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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMULBERRY AND LEMAY CROSSINGS, 2ND FILING, HOME DEPOT - MAJOR AMENDMENT - 36-96I/L - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEWconsidered by the Board. (So Noted, we have considered and made separate application and withdrew the separate application in lieu of a combined application which is attached) 32. Please note that the first curb cut north of Mulberry on Lemay is not full motion but restricted to right-in/right-out only by the raised median. (So Noted, it is the intent of this development that entrance into the sight would be through the full movement intersection of Magnolia Street and /or 12`h street.) 33. A neighborhood information meeting is required as the site is adjacent to existing development and the plan represents a change in relationship to the approved plan. The Planning Department will create the notification map for the neighborhood meeting.(Per our discussion with Ted Shepard we are actively seeking neighborhood meetings with all surrounding neighborhoods. We believe we will be able to accomplish these meetings within the first two weeks of December, 2003.) We have attached copies of the plans for the above mentioned Major amendment, PDP and Modification of Parking Standard. We have also included the applications and submittal fees for the three different submittals. We have combined the Major Amendment and the Modification of Parking Standard and $200 fee with the Major Amendment fee. We would like to be considered for the following, for that portion of the site that lies within Mulberry/Lemay Crossings, Filing Two, Lot Two, Final PUD as a Major Amendment with a Type Two review. And for that portion of Mulberry/Lemay Crossings Filing two Lot Six we are asking for a review as a PDP. It is our understanding that this review will take approximately 12 weeks and could be heard by the Planning and Zoning Board in the month of February, 2004. If you need additional information or I have not fulfilled the submittal requirement, please let me know as soon as possible. We would be glad to furnish any missing items immediately. Sincerely, /%� &44 Blair B Warehime Site Development Coordinator Page 7 of 7 and from the existing restaurant. (So Noted, This sidewalk has been added to our design and is part of our submittal) 25. The Development Agreement and Development Construction Permit will be needed. There is a fee associated with the Development Construction Permit. For further information, please contact Sheri Wamhoff, 221-6605. (So Noted, we have not contacted Ms Wamboff but will do so during the Construction Document process.) 26. The Transportation Impact Study (T.I.S.) must also perform a Level of Service analysis for alternative modes. For further information, please contact Tom Reiff, 224- 2040. 27. Bicycle parking must be provided in a safe and secure location. Be sure that there is a clear continuous sidewalk system connecting the front entrance to the garden entrance and the seasonal sales area. (So Noted, Bicycle parking has been anticipated and is shown on the plan.) 28. Please note that Section 3.4.1(I) requires that elements of the site complement the visual context of the Poudre River. Careful placement of Cottonwood trees and river cobbles should be explored. For further information, please contact Doug Moore, 221- 6600. (So Noted, Mr. Moore will be contacted by our landscape architect during the review process.) 29. A Fugitive Dust Permit will be needed from the Larimer County Health Department during the construction phase. The trash collection system should include facilities for recyclable materials. Outside the buffer areas, native plants and grasses are encouraged over irrigated blue grass sod. For further information regarding these issues, please contact Doug Moore, 221-6750. (Per the requirements of City a fugitive dust permit is required for a development larger than 25 acres. The Home Depot development will not exceed approximately 11.0 acres. It was our intent to follow the City's regulation and requirements.) 30. One of the key issues is to meet the standard regarding multiple entrances. As we have discussed, for this standard to be satisfied, the secondary entrance must be open during normal business hours and 12 months out of the year. (We have addressed a secondary access and have incorporated it within our submittal. We have modified our building elevations to provide for this entrance off of Magnolia Street and can be seen from the street.) 31. The Modification of Standard for the parking distribution standard may be taken to the Planning and Zoning Board as a "stand-alone" prior to the full P.D.P. The fee is $200 and a letter and supporting documentation may be submitted anytime. If granted, the Modification is valid for one year. Prior to expiration of one year, the P.D.P. must be Page 6 of 7 included with this submittal. Existing and proposed utilities have been differentiated) 18. Utility Plans must include water and sewer design in both plan and profile. (Under the revised requirements, water and sewer has been shown in plan view only for review for the entitlement portion of this development. Plan and Profiles will be submitted during the construction document phase of the approvals.) 19. Be sure to get the latest layout of the building envelopes and parking lot layout for Buildings I and J. A Minor Amendment was approved in June of 2002 that revised the original plan. (A new ALTA was completed for this site and revised building layouts for Buildings I and J have been provided.) 20. If there are any encroachments by building envelopes into existing easements, then those affected portions of the easement must be properly vacated. The vacation procedure is by separate documents coordinated by the Engineering Department (Such encroachments do exist for Building J. The boundary line for the Detention tract overlaps the building. The developer through his consultant is modifying this boundary by separate legal documents and has been coordinating with the Engineering department.) 21. Check the turning radius by the contractor sales area (We have checked the area by the contractor sales area and applied an articulated bus turning template. We believe that this best represents the contractor truck and trailer that will frequent this site. Regular truck traffic is not allowed by Home Depot across the front of the store in the Front Drive Isle that is adjacent to the Store entrances.) 22. Please be aware that there is a platted sight distance easement along 12`h Street. This area is restricted to low -growing shrubs or low screen walls. Be sure to coordinate parking lot layout, landscaping and service yard screening so that there are no visible encroachments within the sight distance easement. (So Noted, we have modified our sight plan accordingly. We have moved the screen wall inside the sight line and have modified the landscaping.) 23. The City charges a Street cut fee. The fee is tripled if the street is less than five years old. For further information, please contact Rick Richter, 221-6605. (So noted, and we believe that we will be impacted by this fee. We will need to relocate an existing drive way off of Magnolia street and will have to remove up to two water service stubs to within the existing streets. We have tried not to do any street cutting but it is not possible at this time.) 24. Be sure to continue the east -west sidewalk all the way out to Lemay so that the main entrance is connected to a public walk. This will also provide pedestrian access to Page 5 of 7 it just isn't the same as extended detention. A variance to the requirement would need to be requested and justified by the existing water quality treatment. Another option would be to provide some water quality treatment within the new site. One suggestion would be to depress some parking lot medians to provide extended detention. For further information regarding the design of the stormwater system, please call Glen Schlueter, 221-6700. ( 12. Although the site received a LOMR-Fill from FEMA the building will still have to meet the 18-inch elevation requirement for the Poudre River. Since the building layout will change from the approved LOMR-Fill, the design engineer will need to re -determine the highest BFE (Base Flood Elevation) against the building to determine the elevation requirement. Please contact Marsha Hilmes-Robinson for all the Floodplain requirements. 224-6036. (Per the FEMA map the Base Flood Elevation for this site is 4933 by contour. Finished Floor for the building has been established at elevation 4935. This is two feet above the BFE.) 13. The Street Oversizing Fee will apply, due at the time of building permit issuance. The fee is based on square footage and land use. In addition, the City collects the Larimer County Road Impact fee. Please note that these fees are adjusted annually based on the Denver -Boulder consumer price index. For an estimate of these fees, please contact Matt Baker, 221-6605. Information on the Street Oversizing Fee is available on the City's website. (We have contacted Mr. Baker and have included the fees in our project fee budget) 14. The existing Transportation Impact Study will have to be updated to reflect current conditions. Please discuss the scope of this study with Eric Bracke, Traffic Engineer, 221-6630. (Kathleen Krager of Bowers & Krager Inc. has contacted Mr. Bracke and discussed with him the scope of the study required for this project. The study amendment is attached to this submittal.) 15. The P.D.P. may require the dedication of new utility easements. This can be done by separate legal instrument and coordinated by the Engineering Department. (It has been determined several easements will need to be abandoned and rededicated to the City and/or utility. It is our plan to do this by separate legal instruments and will coordinate with engineering.) 16. There may be a repay due to the original developer of the abutting public streets. (So Noted, and it will be worked out as part of our purchase agreement with the developer.) 17. A new set of Utility Plans will be required. This will be more efficient than amending the approved set on a sheet by sheet basis. Be sure the plans indicate very clearly both existing and proposed utilities. (So Noted, The new plans have been Page 4 of 7 Lighting plan has been included within the review package.) 6. The site will be served water by the East Larimer County Water District and sanitary sewer by the Boxelder Sanitation District. There are four water stubs to the site, two potential service lines and two potential fire lines. Unused stubs shall be abandoned at the main. Normal tap fees will apply. In addition, there is a raw water requirement as well. For further information, please contact Mike Schied, civil engineer, 493-2044. (Coordination with the East Larimer County Water District will be part of the design review process. Of the four water service stubs to the property only two will be required. The two to be abandoned have been shown on the plan for abandonment. It is so noted for the normal tap fees and the addition of the raw water requirement for the district. We have included these into our project fees.) 7. As mentioned, the sanitary sewer will be provided by Boxelder. The contact person is Ravi Srivastava, 498-0604. (So Noted.) 8. The site will be served by the Poudre Fire Authority. An automatic fire extinguishing system must be provided. Addresses must be visible from the street on which the buildings front. Intemal fire lanes must be a minimum of 24 feet wide with inside and outside turning radii of 25 and 50 feet. A fire hydrant must be located within 300 ft. of the building and capable of delivering a minimum of 1,500 gallons per minute at 20 p.s.i. residual pressure. A Hazardous Material Impact Analysis must be provided. For further information, please contact Ron Gonzales, 221-6570. (We have had our Fire Consultant Contact Mr. Gonzales to fulfill this request and requirement.) 9. The site is located in the Poudre River drainage basin. There. are no development fees in this basin at this time. The standard drainage and erosion control reports are required and they must be prepared by a professional engineer registered in Colorado. The size of this site requires a SWMM analysis to design the drainage system. (So Noted, we have attached this report and analysis to the plan submittal for the City's review. It has been prepared by a professional engineer registered in Colorado.) 10. The overall Mulberry and Lemay Crossing drainage report addressed development of this site so the drainage patterns and imperviousness should be verified. If there are differences the drainage engineer will need to design improvements to address the differences. The design engineer needs to be a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado. (We have prepared a comprehensive drainage report that addresses the drainage patterns of the site. We have included any differences and addressed their resolution.) II. Normally onsite extended detention is required to treat the runoff. That was not a requirement at the time the original development was approved. However the design engineers did address water quality with a wetland pond that does help with water quality, Page 3 of 7 2. Please be aware that the allowable parking is based on a maximum of five spaces per 1,000 square feet of gross leasable area. In addition, the parking lot is requiring that no more than 50% of the parking shall be located between the front door and the primary street. Also, the large parking lot must be divided into smaller sections by landscape areas and each section shall not exceed 200 spaces. In addition, 10% of the interior of the parking area shall be in landscaped areas and no more than 15 consecutive spaces are allowed without a landscape island. (We are requesting a "Modification to the Parking Standard as part of this development. We have addressed this issue in our planning objectives letter that has been provided for your review. The large parking lot is broken up into five separate sections with the smallest containing 30 spaces and the largest containing 112 spaces. The interior of the parking area contains pedestrian respites and shelter areas with landscaping that exceeds the City's requirement to a total of 14.6%. Please see Planning Objectives for further explanation) 3. Please be aware that outside areas that are used on a temporary basis for the sale of seasonal inventory only shall be defined by nonpermanent walls or fences. Such an enclosure shall not inhibit fire access to the building or pedestrian and bicycle access to the building entrance. If chain link fencing is used, it must be vinyl -clad or covered with a mesh material. Any such enclosure shall be removed upon the conclusion of the seasonal sale period. (All areas that will be used for seasonal sales and inventory are fenced with nonpermanent fences. These include the area northeast of the Garden Center and the Plaza Area North of the Garden Area. The fencing will be of structural tubular steel with black powder coating.) Areas in the rear of the store will be screened by 8 ft. masonry walls. 4. Three-phase electrical power can be extended to the site from 12th Street. The location of the transformer must be coordinated with Light and Power. Transformers must be within ten feet of hard surface for emergency change out and screened from public streets. Normal development charges will apply. Any modification to the existing system will be at the developer's expense. Street trees must be spaced 40-feet and ornamental trees 15-feet from streetlights. For further information, please contact Janet McTague, 221-6700. (The transformer will be place within a utility enclosure at the rear of the store. It will be screened with a masonry wall and a metal gate. Coordination with Light and Power during the construction document phase will occur. Access to the transformer will not be restricted and will be paved to the front of the transformer enclosure. No trees will be within the allowed clear zones for streetlights. It is noted that all modification to the existing system will be at Home Depot's expense.) 5. Interior parking lot lighting and security lighting will be private and must match the lighting already used within the center. This means that light poles, pole color, pole height, wall -mounted fixtures, lamps, wattage and decorative fixtures shall match Filing One (Wal-Mart). A Lighting Plan will be part of the submittal for P.D.P. (So noted, the Page 2 of 7 Galloway, Romero & Associates Design Engineering Planning 5350 DTC Parkway Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-8884 (303) 770-3636 fax E-mail: blair_warehime@graa.com November 26, 2003 Mr. Ted Shepard Chief Planner 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 (970) 221-6750 RE: Major Amendment - Filing 2 Lot 2, a PPD -Filing 2 Portion Lot 6 and Modification of Standard for Parking Distribution Dear Mr. Shepard, I am writing to you in response to your conceptual review letter dated August 12, 2003. Per our previous conversation we are also requesting a Major Amendment for that portion of the site that lies within Mulberry/Lemay Crossings, Filing Two, Lot Two and a Project Development Plan for that portion of the site within Mulberry/Lemay Crossings, Filing Two, Lot Six. This is per your review and letter dated June 4, 2002. I am also requesting a Modification of Standard to the City of Ft. Collins parking distribution standard. This is per the Conceptual Review of August 12, 2003 and your review letter dated June 4, 2002. Due to the store and its proposed layout we believe that the current distribution standard of the city does not provide the correct distribution for the required layout of our site. Distribution of parking on all sides of the building is possible but not to the level required by the standard. We request that the maximum of 50% parking in the front of the store be modified to allow for increased parking in the front field of our store. We have attached a copy of City staffs comments by the Conceptual Review Team of August 11, 2003 with our reply to each applicable comment for your review: 1. The project is zoned C, Commercial. This zone permits the proposed use, subject to review by the Planning and Zoning Board. (Noted) Page 1 of 7