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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOURTYARDS AT MIRAMONT PUD - PRELIMINARY - 54-87N - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEW1 and Environmenta*ervices Planning Department January 28, 1994 Albrecht Homes C/o Mr. Frank Vaught Vaught -Frye Architects 1113 Stoney Hill Drive Fort Collins, CO 80525 Dear Frank: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning Courtyard Homes at Miramont (Tract Q of Oak Cottonwood Farm), presented before the Conceptual Review Team on. January 24, 1994. 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. Sincere , Tea Sheppard. P Senior Planner TS/gjd Attachments cc: Transportation Department Stormwater Department Project Planner File 281 North College Avenue - P.O. Box 580 - Fort. Collins, CO 80522-0580 - (303) 221-6750 a CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS MEETING DATE: January 24, 1994 ITEM: Courtyard Homes at Miramont (Tract Q of Oak Cottonwood Farm) APPLICANT: Albrecht Homes c/o Mr. Frank Vaught, Vaught -Frye Architects, 1113 Stoney Hill Drive, Fort Collins, CO. 80525. LAND II811 DATA: Request to 55 to 60 single family lots on about 11 acres located south of the Oak Hill Apartments and east of Boardwalk Drive, on Tract Q of the Oak -Cottonwood Farm O.D.P. The "Courtyards" features single family lots with lot widths ranging from 46 to 48 feet.. Private streets .are proposed. The City is in .the process of negotiating the acquisition of a neighborhood park just south of the subject property. COMMENTS 1. Electrical system will be brought in from Boardwalk Drive. If 28 foot wide streets are proposed, Light and Power needs a minimum of 12 feet wide utility easements along the fronts of ,the units for the electrical system. If you have any questions, please call Alan Rutz, 221-6700. 2. Both water and sewer mains are available in Boardwalk Drive. The waterline should be connected to the existing water line in Rule Drive that is planned to serve the Tennis and Fitness Center. If you have any questions, please.call Mark Taylor, 221-6681. 3. The Poudre Fire Authority will now allow cul-de-sacs to attain a length of 900 feet without a second point of access.. The Code, however, has not yet been amended and the 660 foot rule is still applicable. Therefore, a variance must be applied for. 4. The private streets must have inside turning radii of 20 feet and outside turning radii of 40 feet. 5. At the present time, the Parkland Development Fee is $779 per dwelling unit. COMMUNITY PLANNINU & ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 NORTH COLLEGE P.O.BOX S80 FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 8052241580 (303)221-6750 PLANNING DEPARTMENT i 11 6. Please be aware that the pond will be an irrigation pond for watering both the proposed park and the Miramont greenbelt areas. It will be feature a'pump house. 7. It is strongly recommended that irrigated blue grass sod not be planted to the edge.of the pond. This will attract geese. 8. Staff applauds the placing of a path around _the pond. The edge of the pond should not be privatized by individual lot owners as is the case with Harmony Cove Reservoir. Fencing of rear yards adjacent to the pond should be sensitively designed and include a gate. 9. The site is located in the McClelland -Mail Creek Drainage Basin. The Stormwater drainage fee in this basin is $3,717 per developed acre, subject to the amount of impervious surface and stormwater detention. The Drainage Report and .Drainage and Grading Plan must comply with the Oak -Cottonwood O.D.P. Drainage Study. Release rates are very strictly controlled in this area and must be adhered to. An Erosion Control Plan must be submitted with any final phase. 10. The Engineering Department will require the standard submittal for Utility Plans. 11. The Street Oversizing Fee is $584 per dwelling unit. 12. Why doesn't the northerly .cul-de-sac tie into Rule Drive? This would allow easy access to Lemay Avenue and improve circulation for residents of the project. 13. A variance request for the 28 foot street will be required. 14. Solar orientation will apply. If a variance is necessary, it must be in written form and accompany the P.U.D. submittal. 15. The ,P.U.D. will be reviewed by the new, Neighborhood Compatibility Criteria. Also, developers are now responsible for posting signs on the property and paying for postage. 16. Is the area between Lots 49 and 50-designated for guest parking? Is the guest parking property distributed? 17. As with the Courtyards at Stone Ridge, there should be one street tree per lot.