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Home My WebLink AboutCOLUMBINE CARE CENTER EAST P.U.D. - PRELIMINARY & FINAL ..... 4/25/94 P & Z BOARD HEARING - 12-94 - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORT W/ATTACHMENTSDid Yo+• Receive �uri{ktn Q.faiifitu�'o+, Ncr-vim rt-CA d re,e i✓.r rkls ,,.�+.nJ 7 Yes o G r rest Addre*s i&-�o t..ib Ji 170Q Hofr►"AgG" a -�fivc F'OSZS o �.:� E KA� scoZr' 1608 �CTersort P�a� BosZs 1/lezc,tl.4N /!�/I I�E�%ZSON GT Inca-v� W "b kt-, ✓l�si6 C�oG7"z /�jonn. e, �o��nr� 17fp l.�ierlb�e. $a5"a5 I$o�ilj�14-6r0-4 3�3 9()S�71s VIA RaK CrLJGKSTegA iQ 0CZS' ,,.�SKovnrm i�>Ocrc-61-e. 6-hoWhcA6ee, rKoSzs' J x x IX_ x X X x k ►x NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING for Project: Meetincy Location:_, Date: —11 Attendees: Please sign this sheet. The information will be used to update the project mailing list and confirm attendance at neighborhood meetings. Contact the Planning Department (221-6750) if you wish to receive minutes of this meeting. Did You Receive Written Notification of this meeting? correct Address. Name Address Zip Yes No Yes No G o�� r A cy0 oZ eJ a44, PC.�-kl►iS isa6 wC-LL . $es-X-5- pu.ti -mot ✓ I go 6 W- t 8v If f3a aS- d X n nl ►�,�� s J 6 sri t T tf PL ?o ! X x x Oawl Cor 30y Al tj e AA,,L e-- Grz.3a� � � N, x 45. Question: Would it be a problem for the neighbors to work with the present 8 or so employees to continue to park on the streets in the neighborhood in lieu of using this parking lot? Answer: Most of the time it is OK. There are time, however, when we cannot park in front of our house. Answer: The home is due west of the parking lot and the bedroom window would be approximately 40' to 50' from the closest parking space. 33. Question: Is there a landscaped area for this center for the residents to go into and enjoy? Answer: Yes, there is an interior courtyard for the residents. 34. Question: Do you have a prediction as to how many more employees will be needed in the future? 35. Question: If you put up a fence, how high will it be and what kind of materials will it be made of? Answer: We do not have an answer to that question tonight. 36. Question: Won't this parking lot require a drainage study due to the increased impervious? Answer: Yes, we will have to have one prepared to submit to the City for review. 37. Question: What is your plan for this parking lot? Answer: We want to add 11 parking spaces and improve our driveway to the rear lot. 38. Comment: A parking lot is a parking lot. it will affect our property values. 39. Comment: This looks like an attempt to improve this real estate, to the detriment of others. 40. Comment: The old house next to me, regardless of its condition, was a better use of the lot than a parking lot. 41. Comment: If we, the neighbors, are not aware of the parking lot in the rear, then maybe all of the people who use your facility do not know it is there, either. Perhaps a sign would be good. 42. Comment: Maybe some of the elderly people who do not walk well would appreciate and use a paved lot in the rear. 43. Comment: This site, in its entirety, should be looked at with this proposal. 44. Comment: I think a follow-up meeting like this would be beneficial after a more definite layout/design is prepared. 19. Comment: I hear you say that you have a problem with the delivery and service trucks entering your facility. 20. Comment: I live at 1719 Whedbee Street and have a problem with too many cars parked on the street next to my house. 21. Comment: The existing gymnastics center on East Stuart Street was approved as a P.U.D., in spite of neighborhood opposition, and has created parking problems. 22. Comment: There are problems with the width of the streets in this area and, with on -street parking, it creates concerns about emergency access to the area. 23. Comment: In 1957, we, the Columbine Care Center, were licensed for 130 residents. We have down -sized our capacity to 102 residents to make it fit better into the neighborhood. 24. Comment: We, as residents, have two concerns: the impact of this parking lot on a neighbor to the west; and, larger issues in the neighborhood. 25. Comment: I have an alternative. I work at the hospital and while the new parking lots were being constructed we arranged to use a church parking lot about four blocks away. 26. Comment: The parking lot layout, as a minimum solution, should be reversed to lessen the impact on the adjacent neighbor. 27. Question: Do you have specific plans for the rear lot? Answer: The use of that lot will remain the same. 28. Question: Why are you ignoring an existing situation and not dealing with the rear lot? 29. Comment: This feels like a bigger project than just the new parking lot. 30. Question: What considerations do you have for the neighbors to the south, adjacent to the existing lot? 31. Comment: You do not appear to be working with what is now available to you. 32. Question: Where is the existing home to the west and how far is the bedroom window from the parking lot? 6. Question: What will the parking lot lighting solution be? Will I have to contend with excessive lighting, air pollution, and noise next door to me? 7. Question: What are the maximum number of employees that you have on a shift at any one time? 8. Question: What is the capacity for this home? Answer: 102 residents. 9. Question: How many residents are there currently living in the home? Answer: There are 100 residents. 10. Comment: A graph showing the current parking use in the area was presented to the attendees by an adjacent resident. 11. Comment: If the rear parking lot were fully utilized then the needed curbside parking on the streets would be available. 12. Comment: We are trying to prove that you already have adequate parking. To be a good neighbor, if you were to widen your access drive and provide landscape buffering, that would be more acceptable. 13. Comment: The rear parking lot should be paved and an adequate access should be provided. 14. Comment: We are concerned that all of the normal adverse impacts of a parking lot will occur here. 15. Comment: There is a significant concern about the location of the parking lot and how it relates to the home to the west. What kind of screening/buffering will occur? 16. Question: What are the plans for the delivery and service trucks that come to this facility? Answer: They will continue to use the rear lot and entrance, as they do now. 17. Comment: There have been several close calls that my wife has had while driving south on Whedbee Street and encountering the eastbound driveway from the rear lot. 18. Question: Would you consider just widening your present access and putting the remainder of the lot into landscaping? City of Fort Collins Date: Applicant: Commui,_y, Planning and Environmental __vices Planning Department Neighborhood Information Meeting Minutes for the COLUMBINE CARE CENTER EAST PARKING LOT November 22, 1993 Columbine Care Center East 421 Parker Street Fort Collins, CO. 80525 City Planner: Steve Olt The potential applicants, Columbine Care Center East, have expressed an interest in developing a new parking lot on a vacant lot at 345 Parker Street, just to the west of the existing elder- care center. The purpose of this meeting was to introduce representatives for Columbine Care Center East to the affected property owners and other potentially affected interests in attendance and enable them to ask questions about, express their concerns about, or express their support for the development proposal. The following questions, concerns, and responses were expressed at the meeting: 1. Question: Will this new parking lot combine with the existing lot to the rear of the building? Answer: Yes, it will. 2. Question: What is the parking capacity of the rear lot? Answer: About 15 parking spaces. 3. Comment: We have a parking problem in the neighborhood now due to too many unrelated people living in a home. 4. Comment: The parking lot in the rear is not now being fully utilized. Is this lot actually needed, creating a "negative" impact on the street and neighborhood? The access could be made better, but the need for a parking lot is questionable. 5. Comment: The lot next door to the center could be better utilized as a buffer, with an adequate landscaped area. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 t� f d ra ut L?; rve, 1- Z_:1I ^�+ Activity A: ALL DEVELOPMENT CRITERIA ALL CRITERIA APPLICABLE CRITERIA ONLY CRITERION Is the criterion applicable? Will the criterion be satisfied? If no, please explain a LT = n a' Yes No Al. COMMUNITY -WIDE CRITERIA 1.1 Solar Orientation 1.2 Comprehensive Plan ✓ 1.3 Wildlife Habitat 1.4 Mineral Deposit 1.5 Ecologically Sensitive Areas Irerved1.6 rved Lands of A ricultural Im ortance 1.7 EnergyConservation 1.8 Air Quality✓ 1.9 Water Qualit ✓ ✓ 1.10 Sewage and Wastes A 2. NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY CRITERIA 2.1 Vehicular Pedestrian Bike Transportation 2.2 Building Placement and Orientation 2.3 Natural Features ✓ 2.4 Vehicular Circulation and Parking 2.5 Emergency Access 2.6 Pedestrian Circulation V/ 2.7 Architecture 2.8 Building Height and Views 2.9 Shading 2.10 Solar Access ,/ V/ 2.11 Historic Resources ✓ 2.12 Setbacks %/ 2.13 Landscape 2.14 Signs ✓ 2.15 Site Lighting V1 %/ 2.16 Noise and Vibration 2.17 Glare or Heat ✓ ✓ 2.18 Hazardous Materials A 3. ENGINEERING CRITERIA 3.1 Utility Capacity 3.2 Design Standards 3.3 Water Hazards 3.4 Geologic Hazards Land Development Guidance System for Planned Unit Developments The City of Fort Collins, Colorado, Revised March 1994 -61- Planning Objectives - Columbine East Parking Lot This is a proposed parking lot for 6 cars located on a vacant lot, next to the existing Columbine Care Center. The lot will be used by the center. A 24' wide drive provides access from Parker Street to the existing parking area on the south side of the building. In addition to existing vegetation, a variety of tree and shrub plantings will be provided. On the eastern side, a berm with dense evergreens and shrubs will provide screening from the parking lot to the existing residence to the east. e+�mwcsuev.e rv.e ¢w:me.ae. euu.cw w:wm —:omww.wiu..eo PARKER STREET PLAWNM AND ZONNO VICINITY MAP BOARD APPROVAL _ _ ATTOROEY'S SCOMTUIE OWNER'S CERTWIGATION G84ERAL NOTE$ ter— . .. ..... .... m� LAND ICE BREAKDOWN . ,. ILL ILL LEBAL DESCWTION ' 11.1 ILL YAjGr COLUMBINE CARE, 'A.. CENTER EAST P.U.D.ILL « 1 1 JU iV-te %w,ULUMSINt k:AKL LLNTLK qp EAST PUD - Prel. & Final North NUMBER: 12-94 Columbine Care Center East PUD - Preliminary & Final, #12-94 April 25, 1994 P & Z Meeting Page 3 4. Neighborhood Compatibility: A neighborhood information meeting was held on November 22, 1993, with 30 affected property owners or potentially affected interests in attendance. Concerns centered around the existing parking situation in the area, both on -site and on -street (neighboring local streets). There were also concerns about the proposed number of parking spaces and the apparent deficiency of landscaping and buffering to the surrounding properties, especially the single family residence to the west, at 335 Parker Street. The conceptual plan presented by the applicant at this neighborhood meeting showed 11 parking spaces on -site. A copy of the minutes of this meeting is attached to this memo. RECOMMENDATION: Staff is recommending approval of the Columbine Care Center East P.U.D. - Preliminary and Final, #12-94, based on the following finding of fact: * It meets the applicable All Development Criteria of the Land Development Guidance System. * The parking lot will be an accessory use to an existing, on -going elder -care facility. The additional parking will improve the existing needs and will not increase traffic on the neighborhood streets. * Sufficient landscaping has been provided to screen the parking from the adjoining residential use. Columbine Care Center East PUD - Preliminary & Final, #12-94 April 25, 1994 P & Z Meeting Page 2 COMMENTS: 1. Background The surrounding zoning and land uses are as follows: N: RL; existing single family residential S: RL; existing single family residential E: RH; existing elder care facility (Columbine Care Center) W: RL; existing single family residential The property was annexed into the City with the South College Avenue Consolidated Annexation in April, 1957. 2. Land Use: This is a request for preliminary/final P.U.D. approval for a 6,375 square foot paved parking area for 6 automobiles on a vacant lot at 345 Parker Street. The lot is directly west of and adjacent to the existing Columbine Care Center East. It has been evaluated against the applicable All Development Criteria of the Land Development Guidance System. The parking lot will be an accessory use to an existing, on -going elder -care facility. 3. Design• Landscaping: Deciduous and evergreen shrubs are being added as foundation plantings along the exterior of the west wall of the existing building, and ornamental and evergreen trees will be provided in the area between the existing building and the new driveway. A 3- foot high earthen berm, with evergreen trees and deciduous shrubs, is being placed to provide sufficient buffering from the parking lot to the residence to the west. Additionally, the parking lot will be set back 25' from the property line, allowing for a 43' separation between the residence and the closest parking space. A planting bed at the south end of the new parking lot will include numerous deciduous shrubs underneath existing shade trees. Parking: This parking lot will provide 6 additional parking spaces to the existing on -site parking at the rear of the building. These 6 parking spaces will be for visitors to the center. The existing parking in the rear is designated for employees. ITEM NO. 3 MEETING DATE 4/25/94 STAFF Steve Olt PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD STAFF REPORT PROJECT: Columbine Care Center East P.U.D. - Preliminary and Final, #12-94 APPLICANT: Vaught -Frye Architects 1113 Stoney Hill Drive Fort Collins, CO. 80525 OWNER: PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is a request for preliminary/final Planned Unit Development (P.U.D.) approval for a 6,375 square foot paved parking area for 6 automobiles on a vacant lot at 345 Parker Street. The lot is directly west of and adjacent to the existing Columbine Care Center East and is zoned RL - Low Density Residential. RECOMMENDATION: Approval EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: This is a request for preliminary/final P.U.D. approval for a 6,375 square foot paved parking area for 6 automobiles on a vacant lot at 345 Parker Street. The lot is directly west of and adjacent to the existing Columbine Care Center East. It meets the applicable All Development Criteria of the Land Development Guidance System. The parking lot will be an accessory use to an existing, on -going elder -care facility. This parking lot will provide 6 additional parking spaces to the existing on -site parking at the rear of the building. These 6 parking spaces will be for visitors to the center. The existing parking in the rear is designated for employees. A 3-foot high earthen berm, with evergreen trees and deciduous shrubs, is being placed to provide buffering from the parking lot to the residence to the west. Additionally, the parking lot will be set back 25' from the property line, allowing for a 43, separation between the residence and the closest parking space. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 N. College Ave. P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 (303) 221-6750 PLANNING DEPARTMENT