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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLATINUM AUTO BROKERS PUD - PRELIMINARY & FINAL - 36-94 - CORRESPONDENCE - (3)temporary closure versus a permanent closure. There is a possibility that future street widening and other road improvements may be implemented on North College making a permanent closure at this time premature. 13. Please be aware that the Planning Department is presently working on the North College Avenue Corridor Plan. The project planner is Janet Meisel, 221-6750. The plan is designed to review City zoning policies, and other design considerations on North College Avenue from the Poudre River to the "Y". The target date for plan completion is the middle of 1994. You and the property owner are encouraged to get involved in this planning process so your concerns and comments can be heard. t, 5.. The Poudre Fire Authority requires that display vehicles, or vehicles under repair, not block, fire access to the building. Access - for fire equipment around the building must be preserved or the owner will be in violation of the Fire Code. If there are expansion plans for the building, then the access and water supply requirements of the Fire Code, must be maintained. 6. For your information, the property is a platted lot known as the Hall's First Addition Subdivision. 7. If there are to be any building expansions or any expansion of the hard surface area, then onsite detention of storm flows will be required. If onsite detention is triggered by any future improvements, then offsite drainage easements must be obtained to convey the storm flows to Dry Creek. S. The property is in the floodplain of Dry Creek. As such, any building expansion would require a Floodplain Use.Permit from the Storm Drainage Board. If you have any questions regarding drainage issues,,please contact Glen Schlueter, 221-6589. 9. The City's Transportation Department will require information on how the is operating in terms of traffic generation. An estimate on the number of cars serviced by the mechanic and an estimate of the number of customers visiting the car lot must be provided. These estimates should be made based on a typical busy day during the week, plus the Saturday operation. Information provided to the Transportation Department should be emphasize that, with the underground gas tanks removed, there are no retail gas customers as there once was when the site was a Texaco service station. Please contact Rita Davis, Transportation Department, 221-6608, if you have any questions on providing traffic information. 10. Since College Avenue is State Highway 287, the State Department of Transportation must review the request. The applicant, or the applicant's consulting engineer, must complete the State Highway Access. Permit application procedure. This application is made via the City's Engineering Department. Please contact Kerrie Ashbeck, 221- 6750, for details. 11. The City's Engineering Department will work with the State of Colorado on reviewing the access situation onto North College Avenue. Both the City and the State are reviewing access all along the highway and are preparing. a North College Avenue Access Control Plan. Please be aware that there may be a possibility that present curb cuts may be consolidated with other properties or closed. 12. If .the State requires curb cut closure, the City's Engineering Department will work with the owner on constructing a lkk CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS MEETING. DATE: September 27, 1993 ITEM: 1845 North College Avenue - Auto Sales APPLICANT: Mr. Gary Farkas, P.O. Box 1323, Loveland, CO. 80537 LAND USE DATA: Request to allow auto sales in the H-B zone at 1845 North College Avenue as a joint use with automotive repair. COMMENTS: 1. The property is located in the H-B, Highway Business Zone District. Since 1977, this zone does not allow auto sales as. a "use by right". Unless it can be demonstrated. that auto sales have been a continuous use on the property since prior to enactment of the zoning of the property (1977), the request for auto sales on this property must be processed as a Planned Unit Development for consideration by the Planning and Zoning Board. 2. The inclusion of an additional 'use on the property will trigger improvements to the landscaping. The Zoning Code requires that there be a 15 foot landscape setback along College Avenue, and 5 foot landscape setback around other perimeter property lines to screen the parking lot and parking lot drive aisles. Also, the Zoning Code requires that 6% of the interior parking lot area be landscaped in the form of islands. 3. _Please be aware that these are Zoning Code requirements and would be triggered merely by the change of use on the property, even if the new use is allowed by right in the H-B, Highway Business Zone. As •a Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.), the Planning Department and the property owner can work together on a flexible basis to implement these Zoning Code requirements in a reasonable manner. For example, on this particular site, it may make more sense to concentrate the landscaping on the perimeter and take a flexible approach to the 6% interior requirement. 4. The Building Inspection Division will need verification that the wall that separates the office from the mechanic bays is property rated for fire containment. Please contact Mike Gebo, Inspection Supervisor; 221-6760, for details. COMMUNITY PLANNING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 NORTH COLLEGE P.O.ROX 580 FORT COLLINS, COLORADO80522-0580 (303)221.6750 PLANNING DEPARTMENT Commui. ,y Planning and Environmental ._fvices Planning Department N City of Fort Collins October 1, 1993 Mr. Gary Farkas P.O. Box 1323 Loveland, CO 80537 Dear Mr. Farkas: For your information,, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning 1845 North College Avenue - Auto Sales, presented before the Conceptual Review Team on September 27, 1993. 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. Sincerely,, —; F'Zo<-04t Ted Shepard Senior Planner TS/gjd Attachments cc: Tom Peterson, Planning Director Kerrie Ashbeck, Civil Engineer Transportation Department Stormwater Departm nt Project Planner 17 File 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750