HomeMy WebLinkAboutPROSPECT PLAZA PUD - PRELIMINARY - 73-88 - CORRESPONDENCE - RESPONSE TO STAFF REVIEW COMMENTSHARDEN, SCHMIDT, HASS & ZIER, P.C.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
NINTH FLOOR, FIRST TOWER BUILDING, P.O. BOX 1606, FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 80522
TELEPHONE (303) 482-7777 TELEFAX (303) 482-8084
October 3, 1988
Sherry Albertson -Clark, A.I.C.P.
Senior City Planner
City of Fort Collins
300 Laporte Avenue
Fort Collins, CO 80521
Hand Delivered
RE: Prospect Plaza PUD - Your correspondence of September 21, 1988
Dear Sherry:
Ralph B. Harden
H. Ted Schmidt, Jr.
George H. Hass
Richard F. Zier
Jeannine S. Haag
Marla R. Hehn
Michael A. Abrams, II
John N. Lefler
This letter and enclosures is our response to your request for additional/supplemental
information concerning Prospect Plaza PUD. The items will be addressed in the same
order as in your letter.
1. We believe the existing water service is adequate and therefore no additional
information is required.
2. The site plan does contain 59 spaces plus 1 handicapped space plus three
motorcycle spaces. The supplemental plans submitted with this letter more clearly show
that. The 11 angled parking spaces on the west edge of the site are owned and controlled
by the developer. The parking lot further west of the site is owned and controlled by
Colorado State University. All of the 59 spaces on the site plan can be committed to the
project, consisting of the motel, Green Pepper Restaurant, and laundromat.
Based on the experience of the property owner at this site, we believe this parking is
adequate for the following reasons:
a. 70% of the use of the laundromat is by the occupants of the adjacent
apartment houses. This use is pedestrian oriented and no additional
parking demands are placed upon the project.
b. Each individual motel unit will have a door exiting onto the parking
area with a designated parking space for each unit. Parking will be
restricted to occupants of the motel units in these spaces.
C. A significant use of the Green Pepper Restaurant is from guests of
the Holiday Inn across the street. This use is pedestrian and creates
no additional parking demand. The restaurant seats 76-80 people. If
we assume 2 customers per vehicle and every customer arrived in a
vehicle, only 38-40 spaces would be used.
Estes Park Office in Association with Hallberg & Brown, P.O. Box 3018, 201 1 st National Bank Bldg., Estes Park. CO 80517 Telephone (303) 586-4474
Sherry Albertson -Clark •
October 3, 1988
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d. The developer owns and controls the entire apartment complex
property. If need be, additional parking can be used in the apartment
area. For example, the 9 spaces along Prospect Street to the east of
the site can be designated for the restaurant/motel/laundromat use.
e. Considering the complex as a whole, the owner has not experienced a
shortage of parking. Generally, there are many open parking spaces
throughout the complex at any given time. In fact, the owner from
time to time must deal with unauthorized all day parking because of
this general availability of parking. The owner controls the
unauthorized parking through signing and, as needed, tow-aways.
3. The entrance to the motel will actually be in front and will be the same location
as the existing office for the apartment complex. This has been corrected on the site
plan enclosed. Existing signs will be utilized to identify the motel. The words "motel"
will be inserted on the blank space on the free-standing sign in front of the building, as
well as the word "motel" being inserted on the sign attached to the building. Please see
photographs enclosed. Lettering will be proportional to existing signage useage.
4. The building elevations will consist of exterior Masonite siding painted white.
Please see revised site plan enclosed.
5. Please see trip generation information on revised site plan.
6. The developer agrees to remove the existing landscape timbers as required by the
City Traffic Engineer.
Thank you for your cooperation in reviewing this proposal.
jass
FOR THE FIRM
GHH:kso
cc: Henry Glisan