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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1ST BANK AT HARMONY MARKET PUD, 4TH FILING - PRELIMINARY & FINAL - 54-87F - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEW CommurA Planning and Environmental Ovices t, Planning Iartment. k City of Fort Collins August 10, 1992 Mr. Eldon Ward Cityscape Urban Design 3030 South College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80525 Dear Eldon: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning First Bank, Pad 6, Harmony Market P.U.D., presented before the Conceptual Review Team on August 10, 1992. 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. Sincerely,T x.ALst—pAA Ted Shepard, AICP Senior Planner TS/kf Attachment cc: Tom Peterson, Planning Director Kerrie Ashbeck, Civil Engineer Transportation Department Troj-ect Planner;- File • 281 North .College :Av emit' • P.0. Bo\ .50 • Fort Lollins 0 ti(5,2-07,8O • ( (Y') 2227-hi-7O 411 CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS MEETING DATE: August 10, 1992 ITEM: First Bank, Pad 6, Harmony Market P.U.D. (southwest corner of Harmony Road and Lemay Avenue) APPLICANT: First Bank, Davis Architectural Group, and Cityscape Urban Design c/o Eldon Ward, Cityscape Urban Design, 3030 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO. 80525. LAND USE DATA: Request for free-standing bank building on Pad 6 of the Harmony Market P.U.D. Conceptually, bank is estimated between 7, 000 and 8, 000 square feet in size. Site improvements include up to three automated teller machine stations. Request also includes use of a temporary office building of modular construction for up to two years until permanent facilities are built. COMMENTS: 1. Electrical power is available from the corner of Harmony and Lemay. An existing underground conduit runs due west parallel to Harmony Road. Power can also be brought down Lemay. The location- of the transformer should be that so it will not have to be relocated (at the developer's expense) for the permanent building. The transformer should be screened from public view along Harmony or Lemay. It may be screened by landscaping or an enclosure with. proper clearances. It must remain within eight feet of a hard surface area so it is accessible by a boom truck. All normal development charges will apply. If there are any further questions, please contact Bruce Vogel, 221-6700. 2. Both water and sewer mains are installed. It is suggested that the services be installed so that they will be able to serve both the temporary and permanent building with minimal modifications. For further information on water and sewer issues, please call Mark Taylor, 221-6681. 3. The Uniform Building Code and Fire Code require that either the building be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system or that there are no uncontained internal spaces greater than 5, 000 square feet. For further information on the U.B.C. , please call Plans Examiner, Sharon Getz, 221-6760. 4. The Fire Code requires access to the building to be by internal drive aisles that feature no less than 20 feet inside and 40 feet outside turning radii. Please check to make sure the existing fire hydrant is within 400 feet. All exterior portions of both buildings must be within 150 feet of the fire lane. The ATM's on the east side of the site may prevent access to the permanent building. ® a 5. .A fully automatic fire extinguishing system may allow relief from the strict 150 foot fire access requirement. For further information, please call Warren Jones, Fire Marshal, 221-6570. 6. The site is located in the McClelland/Mail Creek drainage basin. The drainage fee in this basin is $3,232 per acre payable at the time of building permit issuance. This fee is adjusted based on the amount of hard surface versus soft surface, and by the amount of onsite detention provided onsite. 7. The submittal must be accompanied by a Drainage Report, Drainage and Grading Plan, and Erosion Control Plan. The improvements identified in the Erosion Control Plan must be secured, prior to construction, by an escrow check and released after the measures have been implemented. For further information regarding drainage and erosion control issues, please contact Kathy Malers, 221-6589. 8. The City Engineering Department will require a set of Utility Plans describing the details of constructing the necessary public improvements. The Utility Plans must also be accompanied by a Development Agreement made between the developer and the City. These documents must be completed prior to release of any authorization to proceed with construction. Because of the compressed time frame between receiving final Utility Plans and a Final Development Agreement, and the time of the public hearing, the final documents may not be in final form. In such case, the project will face conditional approval until such time as all final documents are recorded. For further information regarding the Utility Plans and the Development Agreement, please call Mike Herzig, 221-6750. 9. A subdivision plat will be required. 10. The Street Oversizing Fee for a commercial bank is $14, 005 per acre. This fee is payable at the time of building permit issuance. The fee may be negotiated due to the plan for a phased construction schedule. It may be possible that partial payment for the temporary structure and full payment at the time of the permanent structure will be accepted. Please contact Matt Baker, 221-6605 for further details on how this fee will be assessed. 11. The Transportation Department requests that the Site Access Study be updated and amended to analyze the impact on two intersections (Harmony/Boardwalk, Harmony/Lemay) due to the Saturday operating hours. The original study did not accurately reflect the anticipated amount of Saturday traffic now associated with the current tenants. For further information regarding this updated study, please contact Eric Bracke, 221-6608 for further details. a 12. The existing trees onsite should be inspected by Tim Buchanan, City Forester to determine health and condition. Please call 221- 6640 to reach Mr. Buchanan. 13. The Planning Department expects the median strip at the entry south of the pad to be fully landscaped with development of Pad 6. 14. A. combined Preliminary and Final submittal will be allowed. Please understand the risk that if the application is not complete or does not contain the necessary amount of documentation, then it may be presented to the Planning and Zoning Board on October 19, 1992 as a Preliminary only. Similarly, the Planning and Zoning. Board is empowered to also disassociate the Preliminary from the Final at its discretion if issues are not fully resolved. 15. Staff has prepared comments on the development of this pad and meeting the test of "being in substantial conformance with" Harmony Market P.U.D. These comments are found in a letter to Mr. Peter Kast, G.T. Land Colorado, Inc. , dated July 28, 1992 . This letter addresses roofing, site lighting, bicycle parking, signage, and landscaping. These comments are not repeated here. 16. The concept of a temporary modular bank is unusual. Staff would be very concerned about placing a time limit on the "temporariness" of the structure. It is envisioned that a time limit would be and that any extension would have to be approved by the Planning and Zoning Board. 17. A neighborhood information meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 26, 1992, 7:00p.m. at the Faith Evangelical Church at 4825 gg South Lemay Avenue. .