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Home My WebLink AboutPVH HEALTH SYSTEMS, HARMONY CAMPUS - MAJOR AMENDMENT - 32-98C - CORRESPONDENCE -w y � 4) Provide a detailed light plan (spec. sheet for all wall and pole mounted fixtures) insuring that all lighting apparatuses are shielded down, which meets the Section 3.2.4 including Section 3.2.2. 5) All signs will require an additional sign permit outside this comment review. 6) Please note all exterior mechanical devises, meters, et cetera, must be screened. 7) Please return all redlined documents with plan revisions. 8) Coordinate the sidewalk system through out the development with Transportation Planning Services. 9) The burden of demonstrating compliance with all Land Use Code and Harmony Corridor Area Plan criteria is with the applicant. Additional comments and the required number of revised plans may 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. In addition, a revised site development plan drawn to scale which is clearly dated and labeled shall be submitted to address the above. Please contact me at 970.221.6750 and/or e-mail: rfuchse-ci.fort-collins.co.us if you should have any questions or concerns related to these comments. Since;ly, Ronald G. Fuchs City Planner cc: Current Planning File #32-98C Poudre Valley Health System Major Amendment first filing comments 4 e) Section 3.5.3(D)(2) of the LUC specifies minimum wall articulation that must be achieved on all facades. • The proposed design does not provide the proper architectural features to visually.establish the required minimum 30-foot spacing. The bays shall be established by architectural features such as columns, ribs or polasters, piers and fenestration pattern. • The proposed design does not provide enough fagade articulation on several facades. This section of the code specifies that in order to add architectural interest and variety and to avoid the effect of a single, long or massive wall with no relation to human size, no wall that faces a street or connecting walkway (basically all of your facades) can have a blank uninterrupted length exceeding 30 feet without including at least two of the following: change in plane, change in texture or masonry pattern, windows, treillage with vines, or an equivalent element that subdivides the wall into human scale proportions. If you don't want to put in windows on the west, east, and north facades because of the nature of the use of the building, you may include false windows and/or door openings defined by frames, sills and lintels, or similarly proportioned modulations of the wall. f) Section 3.5.3(D)(3) specifies that facades that face a street or connecting walkway (all of the facades on this proposed building) must be subdivided and proportioned using features such as windows, entrances, arcades, arbors, awnings, treillage with vines, etc. along no less than 50% of the fagade. Your eastern, western and northern facades fall short of this requirement. g) Section 3.5.3(D)(4) specifies that building entrances be clearly defined and recessed with a sheltering element. Your western entrance falls short of this requirement. h) Section 3.5.3(D)(6) specifies that all facades shall have a recognizable "base," and "top" treatments. A "base" treatment consists of (but is not limited to): thicker walls, ledges or sills; integrally textured materials such as stone or other masonry; integrally colored and patterned materials such as smooth -finished stone or tile; lighter or darker colored materials, mullions or panels; or planters. A "top" treatment consists of (but is not limited to): cornice treatments, other than just colored "stripes" or "bands," with integrally textured materials such as stone or other masonry or differently colored materials; sloping roof with overhangs and brackets; stepped parapets. i) Please indicate all building dimensions, including doors, windows, et cetera, on the building elevations. j) Please note that the area referenced as the future expansion area will be required to be reviewed and must be compatible with the overall development based upon Land Use Code standards, including Section 3.5.3(C). This area has not been reviewed with this review. 3) Please show the location of all transformers on the revised Site and Landscape Plans. They must be located no more than 10 feet from a paved surface and must be screened from view. 3 i K. Water/Wastewater: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. L. Transportation: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. M. Engineering/Pavement: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. N. Public Service: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. O. Building Inspections: submitted a checklist that identified several requirements. The checklist is attached to this report. P. Current Planning Department: provides the following: 1) Please label the appropriate dimension(s) for each illustrative diagram, including all setbacks, et cetera. 2) The following comments apply to the architectural elevations: a) Section 3.5.1(F)(3)(c) requires that windows must be placed to visually establish human scale and proportion and must be individually defined with detail elements such as frames, sills and lintels. Pedestrian scale/human scale is defined in Section 5 of the code as "the proportional relationship between the dimensions of a building or building element, street, outdoor space or streetscape element and the average dimensions of the human body, taking into account the perceptions and walking speed of a typical pedestrian. It appears that the window types and placements that you have proposed do not meet these requirements. b) Section 3.5.1(J)(2) requires that any wall mounted utility meters and rooftop or ground mounted mechanical equipment shall allow the architectural design to be continuous. These functions must be screened from view from adjacent properties and public streets by materials that are not inferior to the principal materials of the building and landscape. Please specify where the utility meters and mechanical equipment will be located, and show proper screening measures. Rooftop mechanical must be hidden from view by a parapet. c) Section 3.5.3(C) of the LUC requires that all facades of your building cannot exceed a height: width ratio or 1:3 without substantial variation in massing that includes a change in height and a projecting or recessed element. The change in mass that is required shall be part of the integral structure of the building and not merely a tacked -on cosmetic effect. Your building as proposed is in serious violation of this standard particularly on the east, west and north elevations. d) Section 3.5.3(D)(1) of the LUC specifies that in the case of multiple building developments, each individual building shall include predominant characteristics shared by all buildings in the development so that the development forms a cohesive place within the community. Similar architectural features should be carried over from the main building to the design of the smaller buildings. 2 Comm,, ty Planning and Environmenta: !rvices Current Planning City of Fort Collins October 22, 1999 Ms. Angela Milewski BHA Design, INC. 4803 Innovation Drive Fort Collins, CO 80525 RE: Poudre Valley Health System Major Amendment Tier One Comments Dear Ms. Milewski: This letter is in response to plans for Poudre Valley Health System Major Amendment Cancer Addition (City File #32-98C) submitted on September 7, 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 Harmony Corridor 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 changes to plans dated September 7, 1999 are warranted to meet the Land Use Code. The following lists the agencies and departments that responded and the substance of their comments: A. Zoning: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. B. Traffic Operations: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. C. TCI: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. D. LETA: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. E. Water Conservation: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. F. Light and Power: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. G. PFA: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. H. Natural Resources: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. Engineering: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. J. Stormwater: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 • FAX (970) 416-2020