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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMAX FLATS - PDP - PDP120034 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESBOULDER PHONE: 303 449.8900 1805 29TH STREET, SUITE 2054 FAX: 303.449.3886 DENVER BOULDER COLORADO SPRINGS LAS VEGAS LAKE TAHOE BOULDER, COLORADO 80301 WWW.OZARCH.COM ® ARCHITECTURE URBAN DESIGN INTERIOR DESIGN 12.12.2012 Page 1 of 2 g:\development\projects\203 w. mulberry\3. entitlement\pdp\planning objectives docx Statement of Planning Objectives MAX Flats 203 W. Mulberry PDP Submittal (i) The proposed project supports Plan Fort Collins’ principles and policies in the following ways: - Economic Health: The project will immediately provide construction jobs, supporting the economic health of the community. - Environmental Health: The project will conserve resources and reduce greenhouse gases by providing energy- efficient housing. Green construction practices will utilize sustainable products, limit construction waste, and recycle waste to the extent possible. Air quality will be improved and greenhouse gases reduced by providing housing for students on bus routes close to campus, allowing them to ride bikes or busses, or walk to campus, Old Town, shopping and other destinations. The density of the project allows for responsible land use. - Community and Neighborhood Livability: This project will contribute to a compact pattern development and will provide a transit-oriented activity center. This site has been specifically identified as a target for infill and redevelopment. - High-Performing Community: The project will provide opportunities for improving diversity within the city by offering a community of housing to students in an open, non-discriminatory way. - Transportation: This project will support the ETC (Enhanced Travel Corridor) concept by providing housing directly on the Mason Street ETC. (ii) Usable open space consists primarily of the community plaza at the corner of Mason and Mulberry. Use of seating provided for customers, transit users, and residents will be encouraged by its proximity to the proposed Retail/Flex space and Max BRT stop. There are no wetlands or significant natural habitats within the boundaries of the site. There are two existing Honeylocust trees on the site that will have to be removed and mitigated. The team has met with the City Forester to assess the existing trees and landscaping. All of the existing street trees will remain undisturbed. New landscaping will consist of low-water shrubs, ornamental grasses and groundcover as required by code. (iii) The proposed project site is currently owned by Jerry King and is in the process of transferring ownership to 203W. Mulberry, LLC. The site is set to close on December 18, 2012. Once ownership has transferred to 203 W. Mulberry, LLC, they will assume maintenance of the site. (iv) A retail space of about 1,500 s.f. is proposed at first floor along Mulberry. This is envisioned to be a coffee shop or similar business, which would have 1-3 employees at any given time and could employ between 3 and 5 FTEs (full- time equivalents). (v) The L-shaped building is oriented to provide a strong urban edge along Mason and Mulberry Streets and to provide the maximum buffer to the existing apartments to the west. The ground level facade will intertwine residential entries, bicycle parking, outdoor plazas and commercial uses to create a dynamic urban street. Pedestrian scale elements and features will be incorporated to enhance the street-level experience. The building facades are scaled to be compatible with the surrounding context. This also allows the parking to be tucked under the building and mostly hidden from the street. Pedestrians will circulate primarily along the perimeter street edges. Bicycle parking is conveniently located adjacent to the building along both streets helping create street activity. Secure bicycle parking is provided within the individual residential units. An outdoor plaza at the prominent northeast corner takes advantage of proximity to the future Max BRT station and the retail/flex spacing and provides numerous seating options (table and chairs, seatwall, and seating boulders) for residents, customers, transit users and neighbors. BOULDER PHONE: 303 449.8900 1805 29TH STREET, SUITE 2054 FAX: 303.449.3886 DENVER BOULDER COLORADO SPRINGS LAS VEGAS LAKE TAHOE BOULDER, COLORADO 80301 WWW.OZARCH.COM ® ARCHITECTURE URBAN DESIGN INTERIOR DESIGN 12.12.2012 Page 2 of 2 (vi) Please see the attached Variance Request letter for information relating to variances that are being requested on this project. (vii) There are no natural features or wildlife conflicts. Impacts and conflicts with adjacent properties are mitigating by providing a fence along the south and west boundaries. The building has been configured and sited to provide the maximum separation to the apartments to the west. (viii) A Neighborhood Meeting has not occurred for this project. (ix) The current project name is MAX Flats. It went by “203 W. Mulberry” at the time of Preliminary Design Review.