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Home My WebLink AboutDRAKE CROSSING SHOPPING CENTER, FILING 2 REPLAT (TRACT ''A'' & ACCESS, UTILITY & DRAINAGE EASEMENT) - 35-96B - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORTC. The Drake Crossing Shopping Center, Filing No. 2 - Subdivision meets the plat requirements located in Section 3.3.1 - Plat Standards located in Article 3 - General Development Standards. RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of the Drake Crossing Shopping Center, Filing No. 2 - Subdivision - #35-96B. 1) The subdivision plat will be filed and recorded only after having been approved by the Director of Planning, with such approval evidenced in writing on the plat and signed by the City Clerk. B. The subdivision plat is in compliance with Section 3.3.1(B) Lots in that: 1) The lots have direct vehicular access to public streets (South Taft Hill Road, West Drake Road, Valley Forge Avenue, and Hampshire Road), and the side lot lines are substantially at right angles or radial to the street lines. 2) The general layout of lots, roads, driveways, utilities, drainage facilities and other services within the existing development have been previously established with the shopping center. C. The subdivision plat is in compliance with Section 3.3.1(C) Public Sites, Reservations and Dedications in that: 1) An applicant shall be required to dedicate rights -of way for public streets, drainage easements and utility easements as needed to serve the area being platted. The right-of-way for Hampshire Road, adjacent to the Drake Crossing Shopping Center, was dedicated with the subdivision plat for the shopping center. The rights -of -way for South Taft Hill Road, West Drake Road, and Valley Forge Avenue were previously dedicated on subdivision plats for contiguous developments. The drainage and utility easements necessary to serve this portion of the shopping center will be dedicated with the Drake Crossing Shopping Center, Filing No. 2 subdivision plat, if approved and filed. 2) Reservation of sites for flood control, open space and other municipal uses shall be made in accordance with the requirements of this Land Use Code. The necessary drainage easements are being dedicated with the Drake Crossing Shopping Center, Filing No. 2 - Subdivision request. 5. Findings of Fact/Conclusion: A. The Drake Crossing Shopping Center, Filing No. 2 - Subdivision contains permitted uses in the NC — Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District. B. The Drake Crossing Shopping Center, Filing No. 2 - Subdivision meets the procedural requirements located in Division 2.1 - General Procedural Requirements, Division 2.2 - Common Development Review Procedures for Development Applications, and Section 2.4 - Project Development Plan located in Article 2 - Administration. COMMENTS: 1. Background: The surrounding zoning and land uses are as follows: N: RL; existing residential (Valley Forge Condominiums, Brown Farm) S: RL, LMN; existing residential (Heinemann's Spring Creek Subdivision, Hampshire Pond, Hampshire Pond East) W: RL; existing residential (Hampshire Court, Hampshire Square) E: RL; existing church and residential (Fort Collins Bible, Lexington Green) The property is part of the Brown Farm First Annexation that was approved by City Council in June, 1971. The subject property was platted and planned as part of the Drake Crossing Shopping Center Planned Unit Development in March, 1982. 2. Purpose of the Subdivision: The purpose for the replat of a portion of the Drake Crossing Shopping Center Subdivision is to create three lots on a property that presently is a tract of land and an access, utility & drainage easement on a portion of a previously subdivided property. The 3-lot subdivision plat will create three lots, one being 5.24 acres in size (Lot 1), the second being 4.18 acres in size (Lot 2), and the third being 1.54 acres in size (Lot 3). Staff has determined that there is no detriment to the existing development associated with the platting of the three lots. 3. Article 2 - Administration: The Drake Crossing Shopping Center, Filing No. 2 - Subdivision complies with the applicable requirements of the LUC, specifically the procedural requirements located in Division 2.1 - General Procedural Requirements, Division 2.2 - Common Development Review Procedures for Development Applications, and Section 2.4 - Project Development Plan located in Article 2 - Administration. 4. Article 3 - General Development Standards: The Drake Crossing Shopping Center, Filing No. 2 - Subdivision complies with the applicable requirements of the LUC, specifically the plat requirements located in Section 3.3.1 - Plat Standards located in Article 3 - General Development Standards. A. The subdivision plat is in compliance with Section 3.3.1(A) General Provisions in that: PROJECT: Drake Crossing Shopping Center, Filing No. 2 - Subdivision - #35-96B APPLICANT: Galloway, Romero & Associates c/o Carl Schmidtlein 5350 DTC Parkway Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 OWNER: Triple Net Properties, LLC c/o Galloway, Romero & Associates 5350 DTC Parkway Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is a request to replat Tract Wand an Access, Utility & Drainage Easement on the existing Drake Crossing Shopping Center subdivision plat into three lots, one being 5.24 acres in size, another being 4.18 acres in size, and the third being 1.54 acres in size. The site is currently developed, being the Drake Crossing Shopping Center (First National Bank Plaza) that contains a Safeway Supermarket, a Walgreens Drug Store, and various other retail, personal service, and office uses. The property (shopping center) is located at the northwest corner of South Taft Hill Road and West Drake Road. It is in the NC — Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District. RECOMMENDATION: Approval EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This request to create a 3-lot subdivision plat for a property that presently is Tract `A' and an Access, Utility & Drainage Easement of the Drake Crossing Shopping Center complies with the applicable requirements of the Land Use Code (LUC), specifically the procedural requirements located in Division 2.1 - General Procedural Requirements, Division 2.2 - Common Development Review Procedures for Development Applications, and Division 2.4 - Project Development Plan located in Article 2 - Administration; and Section 3.3.1 - Plat Standards located in Article 3 - General Development Standards.