HomeMy WebLinkAboutDRAKE CROSSING, WALGREENS - MAJOR AMENDMENT/FINAL PLAN - 35-96A - CORRESPONDENCE - (4)If you have any questions regarding these issues or any other issues related
to this project, please feel free to call me at (970)221-6341.
Yo s Truly,
Steve
City Planner
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Planning:
1. Why are there 2 drive-thru lanes for this store. Apparently only one lane
at existing stores is rarely used. Please eliminate 1 drive-thru lane and
increase the landscaping along the north side of the site adjacent to the
shopping center driveway.
2. This proposal is eliminating a significant amount of existing trees along
the south side of the existing building. The Poudre R-1 School District
has a need for trees for their facilities. Some of the trees that this plan
is eliminating may be able to be relocated and transplanted. Please
contact Jerry Garretson, at (970)490-3600, to discuss the possibility of
moving some trees.
3. Additional evergreen trees are needed on the south side of the building
along West Drake Road.
This development request has been scheduled for the March 21st Planning
and Zoning Board hearing on the major amendment. All outstanding City
and outside reviewing agency comments and concerns should be addressed
as soon as possible.
• PMT's (reduced copies to 8.5" x 11" of the Site Plan, Landscape
Plan, Building Elevations, and subdivision plat) are due to the
Current Planning Department on Tuesday, March 5th.
• Renderings (colored versions) of the Site and/or Landscape Plan
and the Building Elevations are due to the current Planning
Department by Tuesday, March 12th (sent electronically to
Ginger or Tara, the Planning Technicians).
• Full size copies (8 sets folded) of the Site Plan, Landscape Plan,
Building Elevations, and subdivision plat are due in the Current
Planning Department on Friday, March 8u'.
All outstanding comments and concerns remaining after the P&Z Board
public hearing must be addressed and resolved to the acceptance of the City
before the development plans can be recorded and permits issued.
This completes City staff and outside reviewing agencies comments at this
time. The development request is subject to the 90-day revision re -
submittal requirement (from the date of this comment letter) as set
forth in Section 2.2.11(A) of the Land Use Code. Be sure and return all of
your redlined plans when you re -submit.
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Department: Technical Services
1. The property boundary and the legal description on the replat of the
subdivision do close.
2. ,There is a "typo" in the legal description on the replat of the subdivision.
"77S" should be "77N".
3. The City prefers the term "A Replat of..." instead of "A Resubdivision
of..." in the subtitle on the replat.
4. The floodplain lines should be broken where they cross text on the
subdivision replat.
The following comments were expressed at Staff review on February 20,
2002:
Engineering:
The replat of the property is showing the vacation of a "bunch" of
easements. There may be a need to dedicate easements, either by
separate document or with the replat.
Stormwater:
1. Stormwater has expressed a new comment about the required water
quality pond in their previous comments in this letter. City standards
should be used.
2. The City needs a verbal commitment for the necessary storm drainage
easement associated with this development.
Transportation Planning:
1. Can the 4' wide entry sidewalk along the west side of the entry drive to
the shopping center be widened to 6' to be in compliance with the
current City Code?
2. The entry drive into this site should be narrowed down to 24' from 30'.
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Curbstops and meter pits may not be placed in hard surfaces. Curbstops
must be within 2 feet of meter pit and must be located within a utility
easement.
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Maintain 10 feet of separation between thrust blocks and all other
underground utilities.
Department: Zoning Issue Contact: Peter Barnes
Topic: LIGHTING
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REPEAT COMMENT: All site lighting and building mounted lights must be
down.directional. How tall are the light poles going to be?
Topic: SIGNS
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REPEAT COMMENT: They need to remove all signage information and
drawings from plans, ESPECIALLY SINCE NONE OF WHAT THEY SHOW
COMPLIES WITH THE SIGN CODE (I.e. wall signs too tall, monument sign
too large. Sec. 3.8.7(E)). They should just indicate on the plans the location
on the walls where they propose to place signage. That's all the decision
maker should be reviewing. THE LATEST SUBMITTAL (1-25-02) HAS
REMOVED THE SIGNS FROM THE ELEVATIONS AS REQUESTED, BUT
THEY DIDN'T SHOW THE WALL LOCATIONS FOR THE SIGNS AS
REQUESTED. IF THEY DON'T, WE WILL BE UNABLE TO ISSUE SIGN
PERMITS FOR WALL SIGNS. ALSO, THEY STILL SHOW THE MONUMENT
SIGN DETAILS. AS INDICATED EARLIER, THAT MUST BE REMOVED.
WHAT THEY SHOW DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE CODE (WAY TOO BIG,
TOO TALL).
Topic: ZOMNG
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REPEAT COMMENT: Need to show/label a building envelope on site plan.
The envelope must include the drive-thru canopy. I STILL DON'T SEE THE
ENVELOPE DESIGNATED ON PLAN. AS PART OF THE ENVELOPE
DESIGNATION, THE DISTANCES FROM LOT LINES TO ENVELOPE LINE
WILL NEED TO BE SHOWN.
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4. Why are there two Appendices A and B? Is A different than "A", B
different than "B"?
5. Other notes from previous review have not been addressed.
Topic: Floodplain
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Please fill out.the attached floodplain use permit and return with the $25.00
fee.
Department: Transportation Planning Issue Contact: Tom Reiff
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(Repeat Comment Round 2) Expand the existing 4-foot sidewalk along the
main drive aisle out to Drake from the new development to a minimum of 6-
feet per Land Use Code (LUC)3.2.2 (C.5,a).
Topic: General
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Attempt to redesign the main drive in front of the store with a reduced
width, which is currently shown at approximately 30 feet. This width is as
large as the City's local street standard.
Department: Water Wastewater Issue Contact: Jeff Hill
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Original plat indicates lot 2 was utility/access/drainage easement. Existing
water and sewer mains must be located in a utility easement. Correct the
replat to reflect this. Clearly define all utility easements. A 10 foot utility
easement is required on either side of a water main and a 15 foot utility
easement is required on either side of a sanitary sewer main.
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All existing water and sewer services must be used or abandoned at the
main. Clearly define the abandonment of existing services.
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Include all appropriate details on a detail sheet (I.e. thrust block, meter pit,
typ. Water service, etc.).
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Maintain 10 feet of horizontal separation between water and sewer lines.
Maintain 10 feet of separation between overhead lighting (post mounted)
and water sewer lines.
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Water Supply: No commercial building can be greater then 300 feet from a
fire hydrant. Fire hydrants are required with a maximum spacing of 600 feet
along an approved roadway. Each hydrant must be capable of delivering
1500 gallons of water per minute at a residual pressure of 20 psi. 97 UFC
901 2.2.2
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Hazardous Materials: Corrosive, flammable liquids, reactive, or toxic
materials (As defined in the Uniform Fire Code) if used, stored or handled
on site must have a Hazardous Materials Impact Analysis (HMIA) completed
and supplied to the Planning Department and the Fire Department. FCLUC
3.4.5(C)
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Sprinkler Requirement: This proposed building shall be fire sprinklered. 97
UFC 1003.2.9 NOTE: Poudre Fire Authority requires a "Knox Box" to be
mounted on front of every new building equipped with a required fire
sprinkler system or fire alarm. 97 UFC 902.4; PFA Policy 88-20
Department: Stormwater Utility
Topic: Drainage
Issue Contact: Wes Lamarque
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Please calculate the water quality volume required for the entire site and
show what volume is being provided. A variance request can then. be asked
for the difference, which the City would support due to site restrictions and
existing conditions.
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Please add a metal plate to the water quality outlet structure per USDCM
Volume III, 40-hour extended detention with the required orifices. The
orifices can be designed as if the entire water quality volume was provided.
Topic: Erosion/Sediment Control
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1. The calculations do not reflect "during construction" EFF.
2. There is no surety calculation. .,
3. There are no City of Fort Collins standard erosion control notes on the
plan. Make sure none of these are contradicted by any of the notes you
currently have on the plan.
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Department: Light & Power Issue Contact: Doug Martine
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The new transformer will need to be within 10 ft. of an all weather surface
for line truck access.
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Developer will need to coordinate electric system modifications and new
electric service requirements with Light and Power engineering. Since the
bank to the west receives electric service from the transformer that will be
removed, coordination will also be necessary to maintain electric service to
the bank. ,.
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Costs to modify the electric system, as well as new development costs, will
be at the developer's expense.
Department: Light & Power
Topic: General
Issue Contact: Bruce Vogel
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Refer to comments made by Doug Martine on 9-27-2001, these are still
current.
Department: Natural Resources
Topic: General
Issue Contact: Doug Moore
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The Natural Resources Department still discourages the use of drive-thru
lanes on this project. We have found that drive-thru lanes at pharmacies in
the Fort Collins area are seldom used. Fort Collins is an environmentally
concerned community at is at is very aware of the impacts of that drive-thru
lanes have on air quality and the brown cloud along the Colorado Front
Range. NRD has no other issues at this time.
Department: PFA Issue Contact: Michael Chavez
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Address Numerals: Address numerals shall be visible from the street
fronting the property, and posted with a minimum of 8-inch numerals on a
contrasting background. ( Bronze numerals on brown brick are not
acceptable). 97 UFC 901.4.4
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Utility Plans.
Provide all applicable general notes and construction notes. Repeat. Use
the general notes on from the sheet provided. These are the most current
for City of Fort Collins use. The Construction notes can be found in
appendix E-2 of Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards.
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Utility Plans
Provide all applicable details.
Topic: General
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Provide two benchmarks as required in the general notes.
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Remove the easement lines from the plans for the easements being vacated.
They will not exist upon platting they do not need to be shown. Show the
extension of the 15 foot utility easement behind the row extending to the
new property lines.
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Need to dedicate drainage easement(s) for any detention or water quality
area being provided.
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Trench detail - Label this for on -site work. This is not our current standard
for work in the row.
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The 'street intersection gutter detail with crosspan' detail. You have no
street intersections that you will be building or working on. It is okay to use
for on -site work just remove street from the label and insert driveway.
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Need to provide details: 7-20A for vertical curb and 16-2 for sidewalk.
These are needed for any curb gutter and sidewalk repair and or
replacement that is required within the City row.
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Plat - Need to provide some more dimensions so easements are locatable.
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Plat - need to show the 15 foot utility easement extend all along the frontage
of Lot 3.
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Ward Stanford of the Traffic Operations Department offered the following
comments:
1. The Transportation Impact Study needs to be revised and re-
submitted for the following reasons:
* HCS volume for the westbound left is in error. It analyzes with
50 and it should be 150.
* Table 1 does not have Level Of Service data for Drake Road and
Taft Hill Road (where the project is located), but it does have
data about US 287 and 37th Street (assumedly in Loveland).
Why is this? What is the relevance?
* It would be helpful if all the spreadsheets in the appendices are
labeled with the intersection.
* Use a 3 second lost time in the HCS analysis.
* Use 2% for heavy vehicles.
* The trip distribution percentages need review and may be
affecting site traffic distribution numbers.
* Please review the traffic study. There seems to be numerous
errors.
2. Please provide a narrative as to what is taking place with this project.
Are existing buildings being demolished? Is the existing Walgreens
vacating their current building? The Site Plan indicates that the
building and parking area will be placed where current buildings
exist.
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Please see red -lined plans for Current Planning Department comments.
Department: Engineering Issue Contact: Sheri Wamhoff
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Show the property boundaries as shown by the plat that was submitted.
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Utility Plans
Provide a Cover sheet and all the items that are�to be on it. See Check sheet
and standards for requirements.
Provide a utility plan set: cover sheet, utility plan, drainage and erosion
control, drainage basin boundaries, details.
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STAFF PROJECT REVIEW
City of Port Collins
Galloway, Romero & Assoc. Date: 2/27/2002
c/o Peggy Friesen
5350 DTC Parkway
Greenwood Village, CO. 80111
Staff has reviewed your revisions documentation that was re -submitted for
the WALGREENS @ DRAKE CROSSING - MAJOR AMENDMENT/FINAL
PLAN - #35-96A, and we offer the following comments:
ISSUES:
Department: Current Planning Issue Contact: Steve Olt
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Len Hilderbrand of Excel Energy (Public Service) offered the following
comments:
1. PSCO has a 6" gas line on the south and west sides of the project and
gas line along the north edge of the property. They also have gas
service lines serving existing buildings. Any relocation of existing lines
will be at the developers expense.
2. An existing gas main lays approximately 5' north of West Drake Road,
per gas plat 2106-444.
3. No trees may be planted within 4' (horizontally) of gas lines.
4. Please contact Len Hilderbrand, at (970)225-7858, for installation of
proposed gas lines.
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Laurie D'Audney of the Water Utilities is forwarding a copy of the Water
Conservation Standards for Landscapes COMMENT SHEET and the Water
Conservation Standards for LANDSCAPING and IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
General Information. This information was provided to the applicant with
the first round of review and apparently was not addressed.
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