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Home My WebLink AboutSONDERS VILLAGE - PDP230012 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - PROJECT NARRATIVEAugust 23, 2023 City Planner Community Planning and Development 281 North College Avenue Fort Collins Colorado 80524 Sonders Village Concept Review: March 2, 2023 Neighborhood Meeting: July 19, 2024 General Information Sonders Village is a proposed mixed use development on 129.5 acres, north of the existing Brighton Crossing community at the north east corner of Richards Lake Road and Turnberry Road. This is a continuation of, and is immediately east, of the existing Sonders community (formerly known as Waters Edge) currently under development by the same development team. Location: This site is at the northeast corner of Turnberry Road and Richards Lake Road, wrapping around Lind Filing One Size: 129.54 acres Zoning LMN Dwellings: 689 Commercial: 18,240 sf Off-Street Parking: 512 On-Street Parking: NA External Garages: None Number of Stories: Single family - One and two story Single family attached - Two stories Multi-family - Three stories Neighborhood Center - One and Two stories Modiﬁcations: None as of this time Proposed Owners Waters Edge Investments, LLLP 5340 S. Quebec St Suite 340S Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Existing Owners Waters Edge Investments, LLLP 5340 S. Quebec St Suite 340S Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Transportation Improvements Turnberry Road will be built out to the two lane arterial road section along the frontage of this development, as well as Richards Lake Road. No other improvements are anticipated at this time. Page of 1 4 PO Box 1889 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 472-9125 www.vignettestudios.com Project Description This development is proposed to have a variety of single family, single family attached, and multi-family housing. In addition there will be a neighborhood center with 18,240 sf of commercial space. The types of residential housing include the following. Front Load Single Family Homes +- 6.600 sf lot 138 Alley Load Single Family +- 6,050 sf lot 108 Alley Load SF Patio Home +- 5,000.sf lot 43 Alley Load Single Family +- 4,275 sf lot 31 Single Family Attached 120 Multi-Family 144 Multi-Family affordable 95 TOTAL 689 In addition, the alley load single family may contain ADU units The neighborhood center is proposed to have a mix of uses including community gardens, community gathering areas. Commercial uses may include, but is not limited to, to, wellness focused uses, light medical, therapeutic, physical therapy, coffee shops, tap room, cafe, medical ofﬁces, professional ofﬁces, small retail, or other similar uses. Amenities and Open Space The development will have a well-rounded amenity and open space package. Landscaped open space is located throughout the community, including several pocket park areas. Walking paths are incorporated throughout the community, included providing access to a future regional trail to the west of Sonders Village, should that be approved by the City and Laramie .County. Vehicular Access There will be eight access points into the site from the adjacent public streets. Three are off of Turnberry Road, one is off of Richards Lake Road, with the remaining being extension of existing streets within the Brightwater Crossing community. Fire Access Fire access will be from public streets. The multi-family portions and single family attached areas are designed to have ﬁre lanes at 26 feet or 20 feet as required. Pedestrian Access This site has been designed with a complete pedestrian access system that will provide all residents access to all amenities, as well as links to a potential future regional trail to the east. All buildings that abut public streets will have pedestrian access from those streets to the internal corridors of the building. Affordability There are two sites within Sonders Village that are proposed to include affordable housing. These sites are on either side of the neighborhood center and along Turnberry Road to provide easy access to services as well as any future public transportation that may occur in this portion of the city. This site plan currently shows 95 units in three story walk up buildings, however, the ﬁnal design may change as a provider is selected. Discussions have been had with various providers, but no one has been selected yet. The homes presented are those from a speciﬁc affordable housing partner who is currently building this product on other communities. Page of 2 4 PO Box 1889 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 472-9125 www.vignettestudios.com Architectural Design The homes buildings within the development are to be designed in compliance with with a contemporary theme with simple but elegant forms.our Design Guidelines that have been created to insure a smart segmentation of housing choices that will enhance and acknowledge our respect for the “high regard” we have for our future residents who will have a variety of lifestyles, needs and aspirations. We hope to insure our vision of an aesthetically pleasing community in Ft Collins utilizing architectural styles that are appropriate and authentic. There are seven approved architectural styles in the community’s design guidelines, Modern Farmhouse, Mountain Rustic, Hill County, Transitional, Modern Craftsman, Midcentury Modern and Modern bungalows. The roof lines are low slung, with a blend of mid center modern and contemporary farmhouse. The roofs have been designed to be have a variety of forms including simple gables, butterﬂy, hip, ﬂat and others. We have an emphasis on single level living and multigenerational living for our age targeted community demographic but will not be exclusive to that demographic. This vision is evidenced by our ﬁrst in the nation Live Long Community Certiﬁcation award by the CSU Institute for the Built Environment. Building materials are a blend of masonry, stucco, cementitious siding , board, and batten siding, with brick or stone accents. Roofs are primarily asphalt, but many styles encourage or require . There are several accent areas with standing seam metal roofs.. We are focused on massing and scale of homes, a variety of roof forms, porches and decks and an abundance of windows, culminating with professionally developed color The palettes. The building forms themselves are heavily articulated with breaks in planes, indentations and bump outs required on all elevations. Each home facing or siding to a public street or open space must provide a “Gift to the Street” The end elevations of the buildings, where the facade is more ﬂat, have metal awnings above the windows to provide interest in the architectural design. . Neighborhood Meeting A neighborhood meeting was held on July 19th, with only a handful of attendees from the adjacent Brightwater, Richards Lake and Sonders Ft Collins neighborhoods. Generally the meting was void of any controversy. The only minor real concern concern raised was overall trafﬁc. The staff responded that trafﬁc is or will accounted for in the required third party studies and compliance will be reviewed. We received some questions and compliments on the plan and some inquires on product offerings from potential buyers. The single story living product option appears to be a draw for the existing neighbors. Development Phasing This project will be constructed in several phases. Most of the single family and single family attached will be constructed in two phases, with the affordable housing and commercial sites in additional phases, once ﬁnal site plans are determined driven by ﬁnal product design and construction documents Larimer Weld No 8 Ditch The current condition of the Larimer Weld No 8 ditch along our eastern boundary include steep eroding slopes, signiﬁcant amounts of trash, and deeply cut banks all making the ditch difﬁcult to maintain and potentially unsafe. The development team is in discussions with Larimer Weld to relocate and realign the ditch further to the east, which allow for the ability to gently lay back the slopes of the ditch, improve Page of 3 4 PO Box 1889 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 472-9125 www.vignettestudios.com maintenance access, and provide for additional natural recreational amenities and natural habitat, a stated goal of the development. We also hope to increase the potential ﬂows based on needs of L & W and ease their maintenance requirements with a newly designed ditch with better and safer access for their crews and ditch riders., as well as protect any impact from any inadvertent pedestrian that could ﬁnd their way into the area along the ditch. Stormwater With the relocation of the Larimer Weld Ditch, we are proposing locating our detention fully contained on our properties, between our eastern property boundary of Sonders Village and the relocated ditch. We are planning to create a natural area with trails, seating areas, possibly creating a bird sanctuary, as well as potential wetlands. We will also utilize the existing Brightwater detention pond that was designed to accommodate a portion of the storm drainage of south east corner of our site. Page of 4 4 PO Box 1889 Fort Collins, CO 80524 (970) 472-9125 www.vignettestudios.com