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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTACO BELL AT THE MARKET PLACE PUD - PRELIMINARY & FINAL - 21-89F - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEW! • Community Planning and Environmental Services Planning Department January 4, 1994 Taco Bell c/o Al Hauser, Architecture One Palmer Gardens, Suite 200 150 East 29th Street Loveland, CO 80538 Dear Mr. Hauser: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning Taco Bell at Market Place P.U.D., presented before the Conceptual Review Team on January 4, 1994. 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, AICP Senior Planner TS/gjd Attachments cc: Transportation Department Stormwater Department Project Planner File 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 • CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS City of Fort Collins MEETING DATE: January 3, 1994 ITEM: Taco Bell at Market Place P.U.D. APPLICANT: Taco Bell c/o Al Hauser, Architecture One, Palmer Gardens, Suite 200, 150 East 29th Street, Loveland, CO. 80538. LAND USE DATA: Request for a 1,986 square foot fast food restaurant, with drive-thru, located on Pad A of the Market Place P.U.D., 4200 block of South College Avenue. Site is 35,000 square feet, formerly approved for Italian Oven restaurant. Taco Bell M- 70 store would seat 70 patrons. COMMENTS: 1. Light and Power has an existing oval vault located along College Avenue that can serve the site. The proposed location of the transformer, on the east side of the building, looks suitable but please coordinate with Light and Power prior to development. Normal development charges will apply. 2. The transformer must be within 10 feet of hard surface for emergency change -out. The transformer must be screened by an enclosure or landscape materials. If screened by an enclosure, there are minimum clearances that must be met. The transformer should be totally screened from College Avenue. 3. Water and sewer mains are installed with stubs to the pad site. The water stub is a one inch diameter tap size. An exterior grease interceptor must be installed in accordance with the requirements of the Water and Wastewater Division. 4. Bicycle racks should be provided near the front entry. Racks should be permanently anchored to concrete and not interfere with pedestrian sidewalks. Racks should not be placed haphazardly as an afterthought. 5. The site is located in the McClelland - Mail Creek Drainage Basin. Stormwater fees in this basin are $3,717 per developed acre. A Drainage Report, Drainage and Grading Plan, and Erosion Control Plan were approved for Italian Oven. The Taco Bell proposal should conform to the approved plans, or submit the necessary revisions accordingly. It should be noted whether the drainage patterns and the amount of impervious COMMUNITY PLANNING & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 NORTH COLLEGE P.O.BOX 580 FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80522-0580 (303)221-6750 PLANNING DEPARTMENT • • surface conform or differ from If you have further questions, Stormwater Engineer, 221-6589. the previously approved P.U.D. please contact Glen Schlueter, 6. The existing traffic study should be updated. The study should investigate the difference between a standard restaurant (Italian Oven) and the proposed fast food/drive- thru restaurant. Please adjust the trip generation rates and the associated impacts on the surrounding circulation network. It is recommended that the traffic consultant use Taco Bell's own numbers on expected number of trips and time of day versus I.T.E. (It may be useful to include expected numbers during the Saturday noon peak time also.) 7. Staff is concerned about shared parking assumptions for the center and how parking is distributed between the pad users, the anchors, and the in -line retail. There is a concern that the site is being pushed to the limit regarding land use intensity and parking capability. The P.U.D. should indicate how the shared parking will work given the proposed Taco Bell. Again, it seems the Saturday noon peak time may be appropriate by which to evaluate the shared parking program. 8. The Utility Plans that were done for Italian Oven were in final form and may have been signed off by the City. These existing plans may or may not need to be revised. It is likely that the Drainage Sheet may be the only affected portion of the Utility Plans. 9. The Street Oversizing Fee is $14,005 per acre payable at the time of Building Permit issuance. 10. The site is located along State Highway 287. Consequently, Taco Bell must make an application to the Colorado State Highway Department for an access permit. Please have the data from the updated traffic memo available for this application. The City's Engineering Department will coordinate the application process. Please refer to Kerrie Ashbeck, 221- 6750, for further information regarding this process. 11. Will there be any outdoor dining? If so, please indicate. 12. The drive-thru lane and menu board should be effectively screened. The headlights of vehicles exiting the drive-thru lane may conflict with cars traveling on South College Avenue. This headlight glare must be mitigated. 13. The menu board will count as a sign. If two signs are not allowed by the Sign Code, then an application for a variance must be made to the Zoning Board of Appeals. Please contact Peter Barnes, Zoning Administrator, 221-6760, for application details for a variance. 14. If any exterior light fixtures are to be added, then they must match the light fixtures already in place within the center. 15. All exterior light fixtures must not cause any light spillage offsite. It is strongly recommended that building security lighting be high pressure sodium, not mercury vapor or metal halide so as to not distract drivers on College Avenue. 16. As you are aware, there has been an attempt to promote a unified, cohesive design not only within the Market Place P.U.D., but also with Best Buy and Foutainhead P.U.D. The predominant theme among these three properties is the use of a plum -colored block with blue as an accent color. While it is acknowledged that this existing theme does not fit the corporate standard for Taco Bell, every effort should be made so that there is a unifying architectural element that ties Taco Bell back to the center. As a pad site, Taco Bell must not appear to be a stand-alone store that is more reminiscent of strip development versus a planned unit development. To a practical extent, the use or matching plum -colored block must be used to promote a unified P.U.D. A good example of this how Taco Bell in Longmont uses compatible materials to blend in with the Twin Peaks Mall. 17. Staff is concerned about monument signage along College Avenue. The free-standing sign must comply with the Preliminary P.U.D. established for the whole center. The Market Place P.U.D. has an approved Master P.U.D. Sign Plan that allows two, double face, illuminated signs on the pad sites (one for each pad, two total). These signs are to be no larger than 6' x 61. (Please note that the Burger King sign fits this criterion.) It will be important for the center to demonstrate unified cohesiveness by complying with the size, height, and dimensions of the Master P.U.D. Sign Plan. A copy of this Master Sign P.U.D. Plan is available.