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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBANK ONE FORT COLLINS AT MIRAMONT OFFICE PARK - PDP - 54-87AR - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEWCommt�y Planning and Environmental •viees Current Planning of Fort Collins August 29, 2001 Mrs. Joyce Jilek CLC 8480 E. Orchard Road, Suite 2000 Greenwood Village; CO 80111 Dear Mrs. Jilek: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments for Bank One at Harmony and Boardwalk which was presented before the ConceptuaT Review Team on August 27, 2001. The comments are offered by staff to assist you in preparing the detailed components of the project applicafion. Modifications and additions to these eomments may be made at the tiine 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 970-221-6750. Sincerely, � �+ 4. Ted Shepard Chief Planner cc: Project Planner File 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 •(970) 221-6750 � FAX (970) 416-2020 CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS City of Fort Collins ITEM: Bank One at Harmony Road and Boardwalk Drive MEETING DATE: August 27, 2001 APPLICANT: Bank One c/o Mrs. 7oyce Jilek CLC, 8480 E. Orchard Road, Greenwood Village, CO. 80111 LAND USE DATA: Request to construct a 4,000 square foot, one-story bank, with drive-thru facilities on one acre of land at the southwest corner of Harmony Road and Boardwalk Drive. The site contains two lots and the southerly lot would remain vacant at tfiis time. COA�IlVIENTS: 1. The site is zoned H-C, Harmony Corridor which permits the proposed land use as an � Administrative (Type One) review. If any Modification of Standard is needed, such request would be forwarded to the Planning and Zoning Board either as a"stand-alone" Modification, or as part of a complete Project Development Plan (P.D.P.) submittal. - 2. The buildirig is in compliance with the "build-to line" standards along Harinony (between 10 and 25 feet). The building is 26 feet set back from the property line along Boardwalk. This is not in compliance with the "build=to line" along Boardwalk (no more than 15 feet). (Please refer to Section 3.5.3(B)(2)(b). Please note that the site is located within the Residential Neighborhood Sign District: Your sign contraetor should be aware of the signage limitations within this overlay district and that these allowances are less than on the east side of Boardwalk. For further information, please�contact Gary Lopez, 221-6760. ` 4. The Poudre Fire Authority requires that a fire hydrant be within 300 feet of the structure. Hydrants must be capable of delivering a minimum of 1;500 gallons per minute with 20 psi residual pressure. Address must be visible from the street on which the building fronts and placed on a contrasting background. 5. There may be an issue with fire access. Harmony cannot be used to access the property. The access on Boardwalk, however, is located to the south. Since a fire lane cannot exceed 150 feet, a turn-around would normally be required. It may be possible that if the COMMUNITY PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 281 N. Coilege Ave. P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, C0 80522-0580 (970) 221-6750 CURRENT PLANNING DEPARTMENT � � building were equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system, the access issue could be mitigated. Please refer to Section 3.6.6 regarding fire and emergency access: For further information regarding fire regulations, please contact Ron Gonzales at 221=. 6570. 6. The site will be served by City of Fort Collins Light and Power. There is existing three- phased underground electrical system, with underground vaults, on the south side of Harmony. There is also existing system in Boardwalk. Any relocation of the existing system would be at the developer's expense. Any new system must be placed witliin an easement. A Cominereial One ("C-1") Form is required to be completed by the electrical contractor or mechanical engineer to determine the size of the transformer. The transformer must be within 10 feet of hard surface for emergency change-out. The transformer must be screened from view form the two publie streets by suf�cient landseaping or a screen wall that matches the building exterior. Keep in mind that shade trees must be kept 40 feet away from streedights. Ornamentals must be kept 15 feet away. For further information, please contact Monica Moore, 221-6700. 7. The site will be served water a.nd sanitary sewer by the City of Fort Collins. There is a 16-inch diameter water main and an eight-inch diameter sewer main in Boardwalk There is also an eight-ineh diameter sewer main in the private access drive on the south side of the adjacent lot. Any existing services to the site must eitherbe used or abandoned at the main. There may be a repay due on the sewer line in tHe private access drive. Plant investment fees and raw water acquisition fee (or water rights) are due at the time of building permit issuance. For further information, please contact Roger Buffington, 221-6681_ 8. This site is in the McClelland-Mail Creek drainage basin where the Storm Drainage fee is 3,717 per acre, sub�ect to the amount of impervious surface. In addifion, an Erosion Controi Bond is due at the time of building perniit issuance. This site was previously approved in April 1997. That previously approved report will need to be updated to present standards (rainfall and water quality extended detention). The standard drainage and erosion control reports and plans must be prepared by a piofessional engineer registered in Colorado. The easemerits will need to be modified by a replat for the new configuration. The irrigation/drainage ditch could be piped, but it will still require either a 20' easement or it should wide enough to be excavated with a trench width deterinined by one foot either side of the pipe and a l 1/2=1 side slope. For further inforination, please contact Glen Schlueter, 221-6681. 9. A Transportation Impact Study will be required. Please contact Eric Bracke, 221-6630, to determine tlie scope of the study and whieh intersections need to be anal}�zed; The T.I.S. should address all modes including bicycles, pedestrian and transit. The T.I.S. will be evaluated to determine if any additional right-of-way is needed. 10. The proposed access looks good. Keep in mind that the Transportation Planning Department has been working with CDOT on updating the Harmony Road Access Control Plan. One of the findings is that there may be a need to install a double left turn � � movement for northbound Boardwalk to westbound Harmony Road., For further information, please contact Kathleen Reavis, 221-6608. 1 L Be sure ttiat the bicycle parking is located near the entrance. A bike rack detail should be part of the P.D.P. 12. Utility plans, prepared by an Engineer registered in Colqrado, will be required ar the time of submittal, Be sure that the plat dedicates any additional land needed for any of the utilities serving the site such as the ditch along Harmony. This ditch was once an irrigation lateral but is now used by CDOT for drainage of Harmony Road. There should be a 15-foot utility easement along Hannony and a nine-foot utility easement along Boardwalk. 13_ The Street Oversizing Fee is $11.03 per square foot of building payable at the time of building permit issuance. Also, please be aware of the Larimer Gounty Road Improvement Fee. For further information regarding these fees, please contact Matt Baker; 221-6605. 14. A Development Agreement is required to be recorded along with other final documents. This Agreement spells out exactly which party is responsible for the construction of public improveinents necessary to serve tliis proposal. A Development Construction Permit is required prior to beginning work on the site. The Utility Plans must be in final form and signed off by the City Utility Departments prior to recording. For further information, please contact Sheri Wamhoff, 221-6605. 15. The developer will be required to construct a detached sidewalk along Boardwalk from the southerly access drive north to Harmony Road. Street trees are to be placed in the parkway strip in accordance with Li'ght and Power guidelines. (If the sidewalk meanders outside the right-of-way, then an access easement must be dedicated.) 16. A Fugitive Dust Control Permit will be requ'ired from the Larimer County Health Department. Recycling and use of native plant material are encouraged. For further information regarding environmental issues, please contact Doug 1Vloore, 221-6750.. 17. Traff'ic control islands, striping and directional signage may be needed to keep drivers from lieading the wrong way into the drive=thru facilities. Be sure'to provide directional arrows on the Site Plan. (Note; as a suggestion, that the driver's direction would not have to be reversed, and still keep the drive-thru facilities on the driver's left, if a remote teller station were located on the west side of the drive-thru facility.) 18. The architecture of the building looks good. A pitched roof is more desirable than a flat roof. Outdoor condensing units and utility meters should be located on the west elevation and screened as best as possible. e � � 19. Significant landscaping (and berming if possible) should be provided along the north to block headlight glare onto Harmony Road. Such landscaping will also help buffer the sound generated by high-speed traffic on Harmony.