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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOLD TOWN NORTH, 3RD FILING - PDP - PDP160017 - CORRESPONDENCE - CITIZEN COMMUNICATIONHi Ted, Thanks for holding the neighborhood meeting on the Old Town North Block 6 Development last night. After the meeting, we discussed bike parking options for the condos on Blondel Street. We have a total of 24 carport parking spaces. Each of the 20 residential units gets a parking spot. There are 4 handicapped parking spaces, which I haven't observed being used during the 1.5 years I've lived here. There are 0 bike parking spaces. My husband and I plus at least one other neighbor don't own a car but do bike daily. Our HOA was wondering if we could convert some of the handicapped parking spaces into bike parking spaces. Let me know what the law allows. Thanks, Anna 3 The Land Use Code requires parking lots that have between 1 and 25 spaces to provide a minimum of 1 handicap accessible parking space. The Code goes on to state that: "Regardless of the number of handicap spaces required, at least one such space shall be designated as a van -accessible pace, and must be a minimum of 8 feet wide and adjoin a minimum 8-foot wide access aisle." Based on this section of the Code, you could remove three of the handicap spaces but the remaining space must be van -accessible. Now, as a side note, I'm surprised that your 20-unit condo project has only 24 spaces. Are you sure there are not more spaces? Normally, per Code, please note the following: 1. If all 20 units included only one bedroom each, the required minimum parking would be 1.5 spaces per unit, 20 x 1.5 = 30. 2. If all 20 units included two -bedrooms each, the required minimum parking would be 1.75 spaces per unit, 20 x 1.75 = 35. How it came about that your 20 unit condo has only 24 spaces, below the required minimum, is mysterious. Thanks, Ted Ted Shepard Chief Planner City of Fort Collins iDjll�x�.�:L�3 From: Anna Sofranko[mailto:annasofrankoCQ)gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2016 6:24 PM To: Ted Shepard Subject: Bike Parking 2 Ted Shepard From: Anna Sofranko <annasofranko@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2016 1:07 PM To: Ted Shepard Cc: Alison van Deutekom Subject: Re: Bike Parking Hi Ted, Thanks for looking up those numbers. I'm not sure why the parking doesn't match your formulas. I can share a bit more information. - These condos were built in 2007 and 2008. Perhaps the code was different? - Each unit has two bedrooms. - There are 4 buildings. Two buildings close together on one side of the street and a mirror image on the other side. - Each building has 5 units, which makes a total of 20 units. - Each building has 6 parking spaces in the rear: 1 for each unit, plus 1 handicapped. The handicapped space is in the middle so there is no additional aisle access. - The width of the current handicapped spaces is 8.5 feet. - Street parking is available. - There are 0 bike parking spaces. - I hear that now the single family houses to our east are completed, there will be 3 parking pads added in the alley as, was originally intended. These alley parking pads are for use by anyone in the neighborhood, not just the condos. I've never seen all of the street parking spaces taken except when a neighbor hosts political events. I have two guesses why our condos always have empty parking spaces: 1) close proximity to downtown so most households only have 1 car and a few of us don't own a car, and 2) since the spaces are carports, not garages they get used for cars, not as storage units, as I've noticed with some of the single family homes. I looked at the layout and the possibility of scooting a handicapped spot to one end of the carports. Moving it to an end would add 4 ft of paved aisle access, but that's still not wide enough. Does space on the grass count? The other carport spots can't be shrunk because there are support beams for the structure. Could we mark our 1 handicapped van -accessible parking space in a street parking area? Or could we make one of the new parking pads in the alley a handicapped spot? My neighbors will be happy to hear that we can add some bike racks. Does the city have any recommendations or resources available to guide our HOA in selecting bike racks? Thanks, Anna On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 9:14 AM Ted Shepard <TSHEPARD@fc ov.com> wrote: Hello Anna —your 20-unit condo would be classified as Multi -Family.