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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHORSETOOTH WEST PUD - AMENDED OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN - 14-88I - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PROJECT NARRATIVEAMENDED OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PLAN HORSETOOTH WEST A 60.45 ACRE PARCEL PREPARED BY: GEFROH HATTMAN ARCHITECTS/PLANNERS 145 W. SWALLOW RD. FT. COLLINS CO. PREPARED FOR: TAFT HILL PARTNERS LTD. 4680 JASON DENVER CO. JANUARY 3, 1994 This report is submitted in accordance to the City of Ft. Collins Land Development Guidance System for projects submitted for review as an Overall Development Plan. This submission is an amended to the original plan submitted in Marche of 1989 and the Lip date of July 1992. Both of these previous documents should be in your files, if you want additional copies please let us know. in order to conserve our natural resources we have assumed that previously submitted and approved documentation is available to you. This report will only address the modifications that are occurring with this submittal. I. POLICIES POLICY - 3 SITE UTILIZATION Item of Change One - The plan still presents a mix of land uses meeting the regUirements of the policy 3. We are rearranging some of the uses to be more current to the trends and the Market. The land uses identified on the previous plan are still a part of the plan, locations have changed. POLICY - 12 URBAN DENSITY The plan currently calls for a mix of residential uses of both single family and multi -family. This mix is still present but the location of the uses on site have changes. The overall plan still presents a mix allowing for a variation of housing and lifestyles. The density uver the site ranges from a maximum of 226 DU to a low of 164 DU. With respect to the entire property this yield a density ranging between 3.73 DU/AC to 2.71 DU/AC. If You remove the In acre site dedicated to the Public School, since it is not subject to the City Ordinances, the low number of 164 DU yields a gross density of 3.25 DU/AC. This is slightly higher then the City minimum. POLICY - 66 LOCATION The Neighborhood Convenience Center will be bounded by two arterial and two local streets, access will not be from the arterial streets. II. OPEN SPACE, BUFFERING, LANDSCAPING, AND CIRCULATION The criteria outlined previously are to remain unchanged. As was determined previously the east - west Collector was to terminate at the major entry to the commercial development due to diminished traffic past that junction. This has been down graded to a local only because of the reduced traffic generated by the change from commercial uses on tract D to residential uses on this tract. Landscaping and open space are used as the buffering between the Commercial uses and the Residential uses. III. EMPLOYEES With the elimination of the Neighborhood Center the anticipated number of employees has declined. The inclusion of the Elementary School and a Neighborhood Convenience Center, which would probably include a Convenience Store, day care center, offices E and retail space, approximately 240. IV. APPLICANT CHOICES the anticipated number of employees is A. Mixed land use is appropriate for the property due to its size and anticipated residential density. While .maintaining the required Urban Level Dengities the inclusion of a Neighborhood Convenience Center is appropriate. This use is compatible as a buffer to the residential uses. We are providing these Commercial uses as a buffer to the two busy arterial streets and as an alternative shopping and employment area convenient to the west side neighborhoods and away from the congestion of College Ave. E. Due to its visibility and contiguity to arterial streets the Neighborhood Convenience Center is an appropriate use and can serve to buffer the residential areas from the arterial streets which is desirable. The residential uses on tract G are more compatible with the neighborhood being of similar or lower density than the Springfield area directly adjacent and by keeping the Commercial traffic away from the residential uses. Should additional information be required please contact us.