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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRAINTREE TOWNHOMES PUD PRELIMINARY - 42 93 - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTSFinal mylars and other documents are due August 19th. Please be aware that if a development agreement and utility plans are required with this project, these documents and plans must be signed prior to the Planning and Zoning Board Hearing. If not, a condition will be placed on the project giving you 60 days to finalize the plans and agreement, after which time, you must submit a request for an extension from 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. Sincere y, Kirsten Whetstone Project Planner cc: Kerrie Ashbeck, City Engineering City Stormwater Utility Engineering Consultant zF-i l e-� a 19. Fence location between units and back lot lines is not clear. Please show the intended fence locations. Staff suggests that side yard fencing not extend to the north property line (of course if this is a ditch access easement, this could not be fenced). Staff would discourage rear lot fencing. Why fence off a wonderful open space area, views, and a lose sense of the expansiveness of the area? Was it your intention to allow privacy fencing around the patio areas? 20. Overall the project looks great. It is a good layout and a nice location for this type of project. 21. A formal street width variance needs to be submitted to Kerrie Ashbeck, signed by a P.E. 22. Staff wonders.whether the setback for unit one is sufficient and whether 5' more could be achieved by decreasing the width of some of the open space tracts. Staff thinks that the masonry wall will help. Please show a detail of this wall and proposed plantings at the time of final. 23. Please identify on the plat, all solar lots. 24. Please refer to attached comment sheet for Stormwater comments. 25. Is it possible to make Lot 9 a solar lot? We realize that you are over the required 650, but it is very close and perhaps shifting a lot line or two may make that a solar lot as well. 26. Staff does not have a problem with the front setbacks as proposed, given that there is a 4' "no -mans" ROW land between the back of walk and property line, which will essentially allow up to a 20' driveway length before over -hanging into the sidewalk. 27. Please provide a notary signature for the Owner's Certification at the time of final. 28. Add a note on the site plan "to bridges over canals" at the point where the walk on the west side of the Senior Center heads to the southwest. 29. Transportation would like to discuss the "right turn" only. If the sign is put up, a pork chop would have to be designed to provide a guarantee that no left turns would be made. This concludes staff comments at this time. In order to stay on schedule for the August 23, 1993 Planning and Zoning.Board hearing, please note the following deadlines: Plan revisions are due August 4th, 1993 by 12:00 noon. PMT1s, colored renderings, and 10 prints are due August 16th. 8. The maintenance area on the south side of the New Mercer Canal appears to be inadequate according to the Canal Company. They would like to discuss these plans with the developer. No bridges will be allowed without written approval. We should try to set up a meeting, possibly to coincide with the utility coordination meeting, to discuss treatment of the ditches. We did not receive comments from the Larimer Canal No. 2 ditch. 9. Evenstar Ct. must meet City street standards for the single loaded 28' street and cul-de-sac for fire access. A formal variance request is still needed. 10. The western building appears to be out of compliance with the 150' fire access requirement. Contact Warren Jones about this. 11. A soils report and traffic study will be required. The soils report prior to final; the traffic study prior to preliminary. 12. The sidewalk should connect to the Senior Center (it appears to connect, but a note pointing this connection out would be a good idea). 13. Engineering would like to discuss the cul-de-sac/parking design. Should this area be platted as a tract? 14. See the utility plan and plat for additional engineering comments. 15. Who will be responsible for maintenance of the south bank of the ditch and the possible ditch rider access? This was not clear to the ditch company. Planning assumes that everything within the property lines will be maintained by individual lot owners and open space areas will be the responsibility of -the HOA. 16. Parks and Recreation has concerns about storm drainage regarding drainage onto Rolland Moore Park. Parks owns the property between the two ditches, immediately north of your property line, it was platted as part of the Rolland Moore Park plat. I will verify with Jean Helburg and Steve White that proposed pedestrian connections to the Senior Center are adequate. We may want an additional connection at the northeast corner of the Senior Center parking lot. 17. Parkland fees are currently $625.00 per dwelling unit collected at the time of building permit issuance. An increase has been approved by City Council. 18. The parkway area along Shields Street between the sidewalk and curb is existing and does not have any irrigation. Parks is requesting that this area be provided with irrigation with the lawn, please put a note on the plans regarding this. Commu / Planning and Environmental rvices Planning Department City of Fort Collins July 23, 1993 Kay Force Jim Sell Design 117 E. Mountain Ave. Fort Collins, CO 80524 Dear Kay, Staff has reviewed ypur submittal for Raintree Townhouses PUD and offers the following ,comments: 1. US West will provide telephone service in accordance with the rates and tariffs on file with the Colorado Public Utilities Commission. The developer is responsible for 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. 2. Any relocation of existing telephone facilities required by these plans will be paid for by the developer. 3. Review of these plans should not be construed as a commitment that telephone facilities sufficient to serve this project are presently available. 4. Columbine CableVision would like to see rear lot utility easements on all lots and would like the open space tracts to be utility easements as well. 5. There is a possible conflict with the trees and electric/gas lines in the front yard area. Trees will not be allowed to be planted within 4' of any gas line. A utility coordination meeting would be required if there is not adequate clearance for standard utility separation. Please contact Kerrie Ashbeck at 221-6750 for scheduling this meeting if it is needed. 6. The closest natural gas source of distribution pressure is at the Shields and Raintree intersection. The developer will have to obtain a utility easement either from the existing private residence adjoining Shields Street, or from the Fort Collins Senior Center for access for a gas line to serve this development. 7. There should be at least one handicapped parking space in the center parking area on Evenstar Court and a ramp at the north west corner of Evenstar Court and Shields Street. 281 North College Avenue • 1'.0. BoN 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (it)1) 221-6750