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Home My WebLink AboutHARMONY CROSSING PUD - PRELIMINARY - 65 93A - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 2 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESV. PROXIMITY TO COMMUNITY FACILITIES Located only one -quarter mile south of Harmony Road and along City -designed major arterial Timberline Road, Harmony Crossing promotes the appropriate manner of development phasing within the Urban Growth Area, as encouraged by Policy 22. The Harmony Trunk Sewer is only 800 ft. south and City water is at the Harmony/Timberline intersection. Despite its close -in location, Harmony Crossing has virtually no impact on existing neighborhoods due to the railroad barrier along the west boundary. The location of Harmony Crossing, consistent with Policy 32, is close to existing employment, recreation, and shopping facilities and, additionally, is close to elementary, high school, and junior high facilities. Harmony Road is emerging as the major employment corridor in Fort Collins; shopping facilities off College Avenue are only one mile west. VI. CONSCIENTIOUS SITE DESIGN Richland Homes believes that attractive and well -planned site design promote the quality neighborhood image and pride of ownership Richland strives for in its residential communities. Although this can be challenging in a 5.9 d.u./ac. detached, single-family project, Richland is able to achieve conscientious site design by including a number of design features: • Curvilinear street design with cul-de-sacs. • Staggered front yard set backs. • Landscaped front yards. • Privacy fencing with each house. • Impressive, welcoming, masonry monument entry feature. • Greenbelt buffering at least 30 ft. wide along Timberline Road. • Detention ponds that provide visual break along Timberline Road and active open space uses within project. • Attractive fencing at rears of lots backing -up to Timberline Road. In addition to these site planning features, Richland Homes includes a complementary mix of architectural designs, varies brick and siding colors, and attempts to unify residential design elements with such elements as the use of brick exteriors and white trim on all houses. In summary, Richland Homes has mastered the middle -income market, and in so doing will introduce residential opportunities into Fort Collins at Harmony Village which are anchored squarely in the City's land use policies and address the Planning and Zoning Board's growing concerns over homogeneity, land utilization, and affordability issues evolving around residential development in Fort Collins. 146 "cup i C V 6dlas A 3 II. ENERGY EFFICIENCY In addition, Richland Homes is one of the first home builders in its price range to be a participant in the Ideal Energy Premier Program, authorized by Public Service Company of Colorado. The firm's commitment to energy - efficient home building can be seen in such standards as foam seal exterior walls, energy -efficient gas forced -air furnaces, and a superior energy - efficient insulation package. This Public Service rating also includes the following requirements: Substantial weather stripping, caulking, foam or foam fillings around all openings • R-16 walls (more efficient insulation) combined with brick • R-6 basement wall insulation • R-30 attic insulation • A 78% high -efficiency heating system Furthermore, the lot layout for this single-family area exceeds the requirements of the City's Solar Orientation Ordinance with 149 lots of the 216 lot total, or 69%, complying with the Ordinance. III. INTEGRATED INTO MIXED -USE DEVELOPMENT Harmony Crossing is the residential component of Harmony Village which includes at the Harmony/Timberline corner a 23 acre community/regional shopping center and southeast of it, a 4 acre neighborhood convenience center. The overall development plan is designed to encourage pedestrian circulation, to provide employment and shopping close -in to the residential neighborhood, and to assure proper land use transitions and buffering. Detention areas are situated to provide a visual break along Timberline Road, active open space uses, and buffers between land uses and property ownerships. IV. VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES Consistent with Policy 75, Harmony Crossing contains a mix of housing densities which includes 38 acres of detached, single family at 5.9 dwelling units per acre and 7 acres of multi -family at 10 dwelling units per acre. Within this mix of housing types the multi -family area serves as a transition/buffer between the single-family area and future commercial/existing industrial uses north of it. At least seven architectural designs will be featured within the single-family area, with additional variety achieved through different exterior paint and brick colors. All wood trim is painted white to promote a visual harmony and sense of neighborhood. 2 HARMONY CROSSING P.U.D. PRELIMINARY PLAN PLANNING OBJECTIVES (S ep,tember, 1993) The Harmony Crossing P.U.D. Preliminary Plan represents the initial development phase of the 74 acre Harmony Village O.D.P., located at the southwest corner of Harmony Road and Timberline Road. This 47 acre residential project at the south half of Harmony Village consists of both higher density, detached single-family residences and multi -family, attached units. A hallmark of this planning effort is the integration of a variety of housing types and densities within a mixed -use overall plan which also features a community/regional shopping center, a neighborhood convenience center and open space detention areas. The developer/builder of Harmony Crossing is Richland Homes, Inc. of Denver which has successfully developed and maintains seven active residential communities along the Front Range, including homes in Thornton, Adams County, Aurora, Arapahoe County, Westminster, Broomfield and Arvada.. Richland Homes is committed to the middle income market and has a proven history of providing high quality homes in well -designed, attractive neighborhood settings. The planning objectives, or rationale, for this particular project at this location can be summarized by considering the six major attributes of Harmony Crossing, its unusually high consistency with the City's Land Use Policies Plan, and how it addresses recent Planning and Zoning Board concerns regarding residential development. I. AFFORDABILITY As it becomes increasingly difficult to provide high quality affordable housing, Richland Homes has successfully focused its efforts to addressing this challenge. Richland Homes currently sells more than half of Denver's new homes priced from $80,000 to $120,000. Based upon today's building costs, this is the projected price range for the detached, single-family product at 5.9 dwelling units per acre proposed at Harmony Crossing. Square footages in these homes range from 825 to 1870 square feet. Richland offers the same (and in some instances... more) standard features than those offered in homes priced much higher than Richland Homes. Some of those standard features: eight foot high brick exterior, landscaped front yards, gas fireplaces, home to home side wing fences, attached two - car garage, basements,_. foam insulated exterior wall outlets and 'switches, six panel insulated steel entry door, decorator windows, dual -pane thermal break windows, smoke detectors, copper water lines, 40 gallon water heater, tile entry, high quality carpet and pad, dramatic vaulted ceilings, textured wall treatments, overhead ceiling lights in bedrooms, pre -wire for telephone and cable, food disposal, electric range and hood, dishwasher, and the list goes on and on. 1