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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHEARTHFIRE PUD, 1ST FILING - FINAL - 31-95D - CORRESPONDENCE -Please contact me at 221-6750 if you have questions or concerns regarding these comments or if you would like to schedule a meeting to discuss the comments. Project Planner cc: Kerrie Ashbeck Shear Engineering Frederick Land Surveying - C-I!e 17. The effects of encroachment on the wetlands slopes and effects on water quality must be demonstrated. 18. There is still the question of whether Hearthfire Way, the primary access to this development, and the surrounding property must be annexed into the City before this request can be approved. 19. The Engineering Department comments are forthcoming. Please check with Kerrie Ashbeck on Monday, December 23rd to see if the comments are available. 20. A copy of the comments received from the Stormwater Utility is attached to this letter. 21. A copy of comments received from Tim Buchanan, the City Forester, is attached to this letter. This completes the staff comments at this time. Additional comments will be forthcoming as they are received from City departments and outside reviewing agencies. Please be aware of the following dates and deadlines (next page) to assure your ability to stay on schedule for the January 27, 1997 Planning and Zoning Board hearing: Plan revisions are due no later than the end of the working day, January 8, 1997*. Please contact me for the number of folded revisions required for each document. * NO REVISIONS WILL BE REVIEWED AFTER THE ABOVE DEADLINE. IF REVISIONS ARE NOT RECEIVED BY THIS DATE, THE ITEM WILL EITHER GO TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD WITH A STAFF RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED DOCUMENTS OR THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE THE OPTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TO THE NEXT MONTHS BOARD AGENDA. PMT's (photo reduction of Site Plan, Landscape Plan, and Building Elevations to 8.5" x 11"), rendering (one each colored full-size Site Plan and/or Landscape Plan and Building Elevations), and 8 folded copies of the final full-size Site Plan, Landscape Plan, and Building Elevations revisions ( for the Planning and Zoning Board members packets) are due on January 21, 1997. ************************************************************************************************** C. This property is in the Residential Neighborhood Sign District; therefore, if you want to put signs on the community building you will need to show the proposed locations on the building elevations. Please contact Peter Barnes, at 221-6760, if you have questions about these comments. 10. A copy of the comments received from the Building Inspection Department is attached to this letter. 11. The Light & Power Department has indicated that they have no additional comments over the comments they have made on previous reviews. 12. The Natural Resources Department has offered the following comments: a. On the Site Plan, change the label of "Mitigated Wetlands" to read "Wetlands Created for Mitigation". b. They will need to see a more detailed mitigation plan, to include proposed grading and a planting schedule, before final approval. Also, a mitigation report is required. Please contact Rob Wilkinson, at 221-6600, if you have questions about these comments. 13.. Randy Balok of the Parks Planning Department has indicated that the Parks Maintenance Division jLnol interested in accepting and maintaining the 12' crushed rock trail/Whiting Oil Co. Access easement. This trail, the park, and interspersed open space tracts should remain with the Homeowner's Association. 14. Fred Jones of the Transportation Department has indicated that required on - site and off -site street improvements have been addressed. The traffic volumes and level of service should not be a problem with a future connection to County Road 11 with these 90 dwelling units. 15. Is, in fact, Lot 53 the only lot that cannot be built on until the 150' oil well setback restriction is removed? Lot 38, for certain, is questionable. 16. What is the reason for shifting Hearthfire Way to the west, through the middle of the wetlands? Has this realignment been discussed in detail with the Natural Resources Department? Is the 1.92 acres of mitigated wetlands the actual amount to be disturbed? Is there a need to contact the Army Corps. of Engineers and, if so, have they been contacted? 4. A copy of a comment letter from W. Dean Smith, General Manager of the Boxelder Sanitation District, is attached to this letter. 5. Webb Jones of the ELCO Water District has indicated that a 20' wide utility easement is required between Lots 87 & 88. This easement is shown on the Site Plan but not on the subdivision plat. Also, there are additional comments on a utility plan that he has apparently sent to your engineer. 6. A copy of a comment letter from Gloria T. Hice-Idler, the Access Coordinator for the Colorado Department of Transportation, is attached to this letter. 7. Mike Spurgin of the U.S. Post Office has indicated that the proposed "Blue Heron Court" is a conflicting street name with Blue Heron Lane that is in an existing development around Terry Lake, also in the 80524 Zip Code area. Please find an alternative name for this street/court. 8. The Police Department has offered the following comments: a. You will need to change the proposed street name "Richard's Lake Drive" because there is already an existing Richard's Lake Road. b. You will need to change the proposed street name "Barn Swallow Way" that is separated from the proposed "Barn Swallow Drive and Circle" by the proposed "Snipe and Waxwing Lanes' . C. What is the street lighting plan for this development? Please contact Ken Jackson, at 221-6540, if you have questions about these comments. 9. The Zoning Department has offered the following comments: a. In reference to Plant Note 15 on the Site and Landscape Plan ... the City inspects the development as a whole, not an inspection on an individual lot basis for trees. Street/parkway trees will be inspected as part of the development. b. The 16' minimum front setback (assumedly from the property line) is probably not adequate in most cases to allow for a 19' to 20' long driveway from back of sidewalk. There must be a minimum 19' clearance from garage door to back of walk so that a car parked in the driveway will not overhang and block the sidewalk. Commu__Ay Planning and Environmental-I,rvices Current Planning City of Fort Collins December 19, 1996 Jim Sell Design c/o Tom Dugan 117 East Mountain -Avenue Fort collins, CO. 80524 Dear Tom, Staff has reviewed your documents for the Hearthfire PUD, First Filing - Final that were submitted to the City on November 25, 1996, and would like to offer the following comments: 1. A copy of a comment letter from Robert Helmick of the Larimer County Planning Division is attached to this letter. 2. A copy of a comment letter from Lonnie Sheldon of the Larimer County Engineering Department is attached to this letter. 3. Public Service Company has offered the following comments: a. The proposed 9' wide front lot utility easements appear to be adequate contingent on electric facilities and any front lot telephone and cable tv being installed between the curb and sidewalk. The 9' wide utility easement s are also required adjoining street right-of-way lines on both sides of Hearthfire Way (to be dedicated separately by annexation?). Fifteen foot wide utility easements are required adjoining the south line of Douglas Road and the east line of county Road 13. b. The fences shown in the typical street cross-section represent a major conflict with,the installation and maintenance of natural gas lines. This issue needs to be resolved with Public Service Company prior to installation of any utility lines. C. No trees may be planted within 4' of any natural gas line. Gary Huett is your contact person at Public Service Company if you have questions about his comments. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 FAX (970) 221-6378 • TDD (970) 224-6002