HomeMy WebLinkAboutSUNSHINE HOUSE AT BUCKING HORSE - FDP190016 - CORRESPONDENCE - RESPONSE TO CITIZENSUNSHINE HOUSE PLANNING AND ZONING CONDITION OF APPROVAL:
(1) Add extra mitigation along Miles House to prevent headlights from entering
onto lots 10 and 11.
July 17, 2019
William and Mary Foster
2724 Walkaloosa Way
Fort Collins, CO 80525
Dear Mr and Ms Foster,
We are the planners and landscape architects for the Sunshine House at Bucking
Horse. On April 18, 2019 this project was approved by the City of Fort Collins Planning
and Zoning Board with two conditions for approval. One of those conditions was to
mitigate headlight from cars exiting the Sunshine House parking lot and shining across
Miles House into lots 10 and 11 of Filing Two.
As an owner of one of these lots we are contacting you to propose the required extra
landscape mitigation for your lot. Below we have photos and plans that show current
landscaping on and adjacent to your lot and how this relates to the Sunshine House
parking lot exit.
The developer, Bellisimo Inc., is willing to provide the extra landscaping either on or
off of your property at no expense to you, the owner. The goal of the planting will
be to quickly mitigate headlight intrusion year round, thus evergreen shrub species
have been chosen as they will provide better headlight screening at a faster rate than
evergreen trees.
If you have concerns over what is being proposed or wish to speak into which
proposed species is planted please respond either in writing, by phone or email by
July 31, 2019. If a response is not submitted the plant species will be determined by
the landscape architect and planted within the HOA area adjacent to your rear lot
property line.
If you have any question please feel free to call Russell + Mills Studios or Rebecca
Everette with the City of Fort Collins.
Best regards,
Shelley La Mastra, RLA
Russell + Mills Studios
506 South College, Unit A
Fort Collins, CO 80524
slamastra@russellmillsstudios.com | 970.682.6004
City Staff Contact:
Rebecca Everette
Development Review Manager
Community Development & Neighborhood Services
reverette@fcgov.com | 970.416.2625 direct
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View from Sunshine House Parking lot exit to Lot 11
Existing Landscape
Google Aerial of Lot 11
Existing evergreen trees
Ornamental Grasses
Existing evergreen trees
and shrub bed
Ornamental grasses
Lot 11
Sunshine
House
Parking Lot
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Filing Two Landscape Plans
Wavyleaf Oak
Quercus undulata.
Mature size: 8’ H x 8’ W
Sunshine House
Parking Lot
Feather Reed Grass and
Switchgrass
Lot 11
2724 Walkaloosa Way
506 S College Ave, Unit A, Fort Collins, CO 80524 | 970.484.8855 | russellmillsstudios.com
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Proposed Headlight Planting
Existing and Proposed Landscape Screening
Option 1:
Spartan Juniper
(Juniperus chinensis ‘Spartan’)
Mature size: 15’ H x 5’ W
Option 2:
Cheyenne Privet
(Ligustrum vulgare ‘Cheyenne’)
Mature size: 8’ H x 4-6’ W
Replace Wavyleaf Oak with either:
Lot 11
2724 Walkaloosa Way
Sunshine House
Parking Lot
Existing Evergreen
trees and shrub bed
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CREATING INSPIRED PLACES TOGETHER