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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRAINTREE ANIMAL HOSPITAL - PDP/FDP - 22-98A - CORRESPONDENCE - (20)reviewing agencies, with their comments due no later than the third weekly staff review meeting (Wednesday mornings) following receipt of the revisions. At this staff review meeting it will be determined if the project is ready to go to the Administrative Hearing Officer (or Planning and Zoning Board, if necessary) for a decision and, if so, will be scheduled for the nearest open date. Please return all red -lined plans and reports with your revisions when they are submitted to the Current Planning Department. The number of copies of revisions for each document to be resubmitted is on the attached Revisions Routing Sheet. . Please contact me at 221-6341 to schedule a meeting to discuss these comments, if necessary. Sincere ly, Olt Project Planner cc: Engineering Zoning Stormwater Water/ Wastewater Transportation Planning Advance Planning Stewart & Associates File #22-98A Engineering (David Stringer) 16. Additional street right-of-way for Evenstar Court must be dedicated on this property. This can be done with the subdivision plat or by separate document. 17. The pork chop in Evenstar Court may have to be removed and a median built in South Shields Street. 18. Future access to the property to the south must be provided for with this development plan. 19. A minor amendment to the Senior Center plans must be done to address the revised parking in their northeast corner. 20. The traffic plan appears to be OK. Transportation Planning (Kathleen Reavis) 21. There could/should be another pedestrian between this facility and the Senior Center, other than the sidewalk along the south side of Evenstar Court. 22. A direct pedestrian connection to South Shields Street from the from entry of the building should be provided. Natural Resources (Kim Kreimeyer) 23. Where are the trash enclosures? Planning 24. Comments are on red -lines plans that are being forwarded to the applicant. This completes the staff comments at this time. Additional comments will be forthcoming as they are received from City departments and outside reviewing agencies. Under the development review process and schedule there is a 90 day plan revision submittal time -frame mandated by the City. The 90 day turnaround period begins on the date of the comment letter prepared by the project planner in the Current Planning Department. Upon receipt, the revisions will be routed to the appropriate City departments and outside view from both above and below by integrating it into the building and roof design, to the maximum extent feasible. 11. Ward Stanford of the Traffic Operations Department offered the following comments: a. Is the "Cross access and parking easement" shown on the Site Plan existing or new? Supposedly, there is an existing access easement on the site to provide public access from Evenstar Court to Raintree Drive. If the above stated easement is not the existing easement, please research and include the existing easement on the Site Plan and utility plans. If an easement cannot be.found to exist, then a public access easement must be provided across this property to facilitate a public access easement from Evenstar Court to Raintree Drive. b. Include the easements shown on the Site Plan on the utility plans. C. A median is to be constructed on South Shields Street in this area. The timing and responsibility for the costs are not yet determined. Please contact Ward, at 221-6820, if you have questions about these comments. The following comments and concerns were expressed at the weekly Staff Review Meeting on December 15, 1999: Stormwater (Basil Hamdan) 12. The grading at the southwest corner of the site does not tie into the existing grading. 13. Obtain an easement for the necessary off -site grading and installation of the storm sewer. 14. Show the storm sewer and trees to the west of the site. 15. The proposed gravel pack water quality structure is not acceptable to the City Stormwater Utility. d. Identify and label all handicap ramps on the Site Plan. e. Label parking stall dimensions and width of driveway on the Site Plan. f. Is the trash bin going to be within the yard enclosure? How will it be accessed by the trash hauler? Please clarify. g. Show building dimensions, the building envelope, and distances from the envelope to each property line. h. Building -mounted lighting is noted in the General Notes on the Site Plan but none is shown on the Building Elevations. Please show the lights and their locations on the elevations. i. Show the building width, as well as the length, on the Site Plan. j. Is there going to be an outside area for animals to relieve themselves? If so, show the location and how/ how often that area will be cleaned up. Please contact Jenny or Gary, at 221-6760, if you have questions about these comments. 7. A copy of the comments received from Donald Dustin of the Stormwater Utility is attached to this letter. Additional comments can be found on the red -lined reports and plans that are being forwarded to the applicant. Please contact Donald, at 221-2053, if you have questions about his comments. 8. A copy of the comments received from David Stringer of the Engineering Department is attached to this letter. Additional comments can be found on the red -lined plans that are being forwarded to the applicant. Please contact David, at 221-6750, if you have questions about his comments. 9. A copy of the comments received from Jeff Hill of the Water/Wastewater Department is attached to this letter. Additional comments can be found on red -lined plans that are being forwarded to the applicant. Please contact Jeff, at 221-6674, if you have questions about his comments. 10. General Note 9 on the Site Plan should further commit to the rooftop and ground -mounted mechanical equipment's compliance with Section 3.5.1(J) of the LUC, which states that it shall be screened from public 2. Dennis Greenwalt of AT&T Cable Services stated that they would like to make the owner/developer aware of their facilities along South Shields Street, which consist of both fiber and coax, and the coax cable that runs along Evenstar Court. Otherwise, he sees no problems with the project. 3. Gene Fischer, representing the Larimer County Canal No. 2 Irrigating Company, stated that this project has no effect on their canal. 4. Ron Gonzales of the Poudre Fire Authority offered the following comments: a. The building aggregate square footage exceeds 5,000 square feet. The first floor shall be separated by a 1-hour occupancy separation from the second floor or the building must be fire sprinklered. b. Address numerals shall be visible from the streets fronting the property and posted with a minimum 6" high numerals on a contrasting background (example: bronze numerals on brown brick are not acceptable). Please contact Ron, at 221-6570, if you have questions about these comments. 5. A copy of the comments received from Rick Lee of the Building Inspection Department is attached to this letter. 6. Representatives of the Zoning Department offered the following comments: a. What is the intended use, Animal Clinic or Hospital? Animal Hospitals are not permitted in the NC District; therefore, the PDP name needs to be changed to Clinic and the owner must demonstrate that the facility will operate in the manner as set forth for clinics. Please see the definition of Veterinary facilities, small animal clinic in Article 5 - Terms and Definitions of the LUC (page 41). b. Show the building height on the Building Elevations. C. This property is in the Residential Neighborhood Sign District. The sign locations only must be shown on the Building Elevations. This is set forth in Section 3.8.7(E)(2) of the LUC. Commu. y Planning and Environmental, evices Current Planning City of Fort Collins December 23, 1999 Greg Fisher Greg Fisher, Architect 3115 Clyde Street Fort Collins, CO. 80524 Dear Greg, Staff has reviewed your documentation for the RAINTREE ANIMAL HOSPITAL (2335 South Shields Street), Project Development Plan - #22-98A that were submitted to the City on November 16, 1999, and is offering the following comments: 1. This property is located at the southwest corner of South Shields Street and Evenstar Court, just east of the City of Fort Collins Senior Center. It is in the NC - Neighborhood Commercial Zoning District. The proposed animal hospital use is not permitted in this District. Is the actual use to be a veterinary clinic, which is permitted and subject to an administrative review (Type I) and public hearing for a decision? Veterinary facilities, small animal clinic shall mean any facility maintained by or for the use of a licensed veterinarian in the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of animal diseases wherein the animals are limited to dogs, cats or other comparable household pets and wherein the overnight care of said animals is prohibited except when necessary in the medical treatment of the animal. The "overnight care" is what differentiates a clinic from a hospital. If a permitted, Type I use, the Project Development Plan (PDP) must go to a public hearing before an administrative hearing officer for a decision unless any modifications of standards are required, which would automatically change the request to a Type II, Planning and Zoning Board review. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. 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