HomeMy WebLinkAboutPARK SOUTH COMMERCIAL PLAZA, LOT 2B, AUTAWASH - PDP - 37-94B - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTS (3)6) 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.
7) As noted on Sheet 3 of 5, 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.
8) Verification of the irrigation system connection points to ensure all landscaping is
continuously maintained per Section 3.2.1 [J].
9) All signs will require an additional sign permit outside this comment review.
10)Please note all exterior mechanical devises, meters, et cetera, must be
screened.
11)Please return all redlined documents with plan revisions.
12)Coordinate the sidewalk system through out the development with
Transportation Planning Services.
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 if you should have any questions or concerns related
to these comments. .
Sincerely,
Ronald G. Fuchs
City Planner
cc: Bob Mechels .
Dave Stringer
Transportation Planning
Stormwater
Poudre Fire Authority
Zoning Department
Current Planning File #37-94A
CAMy Documents\Planning DocumentWutawash #37-94B LUClautawash first filing comments.doc
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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 facade 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.
• It appears that the proposed design is proposing inferior materials to the
rest of the building on the west facade. This section of the code prohibits
use of inferior materials for side and rear facades, and specifies that all
sides of the building shall include materials and design characteristics
consistent with those on the front.
g) 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
facade. You western and northern facades fall short of this requirement.
Your smaller accessory buildings must also adhere to 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) The doors you propose on the west and south elevations do not have
sufficient aesthetic articulation. Please incorporate these doors into the
facade treatment elements described above.
j) Please indicate all building colors (stone, bricks, etcetera) on the Building
Elevations in accordance with Section 3.5.1(G) of the Land Use Code.
k) Please indicate all building dimensions, including doors, windows, etcetera,
on the building elevations.
1) Please clarify the alternate marquee as noted on the east building elevations.
m) Scaled design elevations for the lube center, trash enclosure, and canopies
need to be submitted and must be compatible with the overall development
based upon Land Use Code standards.
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b) 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.
c) 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. Roof top mechanical must be hidden from view by a
parapet.
d) 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.
e) 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.
f) 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 spaced buildings. The
bays shall be established by architectural features such as columns, ribs
or polasters, piers and fenestration pattern. The proposed design shows
vertical bands of a different masonry surface every 30 feet, which does
not satisfy the requirement.
• The proposed design does not provide enough facade 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
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c) After revising the site/landscape, please make sure the minimum species
diversity is provided in accordance with Section 3.2.1(D)(3) of the Land Use
Code.
d) Please note LUC Section 3.2.1(E) (4) Parking Lot Perimeter Landscaping (b)
addresses the need to screen parking areas.
e) Address all visual clearance and sight distance triangle areas per Section
3.2.1(L) of the Land Use Code.
f) Per Section 3.2.2(M) and Section 3.2.1(E)(4) — (6) requires at least six (6)
percent of the interior space of any parking lot be devoted to interior parking
landscaping. The actual interior parking lot landscaping percentages have
not been shown.
g) All parking lots need to meet the parameters addressed in LUC Section
3.2.1(E)(5)(a) — (e) including 3.2.2(B)(5)(a) walkways shall have one (1)
canopy shade tree per forty (40) lineal feet of walkways planted in a
landscape, strip within five (5) feet of such walkway.
h) According to Section 3.2.2(C)(3) site amenities such as benches, bike racks,
et cetera should be provided. Please show site amenities.
i) Section 3.2.2(C)(5) — (6) and 3.2.2(D) — (E) requires that six-foot walkways
within the site provide direct well direct well-defined and separated circulation
routes for vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians.
In accordance with Section 3.2.2[C][5]-[6] and [E][5] of the Land Use Code,
onsite pedestrian systems should provide directness, continuity, safety and
minimize the number of driveway and drive aisle crossings. These standards
have not been met on the site plan, within the area to the west of building
connecting it to Horsetooth. A direct pedestrian linkage shall be provided on
the south property line adjacent to the private drive.
The parking and circulation system should accommodate the movement of
vehicles, bicycles, pedestrians and transit safely and conveniently throughout
the site and to and from surrounding areas. The drive aisle widths into the
private drive should be reduced in size.
5) The following comments apply to the architectural design of the building:
a) You have not specified the opacity of the glass you are proposing. Section
3.5.1(F) of the LUC specifies that clear glass (reflectivity or opacity of less
than 60%) shall be used for commercial storefront display windows and
doors. Please specify.
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G. Water/Wastewater: submitted a response to the checklist and is attached to this
report.
H. Light and Power: submitted the response and it is attached to this report.
Street Oversizing: submitted a checklist that identified several requirements. Their
response is attached to this report.
J. Poudre Fire Authority: submitted a checklist that identified several requirements.
Their response is attached to this report.
K. Building Inspections Department: their response is attached to this report.
L. Stormwater: submitted a checklist that identified a number of requirements. Their
response is attached to this report.
M. Engineering: submitted a checklist that identified several requirements. Their
checklist is attached to this report.
N. Transportation Planning: submitted a checklist that identified several requirements.
The checklist is attached to this report.
O. Zoning Department: submitted a checklist that identified their requirements. Their
response is attached to this report.
P. Current Planning Department: provides the following:
1) An amendment needs to be submitted and approved prior to approval of 37-94B
to accommodate any off -site alterations and changes that need to occur to
accommodate this development.
2) Delineate all property line setbacks, Horsetooth right-of-way width, private drive
widths, and sidewalk widths on all plans.
3) The gross acreage and net acreage figures are different, does net acreage
figure factor Horsetooth right-of-way dedication?
4) The following comments apply to the Site/Landscape Plan:
a) The gas pumps will need to be re -located out of the easement.
b) Per LUC Section 3.2. 1 (E)(4)(a) parking lot perimeter landscaping asks that
trees be provided at a ratio of one (1) tree per twenty-five (25) lineal feet
along a public street. Per LUC Section 3.2.1(D)(2) street trees shall be
placed at thirty-foot to forty -foot spacing intervals in the center of all parkway
areas. The trees shall be placed at least eight (8) feet away from the edges
of driveways and alleys, and forty feet (shade trees)/fifteen feet (ornamental
trees) (LUC 3.2.1(K) from any street light.
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Comm- 'ty Planning and Environmental rvices
Current Planning
City of Fort Collins
FLE COPY
June 9, 1999
Mr. Barry Hillegas
P.O. Box 3558
Englewood, CO 80155
RE: Autawash
Dear Mr. Hillegas:
This letter is in response to plans for Park South Commercial Plaza, Lot 2-B Autawash
Project Development Plan (City File #37-94B) submitted on May 11, 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; and, Article 4. [Zoning] Districts.
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 revisions/re-design to
the submitted plans dated 5.11.99 are warranted to meet the Land Use Code.
The following lists the agencies and departments that responded and the substance of
their comments:
A. Public Service: the checklist is attached to this report.
B. Mapping/Drafting: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this
report.
C. Water Conservation: submitted a response to the checklist and is attached to this
report.
D. Post Office: submitted a response to the checklist and is attached to this report.
E. TCI: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this report.
F. Traffic Operations: submitted a response to the checklist and it is attached to this
report.
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