HomeMy WebLinkAboutSAGE CREEK - PDP - 25-98B - CORRESPONDENCE -8) Coordinate the sidewalk/trail system throughout the development with Transportation
Planning Services and with the Harvest Park Project Development Plan to the north.
9) LETA, Larimer Emergency Telephone Authority is currently reviewing the proposed
street names of Sage Creek PDP and Harvest Park PDP to insure they are an
extension of currently used names. Their comments will be forwarded once they are
finalized.
10) Please return all redlined documents with plan revisions.
Additional comments and the required number of revised plans will be forthcoming as the various
departments and reviewing agencies continue to review this request.
Please provide a written response to each of the above comments with the submittal of plan
revisions. And revised site/landscape development plans drawn to scale clearly dated and labeled
shall be submitted to address the above. Letters of Intent for all off -site easements will also be
needed by the Stormwater Utility and Engineering Department.
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 by March 22, 2000. A 30-day extension to this deadline is available. Request 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.
The burden of demonstrating compliance with all Land Use Code criteria, the Fossil Creek
Reservoir Area Plan, and the City of Fort Collins Development Manual is with the applicant. Please
contact me at 970.221.6750 and/or e-mail: rfuchs aC ci.fort-collins.co.us if you should have any
questions or concerns related to these comments.
Sincerely,
Ronald G. Fuchs
City Planner
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h) Deviation from the approved project development plan will require addition review
from the City.
i) The plat shall meet Zoning concerns regarding adherence to the Land Use Code
(see Zoning comments).
4) The following comments apply to the architectural elevations:
a) Land Use Code Sections 3.5.1(D); 3.5.2 (C)(1); and, 3.5.2(C)(2); requires to the
maximum extent feasible, primary facades and entries face the adjacent street and
have a direct pedestrian connection to the street without requiring all pedestrians to
walk through parking lots or cross driveways with no primary entrance more than
200 feet from a street sidewalk. The proposed neighborhood center does not meet
these criteria.
b) Scaled design elevations for the neighborhood center need to be submitted and
must be compatible with the overall development based upon Land Use Code
standards.
c) Please indicate all building colors (stone, bricks, stucco, et cetera with a color pallet)
on the Building Elevations in accordance with Section 3.5.1(G) of the Land Use
Code.
d) Indicate all building dimensions, including doors, windows, pitch of roof, etcetera,
on building elevations.
e) Scaled design elevations for the trash enclosure need to be submitted in insure
compliance with the Land Use Code. Section 3.5.1(J)(1) and (2) requires that no
trash enclosure be located within twenty (20) feet of any public street, public
sidewalk or internal pedestrian way and screened with vegetative landscaping.
5) The following comments apply to the Low Density, Mixed -Use Neighborhood (LMN)
District (LUC Section 4.4):
a) Please provide illustrative examples of the single --family dwelling elevations, since
they shall comply with Section 4.4(D)(2)(a)-(d).
b) Please clarify what is meant by optional playground?
6) Provide a detailed lighting plan for the multi -family dwellings (spec. sheet for all wall and
pole mounted fixtures) insuring that all lighting apparatuses are shielded down, which
meets Sections 3.2.2 and 3.2.4(A) — (D).
7) According to Section 3.2.4(D)(7) a maximum of 10 foot-candles is allowed at any single
point as result of on -site lighting. According to Section 3.2.4(D)(8) of the Land Use
Code, lighting levels shall not exceed 0.1 foot-candle at a point 20 feet beyond the
property line as a direct result of on -site lighting. Please note the highlighted areas on
the Lighting Plan.
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H. Stormwater: their response will be forwarded.
I. Engineering: their checklist will be forwarded.
J. Transportation Planning: submitted a checklist that identified several requirements. The
checklist is attached to this report.
K. Zoning Department: submitted a checklist that identified their requirements. Their
response is attached to this report.
L. Advance Planning: submitted a checklist that identified several requirements. Their
response is attached to this report.
M. Current Planning Department: provides the following:
1) Delineate all property line setbacks, right-of-way width and improvements (including
County Road 36 and County Road 9 ROW and dedications on the respective site
plans), private drive widths, and sidewalk widths on all plans as required by the City of
Fort Collins Development Manual.
2) The plan sets need to include building envelope/footprint dimensions and distance to
nearest property lines as required by the City of Fort Collins Development Manual.
3) The following comments apply to the Site/Landscape Plan:
a) Per LUC Section 3.2.1(D)(2) street trees shall be placed at thirty-foot to forty -foot
spacing intervals in the center of all parkway areas. The trees shall be placed at
least eight (8) feet away from the edges of driveways and alleys, and forty feet
(shade trees)/fifteen feet (ornamental trees) (LUC 3.2.1(K) from any street light.
There are certain intersections where street trees exceed this standard.
b) After revising the site/landscape, please make sure the minimum species diversity is
provided in accordance with Section 3.2.1(D)(3) of the Land Use Code.
c) Per LUC Section 3.2.1(E)(4)(a) multi -family parking lot perimeter landscaping asks
that trees be provided at a ratio of one (1) tree per twenty-five (25) lineal feet along
a public street.
d) Please note that LUC Section 3.2.1(E) (4) Parking Lot Perimeter Landscaping (b)
addresses the need to screen parking areas.
e) Per Section 3.2.2(M) and Section 3.2.1(E)(4) — (6). 3.2.2(13)(5)(a) walkways shall
have one (1) canopy shade tree per forty (40) lineal feet of walkways planted in a
landscape strip within five (5) feet of such walkway.
f) The parking plan by the neighborhood center shall be revised to meet Land Use
Code Section 3.2.
g) Please clarify General Note 10: Town homes on Sheet 5 of 9.
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Commu. _j( Planning and Environmental vices
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
December 23, 1999
Mr. Eldon Ward, President
Cityscape Urban Design, Inc.
3555 Stanford Road, Suite 105
Fort Collins, CO 80525
RE: Sage Creek Tier Three Comments
Dear Mr. Ward:
This letter is in response to plans for Sage Creek Project Development Plan (Planning File #25-
986) submitted on December 1, 1999. Please note that staff reviewed your plans and the
Planning Division mailed a request for comments to several public agencies and departments. This
development proposal is subject to and shall comply with all requirements set forth in the City's
Land Use Code (LUC), specifically: Articles 2. Administration (Development Review Procedures);
Article 3. General Development Standards; Article 4. [Zoning] Districts; and, the Fossil Creek
Reservoir Area Plan.
The City of Fort Collins Land Use Code (LUC) requires that throughout all land use proceedings,
the burden to comply with all applicable standards rest with the applicant. Staff, after reviewing
materials submitted by the applicant, finds that revisions/re-design to the submitted plans dated
11/30/99 are warranted to meet the Land Use Code, Fossil Creek Reservoir Area Plan, and the
City of Fort Collins Development Manual.
The following lists the agencies and departments that responded with their comments attached:
A. Public Service/New Century Energies: submitted a checklist that identified several
requirements. The checklist is attached to this report.
B. Mapping/Drafting: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report.
C. AT&T: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report.
D. Park Planning and Development: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached
to this report.
E. Traffic Operations: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this. report.
F. Natural Resources: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report.
G. Poudre Fire Authority: submitted a checklist that identified several requirements. Their
response is attached to this report.
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