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HomeMy WebLinkAbout100 GRANDVIEW PUD - PRELIMINARY & FINAL - 28-89 - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEWJune 1, 1989 Mr. David Herrara Fort Collins Housing Authority 1715 Wet Mountain Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80521 Dear Mr. Herrara: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning Covernsion of existing greenhouse into a maintenance and storage facility which was presented before the Conceptual Review Team on May 30, 1989. The comments are offered informally by Staff to assist you in preparing the detailed components of the project application. Modifications and additions to these comments may be made at the time of formal review of this project. If you should have any questions regarding these comments or the next steps in the review process, please feel free to call me at 221-6750. Sincerely, Ted Shepard Project Planner TS/mp Attachment xc: Tom Peterson, Director of Planning Mike Herzig, Development Coordinator Rick Richter, Civil Engineer I y/Project Planner File 00 Lai'orte Wenue - 1'0. Boy -ISO 1 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 - (301) --'1 0 CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS MEETING DATE: June 1, 1989 ITEM: Conversion of existing greenhouse into a maintenance and storage facility. APPLICANT: Mr. David Herrera and Jim Kline, Fort Collins Housing Authority, 1715 West Mountain, Fort Collins, CO. 80521 LAND USE DATA: Existing greenhouse is located on Grandview, one-half block north of Mountain Avenue, zoned R-M. COMMENTS: 1. The site is the old Sweet Jasmine Greenhouse which has been abandoned for over one year. As a result, a P.U.D. must be applied for. The request cannot be heard as an expansion or enlargement of a non -conforming use. 2. The request must be processed as a P.U.D. As a P.U.D., the project does not meet the minimum score of any of the point charts. Staff, therefore, will have to write a variance from the point charts for the Planning and Zoning Board to consider. Please submit a statement or letter describing the pro- posed operation and what public benefit will be derived. Such a statement will assist in obtaining the necessary variance. 3. Please provide off-street parking at a rate of two spaces per three employees. Parking must be hard surfaced with landscaped setbacks. Storage of vehicles is considered parking. 4. If there are any changes to the existing electrical system, then it would be required to place the overhead lines underground. 5. Existing water and sewer taps may be used. 6. If vehicle maintenance is to be done, then a sand and oil trap between the building and the street must be installed. 7. If the Building Department retains the B-2 occupancy, then the Poudre Fire Authority has no problems. If the building is reclassified to a B-1 occupancy, then the site will have to be upgraded to include a larger water line, and the alley would not be considered a legal access. 0 • 1 8. The alley must be paved from the street to the access point. 9. A Drainage Report should be provided as part of the parking lot improve- ments and paving the alley from the street to the access point. This paving will increase the impervious surface area. As such, storm flows should not cause any problems with adjacent properties. 10. The site plan should indicate if the sidewalk is existing or proposed. 11. Since the project does not meet any of the point charts, and because the request is non-residential, a neighborhood meeting will be required. Accord- ing to the P.U.D. Ordinance (L.D.G.S.), the neighborhood meeting should pre- cede the submittal date of June 5, 1989. Please request permission from the Planning Director to hold the neighborhood meeting after the submittal date. 12. The West Side Neighborhood Plan will be adopted by City Council in late July. The Plan calls for the area of the proposed maintenance and storage facility to encourage retaining or converting multi -family housing. Consequently, the proposal would not meet the expectation of the West Side Neighborhood Plan. If the submittal date of June 5, 1989 is allowed, then the recommendation of the W.S.N.P. would not apply. Please address any questions regarding the W.S.N.P. to Mr. Ken Waido of our office.