HomeMy WebLinkAboutMULBERRY & LEMAY CROSSINGS, APTS. (BUFFALO RUN) - FINAL PUD - 36-96C - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESBuffalo Run Apartments
Statement of Planning Objectives Summary
a. Please see enclosed Land Use Policy Analysis
b. The site will be owned by the applicant upon completion of the development review
process with only the right of way for 12'h Street to be owned by City upon that
street's dedication.
c. The multifamily community will provide five full time jobs. Two full time and one part
time employee will be in the property management functions and two full time and
one part time employee will be in the property maintenance function.
d. The Buffalo Run Apartments were conceived to correspond with the Land Use
Policies in the City of Fort Collins. The applicant investigated numerous locations
for this type of project throughout the city and was drawn to this site for its
availability of utilities and location near two major employment centers and services.
The community's affordable component with 86 units deed restricted to residents
making no more than 50% of the area median income will provide a unique housing
opportunity in this area of Fort Collins.
See enclosed analysis of Land Development Guidance System criteria
e. See enclosed residential density chart and overall development criteria chart.
The high density residential use is the less intense use of the surrounding existing
and proposed uses. The land to the north and east is or will be industrial. The
development is mitigating impacts from those uses with significant setbacks and
landscaping along the northern property boundary and locating a .25 acre retention
pond on the eastern portion of the property closest to the existing industrial use.
The western boundary of the property, we believe, offers an amenity to the Buffalo
Run Apartments with the Link-n-Greens golf course providing views of open green
space and the mountains to the west. The commercial use to the south will be
mitigated by this development primarily with the different elevations between the
two properties. The commercial center is proposed at an elevation over 4 feet
above the grade of the Buffalo Run Apartments which will provide a strong visual
and noise barrier between these two uses.
g. See enclosed energy conservation worksheet.