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HomeMy WebLinkAboutINDIAN HILLS VILLAGE PRELIMINARY PUD - 81 93 - MINUTES/NOTES - CORRESPONDENCE-NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING6 IMF NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION MEETING Did You Receive Written Notification of this meeting? Correct Address. Name, Address Zip Yes No Yes No i �- /. 221-6 hi"7en /��t 7`57�fi z2tl;,I, /✓ �a k� 4,h(4 h,� z- Z 6— a o l t'o C-f lm_v 1` 1 Lt-J�v 94 " S # —24 (,,A Pre -A Ft en 110L5 66.493' 7 .Cz Izz Yaml- U/01 �r /a 1 l l,(✓ Utz ST - V �, Bruce Cho /) lV 9 JRVSC% OftVL-KV- mml: y LUWSL lIIe)A)S 90% l.Hti1-,'1vNL aqG)�- 70 ✓ &U-� Cq CT �3 ✓ v� IWOM*& flod-4. IIX411 Allsr- IX models, will lend itself well to solar access. The houses will be designed with solar access in mind. 25. Will the garages be attached? We don't want a row of unattached garage buildings along our back .property line. Yes, the garages will be attached to the houses and will be incorporated into the design of the house. 26. Will basements really be possible given the water level in the area? We believe that basements will be possible for some houses. Our engineers will be looking into this in greater detail. 27. Is funding in place for this project or will it get partially built and then remain vacant if something goes wrong? Funding is not an issue. We, the company that owns the land, are doing the design, planning, and development. 28. Air pollution is a concern here. The area is in a basin with Spring Creek. Any more cars will cause the pollution to increase. This could be a real problem for the people who live here now. With almost 100 garages that is a lot of additional cars driving in and out every day. Also fire- places will contribute to the pollution. We have hired a traffic engineer to evaluate the potential traffic impacts on Stuart Street. We don't intend to have wood fireplaces, they will be gas, as required -by the City. We will have Natural Resources look into the air quality issue. 0 We intend to present a plan to the Indian Hills HOA detailing our landscape ideas for this area. We also welcome the idea of coordinating this effort, as we believe both parties will benefit. 19. You need to make sure the landscaped area between the existing houses and the driveways is a good buffer. I would like to see trees, shrubs, grass, etc. We will be looking at those areas in detail at the time of final submittal, but we agree, these need to be adequate buffers. ,20. What is the timing of construction? We would like to begin in the Spring with site development which should take 2 to 3 months to complete. The houses will probably take 2 years to build out. 21. Will people be parking in the 16' drive lanes? We don't want that. One of the .reasons the lanes are narrower is to discourage parking there. There will be guest parking in front of the houses and two car garages for each house. There should not be parking in the drive lanes. 22. Will garbage be collected from the rear.of the houses? Probably not, the public street will be in front. The drive lanes will be private. 23. The density seems very high, we don't see how you can put all of those houses on only 6 acres. The density is actually less than the previously approved townhouse plan, or the Indian Townhouses that were built. The houses are not large, the street is scaled down to a pedestrian scale, the front yards are scaled down, porches are emphasized, and the side yard setbacks are reduced. We are trying to accomplish a village. concept of housing where there is a neighborhood feeling, where it is safe and pleasant to walk along the tree lined streets, and where the scale of the streets matches the scale of the houses. The concept is not really new, it is the way neighborhoods were developed 50 years ago. We believe that this will be an attractive neighborhood and it.an attractive alternative to typical townhouse developments. (We are not including the Indian Hills Townhouses in that description because we believe that is a well designed project). 24. What about solar orientation? Will you be able to get solar access if the houses are so close together? We will do everything we can to meet the requirements of the City's Solar Orientation Ordinance. The way the houses will be constructed, the design and combinations of ranch and two story J r We will consider the existing homes when we design the lighting. When we have more information about lighting it will be made available to you. 13. What about streets; will they be public or private and who will maintain them? We are working with the City Engineering Department and Poudre Fire Authority to work out a reasonable alternative to the standard 36' wide city street. We would very much preferpublic streets and believe that a 28' paved street, with a 20' drive and 8' parking area on alternating sides, is more in scale with what we are trying to accomplish with this design. 14. How far is the driveway edge from your property line at the southwest corner? It is 130. Nine feet of landscaping for the existing trees, then 4' of gravel or non -hard surface to give the trees and root systems some protection, and then a 16 asphalt drive way. The back of the garage will be 3-4' from the drive way. 15. What will you do with the existing emergency access at the southeast corner of the property? It is no longer needed by the Fire Authority, it will be landscaped. There will not be any vehicular access between the existing townhouses 'and this proposal as was shown on the previous townhouses plan. 16. There are some serious drainage issues on the site and in the area, especially for the people on the east side of Busch Court.. The current situation is not adequate at all. Where will the water from the townhouses go when this property is developed? Right now it just flows over this property and sometimes onto our lots. Will it be piped? We hope you can solve the drainage problems in the area with this plan. All of the drainage issues will have to be resolved. We will have our engineers look into the situation you have described. All drainage from this site will be piped directly to Spring Creek. 17. Could you explain how you plan to deal with the stormwater on the site and through the development, especially out of the existing drainage pond? We can generally show you on the plans how the drainage is intended to go, but we are still in the preliminary stages of engineering design so we can't be that specific. The water in the existing drainage pond will have to be dealt with on our plans. 18. We would like to see some coordination between you and the townhouses HOA on the landscaping between the two .developments. entrance feature. 5. Could we get copies of the plans that you intend to submit. Yes, we will send plans to anyone who is interested. 6. What will the height of the buildings be? Approximately 30' at the highest. The steep pitched roofs give the houses a taller profile. 7. Will you level the site or regrade it? We will not change it much from what you see. 8. How many houses will there be on the 6 acres? Approximately 48. 9. Will the landscaping be maintained by a homeowner's association? Yes, everything outside of the individual building envelopes will be maintained by a homeowner's -association, including the streetscape landscaping. 10. What do you intend to do with the existing trees along the east and west property boundaries? Who will maintain them? We intend to preserve them. We will work with the City Forester to determine which trees are worth preserving, because some of them are dead or dying, and we plan to work out a 5 or 10 year replacement program. The developer will do the initial pruning and maintenance and the HOA will take over after time. 11. Bull doze them all now. They are mostly weeds and are not that great. We agree that many of them are not that attractive and for those we would work out a program to replace them with other more attractive trees. But the existing trees do have value now as they provide a pretty dense buffer and screen between the existing houses and this site, especially,in the spring, summer, and fall. 12. What about street lighting? We don't want really bright lights, but something like our development which is more subdued. I would be interested in knowing more about the City residential lighting scheme, as far as luminaries of light. Also, please consider second story windows of existing housing when you design the lighting. We will be working with Light and Power to work out a street lighting scheme that will be subdued and adequate but not overdone. We also don't want to light up the place, but want it to be safe. Neighborhood Information Meeting Summary Indian Hills Village PUD The following are comments, concerns, and questions expressed at a neighborhood information meeting held on December 2, 1993. The proposed project, known as Indian Hills Village PUD is for approximately 48 single family and duplex lots on approximately 6 acres. The proposal is for a "cottage" type community, with rear accessed garages, front porches, steep pitched roofs, and a scaled down, pedestrian oriented street scape. Note: All responses are by the applicant, unless otherwise noted. 1. What is the projected price range and size of the houses. Approximately 35-40% of the units will be ranch style with the remainder being 2 story houses. There will be a mix between single family and the attached duplex type houses. They will range in size from 1,000 sq. ft. to about 2,000 and some will have basements. Our projected construction costs are approximately $100 per square foot., We estimate the houses will be in the $,160,000 to $210,000 price range. 2. Will you be taking down the overhead power lines behind our houses? We would like to see them placed underground. We will consult with Light and Power about coordinating the undergrounding of those lines with installation of the underground lines for this project. 3. Where will the teenagers and children play, there are no green belts or parks? Even with one child per unit there could be 48 kids with no place to play, and even worse, there could be 48 dogs with no yards. The development will likely not appeal to families with children as the yards are small. We anticipate that the development will appeal to empty nesters, retired people, young professionals, etc. The sort of person would doesn't want a large yard to maintain, yet wants to own an individual house. We also anticipate interest from people moving out of larger houses looking for a high quality smaller house. There are also two City parks within a half mile, with Spring Park just down the street and Edora Park a short distance down the bike trail. 4. If you end up not using the front area along Stuart Street for detention what will you do with it? It will be incorporated into green area, front yards, and an