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Home My WebLink AboutTHE OVERLOOK CONVENIENCE CENTER AT ARAPAHOE FARM PUD - PRELIMINARY - 55-87N - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEW Commuer Planning and Environmental ices Current Planning _...sit._ipt. Cit of Fort Collins January 23, 1996 Mr. David Pietenpol, Wheeler Realty ' - A L A L E K.A N 0 E 2 C/O Mr. Eldon Ward Cityscape Urban Design 3555 Stanford Road, Suite 105 Fort Collins, CO 80525 Dear Eldon: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staffs comments concerning Convenience Center at Arapahoe Farm O.D.P. presented before the Conceptual Review Team on January 16, 1996. 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. Sincellrel�y� ........... ,?Ai Ted Shepard Senior Planner TS/clm Attachtnents cc: Transportation Department Stormwater Department Project Planner File 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 FAX (970)221-6378 • TDD (970) 224-6002 CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS Ci of Fort Collins MEETING DATE: January 22, 1996 ITEM: Convenience Center at Arapahoe Farm O.D.P. APPLICANT: Mr. David Pietenpol, Wheeler Realty do Mr. Eldon Ward, Cityscape Urban Design, 3555 Stanford Road, Suite 105, Fort Collins, CO. 80525. LAND USE DATA: Request for a Neighborhood Convenience Shopping Center on 3.5 acres located at the northwest corner of Old Harmony Road and Seneca Street. Potential uses include a 2,500 square foot convenience store, with gas pumps and canopy and with one-bay automatic carwash. Other potential uses include retail, office, daycare, restaurant, and residential. COMMENTS: 1. The site will be served by the City of Fort Collins Light and Power Department. Electrical facilities are in the New Harmony Road right-of-way and can be extended to serve the site. The transformer must be located so that it is not visible from a public street and be within ten feet of hard surface for emergency change out. Screening may be by landscape materials or by a solid enclosure meeting the clearance specifications of Light and Power. For further information, please contact Bruce Vogel, 221-6700. 2. There is a 16 inch diameter water line and an eight inch diameter sanitary sewer main in New Harmony Road. The carwash will need a sand and oil interceptor. Landscaping and irrigation must comply with the water conservation standards. For further information, please contact Jeff Hill, 221-6681. COMMUNITY PLANNING& ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 NORTH COLLEGE P.O.BOX 580 FORT COLLINS,COLORADO 80522-0580(303)221-6750 PLANNING DEPARTMENT 3. The site is located in the residential neighborhood sign district which has stricter signage allowances than what the Sign Code would allow along South College Avenue. For further information, please contact Gary Lopez, 221-6760. 4. For the proposed restaurant, and If there is to be food service in the convenience store, the commercial kitchen(s) will be reviewed by the Larimer County Health Department for compliance with public health codes. Please be aware that rooftop exhaust and ventilation equipment must be totally screened from public view or view from any adjacent residential lot. 5. For the residential portion, if there is more than seven dwelling units, then one of the units must be handicap accessible. For further information regarding compliance with handicap access codes, please contact Sharon Getz, 221-6760. 6. For the residential units, the Parkland Development Fee will $813 per unit payable at the time of building permit issuance. This fee is subject'to an annual increase based on the Denver-Boulder consumer price index. 7. A new fire hydrant will be required along New Harmony Road. The installation of the underground gas tanks is subject to a separate permitting process and inspection by the Poudre Fire Authority. A Hazardous Material Impact Analysis will also be required. As presently shown, the two western buildings are not totally within 150 feet of a fire access lane. For further information regarding compliance with the Poudre Fire Authority, please contact Roger Frasco, 221-6570. 8. The interior parking areas must have no less than 6% of the area in the form of landscape islands. 9. The site is located in the McClelland/Mail Creek Drainage Basin. The storm drainage fee in this basin is $3,717 per acre. Onsite detention will be required. A storm sewer will be required along the New Harmony Road frontage. The release rate will be restricted to the two-year historic unless otherwise noted in the previously approved drainage studies for the area. 10. Please be aware that there may be rear lot drainage from the adjacent residential lots along Overlook Drive and Vista Court that impacts your property. This drainage must be accounted for. 11. A Drainage Report, Drainage and Grading Plan, and Erosion Control Plan must be submitted at the time of Preliminary P.U.D. For further information, please contact Glen Schlueter, stormwater engineer, 221-6589. 12. The street oversizing fee for retail/commercial is $14,005 per acre. For office, the fee is $10,504 per acre. For residential, the fee is $584 per dwelling unit. All fees are due at the time of building permit issuance. Fees are prorated over the applicable land area per use. 13. A traffic impact analysis will be required. 14. The City acknowledges that a decision must be made on the fate of Old Harmony Road. This decision will determine the site layout and circulation system for this site as well as for the Harmony Ridge P.U.D., the adjacent property to the south. 15. The developer is responsible for the local street portion of the public street frontage along New Harmony Road and Seneca if it is extended south. 16. Utility plans are required. A Development Agreement must be executed between the City and the developer prior to allowing work to begin on the site. For further information, please contact Sheri Wamhoff, development engineer, 221-6750. 17. The western boundary directly abuts existing residential. This area will need a substantial buffer zone to mitigate light, noise, and other activities associated with commercial development. 18. The site will have to be developed in a sensitive manner due to the proximity of existing residential. Buildings should feature a residential style with pitched roofs and heavy dimensional asphalt shingles. 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