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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFUNSHINE EARLY CHILDHOOD - PDP200002 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 2 - RESPONSE TO STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS1 Community Development and Neighborhood Services 281 North College Avenue PO Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522 970.221.6689 970.224.6134 - fax fcgov.com/developmentreview February 07, 2020 Kate Penning Fort Collins, CO RE: Funshine Early Childhood, PDP200002, Round Number 1 Please see the following summary of comments from City staff and outside reviewing agencies for your submittal of Funshine Early Childhood. If you have questions about any comments, you may contact the individual commenter or direct your questions through your Development Review Coordinator, Tenae Beane via phone at 970-224-6119 or via email at tbeane@fcgov.com. Comment Summary: Department: Planning Services Contact: Noah Beals, 970-416-2313, nbeals@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 02/04/2020: The lighting plan needs to show the photometric through the entire plan and 20ft beyond the property line. Is it proposed that any existing lighting will remain? If so do they meet current standards? We have included the cut sheets of the existing lighting and have updated the photometric plan. Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 02/04/2020: What is the programing within the play areas? How do the current landscaping and grades make this space available to a children's play area? The play areas are open spaces with loose toys. There will not be any playground equipment. We will be adding either mulch or chips. Comment Number: 3 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 02/04/2020: The parking lot is required a landscape setback along a non-arterial street of 10' and along a side lot line 5' (see Sec 3.2.2(J)). Being that this does not meet the standard it will need a modification request as well. Additionally, the cars cannot overhang the public sidewalk. See provided modification request. 2 Comment Number: 4 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 02/04/2020: A modification request needs to be based on the criteria found in the Land Use Code Sec 2.8.2(H). Please note these do not address the financial constraints of the project. See updated modification request. Comment Number: 5 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 02/04/2020: A trash enclosure does not require a building permit when it is less than 6' in height. The proposed design exceeds this height. See updated elevations and details. We have updated the trash enclosure to be 5’-4” tall Comment Number: 6 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 02/04/2020: Angled parking tends to work better with one-way traffic. The east stalls may result in confusions on which way to enter and exit. We have updated parking to have all 60 degree parking. Comment Number: 7 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 02/04/2020: Please in the Land Use table the number of children. Will there be infants in addition to the preschoolers and toddlers? Please see the updated land use table. There are no infants. Comment Number: 8 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 02/04/2020: Please show a fencing detail of the proposed fence. Please see added fencing detail. Comment Number: 9 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 02/04/2020: It appears the greater number of parking spaces are required based on the square footage of the building. With 3010 sf and the requirement of 3 spaces per 1000sf the minimum number is 10 spaces. We are showing 10 parking spaces including accessible van parking. Department: Engineering Development Review Contact: Dave Betley, 970-221-6573, dbetley@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 01/22/2020 01/22/2020: For Approval (FDP): The applicant will need to apply for a variance of LCUASS. The parking set back for a collector street is 20'. Please see initial variance letter. Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 01/22/2020 01/22/2020: For Approval (FDP): It appears that the sidewalk on the southern portion of the site is not completely contained within the right of way. Also, the proposed sidewalk along the eastern portion of the site is not contained within the right of way. The applicant will need to dedicate the additional an access easement to include the portion of the sidewalk that is not contained with the right of way. This can be performed by separate document if there is no plat. We are in the process of having King Surveyors put together a Public R.O.W. designation. Comment Number: 3 Comment Originated: 01/22/2020 01/22/2020: For Final: Truncated domes will need to be added to the ramp located at Cameron and the frontage road. Truncated domes currently exist at this ramp. 3 Comment Number: 4 Comment Originated: 01/23/2020 01/23/2020: Information Only: All public sidewalk, driveways and ramps, existing or proposed, adjacent or within the site, need to meet ADA standards. If they currently do not, they will need to be reconstructed so that they do meet current ADA standards as a part of this project. Please have your engineer evaluate the existing facilities for ADA compliance and reach out to the Engineering department with any questions. We will have our engineer and contractor verify all items for ADA compliance. Comment Number: 5 Comment Originated: 01/23/2020 01/23/2020: Information Only: Larimer County Road Impact Fees and Transportation Expansion Fees are due at the time of building permit. Please contact Kyle Lambrecht at 221-6566 if you have any questions. Thank you for the information. Comment Number: 6 Comment Originated: 01/23/2020 01/23/2020: Information Only: Any damaged curb, gutter and sidewalk existing prior to construction, as well as streets, sidewalks, curbs and gutters, destroyed, damaged or removed due to construction of this project, shall be replaced or restored to City of Fort Collins standards at the Developer's expense prior to the acceptance of completed improvements and/or prior to the issuance of the first Certificate of Occupancy. We will have our contractor repair any existing damages and any made during construction. Comment Number: 7 Comment Originated: 01/23/2020 01/23/2020: Information Only: Any public improvements must be designed and built in accordance with the Larimer County Urban Area Street Standards (LCUASS). They are available online at: https://www.larimer.org/engineering/streets Thank you, we will review these items. Comment Number: 8 Comment Originated: 01/23/2020 01/23/2020: Information Only: All fences, barriers, posts or other encroachments within the public right-of-way are only permitted upon approval of an encroachment permit. Applications for encroachment permits shall be made to the Engineering Department for review and approval prior to installation. Encroachment items shall not be shown on the site plan as they may not be approved, need to be modified or moved, or if the permit is revoked then the site/ landscape plan is in non-compliance. We do not have any items in the public R.O.W. Comment Number: 9 Comment Originated: 01/23/2020 01/23/2020: Information Only: The applicant will need to apply for the proper permits to perform work within the right of way. At the current time, there only appears to be be the sidewalk. The project may need to perform coordination with CDOT for access control. Thank you, we will let our contractor know. Comment Number: 10 Comment Originated: 01/23/2020 01/23/2020: Information Only: Bike parking required for the project cannot be placed within the right-of-way and if placed just behind the right-of-way need to be placed so that when bikes are parked they do not extend into the right-of-way. Bike Parking is out of the R.O.W. 4 Comment Number: 11 Comment Originated: 01/23/2020 01/23/2020: Information Only: In regard to construction of this site, the public right-of-way shall not be used for staging or storage of materials or equipment associated with the Development, nor shall it be used for parking by any contractors, subcontractors, or other personnel working for or hired by the Developer to construct the Development. The Developer will need to find a location(s) on private property to accommodate any necessary staging and/or parking needs associated with the completion of the Development. Information on the location(s) of these areas will be required to be provided to the City as a part of the Development Construction Permit application. Thank you for the information, we will let our contractor know. Department: Traffic Operation Contact: Martina Wilkinson, 970-221-6887, mwilkinson@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 02/04/2020: FOR INFORMATION Discussions since conceptual submittal included a traffic narrative. It indicated that during the peak 2-hours they have four kids dropped off. With that assumed detail, the need for a Traffic Impact Study was waived due to nominal impact. Thank you for the information. Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 02/04/2020: FOR INFORMATION Work with the engineering department on any adjacent road improvements such as sidewalks. We will work with the engineering department for these improvements. Department: Forestry Contact: Molly Roche, 224-616-1992, mroche@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 5 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 2/4/2020: INFORMATION ONLY Following the PDP Round 1 staff meeting, City Forestry and Engineering will meet on-site to coordinate the sidewalk layout and determine whether it is possible to retain existing trees 7 and 8. The edge of the attached 4-foot sidewalk is shown approximately 1.9-ft from Tree 7 and 2.17-ft from Tree 8, which encroaches both trees’ critical root zones. At the site visit with City Forestry and Engineering we will explore the following questions: Will there need to be any grade cutting (or fill) to install the walk? Can it be installed at grade to minimize root impacts? Can the sidewalk be pinched around each of these trees to give them a little bit more room to breathe from potential impacts? Tree 7 is a 5 stem Austrian Pine with limbs ranging from 10-20” in diameter. The critical root zone is approximately 15-ft. One or two of the lower eastern limbs would need to be removed so they don’t hang over the new sidewalk. Mitigation required: 3 trees 5 Tree 8 is a single stem Austrian Pine that is 26” in diameter. The critical root zone is approximately 13-ft. Mitigation required: 2.5 trees Please note that if it is determined that one or both trees need to be removed, the applicant will be required to plant mitigation trees on-site or provide a payment in lieu to City Forestry ($450 per required mitigation tree). We have had an on-site meeting and determined that removing the trees is the most feasible option. Comment Number: 4 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 2/4/2020: INFORMATION ONLY Continued: Pending requirement based on conclusion from Forestry and Engineering’s site visit. City staff will work internally to determine if Trees 7 and 8 can remain with the proposed 4’ sidewalk layout. See comment 5 for more information. See my previous comment. 8/12/2019: INFORMATION ONLY FOR PDP If applicable, please provide an “Existing Tree Removal Feasibility Letter” for City Forestry staff to review. Proposals to remove significant existing trees must provide a justification letter detailing the reason for tree removal. This is required for all development projects proposing significant tree removal regardless of the scale of the project. The purpose of this letter is to provide a document of record with the project’s approval and for the City to maintain a record of all proposed significant tree removals and justifications. Existing significant trees within the project’s Limits of Disturbance (LOD) and within natural area buffer zones shall be preserved to the extent reasonably feasible. Streets, buildings and lot layouts shall be designed to minimize the disturbance to significant existing trees. (Extent reasonably feasible shall mean that, under the circumstances, reasonable efforts have been undertaken to comply with the regulation, that the costs of compliance clearly outweigh the potential benefits to the public or would unreasonably burden the proposed project, and reasonable steps have been undertaken to minimize any potential harm or adverse impacts resulting from noncompliance with the regulation.) Where it is not feasible to protect and retain significant existing tree(s) or to transplant them to another on-site location, the applicant shall replace such tree(s) according to City mitigation requirements. Please see the “Existing Tree Removal Feasibility Letter” Topic: Landscape Plans Comment Number: 6 Comment Originated: 02/04/2020 2/4/2020: FOR FINAL APPROVAL Please add a column to the Existing Tree Inventory and Mitigation Table that displays whether trees are to remain or be removed. For now, please show all trees as to remain. Edit the symbol in the legend to read “ EXISTING TREE TO REMAIN AND BE PROTECTED”. The column is added – please see updated drawings. Department: Erosion Control Contact: Basil Hamdan, 970-222-1801, bhamdan@fcgov.com Topic: Erosion Control 6 Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 01/29/2020 01/29/2020: INFORMATION ONLY: Please provide documentation of the amount of area that will be disturbed with this development project If the project disturbs less than 10,000 square feet no erosion control material would be required. However, during development construction activities the project must be swept and maintained to prevent dirt, saw cuttings, concrete wash, trash debris, landscape materials and other pollutants from the potential of leaving the site and entering the storm sewer at all times during the project in accordance with City Code 26-498. If complaint driven or site observation of the project seem not to prevent the pollutant discharge the City may require the project to install erosion and sediment control measures. Nearby inlets that may be impacted by the pollutants, in particular dirt, should be protected as a good preventative practice and individual lots should be protected from material escaping onto the sidewalk. If at building permit issuance any issues arise please email erosion@fcgov.com to help facilitate getting these permits signed off. Please see the land use table on the site plan sheet for area disturbed with the development of the project. It is 2,500sf, which is less than the 10,000 sf needed for erosion control material. Department: Stormwater Engineering Contact: Matt Simpson, (970)416-2754, masimpson@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 02/03/2020 02/03/2020: No comments from stormwater engineering review. Thank you for your review. Department: Water-Wastewater Engineering Contact: Matt Simpson, (970)416-2754, masimpson@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 02/03/2020 02/03/2020: This project site is located within the Fort Collins Loveland Water District and the South Fort Collins Sanitation District for water and sewer service. Please contact them at (970) 226-3104 for development requirements. We will contact these districts for their comments. Department: Light And Power Contact: Rob Irish, 970-224-6167, rirish@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 02/03/2020 02/03/2020: INFORMATION ONLY: Please confirm, applicant anticipates no changes to the existing electric service? There are no changes to the existing electric service. Comment Number: 2 Comment Originated: 02/03/2020 02/03/2020: INFORMATION ONLY: Any relocation or modification to the existing electric facilities will be at the expense of the developer. Any existing and/or proposed Light & Power electric facilities that will remain 7 within the limits of the project must be located within a utility easement. Thank you for the information. There are no plans to relocate or modify existing electric facilities. Comment Number: 3 Comment Originated: 02/03/2020 02/03/2020: Please contact Rob Irish @ 970-224-6167 or rirish@fcgov.com with any questions, comments or concerns. Thank you for your contact information. Department: PFA Contact: Jim Lynxwiler, 970-416-2869, jlynxwiler@poudre-fire.org Topic: General Comment Number: 01 Comment Originated: 02/03/2020 02/03/2020: Prior comments from conceptual review have been resolved. No comment at this time. Thank you for your review. Department: Building Services Contact: Russell Hovland, 970-416-2341, rhovland@fcgov.com Topic: Building Insp Plan Review Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 02/03/2020 02/03/2020: Kitchenette if used as a breakroom, must be accessible. The kitchenette will not be used as a breakroom. Department: Technical Services Contact: Jeff County, 970-221-6588, jcounty@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 02/03/2020 02/03/2020: INFORMATION ONLY: Unless required during PDP, a complete review of all plans will be done at FDP. Thank you for your review. Department: Water Conservation Contact: Eric Olson, 970-221-6704, eolson@fcgov.com Topic: General Comment Number: 1 Comment Originated: 01/21/2020 01/21/2020: Irrigation plans are required no later than at the time of building permit. The irrigation plans must comply with the provisions outlined in Section 3.2.1(J) of the Land Use Code. Direct questions concerning irrigation requirements to Eric Olson, at 221-6704 or eolson@fcgov.com We will have our contractor take care of the irrigation plans prior to the building permit.