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HomeMy WebLinkAboutINDIAN HILLS VILLAGE FINAL PUD - 81 93A - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - VARIANCE REQUESTr f � 4. A variance of the northwest Local Access Street whereby egress loop will be permitted by means of connection to private driveway lane provided a) a public easement shall be granted for such use, b) all maintenance of private driveway lane shall be responsibility of Indian Hills Village HOA, and c) visual differentiation in paving shall be provided at connection point between the Public Street and the private drive. The justification for this is the low amount of traffic which will occur and will require turn -around for this street. Fire department access requirements are met because this Local Access Street is less than 150 feet long and no fire department equipment will be proceeding down it or required to turn around at the end of same. 5. A variance for curve radiuses permitting less than the standard 240 feet (30 mph design speed) is requested as follows: Radius #1 variance from 240 feet to 100 feet, radius #2 variance from 240 feet to 100 feet, radius #3 variance from 240 feet to 100 feet, and radius #12 variance from 240 feet to 165 feet. This is justified by the design of the project which requires that traffic proceed at a low speed of approximately 15 mph in these areas. Specifically, the short distances, the undulating roadway character and the alternating right-of-way landscape offsets contribute to creating slow traffic speeds in this project of approximately 15 mph. Also, traffic flow entering and exiting from the project will be either coming to a stop before entering the project, slowing down close to a stop in order to make a safe right angle turn into project, or slowing down to a stop before exiting from project. Accordingly, traffic proceeding through curves #1, #2 and #3 will be in the process of accelerating from 1 - 15 mph or decelerating from 15 mph to a stop in these areas. If you have any questions regarding the variance requests, please call. Sincerely, Richard A. Rutherford, P.E. & L.S President ",� 0� � STEWART&A SOCIATES Consulting Engineers and Surveyors May 5, 1994 Mr. Mike Herzig City of Fort Collins P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 Dear Mike: This is a request for variances for residential streets in the proposed Indian Hills Village located at the intersection of East Stuart Street and Stover Street. The variances are as follows: 1. A variance of the right-of-way width of a Local Street from 54 feet to 43 feet, and the �( flow line to flow line width from 36 feet to 34 feet, Table 1, Page T-1. The reduction u� would be in the parking width from 8 feet to 7 feet and the driving lanes would remain 10. feet wide. The utility easements on either side of the street would be widened from 9 feet to 14 1/2 feet. The 7 foot wide parking area will be delineated by being concrete, with 10 foot wide driving lanes being asphalt. The standard cannot be met t� aSVI with the garages in the rear of the lot which is desirable in order to not have the street k scape be all garage doors. There should not be problems in handling the traffic since the driving lanes remain 10 feet wide. 2. A variance of the Local Access Street right-of-wayfrom 54 feet et to 34 feet and the W�ovS flow line to flow line width from 36 feet to 29 feet, Table 1, Page T-1. The street would have parking only on one side of the street. The A.D.T. for each street where this section is proposed is 600. The standard cannot be met with the garages in the rear of the lot due to added land needed for width of the garage access drive. The street would have parking on one side only, and no parking signs will be provided by the developer. The lots on the Local Access Streets are within 150 feet of the residential street and therefore do not cause a problem for fire fighting. 3. A variance of the southeast Local Access Street allowing a public hammerhead turn -around at the end designed to meet City of Fort Collins alley hammerhead specification. The justification for this is the low amount of traffic which will occur and will require turn -around for this street. Fire department access requirements are met because this Local Access Street is less than 150 feet long and no fire department equipment will be proceeding down it or required to turn around at the end of same. James H. Stewart and Associates, Inc. 103 S. Meldrum Street P.O. Box 429