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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOARDWALK OFFICE BUILDING - PDP - PDP170032 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESPage 1 Boardwalk Office Building Statement of Planning Objectives August 22, 2017 The project is located on Block 2 of the Landings Office Park P.U.D. The proposed use is for a 7,351 sq. ft. building containing professional offices along the street frontages. The property is zoned E- Employment. The site is currently a vacant parcel of land and contains .54 acres. This office building is a continuation of the existing Landings Office Park development. The area surrounding the site contains a mix of residential, retail, restaurant, office, and employment. The site is ideal for this use as it provides an office building that is consistent with the employment base. The site is also located within walking and biking distance to retail and restaurants, as well and the surrounding residential subdivisions and major employers in the area. Primary vehicular access is via a right-in/right-out pork chop from JFK Parkway. Secondary access is from two existing drives that have been constructed by the first phases of the office park. All of the interior drives will be private and will continue the patterns established by the first phases of the park. Parking areas are located internally to minimize impacts on the neighborhood. There will be multiple pedestrian connections into and through the site. . There also will be connectivity within the site in an east to west direction connecting the building uses and tying them into the perimeter walks and adjacent properties. The building architecture consists of light colored lap siding, 8 x 16 CMU Veneer, brick veneer, storefront windows, standing seam metal roof and high profile asphalt shingles. Statement of appropriate City Plan Principles and Policies achieved by the proposed plan: Economic Health Principle EH 3: The City will support local, unique, and creative businesses. Policy EH 3.1 – Support Programs Emphasizing Local Business Policy EH 4.1 –Prioritize Targeted Redevelopment Areas Principle EH 4: The City will encourage the redevelopment of strategic areas within the community as defined in the Community and Neighborhood Livability and Neighborhood Principles and Policies. Policy EH 4.2 – Reduce Barriers to Infill Development and Redevelopment The Boardwalk Office Building will continue to promote and sustain local businesses thereby further enhancing the economic health of Fort Collins. This represents job creation and business retention for businesses that are successful and unique to Fort Collins. Page 2 Environmental Health Principle ENV 19: The City will pursue opportunities to protect and restore the natural function of the community’s urban watersheds and streams as a key component of minimizing flood risk, reducing urban runoff pollution, and improving the ecological health of urban streams. Policy ENV 19.2 – Pursue Low Impact Development The Boardwalk Office Building is implementing LID by incorporating new permeable pavement areas with under drain systems (25% of new pavement area will consist of permeable pavement). Community and Neighborhood Livability Principle LIV 38: Employment Districts will be the major employment centers in the community, and will also include a variety of complementary uses to meet the needs of employees. By design, they will be accessible to the City’s multimodal transportation system and encourage walking, bicycling, car and van pooling, and transit use. Policy LIV 38.1 – Mix of Uses Policy LIV 38.5 – Coordinate District Design Policy LIV 38.7 – Address Parking Policy LIV 38.8 – Provide Walkways and Bikeways The Boardwalk Office Building consists of an office building, representing a primary use in the Employment District. The area surrounding the development contains a mix of residential, institutional, employment, office and retail. The site is located in the Landings Office Park, which provides a campus-like setting, with platted lots, drives, sidewalks, and infrastructure already in place. The visual impacts of the parking lot has been reduced by placing the parking to the interior of the project. Transportation Principle T 9: Enhanced Travel Corridors will contain amenities and designs that specifically promote walking, the use of mass transit, and bicycling. Policy T 9.1 – Locating Enhanced Travel Corridors Principle T10: Using transit will be a safe, affordable, easy, and convenient mobility option for all ages and abilities. Policy T 10.1 – Transit Stops Policy T 10.6 – High Frequency Transit Service Principle T11: Bicycling will be a safe, easy, and convenient mobility option for all ages and abilities There is an existing bus stop directly adjacent to the site on JFK Parkway. The project will be providing enhancements as requested by Transfort staff. Page 3 (ii) Description of proposed open space, wetlands, natural habitats and features, landscaping, circulation, transition areas, and associated buffering on site and in the general vicinity of the project. There are no wetlands or significant natural habitats within the boundaries of the site. (iii) Statement of proposed ownership and maintenance of public and private open space areas; applicant's intentions with regard to future ownership of all or portions of the project development plan. The buildings will be owned by the building developer/owner and will be leased to individual tenants. (iv) Estimate of number of employees for business, commercial, and industrial uses. 10-20 (v) Description of rationale behind the assumptions and choices made by the applicant. The impetus of this project is to create a professional office building that is a complimentary use to the existing office park campus. (vi) The applicant shall submit as evidence of successful completion of the applicable criteria, the completed documents pursuant to these regulations for each proposed use. The planning Director may require, or the applicant may choose to submit, evidence that is beyond what is required in that section. Any variance from the criteria shall be described. The submittal documents address the applicable criteria. No variances are anticipated at this time. (vii) Narrative description of how conflicts between land uses or disturbances to wetlands, natural habitats and features and or wildlife are being avoided to the maximum extent feasible or are mitigated. There are not existing wetlands, natural habitats or features currently located on site. (viii) Written narrative addressing each concern/issue raised at the neighborhood meeting(s), if a meeting has been held. No neighborhood meeting was held. (ix) Name of the project as well as any previous name the project may have had during Conceptual Review. The project name is Boardwalk Office Building. The project name at the Conceptual Review meeting was “300 Boardwalk Dr. – Office”.