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Home My WebLink AboutBEST BUY PUD FINAL - 29 92A - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTS (2)Commi `y Planning and Environmenta' !rvices Planning Department City of Fort Collins July 8, 1992 Frank Vaught Vaught -Frye Architects 1113 Stoney Hill Drive Fort Collins, CO.80525 Dear Frank, City staff has reviewed your revisions for the Best Buy P.U.D. - Final, and would like to offer the following comments: 1. The monument sign, being approximately 30 square feet per face in size, must be set back at least 5' from the street right- of-way line on South College Avenue (please see the attachment from City Code). The Site Plan should be revised to. reflect this requirement. 2. This note on signage should replace General Note 11,on the Site Plan: "All signage on this P.U.D. is restricted to the number, type, location, and size as specifically noted on this P.U.D. Any changes or deviations shall be reviewed, in advance, by the City of Fort Collins by the Administrative Review procedure, including at the Planning Director's discretion , referral to the Planning and Zoning Board." 3. The information about lighting (Item 18) provided in your letter dated July 1, 1992 should be included on the Site Plan as a General Note. The wall -mounted exterior light fixtures on all sides of the building should be shrouded to reduce glare. 4. There is a fabric awning shown above the front entry to the building on the west elevation. Will there 'be any back lighting associated with this awning? 5. The parking stalls along the south side of the parking lot, adjacent to the entry drive, are not deep enough for standard size cars unless the intent is to allow overhang into the turfgrass/landscaped area. It may be beneficial or necessary to assign them as compact car spaces. The parking stalls at the north side of the parking lot, adjacent to the retail shops in the Fountainhead P.U.D., must be signed as compact car spaces since they are only 17' in depth and are contiguous to a sidewalk, therefore not allowing for overhang. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 6. The City strongly feels that a safe area for pedestrians should be included at the northwest corner of the intersection of the shared drive and the entries into Best Buy and Phar- Mor. It is understood that there is an existing sidewalk on the south side of the drive, on the vacant pad in the Marketplace P.U.D.; however, the diagonal movement pedestrians would have to make as shown on the Best Buy Site Plan would be potentially dangerous. At the expense of some of the landscaping proposed, it is being recommended that a concrete pad with handicapped ramp and painted crosswalks perpendicular to the drives (on the west and north sides of the intersection) be included. The loss would be one crabapple tree and 6-7 potentilla shrubs, unless they could be relocated. 7. The proposed landscaping on the drawing of the north and east elevations would be helpful to the Planning and Zoning Board. 8. There are significant discrepancies between the landscape drawing and the plant list. There is a disclaimer note below the plant list but will it be followed by the landscape contractor to assure all plants will be installed as shown? 9. Your letter of 7/1/92 stated that a note about all landscaping, including that in the street right-of-way, will be maintained by the property owner was added to the landscape Plan. I do not see that note on the revised plan dated 7/l/92. 10. The asphalt as shown at the northeast corner of the property must be constructed to the property line to provide a turn out for cars parked in the end spaces in that area. Please contact me at 221-6750 if you have any questions or concerns about these comments. AS*nely, O tt Planner xc: Transportation Stormwater Utility Kerrie Ashbeck Sherry Albertson -Clark Jim Sell Design file/Project Planner �§ 29-595 FORT COLLINS CODE (b) When electrical service is provided to free- standing signs or ground signs, all such electrical service shall be underground. _. (c) Freestanding signs shall comply with the following requirements with respect to size, height ppd. location: Requirements for Freestanding Signs Qistance from Maximum size street right -of- Maximum height allowed per way line above grade side (feet) (feet) (square feet) 0 10 20 5 12 30 10 14 40 15 16 — 50 20 18 60 25 20 70 - 30 22 80 35 24 90 40 24 100 45 24 110 50 and more 24 120 (d) The maximum size for ground and freestand- ing signs shall be one hundred twenty (120) square feet per side. The maximum height for ground and freestanding signs shall be twenty-four (24) feet above grade. No freestanding or ground sign shall be built within fifteen (15) feet of any inte- rior side lot line. (e) Single -faced freestanding and ground signs shall be set back from the street right-of-way line according to the provisions of this Section. When any such sign is placed on property that has only . one (1) street frontage, the required setback shall be measured from the street right-of-way line to which the sign face is most nearly -parallel. When _ any such sign is placed on property located at the intersection of two (2) dedicated public streets, the required setback shall be measured from the street right-of-way line at the street to which the sign face is most nearly perpendicular. _- (f) Double-faced freestanding and ground signs shall be set back from the street right-of-way line according to the provisions of this Section. Any such setback shall be measured from the street right-of-way line at the street to which the sign faces are most nearly perpendicular. Supp. No. 8 2022.2 (g) When any freestanding or ground sign is placed at a forty -five -degree angle on property located at the intersection of two (2) dedicated public streets, the required setback may be mea- sured from either of the street right-of-way lines involved. (h) No more than one (1) freestanding or ground sign per street frontage shall be permitted for any property; excepting, however, election signs authorized in §§ 29-591(7) and 29.593(2), and for sale and for rent signs authorized in § § 29-591(3) and 29-593(3). No freestanding or ground sign shall contain more than three (3) cabinets or modules. (Code 1972, § 118-95; Ord. No. 12, 1989, § 7, 2-21.89; Ord. No. 73, 1989, § 2, 4.18-89) Sec. 29596. Projecting signs. (a) Signs projecting over private property shall not project more than six (6) feet from the face of the building nor beyond the minimum required building setback for the district in which located. Such signs shall not exceed fifteen (15) square feet per face. (b) No sign may project over a public right -of. way in any district, except that signs eight (8) feet or more above grade may project up to forty- eight (48) inches from the face of the building if the total area for such signs is the lesser of one (1) square foot of sign for each linear foot of building frontage upon which such sign is displayed or twelve (12) square feet per face. In addition, flush wall signs at least eight (8) feet above ground level may extend up to twelve (12) inches beyond the building fascia at the base of the sign. (Code 1972, § 118-96) Sec. 29597. Canopy signs. No canopy sign shall project above the top of the canopy upon which it is mounted. No canopy sign shall project from the face of a canopy. Under - canopy signs which are perpendicular to the face of the building shall be deemed to be projecting wall signs. Under -canopy signs which are paral- lel to the face of the building shall be a minimum of eight (8) feet above grade and shall be deemed to be flush wall signs. (Code 1972, § 118-96.1)