primary and secondary uses for a proposed commercial development within Harmony Technology Park. The site is located at the southeast corner of Harmony Road and Cambridge Avenue. Combined, the parcels comprise approximately, 12.61 acres. COMMENTS: The site is zoned H-C, Harmony Corridor which permits the bank as a primary use. The hotel is considered a secondary use, as are the uses associated with the Convenience Shopping Center. The proposed amendment must not result in more than 25% of the entire O.D.P. being devoted to secondary uses. 2. The Convenience Shopping Center must comply with the parameters as defined in Article Five of the Land Use Code. It cannot exceed seven acres in size and must include four or more business establishments with separate exterior entrances, located in a complex which is planned, developed and managed as a single unit, and located within and intended to primarily serve the consumer demands of the adjacent employment areas. An 80-foot landscape buffer is required along Harmony Road. This setback area must feature an eight -foot wide meandering sidewalk, undulating berms, and predominance of oak trees. Buildings along Harmony will be required to connect to the public walk with private walkways on a per building basis. Such walks should not cross a parking lot drive aisle or driveway. Parking lots are prohibited in the setback zone. 4. The placement of commercial buildings and the relationship with public sidewalks is governed by the build -to line standards. These standards are in Section 3.5.3 and require that the buildings along a collector street (Cambridge Avenue) be located no further than 15 from the right-of-way. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 N. College Ave. P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 (970) 221-6750 CURRENT PLANNING DEPARTMENT Comm Ay Planning and Environmenta. ervices Current Planning City of Fort Collins February 6, 2004 Mr. Bruce Hendee BHA Design, Inc. 4803 Innovation Drive Fort Collins, CO 80525 Dear Bruce: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff s comments for Harmony Technology Park Amended Overall Development Plan which was presented before the Conceptual Review Team on January 26, 2004. The comments are offered by staff to assist you in preparing the detailed components of the project application. Modifications and additions to these comments may be made at the time of formal review of this project. If you should have any questions regarding these comments or the next steps in the review process, please feel free to call me at 970-221-6750. Sincerely, Ted Shepard Chief Planner cc: Project Planner File 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 • FAX (970) 416-2020