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New Belgium Brewery
Odell Brewery
Colorado Iron
and Metal
Buckingham
Neighborhood
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View to southeast - Odell Brewery View to south - Odell Brewery
View to northeast - Colorado Iron and Metal View to southeast - Colorado Iron and Metal
Site Photos
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View to north along 3rd Street View to west along Buckingham Street
View to northwest - Buckingham Neighborhood View to west - Logan Ave
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Made Possible through Partnership
The Tapestry site is a collaboration between the Odell Family, Habitat for Humanity and Hardford Homes to bring
much needed affordable housing to the Fort Collins Community. Thanks to the incredible generosity of the Odell
family and their donation of the land, the significant development contributions of Hartford Homes, and the seamless
partnership with Fort Collins Habitat for Humanity, this project is an example of what can be accomplished through
collaboration and dedication.
Each partner has its own roots within the community, and the desire to preserve and honor the history of the land.
Overall Summary
Tapestry is a 140-unit condominium development with 30 deed restricted affordable units for Habitat for Humanity.
The site contains seven (7) buildings with 20-units in each building. A central park area is provided on the east side of
the street with a gathering area and playground.
The parcel of land identified for the multi-family condominiums is located directly across from the established
Buckingham Neighborhood (RL zone district) and north of Odell Brewery (Downtown zone district). To the north of
the site New Belgium Brewery (Downtown zone district) has significant vegetative screening and berming. Odell and
New Belgium Brewery are well established community venues for people to gathering and socialize within beautiful
outdoor gardens and patios, thus extending the Downtown living experience.
Compatibility with Surrounding Area
The Buckingham neighborhood is located west of Tapestry. The previous concept plans had three (3) of the buildings
located along 3rd Street facing the Buckingham neighborhood. The submitted plan has been revised to have only one
(1) building fronting 3rd Street. This creates open gathering areas along the frontage that reduce the impact to the
existing neighbors.
Natural Features
No natural features are part of this site. Historically, the site was part of the beet industry. 135,000 CY of sugar beet
tailings are located across the site and will have to be removed (~11-13 feet). The grade will be brought down to street
level.
Lighting
All proposed lighting meets City of Fort Collins photometric requirements and is focused on establishing safe parking
lot lighting and meeting all dark sky requirements.
Planting, Lawn, and Street Trees
All proposed landscaping is low water use and consists of zone appropriate or native plant species. Irrigated lawn
areas or centralized in the main park area in order to provide recreational opportunities for the residents.
City staff and the design team worked through several meetings to develop street cross sections that provide aerial
access to the street facing building from the public right-of-way. The street cross sections reduce the amount of on-
site pavement required for aerial access by a quarter of an acre. The area on site can instead be park area that benefits
the residents and the environment with reduced runoff and imperviousness. The revised street section provides tree
bulb outs between parking stalls. Please refer to submitted engineering variance for street cross sections.
Buckingham Street has an existing waterline that prevents the street trees from being planted with a 10’-0” separation.
City staff has agreed to the provided 8’-0” separation and an ornamental tree in lieu of a canopy tree.
Odell
Family
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3rd Street (east side) and Logan Street (north side) have an altered street frontage similar to Buckingham Street. The
existing waterline allows the 10’-0” separation to be provided so that canopy trees can be planted in the bulb outs.
Where street lights are located ornamental trees are provided with a minimum of 15’-0” spacing.
The south side of Logan Street and the new 4th Street have a standard street section as required by LCUASS.
Open Space and Park Area
Tapestry provide a 0.72 acre central park and playground area for the residents. Strolling paths are woven in beds of
pollinator species and ornamental grass bands that contain a small orchard with four (4) different species of fruit trees.
Garden boxes are within this area for residents to rent and plant their own produce gardens. A central walks lead to
a gathering plaza that has two picnic tables with a shelter. A gas grill creates a wonderful opportunity for residents to
gather and have a meal together. The playground is geared to provide play activities for ages 2-12 years.
ENGINEERING
Site Drainage
The project will sheet drain all runoff to various concrete pans as well as curb and gutter. The curb and gutter and pans
will convey runoff to various inlets. The roofs of the garage side of buildings will drain into manifolds underground.
LID is provided onsite in the form of four separate underground Stormtech chamber systems. These systems combined
provide LID treatment for 75% of the new and/or modified impervious surface area. All systems include a structure with
a built-in weir to bypass any storm beyond the water quality storm.
A regional detention pond is provided at the southeast corner of the property and will provide 100-year storage for
the Tapestry site, Tract A and B, Logan Ave, 4th Street and half the ROW of Buckingham St and 3rd Street. It will also
provide water quality for the remaining area of Tapestry along with 25% of the two future developed tracts. The two
future developments will be responsible for their own LID infrastructure. The pond outlets into an existing storm line
that runs along Odell’s property and eventually discharges into existing infrastructure in Lincoln Ave.
Utilities
There is an existing 8” watermain in 3rd Street and an existing 12” watermain in Buckingham St. Tapestry will create a
loop by providing an 8” watermain in Logan Ave and 4th Street and connecting them to the two existing watermains
mentioned. One connection being at the intersection of Logan Ave and 3rd Street and the second connection at the
intersection of Buckingham Street and 4th Street. Buildings will be served by a mixture of the new lines and existing
lines.
Sanitary sewer will connect to an existing 24” interceptor at the southeast corner of the eastern property owned by
Colorado Iron and Metal. 8” sewer is proposed in Logan Ave, 4th Street along with a section within the Tapestry site to
adequately serve all buildings.
TRAFFIC, PARKING AND PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE
Vehicular
Tapestry provides two new streets as part of the proposed development - Logan Street extension and 4th Street. Access
into Tapestry will be off of 4th Street in order to reduce impacts to the existing Buckingham neighborhood.
Parking
Tapestry provides 105 garage parking spaces and seventy-five (75) on-site surface parking spaces for a total of 180 on-
site parking spaces. Internal on-street parking per 3.2.2(K)(1)(b) is being counted on the Logan Street extension and the
new 4th Street. This provides an additional sixty-seven (67) spaces. Total parking available is 247 spaces (192 spaces are
required with parking modification). None of the on-street parking along 3rd Street or Buckingham is being factored
into Tapestry parking requirements.
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Electrical Vehicular Charging
The applicant team would like to have further directive from City Staff and Building Department on EV charging
requirements for the Tapestry Development. The project provides 40 Affordable Housing Units and has the goal of
the remaining units to be Attainable or below market rate. The code is unclear on requirements for attainable housing
verses market rate. The current code interpretations seem to vary on percentages of each category for EV ready/
capable/installed on whether this applies to the site at large or each type of parking as well.
Pedestrian and Bicycle
Pedestrian and bike circulation is improved on 3rd Street with the widening as well as the Buckingham Street
improvements on the south side of the street. New sidewalk connections along all of the streets, including the east side
of 4th Street and south side of Logan Street provide excellent connectivity in a growing area of development.
ARCHITECTURE
Design
The 3-Story, multi-family condos at Tapestry will feature (7) 20-Unit buildings across the site. Each building consists of
5 different unit plans ranging from 1 Bed/1Bath (approx. 976 sq. ft.) to 3 Bed/2 Bath (approx. 1,479 sq. ft.), each served
by common entry stairs & a common hallway, which also serves as access to attached 1-car garages on the ground level
(12 or 14 total, depending on building type), and patio or deck. Buildings each contain 4 ground level units, 8 second
level units, and 8 third level units. Two different elevation styles are proposed including farmhouse and craftsman; each
with the intent of offering familiar building forms and details that can be found in nearby neighborhoods and across
Colorado. Each elevation style varies in exterior massing on the front & rear of the building, creating 2 distinct building
types. The Farmhouse building type utilizes (2) more 3 Bed/2 Bath units on the second level, in-lieu of 2 Bed/2 Bath units
used in the Craftsman building type. Additionally, the Farmhouse building type contains (14) 1-car garages versus the
Craftsman, which contains (12). These differences in massing & unit mixes ultimately provides 2 substantially different
building configurations.
The Farmhouse elevation provides a functional, plain, and well-proportioned massing with high-sloping, accent gable
roofs that remains one of the most popular styles in recent years. The craftsman style offers a more ornate elevation,
with decorative materials, brackets, low-pitched roofs and deeper overhangs. Together, both styles offer a variety of
material textures, key design elements, roofscapes, and outdoor living spaces that work in conjunction to activate the
streetscape and engage with adjacent open spaces.
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