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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREDWOOD APARTMENTS - PDP - 15-99A - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE REQUESTFebruary 6, 2001 Troy Jones Fort Collins Planning Department 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 VF RIPLEY ASSOCIATES INC. Landscape Architecture Urban Design Planning 401 West Mountain Avenue 201 RE: Alternative Compliance Request for spite p q Pnn Collins,lCO NIIS_I _fit Ml Redwood Apartments rHONF. (970) 224-5929 FAX le70i 224-I662 This is an Alternative Compliance request to Section 3.2.1 (D) (2) of the City's Land Use Code which requires that whenever a sidewalk is separated from the street by a parkway, the canopy street trees shall be planted at thirty-foot to forty -foot spacing (intervals) in the center of all such parkway areas. This Alternative Compliance request is a result of conflicting utilities and streetlights within the parkway area. In coordinating utilities and lighting plans, we have found that it is not possible to plant street trees at 40' or less because space constraints. Redwood Apartments proposes to plant street trees where ever possible. In addition, the site has many open areas that will be planted with overstory, evergreen and ornamental trees. The resulting quantity of trees throughout the site exceeds the number that would be planted at forty -foot spacing along the street. This alternative plan is better than or equal to a plan that would comply with the standards of this section. By creating an overall park like development, we feel that we have demonstrated quality use of plant materials. Each building will have foundation plantings for screening with views extending into landscaped open areas. :Sinc � chel Linder VF Ripley Associates