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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFIRESTONE AT THE MARKET PLACE PUD - PRELIMINARY & FINAL - 21-89C - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEW (2)0 is Development Services Planning Department City of Fort Collins November 3, 1989 Mr. Steve Boyette Rosenbaum -Deane 101 North Cascade Ave Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Dear Steve: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning Firestone at the Market Place PUD, which was presented before the Conceptual Review Team on October 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/gjt Attachment xc: Tom Peterson, Director of Planning Mike Herzig, Development Coordinator Rick Richter, Civil Engineer I Project Planner File i00 LaPorte Avenue • P.O. 0ox 580 • Fort Collins, CO �80522-0-580 (303) 221 E�%50 • CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS MEETING DATE: October 30, 1989 ITEM: Firestone at Market Place P.U.D. APPLICANT: Mr. Steve Boyette, Rosenbaum -Deane, 101 North Cascade Ave. Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80903 LAND USE DATA: Request for an amended Preliminary and Final P.U.D. for Firestone Service facility located on Pad A of the Market Place P.U.D. Building is 6,648 square feet with 10 service bays, customer waiting area, and storage areas. COMMENTS: 1. The Light and Power Department has an existing vault on the south prop- erty line which will be the source for power. The site will require a transformer. The transformer must be placed in a dedicated access ease- ment. Staff suggests the transformer be located as far off the frontage of College Avenue as possible. Please consider locating the transformer west of and adjacent to the trash dumpster. This location would allow the transformer to be serviced from hard surface and could be screened on three sides by a unified wall that also screens the trash dumpster. The wall should be softened with a continuous shrub bed on the west, north and east. 2. The electrical contractor should complete the C-1 form so Light and Power can determine the entrance capacity. Please contact Light and Power, 221-6700 for details. 3. The water and sewer mains serving the site should adequately handle the proposed one inch water service and the four inch sewer service. A sand and oil interceptor must be installed on the sewer service to be located on the site but outside the building. Please contact Mr. Mark Taylor with the Water and Sewer Department for detailed specifications at 221-6681. 4. The Drainage Report needs to be revised to reflect any changes from the approved Drainage and Grading Plan for the Market Place P.U.D. Please indicate what the changes are. Also, please address downspout locations and flow patterns. 5. There may be a problem with the quality of the stormwater runoff as it drains the open inventory storage areas. It is not clear whether the inventory areas are open or enclosed. If these areas are open, then the Stormwater Utility may require the stormflows to be pre-treated before being released into the storm sewer inlets. Please contact Glen Schlueter, Stormwater Utility, 221-6589 for details. 6. With 6,648 square feet, the building must conform to the Building and Fire Codes for fire containment areas. Buildings over 5,000 square feet must have one hour fire rated walls. Please contact the Fire Marshal for the Poudre Fire Authority, Mr. Warren Jones, 221-6570 for details. 7. The Poudre Fire Authority has specific criteria for both underground and above ground fuel/oil tanks. Again, please contact Warren Jones. 8. If the inventory storage area is a wall and not structurally part of the building, then signage would not be allowed. Signs on walls are inter- preted to be freestanding signs and not building signs. An exception would be made if the wall were "physically connected" to the building. 9. In terms of sign review, Staff will refer to the Sign Guideline that was approved for the overall center. Detailed review at this time is beyond the scope of Conceptual Review. 10. The Traffic Impact Analysis should be updated and revised to reflect the the proposed use. The concept of a ten -bay mechanical service facility was not defined at the time the Market Place was approved. The revised report should indicate how the proposed use conforms to the findings of the original study. If there are any questions on the Traffic Study update, please contact Mr. Rick Ensdorff, Transportion Director, 221-6608. 11. Please be aware that the east curb cut is onto a parking lot drive aisle that serves the entire center. Conflicts in this area should be minimized. 12. In conjunction with the above comment, Staff recommends that the area in front of the east entrance, between the pedestrian sidewalk and the curb be placed in landscaping. This triangle does not appear to serve a useful purpose in hard surface area. Landscaping this area will also add a measure of protection from vehicles for the waiting customers. Staff suggests this area feature a combination of one deciduous shade tree, shrub beds and sod. 13. Similarly, the two parking stalls adjacent to the inventory storage area appear to orphans. This area could also benefit from increased landscap- ing. With frontage on College Avenue, this would be a valuable addition to the landscaping treatment. Again, the combination of trees, shrubs and sod would be appropriate. 14. The Engineering Department will require a minor utility plan for the storm drainage changes. Also, if anything changes on the approved utility plans, a revised sheet must be submitted for review. A copy of the plat should be submitted as a reference to any utility sheets. Since the plat is already approved, any dedication of additional easements must be done by separate instrument. If any existing easements must be vacated, then an amended plat must be submitted. 15. The street oversizing fee would apply. For retail/commercial uses, the fee is $14,005 per acre. Please contact Mr. Matt Baker, 221-6605 for details. 16. The following landscape comments are offered: A. The dumpster/transformer screen wall needs a continuous shrub bed. B. Berming should be continued along the private access road frontage. C. The three parking lot islands need shrub beds to cover at maturity. D. The area between the back of the sidewalk and the row of junipers along College Ave. should feature clumps of ornamental trees. Groupings of ornamental trees in this area will help provide relief from the asphalt parking lot and compliment the berm. E. Three forsythias will not be adequate to screen the western elevation of the "used inventory" wall. Please use larger screen material in this for this function. F. Similarly, along the north elevation, junipers and forsythias are insuffi- cient to provide adequate screening. Please use both more quantity and larger plant material in this area. This concludes Conceptual Review comments. Since the application has already been submitted, further Staff comments will be forthcoming. These comments should be received no later than November 17, 1989.