HomeMy WebLinkAboutJEFFERSON & LINDEN RESTAURANT - PDP - PDP160030 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESJefferson and Linden Restaurant Statement of Planning Objectives.
The Jefferson and Linden Restaurant is a proposed development at the corner of Jefferson
Street and Linden Street. This 5690 square foot restaurant sits at the entry to the redeveloping
River District. To capitalize on this, the site design places the lively outdoor dining space
adjacent to this corner. With tivoli lights, an iconic entry monument, stage and lighted grove of
trees, this outdoor space will add activity to this corner enticing people to cross Jefferson and
venture into this up and coming district.
With its large expanse of glass and industrial flare, the building is designed to highlight the big
shouldered architecture called for in the River District guidelines while using brick to transition
from the Old Town vernacular to the distinctively River District theme.
The site has been leased by the City for several years as a public park. However, deed
restrictions no longer allow the site to function as a park. Several large trees have grown up in
the park. And although not all of the trees can be saved, we are keeping quite a few. In order
to save as many trees as possible, we are proposing to not build a new parking lot but to share
parking with the Rodizio Grill and utilize the existing and proposed parking infrastructure located
close to the site. There is an existing municipal parking lot on the same block as the proposed
restaurant in addition to three parking garages less than a quarter mile away. In addition to the
close public parking facilities, the Down Town Transit Center is only a few blocks from the site.
An alternative compliance request has been submitted with the PDP application which analyzes
the parking in more detail.
This infill redevelopment project exemplifies several of the principals and policies laid out in City
Plan. This project will provide several benefits listed in the Economic and Health Principles and
Policies section of City plan. Some of these benefits include:
EH1.1Job Creation: This project is projected generate XXX number of jobs
EH1.2 Maximize retail sales revenue: This project is expected to generate approximately X
dollars of sales tax revenue a year.
EH4.2 Reduce barriers to infill development: With its position as the northern corner of the
gateway to the River District, this parcel is a critical infill development. Its proposed use as a
restaurant will provide the energy and vitality needed to draw pedestrians across Jefferson
Street. Attracting consumers across Jefferson Street is one of the keys to the retail success
of stores and restaurants north of Jefferson.
Fort Collins is known as an extremely livable community. City plan embraces that moniker and
has put hundreds of principles and policies addressing livability in City Plan. This project
complies with many of those principles. Some of them are:
LIV51. Encourage targeted redevelopment and infill. Challenge development where it will be
beneficial and can best improve access to jobs, housing and services. Increase economic
activity: As stated above, this parcel of land lies at a critical juncture of two districts. This infill
development can become a catalysts for these two districts to benefit economically from each
other by drawing people to and from adjacent activities and providing an exciting gateway.
LIV14.1 Encourage unique landscapes: By saving many of the mature trees on site as well
as providing rain gardens and native vegetation, this project will be a vegetative oasis
providing nature in the midst of the City.
LIV15.1 Modify standardized commercial architecture: The proposed architecture
accomplishes this by capitalizing on the River District architectural guidelines while using
materials complimentary to the historic fabric of downtown.
LIV30.4 Reduce visual impacts of parking: By removing parking from the site, we are able to
retain a lot of existing vegetation, which not only softens the building, but it retains a portion
of the urban forest and buffers the adjacent railroad tracks.
LIV30.6 Reduce land devoted to surface parking lots and encourage the use of structured
parking: With 3 parking garages located less than a quarter mile away and a large surface
parking lot just down the block, this project plans to utilize the growing downtown parking
options rather than build a new parking lot and remove the existing trees.
LIV31.2 Site layout and building orientation
Align buildings to create cohesion and a pedestrian friendly experience: The placement
of the building has a similar setback to the adjacent Rodizio Grill creating a cohesive
street scape along this block of Jefferson. The existing street trees and parkway will be
maintained providing a separation between the street and the sidewalk enhancing the
pedestrian experience.
Orient entrances to the street: The main entrance to the restaurant is not only oriented to
the street, it is aligned with the alley across Jefferson creating an active terminated vista
drawing people into the River District.
Minimize building setback: The building is pushed as close to Jefferson as code and
engineering need’s will allow.
LIV34.3 Encourage revitalization…and encourage development to a more compact
pedestrian oriented pattern of development: What makes this site economically viable as a
restaurant is its close proximity to public parking and the pedestrian friendly position it holds
within the downtown. The Traffic Memo submitted with the PDP illustrates that the
pedestrian level of service for this site is at an overall level of A.