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Home My WebLink AboutMULBERRY & LEMAY CROSSINGS, APTS. (BUFFALO RUN) - PRELIMINARY PUD - 36-96A - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - LDGS ACTIVITY FORMBuffalo Run Aparti.,ents Land Development Guidance S}stem Criteria Anahsis ENGINEERING CRITERIA A-3.1: The site is adjacent to natural gas, electric, water and sanitary sewer facilities with sufficient capacity for this development. Storm drainage on site will follow the existing natural pattern of flow to the east. A-3.2: Water Supply: Yes Sanitary Sewer: Yes Mass Transit: Not applicable Fire Protection: Yes Flood Hazard Areas: Yes Telephone: Yes Walks/Bikeways: Yes Irrigation Companies: Yes Electricity: Yes Natural Gas: Yes Storm Drainage: Yes Cable Television: Yes Streets/Pedestrian: Yes A-3.3: There is a canal which runs to the property currently and it will be vacated as part of this development. A-3.4: Not Applicable. Buffalo Run Aparntients Land Development Guidance System Criteria Anahsis A-2.13 The landscape design at the Buffalo Run Apartments has been created to compliment the building, parking and walkway elements and enhance the aesthetic appearance of the project. Landscape plantings will be utilized in a functional manner to achieve the following: • Soften project edges and building architecture. • Screen off -site views into parking areas and trash enclosures. • Provide privacy between living areas and parking areas, living areas and external transportation corridors and between separate living areas. • Provide visual transition from the multifamily land use to the adjacent retail and industrial land use. • Reduce the scale and surface parking areas through the use of landscape islands. Landscape design will emphasize aesthetics in the following manner, • Both evergreen and deciduous trees will be used to provide year around interest while respecting solar access. • Formal street tree planting around the perimeter of the site to establish an urban character along Lincoln Avenue and Lemay Avenue. • Detail planting of small ornamental trees, shrubs and flowers to provide interest and human scale. • Tree spacing and placement to recognize city standards and utility requirements. A- 2.14: The project is within the Residential Neighborhood Sign District. The flushwall signs which will identify the buildings will correspond with signage throughout the remainder of the site. The coloring of the signs will correspond with that of the buildings. Please see enclosed signage elevations. A-2.15: The Buffalo Run Apartments will utilize a combination of low level, intermediate height fixtures for internal street and parking area lighting. Building access areas will be illuminated with residential scale lighting to appropriate demarcation for evening use. The site plan of the project allows for the lighting on site to be focused internally which will not adversely affect surrounding properties. A-2.16: As a residential use, there will be limited noise generated by this development. Any noise would be generated by residents and would be mitigated by the on site property management at the community. A-2.17; Not applicable. A-2.1& Not applicable. 4 Buffalo Run Apartments Land Development Guidance S}stem Criteria Analysis Secondary: While not private in its design, the secondary system is intended to serve the residents of the Buffalo Run community. Located throughout the interior of the community this system will connect the buildings to the parking areas, recreation areas and the primary system. In the secondary system, bicycles will utilize the asphalt drive areas which connect to bike parking nodes. A-2.5: The site plan does provide adequate access for emergency vehicles and has been designed utilizing the criteria in the LDGS. A-2.& The secondary pedestrian circulation system has been designed to allow full access within the site and connection to large sidewalks which will run along Lincoln Avenue and Lemay Avenue. Sidewalks are located in areas to allow efficient access between parking and living areas and to safely feed pedestrian traffic from living areas to the recreation amenities. (e.g. clubhouse, tot -lot, and green space in southeast corner.) Sidewalks will be designed to promote safety, but also to be placed in locations which allow landscaping to maximize the attractiveness of the development. A-2.7: The architecture at the Buffalo Run Apartments has been created to interact with the general character of the neighborhood which is generally the eastern portion of downtown Fort Collins. This neighborhood contains a mixture of mostly commercial uses with limited single family north of the property along Lemay Avenue. The project will address consistency with the commercial uses by incorporating period architectural features such as red brick in the clubhouse building. The clubhouse is the most visible point in the project and will transition the project to the downtown area's architecture. The project scale has been designed to blend with the residential uses north of the site on Lemay Avenue. The buildings along Lemay Avenue will be one and two stones in height and are compact in width so as to resemble a single family structure. The building forms and materials are intentionally composed to reinforce traditional, historic character. In addition, there will be a transition from one and two stories along Lemay Avenue to three stories in the eastern side of the development which will provide vertical relief as one moves from east to west along Lincoln Avenue. A-2.& The buildings will exceed 40' in height at some locations but average much less than 40' overall. The architecture of the buildings allows variable roof lines of different heights. The maximum height for any building is '42, but that is only on the highest roof areas which typically is only 30% to 40% of the total area. A-2.9: The buildings in this project will not cast a shadow on other surrounding buildings. The tallest buildings at this community are over 200 feet from any other buildings to the north and consequently any shadow created by those buildings will not affect other property. A-2.10: Should solar energy systems become feasible, the layout of the building will allow the use of solar energy systems. A-2.11: Not applicable. Buffalo Run Aparti„ants Land Development Guidance Svstem Criteria Analvsis A-1.12. The overall average residential density for the project is 17 units per acre. NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATABILTY CRITERIA A-2.1: The Buffalo Run Apartments will promote multimodal transportation within the City of Fort Collins by locating a residential land use near employment and services which will intent residents to use alternative methods to vehicular transportation. In addition, the development will incorporate facilities such as easy access to the Poudre River Trail and bike racks within the development to make it easier for residents to utilize the existing Fort Collins multimodal transportation system. A detailed vehicular transportation analysis has been prepared by Krager and Associates Inc. In general, the site is located at the intersection of two arterial streets which have sufficient capacity for the vehicular traffic generated by the development. Pedestrian transportation needs are addressed within the development by an extensive internal sidewalk system (the "secondary system" as described in Section 2.4) which connects to the `primary system" along South Lemay Avenue and Lincoln Avenue. The secondary system will also connect to the internal commercial development adjacent to the south at two locations. These connections will provide residents access to the Poudre River Trail at the intersection of South Lemay Avenue and Mulberry Street. Handicap access to the sidewalk along Lincoln Avenue and to the retail project to the south will also be provided. Bicycle transportation will utilize the internal driveways within the community and then access to the bicycle lane on the eastern boundary of Lemay Avenue to connect to the Poudre River Trail. The site will also incorporate multiple bicycle parking areas. A-2.2: The surrounding uses for the this property are: retail to the south, industrial to the east, retail and industrial and some residential to the north and retail and a golf course to the west. Consequently, the character of this neighborhood is difficult to describe as it includes a such broad mixture of uses. However, the commercial project to the south will provide an opportunity to utilize complimentary design features as further described in Section 2.7. A-2.3: The site is currently utilized for agriculture and is very flat. The development will improve the appearance of the site by incorporating topographic features into its landscape design. A-2.47he Buffalo Run Apartments pedestrian circulation hierarchy will have two classifications: Primary and Secondary; Primary: This system will construct large sidewalks along Lincoln Avenue and South Lemay Avenue and serve the general public as well as Buffalo Run residents. The primary system has been designed to provide linkages to the surrounding community Buffalo Run Aparta..ants Land De%eluptnent Guidance System Criteria Anahsis COMMUNITY WIDE CRITERIA A-1.1 Not Applicable A-1.2: Yes, please see enclosed analysis of project's compliance with The City of Fort Collins Land Use Policies. A-1.3: Not Applicable A-1.4: Not Applicable A-1.5: Not Applicable A-1.6: Not Applicable A-1.7: The buildings can accommodate rooftop solar energy collectors. A-1.8: The project will not generate any gaseous, liquid or solid pollution. A-1.9: The project will conform to all state, local and federal water quality standards. Runoff from this development will be minimal and will be retained on site in a single large storm water retention area. A-1.10: The development will utilize the City of Fort Collins sanitary sewer system. There will be no industrial waste generated by the development. A-1.11:The landscape plan for The Buffalo Run Apartments has been designed to incorporate the following water conservation criteria: • Plant material selections will emphasize the use of native or adapted species with proven draught tolerance. • Plants with similar water and exposure requirements will be grouped together and irrigated on the same zone to facilitate water conservation. • Shrubs will be planted in mulched beds and irrigated with separate zones than turf areas in response to lower water requirements and different irrigation intervals. • Irrigation design to provide rotor heads for large areas and spray heads for smaller irregular areas. Drip irrigation will be utilized for shrub beds next to building foundations. • The irrigation plan will be prepared by a certified professional familiar with equipment specifications and a working knowledge of local irrigation practices and conditions. 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I x l l I 2. , Acc_ss - XI I I x j j 2: P=rnerger:c/ ecestnan Circ,:lation j xl I l x l . 2.7 -AFZ-:ite= ure I xl I l x I l I _.=' ?uilging Heicnt and Views I XI I I x I I '2- S. Sliading I xi I I I I 2.10 1Ac��55 11 x 2. , I I !-tistonc Resources I l l x l I I" I 2.12 Setcacks I I 2.13 I L andscaoe I I 2.1 I I I Sicns x I I l I I l 2.15 Site Lighting I j I x I I - 2.16 Ncisa and Vibration I Ix I I I 2.17 Dare or Heat 2.18 ( I I x I Hazardous Materials I X I I A 3. ENGINEERING CRITERIA 3.1 Utility Capacity I 3.2 Design Standards I I 3.3 I Water Hazards I I 3.4 Geologic Hazards II Land Development GaidI System for Planned Unit Developments The Ciry of Fort Collins, Colorado, Revised , h 1994 -61. USt Buffalo Run Apartments Overall Development Review Criteria Chart Land Development Guidance System Criteria Analysis