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HomeMy WebLinkAboutDIAMOND SHAMROCK CORNER STORE #1100 PUD - PRELIMINARY - 14-89 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVESDiamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing Company STATEMENT OF PLANNING OBJECTIVES DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORNER STORE #1100 Diamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing Company is a large in- dependent oil company based in San Antonio, Texas. Diamond Shamrock possesses two refineries; 619 company owned and operated stores; a network of over 4,000 miles of refined pro- ducts and crude oil pipelines; and employs over 3,800 people. Diamond Shamrock also owns and operates a large underground storage facility for LP, a natural gas processing plant, and a lube oil blending and automotive accessories distribution company. In Colorado, Diamond Shamrock owns and operates 79 stores, from Pueblo and the Western Slope to Ft. Collins. In Ft. Collins, Diamond Shamrock possesses stores at 3038 S. College and 1113 W. Drake. We also have a branded jobber location at 2451 S. Taft Hill Road. Our stores are typically open 24 hours, 365 days a year. Diamond Shamrock in Colorado obtains their gasoline via a re- fined products pipeline in Denver. There are 450 Diamond Sham- rock employees in Colorado, with a Regional Office in North Denver. W. Elizabeth Street is characterized by the City of Ft. Collins as a major arterial. Our site is proposed to be on an inside tract on the south side of the road between Potts Restaurant Diamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing Company, A Subsidiary of Diamond Shamrock 520 E. 56th Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80216, Phone: 303 297-9777 u -2- and Taco Bell. Our store will be part of a larger overall development known as the Fairview Shopping Center. Our site fits well with the surrounding area, positioned between a large commercial strip to the East and residential development to the West. Our site will be a nice blend of colors with Taco Bell to the West. It is further buffered somewhat by this fast food restaurant and additional commercial ground to the West from the surrounding residential development. Diamond Shamrock plans to build a 1,564 square foot store; fully equipped with a beverage center, hot dogger, 8 door cooler, freezer, and various grocery items. The store will be high- lighted by a large canopy, capable of protecting customers from the pump to the store. Our colors are eye catching, yet very subtle in their presentation to the motorist. Inside and out- side graphics have been effectively coordinated to make an aesthetic presentation to the motorists. The store will feature large landscape belts, carefully bermed with a good combination of trees and grass. The total landscaped area of this site is a very large 22,560 square feet or 35.4 % of the total site area. This site will further feature a detached one bay roll-over type car wash. A car wash will be given away free by Diamond Shamrock to all customer making a merchandise or gas purchase. Our site will truly be a state of the art, modern convenience store, fuel stop and car wash. We at Diamond Shamrock feel that our store fulfills a market need in the area, supplying gasoline, convenience and a car wash to the surrounding community. There is only one wand type car wash within a one mile radius. There is also limited gasoline competition within -3- this same one mile radius. The site is very well laid -out, facilitating good traffic flow in a safe, efficient manner. The gasoline storage tanks will be on the East side of the site, carefully placed for ease in transport delivery. Fuel drops will probably scheduled for night time delivery, elimi- nating any potential for traffic conflict. We at Diamond Shamrock believe and are committed to our facil- ities design, color schemes, safety and service to the market place.