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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHARMONY COMMONS LOT 5, CHILD CARE - MAJOR AMENDMENT & FDP - FDP170036 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESPage 1 Lot 5 Harmony Commons Statement of Planning Objectives December 20, 2017 The project is located on Lot 5 of the Harmony Commons Subdivision. The proposed use is for a 12,142 sq. ft. single-story building containing a child care center. The property is zoned HC-Harmony Corridor. The site is currently a vacant parcel of land and contains 1.846 acres. Lot 5 is a continuation of the existing Harmony Commons convenience shopping center. The area surrounding Harmony Commons contains a mix of residential, retail, restaurant, educational, office, medical and employment. The site is ideal as it provides a convenient location for a child care center for the use of the residents in the surrounding area. The site is also located within walking and biking distance to Front Range Village and the surrounding residential subdivisions and major employers in the area. Access to the site is via the private drives that have been constructed by the first phase of the Harmony Commons convenience shopping center. The parking area is located internally to minimize impacts on the neighborhood. There will be multiple pedestrian connections into and through the property. The building is located at the intersection of Lady Moon and Timberwood with the play yards located on the south and west sides of the building. The main entrance is on the north end. Both building architecture and landscape design will build upon the momentum of the contemporary design language which has been used in the first phases of the shopping center. Notable characteristics of this design language include clean, horizontal roof lines, simplicity in materials and large masses of buildings broken into smaller massing by placement of color, texture, material and elevation change. Material selection is consistent with the surrounding context by incorporating brick veneer, split-face concrete masonry units and pre-finished metal panels. Statement of appropriate City Plan Principles and Policies achieved by the proposed plan: 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 Page 2 Lot 5 Harmony Commons 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 Lot 5 Harmony Commons consists of a child care center, which is a secondary use but is also a supporting use to the overall Employment District. Additionally, convenience shopping centers and day care uses are encouraged as destinations in the Employment District. The site is located in the Harmony Technology Park, which provides a campus-like setting, with platted lots, streets, sidewalks, bikeways 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 The location of this project at the north end of an employment campus, near residential subdivisions and its proximity to Harmony Road will promote and support the idea of a predominance of the daily trips of the employees of this project utilizing alternative modes of transportation (walking/biking) or public transportation. The on-street bike lanes will help to encourage safe cycling. Harmony Road is designated as an enhanced travel corridor. 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 building will be owned by the building developer/owner and will be leased to the tenant. (iv) Estimate of number of employees for business, commercial, and industrial uses. 15-20 (v) Description of rationale behind the assumptions and choices made by the applicant. The impetus of this project is to create a child care center in a convenient location that is a supporting use to the employment 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 Lot 5 Harmony Commons. The project name at the Conceptual review meeting was “Harmony Commons Lot 5”.