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VARIANCE REQUEST
December 14, 2022
City of Fort Collins
Development Review
281 N College Ave.
Fort Collins, CO 80524
RE: POWERHOUSE 2 PROJECT
DRIVEWAY SPACING VARIANCE REQUEST
NORTHERN PROJECT #207-030
To whom it may concern:
Northern Engineering would like to present this request for a variance for the Powerhouse 2 project. General information
about the project is presented below, and detailed information about the nature of this request follows.
General Information
The project site is located at the northeast corner of College Ave. and Vine Dr. in north Fort Collins. The site currently houses
an auto repair shop and is proposed to be developed into a non-residential development, including a multi-story building
utilized by the Colorado State University Energy Institute for office space, education, and research purposes, among others.
The size of the combined site contains just under 5 acres and includes the Josh Ames Ditch on the north edge of the site.
Vine Drive
Vine Drive runs along the south edge of the property. Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (LCUASS) Table 7-3
dictates that the minimum distance between driveways and intersections shall be 460 linear feet, measured centerline-to-
centerline as per LCUASS Figure 9-1.
In order to achieve maximum separation from College Ave. to the west, the access to the site from the north side of Vine Drive
was placed in a way that it lies approximately 390-feet (centerline to centerline) from the Jerome Street intersection at the
east side of the site. This is lower than the required 460-foot minimum. We believe this modification from the LCUASS
minimum does not negatively impact the traffic flow within Vine Drive, Jerome Street, or accessing the site, and request a
variance from the LCUASS minimum driveway separation mentioned above.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly.
Sincerely,
NORTHERN ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC.
AUSTIN SNOW, PE
Project Engineer
APPROVED
Brad Buckman, City Engineer
03/08/2023