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City of Fort Collins
April 13, 1990
Devel*ent Services
Planning Department
Mr. Tony Hughes
Vaught - Frye Architects
2900 South College Avenue
Fort Collins, CO. 80525
RE: SUPERTOTS P.U.D.
Dear Tony:
Thank you for providing the revised plans for Supertots at Oak Ridge West,
Second Filing. A few issues remain that should be addressed prior to going
before the Planning and Zoning Board.
The location of the five street trees between the sidewalk and curb along
Lemay Avenue have been challenged by the City's Light and Power
Department as being in a parkway strip that is too narrow (8.5 feet due
to the existing gas line). Mike Herzig, Development Engineer, will call a
utility coordination meeting next week to discuss the issue with the
affected utilities. You will be notified as to the time, date, and location
of this meeting.
2. The turning radii at the curb cut should be shown on the site plan to be
reduced from 25 feet to 20 feet as indicated on the utility plans. The
reason is to provide a "driveway" design versus a "street" design.
3. In addition to the shared parking agreement, the Church should grant to
the City a an emergency access easement for their driveway entrance at
the point where it takes off from Filing Two. Since Filing Two can only
grant that which will be covered on the plat, any dedication offsite must
be dedicated by separate instrument.
4. Staff applauds the location of the I.D. signage in a well landscaped shrub
bed. The P.U.D. documents, however, do not specify the size of the
free-standing sign. Given the keen interest our Planning and Zoning
Board has shown towards signage, it is strongly recommended that a note
or schematic indicating height and dimensions be added to the documents.
This schematic does not have to be a final plan on which a sign permit
will be issued. Rather, it will serve as a guideline that will be referred
to by the Building Inspection Division upon receipt of a sign permit
request. It is our opinion that the client would not need 320 square feet
of signage for a business that does not depend on impulse shopping.
Since a daycare facility is a destination, large signage to capture retail
customers would be excessive.
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For your information, McDonald's Restaurant, at the intersection of two
major arterial streets, has a free-standing sign on College Avenue that
measures 39 square feet per face. As you are well aware, McDonald's
depends heavily on impulsive drive -by shopping for business. It is Staff's
opinion, therefore, that Supertots would be comfortable with signage in
the range of 24 to 36 square feet per face for the free-standing sign.
Please consider this information and be prepared to make a signage
allowance commitment on the P.U.D. document. This information is best
dealt with at this stage rather than in the public hearing. These
considerations refer to the free-standing monument sign only, not the
building wall sign.
5. Please recall that Site and Landscape Covenants are due Thursday, May
3rd. Also, it would be helpful to have a copy of an executed "Shared
Parking Agreement" between the applicant and the Church prior to the
public hearing.
We will be contacting you regarding the utility coordination meeting as soon as _
it is confirmed. As always, please call if there are any questions or concerns.
Sincerely:
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Ted Shepard
City Planner
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