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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNEW BELGIUM BREWERY - MAJOR AMENDMENT - 1-95A - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - BUILDING EXTERIORE. Neighborhood Scale The New Belgium site lies in an industrial area with little established scales due to there being only New Belgium and the city shops on the northwest and several facilities along Lemay. 1. Relative Height The average height of surrounding development ranges from 25+ in the residential to southeast and 25+ in the office/com nercial/warehouse to the west. Existing mature trees on sites to south and west will be taller than the proposed tank farm. 2. Relative Length to Mass The ratio of height to length of the existing brewery is 1 to 4 and will increase as future expansion proceeds. 3. Human Scale Industrial buildings generally do not relate to human scale due to the functional needs within the building. New Belgium Brewery has devoted considerable expenses and effort to relate the bewhouse and office at the comer of Linden and Buckingham Street at a recognizable human scale. The warehouse functions serve as a backdrop for the human scale functions. The tank farm will be enclosed on the east and west with the building additions planned to start in late summer of 1997. 4. Building Character As noted in (3) above, the office/brewhouse is an articulated form to relate to human scale and adjacent neighbors. The transition from the articulated street side to the backdrop warehouse and the tank farm behind will reduce the impact of the height of the tanks and continue the relationship of the building to the street and adjacent properties. The relationship will be will further enhanced with the planned warehouse additions. 5. Relative Location The location of New Belgium within this industrial area is in keeping with City goals of grouping like activities and building types. Having portions of this facility above 40' is not detrimental to the zone and is minimal impact on adjacent non - similar zones. As the industrial area develops, there will be additional facilities with portions above 40'. if NEW BELGIUNI BREWING AMENDMENT TO SITE PLAN Special Review of Buildings over 40 feet 5/20/97 Review Criteria A. Communitv Scale Land to the north and east of the site is undeveloped - zoned industrial and is expected to develop as industrial uses. Land to the south is undeveloped community commercial. Land to the west is developed with a mix of office/commercial/warehouse zoned employment. There is a small low density residential neighborhood to the southwest. B. Views Due to the tank farm location 280' from Buckingham Street and behind the existing brewery, views through and around the site from the southeast are relatively unchanged from a structure 40' high. C. Lieht and Shadow No negative impacts or distribution of natural light are affecting the surrounding properties. Please see attached shadow analysis for December 21. As the analysis indicates, no areas outside this site and adjacent site owned by New Belgium Brewery are affected. D. Privacv Due to the location of the tank farm and limited access for service, there should be no privacy issues for adjacent sites.