HomeMy WebLinkAboutHEARTSIDE HILL ODP - ODP210005 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PLANNING OBJECTIVES
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December 22, 2021
Project Information and Design Narrative
Project Title:
Heartside Hill Overall Development Plan
Past Meeting Dates:
PDR meeting held on April 11, 2021
Neighborhood Meeting was held on November 4, 2021
General Information:
Heart of the Rockies Christian Church, CARE Housing, Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity
and Friends of L’Arche Fort Collins are proposing a collaborative project that will
intentionally address some of the key issues facing our community: affordable housing,
affordable home ownership, support for individuals with developmental disabilities,
community integration and early childhood development.
The site is located on 8.35 acres that is currently owned by the church.
The plan proposes the following:
• 72 units of multi-family deed-restricted housing (CARE Housing)
• 9 single-family lots for affordable home ownership (Habitat for Humanity)
• 2 lots with homes supporting adults with developmental disabilities (Friends of
L’Arche)
• 1 shared, multipurpose community building (HRCC, CARE, H4H, L’Arche, Boys and
Girls Club, other community service partners and organizations)
• Shared amenities including play areas, community gardens, walking paths, gathering
areas and open spaces.
The 10.78- acre property is currently divided into 2 lots, known as “Heart of the Rockies First
Subdivision”. Lot 1 is 2.4 acres in size and is fully developed with a 7,073 SF church
building, 1,440 SF modular building, parking lot, playground and community garden. The
site is served by South Fort Collins Sanitation District and Loveland-Fort Collins Water
District. Lot 2 is currently undeveloped and is 8.35 acres in size.
Site Design:
The site design includes nine (9), single-family lots for Habitat for Humanity Homes along
the north side of the north fronting Brittany Street and two (2), lot sites for L’arche, which is
an organization that supports small group homes for people with disabilities. On the south
side of the site, a total of eight (8), 8-plex affordable multi-family apartment buildings for
CARE Housing are being proposed with six of these buildings fronting along E. Trilby Road
and two of the buildings located internally to the site. Attached to one building is a 1,570 sq.
ft. clubhouse. There is also a 2-story, 20,000 sq. ft. future community building also being
proposed adjacent to the existing HOTR Church that would be shared by the various
residents and entities located on the site.
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There is a central walking path and open space located central to the project, with a play
structure and community gardens. In addition, there will be a tiered seating area and
outdoor plaza for church and community/resident functions.
Site Circulation and Access:
Primary access to the Care Housing multi-family buildings is from a private drive off Trilby
Road. There is another proposed access through the south end of the churches' parking lot,
with a proposed access that connects to Brittany Street at the north end of the site. The
Habitat and L’arche homes are alley loaded and will be accessed from the alley from
Brittany Drive. Pedestrian circulation is provided via a series of connecting walkways
throughout the property. Walkway connections are planned from each building entry to the
public street sidewalk system.
Storm Drainage:
The site generally drains from west to east with an existing 21” storm drain at the northeast
corner of the site that is the stormwater outfall for the site. Currently there is a small water
quality and detention pond along the west side of the Lemay that was constructed as part of
the original HRCC development. It is the intent to construct a new detention pond within this
same location to account for the existing church site and the proposed affordable housing
development to detain and treat storm water runoff for water quality prior to leaving the site.
The detention pond will be sized using the previously approved release rate of 13.2 cfs to
the existing 21” storm drain, complying with the current drainage requirements and release
rates.
There is a limited area, 15 ft back from right-of-way, of landscaped front yards that will drain
undetained to Brittany Street. Since these areas are mainly landscape, it is anticipated that
the drainage impact is negligible.
Drainage within the rights-of-way of Trilby Road, Lemay Avenue, and Brittany Street is
conveyed along the curb and gutter, ultimately draining north along Lemay Avenue to the
ultimate outfall of Fossil Creek. There are existing on-grade inlets along Brittany Street that
capture some runoff prior to being conveyed to Lemay Avenue.
It is anticipated that a Rain Garden will be implemented within the affordable housing
development site that will be designed to satisfy the Low Impact Development (LID)
requirements to provide water quality enhancement for the required impervious areas. The
detention pond will be designed as an extended detention basin that will provide standard
water quality enhancement for areas that are unable to be directed to the Rain Garden. The
Rain Garden (RG) and the standard water quality facilities are intended to slow runoff down
for the more frequent storm events and allow filtration through the RG media, infiltration into
the soils, allow sediments and pollutants to settle prior to being released from the site.
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Landscape Concept:
Proposed landscaping for the site will consist of street trees in tree lawns and foundation
plantings consisting of shrubs and ornamental grasses. Most of the outdoor activity spaces
will consist of irrigated turf, with water-wise native seed in the remaining open space areas.
Architectural Design:
The Heartside Hill project includes eight multi-family apartment buildings that include four
distinctive building types and designs.
Building A is a 2-story, 8-plex apartment building that includes a single main entrance to an
interior stairwell on the front of the building that leads to a mix of 1 and 2-bedroom units on
both levels. The entry of the building includes a large covered 1-story entry canopy that
provides an enhanced sense of entry and with human scale while also including a place for
covered bike parking. Balconies are also included at all units providing a welcoming
amenity for residents. Building A has been designed with several wall recesses and steeper,
front facing pitched vernacular-style gable roof elements that provide for scale that is
compatible with the surrounding single-family residences and helps in reducing the overall
scale. Building materials include synthetic stone veneer, stucco and fiber cement lap siding
that relate to the other existing single family and multi-family buildings surrounding the site.
Building A-2 is similar to Building A but includes an attached, 1-story 1,570 sq. ft community
space on the west end. This community space will contain a community gathering space,
staff offices, restrooms and a storage and maintenance area along with an exterior patio on
the north side of the community space. The entry of this community space had been
designed to be on the more prominent corner entering the site and has includes design
elements to make it distinguishable as a community space with the use of a more prominent
entry canopy and more extensive use of glazing to promote transparency to the interior
functions of the space.
Building B is a 2-story, 8-plex apartment building with the central units being accessed by an
entrance to an interior stairwell that serves 3- and 4-bedroom units. Building design
elements and materials that are similar to that of Building A but have unique proportions
based on the unit configuration.
Building C is a 3-story, 12-plex apartment building with the central units being accessed by
an entrance to an interior stairwell that serves 2- and 3-bedroom units. Building design
elements and materials are similar to that of Building A but have unique proportions based
on the taller facades and unit configuration. The two, type B buildings have been
strategically located on the site to be placed in between the 2-story building types A and B
along each of the block faces along Trilby which reduces their scale and provides overall
diversity.
The bedroom mix/building breakdown is listed below:
8 Buildings Total:
Two (2) Building A, 2-story, 8-plex:
Two (2) 1-bedroom units
Six (6) 2-bedroom units
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One (1) Building A w/ clubhouse, 2-story, 8-plex:
Two (2) 1-bedroom units
Six (6) 2-bedroom units
±1,570 sq. ft. clubhouse
Three (3) Building B, 2-story, 8-plex:
Six (6) 3-bedroom units
Two (2) 4-bedroom units
Two (2) Building C, 3-story, 12-plex:
Six (6) 2-bedroom units
Six (6) 3-bedroom units
Overall for the site, the breakdown is as follows:
72 units total
Six (6) 1-bedroom units
Thirty (30) 2-bedroom units
Thirty (30) 3-bedroom units
Six (6) 4-bedroom units
Proposed Owners:
CARE Housing
1303 West Swallow Road Building 11
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Steve Kuehneman – Executive Director