HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOSTON CHICKEN PUD PRELIMINARY - 79 93 - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTS26. Staff reqtlugts that the additional awning signage, ie "Meals
to Go" be 41gleted from the awning. The striped awning is a
fairly buoy and strong element on the building; additional
signage mnitas it even busier.
This concludes 4taff comments at this time. In order to stay on
schedule for the January 24, 1994 Planning and Zoning Board
hearing, please note the following deadlines:
Plan revisions are due January 4th (4 sets of plans and
written documentation responding to the above concerns),
PMT's (ona PMT of each plan sheet), colored renderings, and 8
prints are due January 17th.
Final mylars and other documents are due as soon as possible
following the hearing.
Please be aware that the development agreement and utility
plans must be signed prior to the Planning and Zoning Board
Hearing, for all PUDIs. If not, a condition will be placed on
the project giving you 30 days to finalize the plans and
agreement, after which time, you must submit a request for an
extension, to the Planning and Zoning Board.
If you have any questions about these comments or would like to
schedule a time to meet to discuss them, please contact me at 221-
6750.
Please come down to the Planning Department and sign the
application form. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kirsten Whetstone, AICP
Project Planner
cc Kerrie Ashbeck, Engineering Department
Stewart and Associates
use along an arterial street. Staff recommends deleting the
parking spaces on the east side of the building, shifting the
building to the east, providing a minimum of 25' setback from
the curb and providing sufficient berming and shrubbery (as
shown) to screen the headlights. Staff also requests that you
consider lowering the parking lot to below street grade, to
further screen headlights. There needs to be additional
landscaping along the eastern property line as well.
20. Please include the energy conservation information in note
form on the site plan.
21. Staff fully expects that the existing trees at the main
entrance will be retained. Please coordinate with
Engineering, Planning, and the City Forester to ensure that
these trees remain and that adequate and- safe .access. and
geometrics can be accomplished.
22. Do you anticipate preliminary approval on both lots? If so,
there should be notes on the site plan related to future
expectations for the architectural character, colors,
materials, etc. for the building on Lot 2. Please include a
note stating that the building on Lot 2 will be
architecturally compatible, in terms of colors, textures,
style, awnings, etc. with the building on Lot 1. Include a
note on the site plan stating that "future users of Lot 2 will
be required to fit in with the access, circulation, and
landscaping established by this overall preliminary PUD."
23. You have the opportunity to significantly improve the
streetscape of the entire section of Lemay Avenue from
Elizabeth to Riverside by constructing a building that
improves upon the existing architecture, yet which includes
some elements to tie the area together. As submitted, the
building appears blocky, unimaginative and lacking
architectural details. The level of quality ,is more
reflective of "what it takes to get by" and more typical of a
use -by -right development, than a development envisioned by the
Land Development Guidance System. Staff would like to meet
with you to discuss ideas you might have to upgrade the
quality of the building.
24. Please add notes to the architectural plans to explain the
materials and colors in better detail. Is the upper portion
a stucco or drivet? What is the proposed color? Staff would
like to see some compatible elements with the existing
Godfather's Pizza building.
25. Staff also requests to see samples of the building materials,
including the awning. Staff requests that the awning be of an
opaque, fabric material to be illuminated with exterior
lights, not an internally illuminated, translucent awning.
There needs to be an approved fire turnaround or an access
lane in order to keep the Godfather's building within the 150'
access requirement. The site is very tight, regarding
parking, landscaping, setbacks, and drive aisles.
10. The overall site circulation system, access geometrics,
parking and drive aisle geometrics, and configuration need to
be discussed with Transportation, Engineering, and Planning.
I will schedule a' time to meet with you to discuss these
issues. In general, the site configuration looks tight and
has a lot of conflict points. It appears to be confusing and
dangerous.
11. All turning radii must meet the Fire Authority standards of
minimum 20' inside and 40' outside.
12. Add a fire hydrant in the parking lot between Godfather's and
future development.
13. Signs will be regulated by the Sign Code only, by the time
this project is heard by, the Planning and Zoning Board.
Details and notes regarding signage should be removed from the
plans to avoid confusion.
14. Identify areas of patching required in Lemay for utility
connections.
15. Final plans will need sidewalk geometrics' and details of
interior traffic island construction.
16. Drainage comments will be forwarded under separate cover. If
you have questions, please contact Basil Hamdon or Glen
Schlueter at 221-6589.
17. This project anticipates that it will serve the neighboring
medical offices, retail offices, and other businesses in the
surrounding area.. Staff is concerned that these pedestrian
and auto connections have not been sufficiently addressed or
identified. Staff suggests that you schedule a meeting with
the property owners to the north, east, and south, to discuss
cross access with these other properties. For this.access
concept to work, details need to be worked out, ie sidewalk
connections, ramps, etc. to provide actual logical locations
on and off -site. It is not enough to show "future access".
18. I have not received comments from the Transportation
Department at this time, but they have general concerns with
the geometrics of the access at Pennock, circulation on site,
and. questions about connecting the site to property to the
east.
19. Additional setbacks and landscaping are very important for
this project to address landscaping criteria of the LDGS. The
Lemay Avenue setbacks are not sufficient, for an auto -related
Community ",inning and Environmental Sera ' s ;
Planning Depa...nent
City of Fort Collins
December 22, 1993
Ed Zdenek
ZTI Group
1220 S. College Ave.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
Dear Mr. Zdenek,
City Staff has reviewed your submittal for Boston Chicken at Lemay
and Pennock PUD- Preliminary, and offers the following written
comments:
1. Review of these plans should not be construed as a commitment
that telephone facilities sufficient to serve this project are
presently available. US West will provide telephone service
in accordance with the rates and tariffs on file with the
Colorado Utilities Commission.
2. The developer is responsible for providing conduit or trench
for telephone facilities within the project. Please refer to
the US West Communications engineer for more information (303-
224-7470) Provision of all trench, street crossings, and
ditch crossings for telephone facilities within the project,
and the developer pays up front construction costs for
facilities within the development.
4. Any relocation of existing telephone facilities required by
these plans will be paid for by the developer.
5. The developer may choose to provide joint trench for electric,
television, and telephone cables. In this case the developer
coordinates the placing sequence of each utility.
6. You will need to coordinate a transformer location with Light
and Power. Please contact Bruce Vogel at 221-6700.
7. Please add a note to the landscape plan that no trees are to
be planted within 4' of gas lines.
8. You need to provide an 8' wide utility easement on each side
of the lot line between Lots 1 and 2 (for a total width of
161). Please indicate this on the plat and site plan.
9. The parking lot changes and circulation patterns, including
changes to Godfather's parking lot, will impair emergency
access to the existing Godfather's building. The Fire
Authority will not allow the circulation system as shown.
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