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PROJECT INFORMATION AND DESIGN NARRATIVE
March, 2021 (Revised)
1) Project Title; TIMBERLINE — INTERNATIONAL A.P.U.
2) Past Meeting Dates; CONCEPTUAL REVIEW - 7.10.2020, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING - 8.13.2020
3) General Information;
THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT THE NWC OF S. TIMBERLINE AND INTERNATIONAL BLVD. . THE SITE SIZE
IS APPROX. 1.39 AC. (GROSS) & 1.25 AC. (NET). THE SITE HAS BEEN ANNEXED AND ZONED I –
INDUSTRIAL.
THIS PROJECT REQUESTS TO BUILD TWO 1-STORY BUILDINGS, THE WEST BUILDING WOULD BE A 624
SF. COFFEE SHOP DRIVE/WALK-UP SERVICE & A SECOND 2,900 SF. EAST BUILDING WITH POTENTIAL
RETAIL, OFFICES, SERVICES AND/OR OTHER PERMITTED I – INDUSTRIAL USES.
THERE ARE 14# PROPOSED OFF STREET PARKING SPACES INCLUDING TWO HC ACCESSIBLE AND
EXCEEDING THE REQUIERD MINIMUM OF 11# PARKING SPACES. AN ADDITIONAL 15# D/UP STACKING
SPACES, MORE THAN DOUBLING THE MINIMUM TOTAL USEABLE ON SITE WOULD BE PROVIDED.
THERE WOULD BE NO CONFLICTS WITH D/UP STACKING FOR NEITHER PARKING SPACES NOR
TIMBERLINE TRAFFIC STREET BACK-UP.
THE BUILDING EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS REFLECT A CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL THEME WITH
BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL MATERIALS. A COMBINATION OF MATERIALS, PARAPET
HEIGHTS, OVERHANGS, OTHER ELEMENTS ARE INCLUDED WITH BOTH BUILDINGS. THE SCALE AND
CHARACTER ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEARBY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH.
THE BUILDINGS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BE SPRINKLERED.
THE SITE INCLUDES EXTENSIVE TIMBERLINE WALK, LAWN AND STREET-TREE DESIGN. SECONDARILY, THE
INTERNAL & WEST SIDE OF THE SITE WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ENHANCE THE DITCH AND
WILDLIFE CORRIDOR BUFFER AREAS. BOTH NATIVE AND WILDLIFE ENHANCING PLANT MATERIALS
OCCUR IN THE REAR, WEST DITCH-SIDE OF THE SITE. IN ADDITION, SOLID LOW WALL SCREEN WALLS
ARE INTEGRATED TO MITIGATE VIEWS OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND HEADLIGHTS WHILE PROVIDING A
BUFFER FROM ADJACENT PEDESTRIANS & DITCH AREAS.
THERE IS A SINGLE LUC MODIFICATON REQUESTED; THE TIMBERLINE ROAD WIDENING TAPER LENGTH IS
REDUCED WHICH IS DIRECTLY RELATED TO A NUMBER OF RESTRICTING ELEMENTS; THE PROJECT IS AN
INFILL SITE, LIMITED SITE SIZE, EXISTING WEST RAW WATER DITCH LATERAL AND EXISTING ADJACENT
SITE DEVELOPMENTS. WEST INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC WILL BE LIMITED IN THE FUTURE.
THE PROJECT WOULD BE AN ASSET TO THE COUNTY AREA DEVELOPMENTS, OFFERING SERVICES NOT
CURRENTLY PROVIDED. THE PROJECT WILL HELP TO STIMULATE FURTHER RE-DEVELOPMENT IN THE
AREA. QUALITY BUILDING DESIGN, LOW SCALE ARCHITECTURE, ENHANCED LANDSCAPING,
TIMBERLINE & INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, EXPANDED PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, OTHER
PUBLIC ENHANCEMENTS, HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.
4) Proposed Owners; FR HOLDINGS, LTD.
5) Existing Owners;
FR HOLDINGS, LTD. 125 S. Howes St., Fort Collins, CO 80521
Optional items;
6) Transportation Improvements;
TIMBERLINE ROAD WILL BE WIDENED TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL SOUTH-BOUND THRU LANE
(ULTIMATE SECTON), STRIPED AS RIGHT-TURN LANE ONTO INTERNATIONAL IN THE INTERIM.
ADDITIONALLY, ASSOCIATED NORTH/SOUTH SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED.
A TRAFFIC TIS MEMO. HAS BEEN COMPLETED AND STATES THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL NOT
HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE CURRENT ROAD SYSTEMS. A DEDICATED RIGHT TURN-IN IS
NOT REQUIRED.
7) Neighborhood Meeting;
THIS PROJECT IS A SITE PLAN TYPE II REVIEW WITH A PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW, ULTIMATE
APPROVAL. A ‘VIRTUAL’ NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS HELD WITH A SINGLE ATTENDEE WITH
LIMITED QUESTIONS. SIMILARLY, FOLLOWING THE PUBLISHED VIRTUAL DISCUSSION, STAFF WAS
CONTACTED BY ANOTHER NEARBY TIMBERVINE RESIDENT WHO HAD QUESTIONS REGARDING ANY
TIMBERLINE IMPROVEMENTS. IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT A NEW S.B. THRU LANE AND RIGHT TURN-
LANE, W.B. ONTO INTERNATIONAL WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL DESIGN. BOTH
CONVERSATIONS ENDED IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT.
STAFF CONFIRMED THAT THE TIMBERLINE-INTERNATIONAL INTERSECTION COULD EVENTUALLY BE
SIGNALIZED BUT NO TIMELINE HAS BEEN CONFIRMED.
8) Site design;
THE BUILDINGS FRONT THE TIMBERLINE FRONTAGE ALONG WITH A WIDE CONNECTING PUBLIC
SIDEWALK AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACE, PLAZA AREA. THE BUILDING USERS WILL HAVE THEIR
PARKING LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDES, FRONT OF THE BUILDINGS. THE COFFEE SHOP DRIVE-
UP STACKING SPACES WILL BE LOCATED AT THE REAR/WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDINGS, ALOWING
FOR SCREENING OF THOSE VEHICLES FROM THE TIMBERLINE TRAFFIC & ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
OVERALL, THE BUILDINGS OCCUPY LESS THAN 6% OF THE SITE, THUS ALLOWING FOR 64% OF SITE
TO BE OPEN SPACE. A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE TIMBERLINE FRONTAGE IS DEDICATED TO
OPEN LANDSCAPE SPACE, DETENTION & SCREENING. STREET TREES ENHANCE THE TIMBERLINE
FRONTAGE AND BUFFER TO THE PARKING AREAS IN ADDITON TO THE LOW MASONRY SCREEN
WALLS. SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE BUFFERING WAS INCORPORATED ALONG THE WEST/DITCH
SIDE PROVIDING WILDLIFE CORRIDOR/DITCH SEPARATION. NATIVE LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS
WERE SELECTED TO COMPLEMENT THE POTENTIAL WILDLIFE WITH COVER , MOVEMENT & FOOD.
9) Natural habitats and/or wildlife; AN EXTENSIVE NATIVE AND WILDLIFE ENHANCING
LANDSCAPE/VEGETATION BUFFER AREA HAS BEEN PROVIDED ALONG THE WEST DITCH PERIMETER.
THERE ARE 2 SEAPRATE ROWS OF BUFFERING TO MITIGATE ANY WILDLIFE IMPACTS AT THE DITCH
IN ADDITON TO LOW INTERMITTENT SOLID SCREENING. THE BUFFER AREA HAS VARIABLE
SEPARATIONS IN SEVERAL AREAS. THE MINIMUM SETBACK IN ONE AREA IS 35.5’, THE MAXIMUM
SETBACK IS APPROX. 106’, WITH AN OVERALL AVERAGE DEPTH OF 64’, EXCEEDING THE 50’ & A 28%
INCREASE. TREE MITIGATION OFFSETS (+22#) HAVE INCREASED THE OVERALL PLANTING INTENSITY
& SUBSEQUENTLY EXCEED ALL MINIMUM LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.
10) Transition techniques; LARIMER COUNTY INDUSTRIAL ZONING IS EXISTING ON ALL SIDES OF THE
DEVELOPMENT. AS SUCH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY COMPATABILITY
ISSUES, IN FACT WILL SET THE ENHANCED STANDARDS FOR FUTURE RE-DEVELOPMENT,
CONNECTIVITY AND IMPROVEMENTS TO TIMBERLINE, WHILE LOCALIZING SOME NEEDED
COMMERCIAL SERVICES TO THE AREA, NEARBY RESIDENTS AND OTHER PASSER-BY TRAFFIC.
11) Architectural Design; THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE TWO, ONE-STORY BUILDINGS
WITH VARIATION OF SCALE, MATERIALS, CANOPIES AND ROOF PARAPETS, DETAILING.
THE WEST BUILDING IS A PROPOSED DRIVE & WALK-UP COFFEE SHOP. THE SEPARATE EAST
BUILDING WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR THREE OR MORE POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL, RETAIL,
OFFICE, PERSONAL SERVICE AND/OR OTHER INDUSTRIAL PERMITTED USES, TOTALING 4 USERS.
THE CONNECTING PUBLIC PLAZA AREA & WIDE SIDEWALK CONNECTION WILL ENCOURGE AN
'INVITING' OUTDOOR PEDESTRIAN SCALE AND USE. THE SITE WILL INCORPORATE LOW STONE
WALLS FOR PARKING SCREENING & PEDESTRIAN PLAZA SEAT WALLS. THAT SAME STONE
MATERIAL IS ALSO INCORPORATED INTO THE BUILDING ARCHITECTURE.
THE DESIGN INCORPORATES A BLEND OF RESIDENTIAL & COMMERICAL MATERIALS AND SCALE.
ADDITIONAL FINISHES, DETAILS, EARTHTONE COLORS INCLUDE PRE-FINISHED ACCENT METAL
SIDING, HARD-COAT STUCCO, STOREFRONT WINDOWS & OVERHANGING CANOPIES. THIS
VARIATION IN EXTERIOR DESIGN WILL A PROVIDE ADDITONAL DETAILS SHADOWING AND DEPTH
TO THE ELEVATIONS, SOFTEN THE SCALE AND FORMS OF THE BUILDING AND VISUAL INTEREST.
THERE IS NO HISTORICAL COMPONENT TO THIS PROJECT.
Development Phasing Schedule (if applicable);
PENDING PROJECT APPROVAL, THE PROJECT WOULD POTENTIALLY START CONSTRUCTION IN
SUMMER OF 2021, COMPLETING LATE 2021. THE DEVELOPER WOULD COMPLETE BOTH BUILDINGS
AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC/PRIVATE INFRASTRUCTURE, TIMBERLINE SIDEWALK, THRU-
LANE, ADDITIONAL SBW TURN-LANE, TIMBERLINE STORMWATER PIPING IMPROVEMENTS, OTHER,
SIMULTANEOUSLY.
END OF PROJECT NARRATIVE.
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