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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHARMONY MARKET PUD, 3RD FILING, STEELE'S EXPANSION - FINAL - 54-87Z - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORT W/ATTACHMENTSITEM NO. _ 3 MEETING DATE 8122194 STAFF Ted Shepard City of Fort Collins PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD STAFF REPORT PROJECT: Steele's Market Expansion, Harmony Market Third Filing, Final P.U.D. #54-87Z APPLICANT: Steele's Market c/o Greg D. Fisher, Architect 3115 Clyde Street Fort Collins, CO 80524 OWNER: Steele's Market 200 West Foothills Parkway Fort Collins, CO 80526 PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is a request for a Final P.U.D. to expand the existing Steele's Market at Harmony Market Third Filing by an additional 9,300 square feet. The grocery store sits on 5.27 acres located south of Harmony Road, West of Lemay Avenue, and north of Oak Ridge Drive. The parcel is zoned R-P, Planned Residential. RECOMMENDATION: Approval EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The expansion is for individualized retail tenants with future conversion to grocery store. The area of the expansion and the square footage are within the designated building envelope as designated on the original Steele's Market Final P.U.D. Both retail and grocery are appropriate uses within a Community/Regional Shopping Center. The design of the structure will match the existing store. The expansion is feasible from a traffic engineering standpoint and complies with transportation policies. COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 N. College Ave. P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 (303) 221-6750 PLANNING DEPARTMENT • • Steele's Market Expansion, Harmony Market Third Filing, Filing P.U.D. - #54-87Z August 22, 1994 P & Z Meeting Page 2 COMMENTS: 1. Background• The surrounding zoning and land uses are as follows: N: R-P; Existing Bank (1ST Bank) and Future Retail Pad S: R-P; Existing Church (Evangelical Covenant Church) E: R-P; Existing Auto Related (Grease Monkey/Carwash) and Future Convenience Store (Tyco Oil) W: R-P; Vacant and Existing Retail (Builders Square) Steele's Market is part of the 50 acre Harmony Market Shopping Center (approved in 1989) which is a part of the 272 acre Oak - Cottonwood Farm Overall Development Plan (approved in 1987). As the Third Filing in Harmony Market, Steele's was approved in September of 1990. 2. Land Use• The Harmony Market P.U.D. was approved as a Community/Regional Shopping Center. A grocery store, with additional retail, is considered to contribute to the clustering of retail and service establishments that define such a center. Steele's Market, Harmony Market Third Filing, Final P.U.D. was originally approved in September of 1990 with 44,995 square feet. At the same time, the Final P.U.D. indicated a future expansion area to the east of approximately 10,000 square feet. The proposed Final P.U.D. represents a 9,300 square foot addition within the building envelope designated as future expansion. At this time, the expanded area will be devoted to individualized retail businesses with separate entries. This is typical of "in - line" retail associated with shopping centers. The expansion will be converted to grocery sales at such time as needed. Staff finds that the P.U.D. to expand the existing grocery store for additional retail and service uses is in substantial compliance with the approved Final P.U.D. and is an acceptable land use in the Harmony Market Shopping Center. 3. Neighborhood Compatibility: The expansion of the existing store is considered to have little or no impact on the surrounding residential neighborhoods. Since the L� • Steele's Market Expansion, Harmony Market Third Filing, Filing P.U.D. - #54-87Z August 22, 1994 P & Z Meeting Page 3 original P.U.D. was approved with the future expansion area designated, no neighborhood meeting was held. 4. Design: The north and east elevations of the expansion will feature several individual store fronts. Until such time as the floor area is needed for grocery purposes, the expansion will be for individual tenants with separate entries. The entry treatment will match the existing north elevation of the structure. Additional landscape materials will be planted around the enlarged building. The expanded building will match the existing structure. The same exterior materials and accent colors will be used. The architectural cohesion of the shopping center will be preserved. 5. Transportation: At the time of the original Steele's Market P.U.D. in 1990, the trip generation rates were calculated based on a 55,000 square foot grocery store. According to the 1994 updated traffic study, the trip generation rates for individualized retail tenants would be less than for grocery store square footage. The expansion, whether for grocery or individualized retail, has been factored into the original traffic impact analysis. The impact of the expansion, therefore, will be accommodated by the existing improvements constructed to serve the original store. There is ample parking to serve the additional square footage. 6. Findings of Fact/Conclusion: In evaluating the request for Steele's Expansion, Harmony Market Third Filing, Final P.U.D., Staff makes the following findings of fact: 1. The Steele's Expansion P.U.D. is within the designated building envelope and below the designated amount of square footage as indicated on the original Final P.U.D. The request, therefore, is in substantial compliance with Steele's Market, Harmony Market Third Filing P.U.D. 2. Retail and grocery uses are appropriate in a Community/Regional Shopping Center. 3. The expansion is feasible from a traffic engineering standpoint and complies with transportation policies. Steele's Market Expansion, Harmony Market Third Filing, Filing P.U.D. - #54-87Z August 22, 1994 P & Z Meeting Page 4 RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends approval of Steele's Market Expansion, Harmony Market Third Filing, Final P.U.D., #54-87Z. mmulwk �A� : IFA ON L to] 0 b,MLVA FA ONAM 0201 pzmmwzr�m ---------------------------- -___—__t_____________________ I i I I I I FW" RM I 1 I I I I I I Ex" Stop I tea: a+ I w.cr ,nxs. ewe I I. 1 — �o .� I 1 __x_._.__..__._ �d ' PflOPOSED ADDITION EtlN. Auto. S4Mw FINAL SITE PLAN �-{- — n 111811111111 L 21811111111I o� `ss 1.•SiOI� `� 11 .i i it I STEELE'S MARKET RETAIL ADDITION FINAL P.U.D. AT Harmony Market VICINITY MAP — T LANDUSE BREAKDOWN: GENERAL NOTES: LAI �6Ep ARJnpR FF I.ID1 vMPl6 SPUFs fEW1F6 nl'YA. $IxW SFI u«rs soArss Im+o� ' x+wiuscm Itu s °" oveal:m ou n . n]s Im svAns wrwcrnl to u x a 1 vAa roru m macs CERTIFICATION: .rrara.s mnxarm .. erw.s m.m awm qre us mum maw mw mrrrurar t. >� ay.rrr a nw.s .s a. ow R-.-r••rz--r� LEGAL DESCRIPTION: GREG D. FISHER, ARCHITECT SHEET 1 of 3 a� 3115 LIyd4 StrM Ft. LoIIM, CO 30624 481•5193 r� 0 1 II I II 1 II - ------------------- —— �: L-- ---- ------------ 0 0 0 E,isUng St,m 51 & i irn J, PLANTING NOTES PLANT LIST 71. (—p— STEELE'S MARKET RETAIL EXPANSION AT HARMONY MARKET PUD MAL LANDBCAFE PRAH PNWECT a NO. lql77A SCALE, — CAM 0, 7-O5-94 =S- 6=4 .0 w SNEET No. 2 w3 0 G NORTH ELEVATION SOUTH ELEVATION EAST ELEVATION �� • STEELE'S MARKET RETAIL ADDITION FINAL P.U.D. AT 40 Harmony Market GREG D. FISHER, ARCHITECT 3115 Ctyds St,.M Ft. CM., CO 80524 484-8433 mores SHEET 3 of 3 GREG D. FISHER, ARCHITECT 3115 Clyde St. Ft. Collins, CO 8.0524 (30) 484-8433 STEELE'S HARMONY. MARKET EXPANSION Land Use Breakdown July.5, 1994 Land Area: 229,432 s.f. (5.27•acres) . Building.Area: Existing Building: 44,995 s.f. (19.60) Proposed Addition: 9,300 s f. (4.00) Total: 54,295 s.f (.23.6%) Parking.& Private Drive Area: 124,059 s.f. (54.1%) Open Space Area: 51,078 s.f. (22 3%) Parking Spaces Required: 272 spaces (5/1000 s.f.') Parking Spaces Provided: Handicapped: 8 spaces Standard (9.5' x 17'/19').: 82 spaces Oversized (10' x 17 /19'.): ",209 spaces Motorcycle: 1 space Total: 300 spaces • • 00 0 00 O 0 a O O V 0 z a W O J W D z W a z a r zl a m _M M W H Q 0 ry 0, 10 0 z R W W z z 111 J _i U z 0 a Cr 0 a z a cc U LL CC I To.: Greg Fisher, Tom Vosburg, Fort Collins From: Matt Delich Date: July 5, 1994 MEMORANDUM Architect Fort Collins Transportation Division Planning Department Subject: Steele's expansion traffic study (File: 9464MEM1) Steele's Market has proposed an expansion on the east side of their existing store in the Harmony Market Shopping Center in Fort Collins, Colorado. Figure 1 shows the site plan of the area of the existing Steele's Market and the proposed expansion. The expansion is expected to be comprised of one or more retail users that are typical in retail centers such as Harmony Market. The proposed expansion will be 9125 square feet. The "footprint" of the expansion is within the approved building area included in the "Harmony Market Site Access Study," March 1989, and various traffic study updates over the past few years. An update to the site access study was prepared and submitted on August 3, 1990, that addressed the proposed Steele's Market. That update addressed a proposed store of 45,000 square feet initially with possible expansion to 55,000 square feet. The current store (as scaled from site plans) is 44,625 square feet. With the proposed expansion (9125 s.f.), the total building will be 53,750 Square feet. Both of these areas are within a few percentage points of the 1990 proposal. Table 1 shows the trip generation for a 55,000 square foot grocery store using Trip Generation, 5th Edition, ITE1. The expansion is expected to be non -grocery retail. The use in the expansion is expected to be less trip intensive than a grocery store use. Table 2 shows the trip generation for the existing Steele's Market (45.0 k.s.f.) and the expanded retail using the specialty retail code in Trip Generation. The total trip generation shown in Table 2 is less than that reflected in Table 1. Table 3 shows the trip generation for the existing Steele's Market (45.0 k.s.f.) and the expanded retail using the shopping center code in Trip Generation. The total trip generation shown in Table 3 is less than that shown in Table 1. It is concluded that the expansion area adjacent 1 The tables in the August 3, 1990 memorandum and the tables in this memorandum are slightly different due to the use of the 4th Edition and 5th Edition of the trip generation reference. • 171 to the Steele's Market will generate less traffic than the same area as a grocery store use. It is concluded that the proposed expansion is in substantial compliance with the 1990 proposal. The August 3, 1990 update is attached to this memorandum as Appendix A. New analyses were not performed as part of the Steele's expansion, since the proposal is in compliance. However, on July 5, 1994, a number of pad sites within Harmony Market are being submitted for development review to the City of Fort Collins. A traffic study update is being submitted for these sites on July 5, 1994, that addresses the pad site generated traffic and the Steele's expansion traffic as well. • 0 rJ I I I I I I I I L � C rJ i I 1 I I I I I L C- J I I I I I I I i I I I I I i Existing c STEELE'S °a o MARKET ° Q a ,,1 a a ----� _ - v DRIVE _ OP 0 i SITE PLAN N NO SCALE Figure 1 • Table 1 Trip Generation with only the Grocery Store Use Daily A.M. Peak P.M. Peak Land Use Trips Trips Trips Trips Trips in out in out Grocery Store-55 ksf 6900 78 33 290 279 (Rate) (125.5) (1.41) (0.60) (5.27) (5.07) Table 2 Trip -Generation with the Grocery Store and Specialty Retail Uses Daily Land Use Trips Grocery Store-45 ksf 5650 (Rate) (125.5) Specialty Retail-10 ksf 410 (Rate) (40.67) Total 6060 A.M. Peak P.M. Peak Trips Trips Trips Trips in out in out 63 27 237 228 (1.41) (0.60) (5.27) (5.07) 6 3 19 19 (0.56) (0.33) (1.91) (1.91) 69 30 256 247 Table 3 Trip Generation with the Grocery Store and Shopping Center Uses Daily Land Use Trips Grocery Store-45 ksf 5650 (Rate) (125.5) Shopping Center-10 ksf 470 (Rate) (46.81) Total 6120 A.M. Peak P.M. Peak Trips Trips Trips Trips in out in out 63 27 237 228 (1.41) (0.60) (5.27) (5.07) 7 4 22 22 (0.65) (0.38) (2.20) (2.20) 70 31 259 250 6-1 • APPENDIX A 00 M N O 00 O o �z W N O 0: J .p O '9 V Cl) M 0 Z W O J W Z) Z W Q Z Z Q co _M M CM z cc W W z CD z ui "' J_ c _7 U • = o c� 2 J a W cc o a Ln z cc 3 W u- Cr x a H 4 MEMORANDUM To: Denny Meyer, The Neenan Company Greg Fisher, The Neenan Company Rick Ensdorff, Fort Collins Traffic Engineer Ted Shepard, Fort Collins Planning Staff From: Matt De 1 ich Date:' August 3, 1990 Subject: Steele's Market Traffic Study Update The Neenan Company has proposed to locate a Steele's Market grocery store in the Harmony Market Shopping Center in Fort Collins, Colorado. Steele's Market is a locally owned grocery store serving the Fort Collins area for 50 years. The store will initially be 45,000 square feet with possible expansion to 55,000 square feet. It will be located east of the recently approved Builder's Square store. Additional parking will be provided (300 parking spaces) with this building. In the Harmony Market Site Access Study, March 1989, the land use assumed for Harmony Market was a shopping center with a gross leasable area of 332,550 square feet. The Pace Warehouse store was 100,000 square feet. Trip generation for the Pace store was developed using data supplied by Pace. The trip generation for the remainder of the site was estimated using Trip Generation,_ 4th Edition, ITE as a shopping center of greater than 200,000 square feet. Since a specific use has been determined for the Builder's Square and the Steele's Market, which are also included in TripGeneration, 4th Edition_, the generated trips were compared. Table 1 shows the trip generation from the 88,800 square foot store (Builder's Square) and the 74,500 square foot store (Steele's Market) using the generalized shopping center rate. The 74,500 square foot area comes from the Harmony Market PUD Site Plan which was approved by the Fort Collins Planning & Zoning Board. That site plan shows the area proposed to be occupied by Steele's Market at 74,500 square feet. Steele's Market has proposed that their store would be 45,000 square feet with potential expansion to 55,000 square feet. Therefore, the trip generation from a 74,500 square foot store (as a generalized shopping center) was compared to a grocery store of 45,000 and 55,000 square feet. Table 2 shows trip generation from the two specific uses, the Builder's Square and the Steele's Market. The daily trips using the 9gecifi1C "!I it 6 percent higher than that of the ahapping center trip generation. The morning peak hour trips are about equal, while the afternoon peak hour trips increase by 47 trips (7%). Land Use Shopping Center 88.8 KSF Shopping Center 74.5 KSF Total Land Use Table 1 Trip Generation Generalized Shopping Center Daily A.M. Peak P.M. Peak Trips Trips Trips Trips Trips in out in out 4840 79 47 176 198 4060 66 39 148 166 8900 145 86 324 364 Builder's Square 88.8 KSF Steele's Market 45 KSF 55 KSF Total (with 55 KSF grocery store) Table 2 Trip Generation Specific Uses Daily A.M. Peak Trips Trips Trips in out 2715 123 75 P.M. Peak. Trips Trips in out 127 122 5650 17 7 203 194 6900 21 9 248 238 9615 144 84 375 360 Trip generation characteristics at multi -use centers (such as Harmony Market) have, for many years, been a concern to the Trip Generation Committees at the Institute of Transportation Engineers. Specifically, questions have been raised about whether the trip generation characteristics of multi -use centers are the same as for the individual components of the center. It appears reasonable to assume that multi -use centers would potentially generate less external vehicular trips, because of the internal matching of trip ends within the center. In addition, one trip to a multi -use center could satisfy a number of trip purposes at the same time. In an effort to gain some insight to multi -use center trip generation characteristics, the Colorado/Wyoming Section Technical Committee collected data at nine multi -use centers, I served on that committee and obtained data at a northern Colorado multi -use center that contained a grocery store. It was found that the trip generation estimate, using the individual components of the various centers, predicted travel that was higher than the actual driveway counts. The daily counts were approximately 7 percent higher. The morning peak hour was approximately 28 percent higher. The afternoon peak hour was approximately 24 percent higher. Based upon this information, it is concluded that the range of differences indicated earlier in this memorandum is not significant. It is further concluded that the proposed Steele's Market is a use that is in line with the trip generation used in the Harmony Market Site Access Study. Access to the Pace Warehouse is via Boardwalk.. Access to the site with the proposed Builder's Square is proposed to be via Boardwalk (as exists now) and via a right -in/ right -out access to Harmony Road. This right-in/right-out access was included in the Harmony Market Site Access Study. With the Builder's Square proposal, Oalridge Drive will also be built between Lemay Avenue and Boardwalk. This will afford the opportunity for accesses to the Harmony Market from Oakridge Drive. With the Steele's Market store, access is proposed to Lemay Avenue and to Oakridge Drive. Peak hour traffic counts were obtained in May and July 1990. These counts are shown in Figure 1 along with daily traffic volumes supplied by the City of Fort Collins. Using the traffic volumes shown in Figure 1 and the existing geometrics, the Harmony/Boardwalk and Harmony/ Lemay intersections operate acceptably as shown in Table 3. Calculation forms are provided in Appendix A. Intersection Harmony/Boardwalk (signal) Table 3 Current Operation AM (delay) B (9.9 sec/veh) PM (delay) B (10.0 sec/veh) Harmony/Lemay B (11.2 sec/veh) B (10.4 sec/veh) (signal) The generated trips from the proposed Steele's Market were assigned to the Harmony/Boardwalk, the Harmony right- in/right-out access, Harmony/Lemay, and Lemay/site access intersections. This assignment was added to the existing traffic, factored by 102 percent to determine the year 1991 traffic projection for the key intersections. The trip distribution was similar to that used for the short range assignment in the Harmony Market Site Access Study, except as it was adjusted based upon the counted traffic obtained in May 1990. Figure 2 shows the trip distribution used for this traffic assignment. Figure 3 shows the 1991 peak hour traffic. The traffic assignment in the site access study assumed a passby factor of 40 percent for the shopping center use as documented in Trip Generation, 4th Edition. In this assignment, the passby factor was assumed to be 10 percent for the Builder's Square and 28 percent for Steele's Market. This is reflected in the traffic volumes shown in Figure 3. In addition, the 1991 projections show that the volumes on Harmony Road were balanced. Since the counts shown in Figure 1 were collected on different days, matching volumes on Harmony Road was remote. Table 4 shows the peak hour operation at the key intersections. Calcula- tion forms are provided in Appendix B. The operation at all key intersections is acceptable. There is no signifi- cant increase in delay at the Harmony/Boardwalk or the Harmony/Lemay intersections. The two stop sign controlled intersections will not experience significant delay. When significant delays are experienced by the left -turn exits at the Lemay/access intersection, a signal will likely be warranted at the Lemay/Oakridge intersection. This is discussed in detail in the Harmony Market Site Access Study. When this signal is installed, the left -turn exits at the Lemay/access intersection will have a safe, Intersection Harmony/Boardwalk (signal) Harmony/Lemay (signal) Harmony Right -in/ Fight -out NB RT Table 4 1991 Operation AM (delay) B (10.4 sec/veh) B (11.3 sec/veh) A PM (delay) B (10.7 sec/veh) B (12.1 sec/veh) `1 Lemay/Access EB LT A D EB RT A A NB LT A A convenient alternative exit from the Harmony Market. It is recommended that the Lemay/access intersection continue as a full turn, stop sign controlled intersection. When additional proposals are put forth at Harmony Market, similar traffic study updates should be prepared to examine the operation at existing intersections to determine when additional roadway facilities are required. The only new accesses planned with the Steele's Market store are the Lemay access and two accesses to Oakridge Drive.. Oakridge Drive is designated as a collector. The two driveway accesses to it are spaced to provide good separation and adequate storage of turning vehicles. The Lemay/access intersection should have two exit lanes (a left -turn lane and a right -turn lane). An auxiliary turn lane should be provided on southbound Lemay Avenue approaching this intersection. It is expected that Lemay Avenue will be posted at 35-40 mph in the future. Using the higher speed, this auxiliary lane should be 370 feet including taper, according to City of Fort Collins design standards. This auxiliary lane will be 270 feet including taper, given its proximity to Harmony Road. Vehicles in this auxiliary lane will not be required to stop, but will make the right turn at a reduced speed that will be governed by the radius of curb return. A 20 foot radius will allow a turning speed of 5-10 mph. A 40 foot radios will allow a turning speed of 15 mph. With a 15 mph turning speed, 295 feet of auxiliary lane and taper are needed. This is very close to the available 270 feet. Even with the 20 foot radius, the 270 feet exceeds the deceleration distance of 230 feet necessary to comfortably slow a vehicle from 40 mph to 5 mph as shown in A Policy on Geometric Design of Highway and Streets, AASHTO, 1984. This deceleration lane should have a minimum taper of 100 feet (10:1 for a 10 foot lane) with the remaining length as the full lane width. Storage distance is not required in this auxiliary lane. The northbound left -turn lane should provide for a minimum number of left turns entering at the Lemay/access intersection. The existing southbound left -turn lane on Lemay Avenue approaching Oakridge Drive is 155 feet plus 125 feet of transition area. From the end of this area to the center of the access driveway is 145 feet. This area should be used as the northbound left -turn lane at the access. RBD,Inc. has prepared a plan on Lemay Avenue which shows the proposed striping in this area. 0 Counted in July 1990 U-� CA 2 � \ ��— � Z/Za HARMONY 71/99 37/ 118 —� 91Z�(npfa� 941 495 7/45 —� �`\ 1 /-75 Counted in Y May 1990 Uj a }I 3 a� o°c � o m AM/PM Q N � 3l�/ l4to 4311961 37/7 1 SON 1990 PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC Figure 1 Y J Q TRIP DISTRIBUTION Figure 2 r N�0 72 /lo I 99-7/7 I5 —� • 120/ 222 --R-- 504/ 1017 j IIo/49 to40/125e, 1047/ (o9 I --+• t � (o4/(10--\k ( � U) �r • Q N ON cos 37/149 —491/973 HARMONY � 45/ I I Z Mes) vE OP��`O AM/PM 50/ 15 Z 955/510; 57/77 0 tj Lo O\� r� �N N � �N Q d� 1991 PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC Figure 3