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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNOVOVESKY GARDEN CENTER PUD - PRELIMINARY - 13-95A - CORRESPONDENCE -r City of Fort Collins Commi y Planning and Environmental l-vices Planning Department October 18,. 1994 Novovesky Garden Shop c/o Jim Sell Design 117 E. Mountain Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80524 Dear Jim: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning Chandler Property, Timberline/Caribou, presented before the Conceptual Review Team on October 17, 1994. The comments are offered informally by Staff to assist you in preparing the detailed .components of the project application. Modifications and additions to these comments may be made at the time of formal review of this project.. If you should have any questions regarding these comments or the next steps in the review process, please feel free to call me at 221-6750. SinTcerel , Ted Shepa d, AICP Senior Planner TS/gjd Attachments cc: Bob Blanchard, Chief Planner Transportation Department Stormwater Department Project Planner File 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 of the Timberline/private access. drive intersection. It is strongly recommended that you discuss joint access with the adjacent property to the north for access and circulation onto Caribou Drive. Since Timberline/Caribou intersection will be signalized, your customers would then be able to make safe left turns to go north. Without such access, it may be difficult to make left turn exits from the .property during peak'times on Timberline. 16. For analysis purposes, the Traffic Impact Analysis should use Saturday Noon as the peak time. For further information on the requirements of the Traffic Impact Analysis, please contact Tom Vosburg, 221-6681. 17., The Engineering Department administers the Street Oversizing Fund. The fee. for the proposed use is $5,252 per acre of developed property. For further information and estimate of this fee, please contact Matt Baker, 221-6605. 18. Development of this property will trigger standard requirements for improving adjacent streets. This includes the local street pavement portion of Timberline Road, including sidewalk, curb, and gutter. Along arterials, the width of the sidewalk may be increased with the City paying the developer for the "oversized portion" of the walk. For information regarding the status of a Timberline Road (west side) capital improvement project, please contact Matt Baker. 19. The parking lot and access drives will have to be paved and landscaped in accordance with City requirements. The one exception may be the looping drive behind the existing house. 6. There is -no sanitary sewer line in Timberline. The nearest sewer is north at the Timberline/Caribou intersection. Or, the site can be served by the Warren Lake Sewer Trunk, south of the property, that serves Sunstone Village P.U.D. Either of these mains can be tapped with.an eight inch diameter line that can serve the.site. It would be required that the house be converted from septic to sanitary sewer. For further information, please contact Roger Buffington, 221-6681. 7. The landscape plan will have to comply with the new water conservation requirements for landscape materials and automatic irrigation systems. 8. The Poudre Fire Authority will require that the buildings be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system or be separated by a one -hour fire -rated wall. A fire hydrant will be required near the front entry of the building. The 16 inch diameter water main in Timberline should provide sufficient pressure to serve the site. For further information, please contact Roger Frasco, 221-6570. 9. The greenhouse must be kept a minimum of 13 feet away from the existing residence. 10. The Building Inspection Division will need data on the type and amount of fertilizers and/or chemicals stored on the premises. il. The retail building must be served by handicap access and parking stalls with ramps that lead to the front entry. For further information on storage of hazardous. materials or handicap access requirements, please contact Sharon Getz, 221- 6760. 12. The site is located in the Fox Meadows Drainage Basin. The storm drainage in this basin is $6,468 per acre, subject to the amount of impervious surface and the runoff coefficient. A standard Drainage Report, Grading and Drainage Plan, and Erosion Control Plan, meeting the City's requirements, will be required at the time of submittal. 13. Development should not impact the existing wetlands. 14. Onsite detention will be required. Storm flows must be released at the two-year historic rate. Flows must. be routed to a positive outfall. This outfall could be the City's storm sewer line at Timberline/Caribou intersection, or into the curb and gutter street system. Either way, the capacity of the outfall must be verified in order to accept additional developed storm flows. For further information, please contact Glen Schlueter, Stormwater Engineer, 221-6589. 15. The Transportation Department will require a Traffic Impact Study that addresses trip generation and operational analysis CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS MEETING DATE: October 17, 1994 ITEM: Chandler Property, Timberline/Caribou APPLICANT: Novovesky Garden Shop c/o Kay Force, Jim Sell Design, 117 East Mountain Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80525. LAND USE DATA: Request for a 4,100 square foot retail garden shop, with a 4,100 square foot greenhouse in combination.with an existing single family residence on 3.0 acres on the west side of Timberline Road,, south of Caribou Drive. COMMENTS: 1. The site is presently zoned R-E which does not allow the proposed use. It is recommended that the zoning request be made for I-P, Industrial Park, to match the surrounding area on the west side of Timberline Road. Staff will recommend that the zoning be conditioned upon the property developing as a P.U.D. as per the Land Development Guidance System. Rezoning takes one reading by the Planning and Zoning Board and two readings by City Council. The.P.U.D. is separate from the zoning petition and takes two readings by the Planning and Zoning Board. 2. Three-phase electrical power is available along the west side of Timberline Road. Electrical power can be tapped with fiberglass oval vault. 3. The location of the electrical transformer must be coordinated with Light and Power Department. The transformer must be within ten feet of hard surface on one side for emergency change -out. The transformer must be screened from public view, especially along Timberline Road. Screening may. be either a solid enclosure meeting the City's clearance specifications or by landscape materials. 4. Normal electrical development charges will apply. Please contact Bruce Vogel at Light and Power, 221-6700, for further information. 5. There is a 16 inch diameter water main in Timberline Road that is available to serve the site. COMMUNITY PLANNING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 NORTH COLLEGE P.O.BOX 580 FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80522-0580 (303)221.6750 PLANNING DEPARTMENT