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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLEVON'S WAREHOUSE/OFFICE - PDP - 19-96A - CORRESPONDENCE - (3)Y urs truly, Tro nes City Planner g. Canopy shade trees shall be planted in the adjoining street right-of- way in the center of the parkway strip between the curb and sidewalk or 3 to 7 feet behind an attached sidewalk at 30 to 40 foot spacing intervals [3.2.1(D)(2)]. The row of trees along Hemlock Street must continue along the entire length of you property's frontage with the street. h. Exposed sections of building walls that are in high -use or high - visibility areas of the building exterior shall have planting beds at least five feet wide placed directly along at least 50% of such walls [3.2.1(E)(2)(d)]. The northern fagade of this building is a high -use exterior wall, therefore this standard is not being satisfied. This is a repeat comment. i. Please move the note regarding parking spaces located in the existing building's footprint to the general notes section to avoid confusion about which building the note refers to. j. The proposed "open storage area" must be screened from off -site views in the form of plantings, walls, fences (not chain -link) screen panels, topographic changes, or a combination of these techniques [3.2.1(E)(6)] & [3.5.1(J)(2)]. Please specify the height of the fence, and add a general note that the material stored within the outdoor storage will not be allowed to be taller than the fence. k. Windows are required and should be defined with detail elements such as frames, sills and lintels, and placed to visually establish human scale and proportion [3.5.1 fl(3)(c)]. This is a repeat comment. I. Please resubmit the following items: • All redlined plans and reports, • Written responses to all comments, • 10 copies of the revised site plan, • 9 copies of the revised landscape plan, • 3 copies of the revised elevations, • 7 copies to the revised plat, • 5 copies of the revised utility plans, • 3 copies of the revised drainage report. If you have any questions about these or any other issues related to this project please feel free to call me at 221-6750. 0 d. You once had specified an outdoor lighting pole where you now are proposing afire hydrant. There is now no lighting pole identified. Please label on the site plan where the lighting poles will be. Be sure to label them as high pressure sodium down directional cut-off light fixtures. e. In order to build any of the uses listed as a "commercial/retail use" the building must comply with the building standards contained in [3.5.3 Mixed -Use, Institutional and Commercial Buildings] of the Land Use Code including: • If the building contains a commercial use, any wall that faces a street or connecting walkway cannot have a blank uninterrupted length exceeding 30 feet without including two of the following: change in plane, change in texture or masonry pattern, windows, treillage with vines, or and equivalent element that subdivides the wall into human scale proportions[3.5.3(D)(2)(a)(1)]. As proposed the building does not satisfy this standard. There are no windows even shown on the elevations. This is a repeat comment. The integration of windows will solve this problem. • If the building contains a commercial use, facades that face a street or connecting pedestrian frontage shall be subdivided and proportioned using features such as windows, entrances, arcades, arbors, awnings, treillage with vines, along no less than 50% of the fa4ade [3.5.3(D)(3)]. The north, west, and south facades must all satisfy this requirement. As shown, the proposed elevations do not satisfy this requirement. This is a repeat comment. Integration of windows could easily solve this requirement. f. "Full tree stocking" is required to be provided in formal or informal groupings spaced at 30 to 40 foot spacing intervals (for Canopy shade trees) or at 20 to 30 foot spacing intervals (for evergreens or ornamental trees) in all landscape areas within 50 feet of the building. Landscape areas shall also be provided in adequate numbers to allow full tree stocking to occur along high use or high visibility sides of any building. Such landscape areas shall extend at least 7 feet from any building wall and contain at least 55 square feet [3.2.1(D)(1)(c)]. Additional trees are required along the east and north sides of the building to satisfy this requirement. Commun , Planning and Environmental Sr "',ices Current Planning City of Fort Collins STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS Charles Meserlian 700 N. College Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 Staff has reviewed your submittal for Levon's Warehouse Condominum, and we offer the following comments: COMMENTS: Water/Wastewater Department, Stormwater, Engineering: a. Please see the attached redlines and comment sheets from these departments. 2. Poudre Fire Authority, Zoning: a. Please see the attached comment sheets from these departments. 3. Public Service, AT&T Digital: a. These department have indicated that they have no comments. 4. Current Planning: a. Section 2.2.11 of the Land Use Code requires that an applicant submit revisions based on this letter within 90 days or the project application becomes null and void. Your response to the City's concerns is due December 13, 2000. A 30 day extension to this deadline is available. All requests for an extension should be directed to the Current Planning Director. If remaining issues are those that do not require plan revisions, a status report verifying continuing efforts toward resolving the issues is required within the same timeline. b. Please depict more clearly on the site and landscape plans where the PDP boundary is. A thick line will help it read better. c. It appears that the scale of the site plan is V=40', but the legend has it labeled as 1"=60'. Please update the legend. _ l V()I-th C oIIL e %Cllue • 1'0. Bov 580 • Fort Collins, CC) ,S0522-05N0 • (070) 221-117;0 • FAX (970) 41(1-2020