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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHARMONY MARKET PUD - PRELIMINARY - 54-87B - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTS (2) Deve•tnent Services • Planning Department City of Fort Collins April 11, 1989 Mr. Frank Vaught Vaught-Frye Architects and Planners 2900 South College Avenue Fort Collins, CO. 80525 Dear Mr. Vaught: OAK-COTTONWOOD AMENDED MASTER PLAN 1. Note #9, under the headings for both Parcel 1-G and I-H, delete the reference to "by right". With lower case lettering on the entire Master Plan, all development must go through P.U.D. process. 2. Note #12, what is meant by the phrase: "Except use by right in the R-P zone,"? Again, all uses must go through P.U.D. The 1987 plan did not contain this language. 3. Staff has indicated to Mr. Feist that closing vehicular access to Parcels I-G and 1-H via Palmer Drive would be supported by the City. It would be prudent, however, to maintain the right-of-way for a bicycle/pedestrian path. Staff would support a vacation of part of the right-of-way but would support keeping just enough for a bike/hike path. A total vacation, with all property reverting to the adjacent owners, would not be supported by the City. Any partial vacation request must be submitted to the Larimer County Planning Department. If this arrangement is acceptable, then please delete the reference to the Palmer Drive vehicular option on the Master Plan document. HARMONY MARKET P.U.D., PRELIMINARY 4. Staff will support the construction of Oak Ridge Drive to the Phase One line provided that a memo from Matt Delich indicates the impact on Boardwalk Drive (especially north of Harmony) is minimal. If the net increment of additional trips forced onto Boardwalk versus Lemay is minimal, then this will lend statistical support for the limited construction of Oak Ridge Drive. 5. If the trip generation statistics indicate a minimal addition of trips on Boardwalk, then Staff will ask that the extension of Oak Ridge Drive be firmly triggered to any development in Phase Two. This intention should be so stated on the Preliminary P.U.D. 300 LaPorte Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 • • Page 2 6. Staff is anxious to see the design guidelines for the pad sites. Please submit as soon as they become available. 7. Staff will support the concept that the entire 2,000 feet of frontage on Harmony Road shall not be landscaped at this time. However, Staff strongly feels the frontage should be landscaped up to the area of the right-in/right-out, and that the farmhouse area be cleaned up. 8. Staff is concerned about the uniformity and consistency of the landscaping along the balance of the un-landscaped Harmony frontage. Staff, therefore, asks that this area be shown on the landscape plan in more specific detail. For instance, the plant species, quantities, and sizes should be indicated although it is still preliminary and would not be installed until Phase 2. 9. Staff still encourages installing "offsite" landscaping between Harmony Road and the platted lots of Whaler's Cove along Seaway Circle. Staff acknowledges that approving a subdivision so close to a major arterial may not have been the good planning, but the project was approved during a different era. Offsite landscaping was required on Horsetooth Commons P.U.D. so it would appear a precedent is not being established. It is Staff's contention that a tremendous amount of good will could be generated at relatively little cost. 10. Staff looks forward to reviewing the Air Quality Study and the Noise Study. FINAL P.U.D. 11. Please indicate to Staff, on either the landscape plan or the utility plans, the treatment next to the edge of the Harmony Road pavement. Staffs concern is that irrigation runoff may seep under the asphalt and cause the pavement to deteriorate. 12. The landscaped parking lot islands on the west side of Pace appear to have insufficient shrub cover. Islands that are 35 feet in length should have more than 5 shrubs to cover the area. Please add additional shrub plantings to these islands. 13. The height of the berms along Harmony, Boardwalk, and Oak Ridge is not specified on the landscape plan. Please indicate. 14. The south elevation of the Pace store does not appear to be as well screened as the west elevation. The shrub bed at the west corner should be extended to cover more area. Also, the landscaping under the architectural feature does not appear to be as strong as under the same feature on the west elevation. These two areas on the south elevation should be beefed up with additional materials. •- Page 3 15. There is one Skyline Honeylocust, 3" caliper, indicated on the plan in front of the store but is not listed in the Plant List as a 3" caliper. 16. Please specify *the fence material on the east that will provide the temporary screening of the loading docks. 17. The north to south parking lot drive aisle along Boardwalk Drive can be reduced from 24 feet in width to 20 feet. Single loaded 90 degree parking does not require a 24 foot wide drive aisle. 18. The service drive extends 15 in width beyond the Phase line. Be sure the plat indicates that this encroachment will be accompanied by an access easement. 19. Staff remains concerned about the potential conflict between pedestrians on the promenade and vehicles entering and exiting the tire shop. It is suggested that the sidewalk be slightly elevated, or maintained at the same elevation as the promenade. Thus, vehicles would then have to travel up a ramp and, by necessity, have to exercise more caution. 20. The sidewalk on Oak Ridge Drive should be shown to be a detached walk. 21. The 5 foot sidewalk on Boardwalk is only required to be 4 feet wide. A 5 foot walk is not discouraged but the extra width will not be reimbursed by the street oversizing fund. 23. The Final P.U.D. site plan must include specifications for the two, freestanding monument signs. Please submit to Staff when available. In general, Staff agrees that the plans have favorably evolved since the first neighborhood meeting of March 2, 1989. We look forward to continuing to work with you on this project. Sincerely, Te _/°611-10I('‘i- Ted Shepard, City Planner cc: Mr. Eldon Ward, Cityscape Urban Design, 3030 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO. 80525