HomeMy WebLinkAboutBRIDGEFIELD P.U.D. - PRELIMINARY - 45-94 - CORRESPONDENCE -0�;
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DATE: November 9, 1994
TO: Steve Olt, City Planner
FROM: Susie Gordon, Environmental Planner
RE: Bridgefield PUD
The Natural Resources Division has several concerns with the plans
for the Bridgefield PUD on West Prospect. The buffer zones are
narrower than we recommended (20-25' next to ditches instead of 30'
and 35' next to wetlands instead of 1001). The plan also fails to
address the landscaping design for these areas. Therefore, we
would like to see the following four conditions set on the Planning
and Zoning Board's preliminary approval.
1. The developer must show that the project's stormwater
management design and the buffer zone between his roadway and
Heatheridge Pond is adequate to protect the water quality of
the pond from the development after it is constructed.
2. The developer must indicate whether the buffer zone between
his road and the pond, and along the southwestern -most corner
of the project, will be disturbed during construction. If so,
the developer must define the area of disturbance and indicate
how it will be mitigated.
3. Natural Resources strongly recommends that the developer
provide a reasonable amount (not to exceed $2,000) of off -site
landscaping in the area between his project and the pond in
order to reduce the impacts of the development. Vegetation
will create a visual and physical screen to the new housing
for visitors to the pond. It will also provide .some
mitigation for habitat loss to wildlife, which will occur as
a result of the development. The landscaping should be
designed as a natural planting, using emergent native wetland
species along the shore and transitioning to larger native
upland shrubs.
4. We also recommend that the developer work with the City
Forester to establish a tree management program for the buffer
zone along the banks of Larimer County Canal No. 2, to be
maintained tay, the homeowners association.