HomeMy WebLinkAboutRAMADA LIMITED SUITES PUD -- PRELIMINARY - 16-96A - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESCAM@@P(A�
urban design, inc.
RAMADA LIMITED SUITES PUD
Revised Statement of Planning Objectives
July 22, 1996
The proposed Ramada Limited Suites at Garth Commercial Plaza represents an
opportunity to introduce a hotel and other retail/office development into a developing
commercial area; and help in attaining the goal of creating mixed use development within this
area of the city.
The proposed use is consistent with the applicable Land Use Policies of the City of Fort
Collins. Those policies include promoting maximum utilization of land within the city;
discouraging commercial development from gaining primary access from College Avenue;
giving preferential consideration to urban development proposals witch are contiguous to
existing development within the city limits; and locational criteria for commercial/business
types of uses.
The scale, color, and general materials of the proposed hotel and retail/office building
are compatible with adjacent uses, and will help to buffer the residential areas to the west of
the Colorado and Southern Railroad tracks, from the more intense retail and commercial uses
along South Mason Street and South College Avenue. The proposed hotel does exceed the
40' height limit within the city of Fort Collins by an average of less than two feet, with the
highest peak 43'-6". This is being proposed to accommodate a full gable and hipped roof
which improves the appearance of the building, and is more in character with the residential
buildings to the west. The retail/office building has been designed to be compatible with the
adjacent existing retail building to the south.
As illustrated on the special review height analysis sheet, the additional height of the
building has little or no impact on surrounding properties beyond that of a hypothetical 25'
wall placed at the property line. This structure has little, if any, impact on views of the
mountains from any residential properties. The site plan has also been designed to retain a .
view corridor of the mountains from Boardwalk Drive. As can be seen from the perspective
sketches, the additional height of the building is almost imperceptible to a pedestrian or
motorist.
Extensive landscaping throughout the site screens the parking areas from public views
and visually softens the scale of the building.
Development of the site is scheduled begin in late 1996.