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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMOUNTAINRIDGE FARM PUD PRELIMINARY - 18 92 - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEWI Develo� ent Services Planning Department City of Fort Collins March 24, 1992 California Construction, Inc. c/o Eldon Ward, Cityscape Urban Design 3030 South College Avenue, Suite 200 Fort Collins, CO 80525 Dear Mr. Ward: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning Mountain Ridge Farm, Filing One presented before the Conceptual Review Team on March 23, 1992. The comments are offered informally by Staff to assist you in preparing the detailed components of the project application. Modifications and additions to these comments may be made at the time 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 221-6750. Sincerely, /.Avk JL��k Ted Shepard Senior Planner TS/gjt Attachment cc: Tom Peterson, Planning Director Kerrie Ashbeck, Civil Engineer Transportation Department Project Planner File 23"I N. College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6730 f CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS MEETING DATE: March 23, 1992 ITEM: Mountain Ridge Farm, Filing One APPLICANT: California, Construction, Inc. c/o Eldon Ward, Cityscape Urban Design, 3030 South College Avenue, Suite 200, Fort Collins, CO. 80525 LAND USE DATA: Request for 41 single family lots on 11 acres located within the Mountain Ridge Farm at the southwest corner of Shields Street and Wabash Street (extended). COMMENTS: 1. The City Light and Power Department has .single phase electrical power in the area. Please coordinate with Light and Power on the location of a transformer. All normal development charges will apply. 2. There is a 12 inch diameter water line in Troutman Parkway that can be extended to the site. The nearest sewer line is - on the east side of Shields and must be extended to serve the site. 3. The temporary fire access between Lots 30 and 31 must be designed so that it does not become a convenient access to Shields for the homeowners. Design considerations should also include how best to remove and replace with landscaping at the appropriate time. Please consult with Warren Jones, Poudre Fire Authority for design ideas that will satisfy the requirements of the Fire Code. 4. Please be aware that a bicycle/pedestrian trail has been master planned along the Pleasant Valley and Lake Canal. 5. Parks and Recreation will require that their headgate for irrigation water to Troutman Park will have to be relocated when Troutman Parkway gets built. 6. Stormwater Utility has identified a regional detention pond along Shields. The developer will be required to construct this pond, a crossing under Shields, and a connection to the channel in Four Seasons Sixth Filing, and will be repaid by the City for design and construction. The full details on this pond and other improvements and the repay agreement are outlined in a letter from Bob Smith, Director of Stormwater Utility to Peter Kast, G.T. Land, Colorado, Inc., dated March 13, 1992. J 7. It'may be that the full, regional improvements do not have to built with Filing One of Mountain Ridge Farm. Any interim solution, however, must be negotiated with Stormwater Utility and documented in the Development Agreement. 8. The site is located in the McClelland -Mail Creek drainage basin. The drainage fee in this basin is $3,232 per developed acre subject to runoff coefficient and amount of detention. Please contact Susan Hayes, Stormwater Utility, 221-6589, for further details. 9. The development will require the normal utility plan submittal. The plat should indicate all dedications of easements and right-of-way. 10. The Street Oversizing Fee is $584 per unit. 11. A preliminary design for Shields Street will be required. This may also involve off site design to the north and, south as determined by the Engineering Department. 12. The owner and developer are cautioned that other improvements that will be necessitated by Filing One and other filings are Shields Street, a portion of Troutman Parkway, a ditch crossing, and stormwater detention. The remaining lots outside of Filing One should not be so burdened by these improvements as to make them undevelopable. Please contact Mike Herzig, Development Engineer Manager, for further details on these improvements. 13. The City will provide for a repay agreement so that the church site, when it develops, will be obligated to repay California Construction, Inc. for half of the local street obligation on Wabash.. 14. It is suggested that the applicant's engineer work with the Department of Natural Resources on providing a drought - tolerant, low maintenance seed mixture for coverage of the detention pond. 15. Staff applauds the open cul-de-sac design along Shields. This helps break up the stockade look and adds interest along the arterial street. It is suggested that the P.U.D. consider fencing design guidelines and landscaping for the five lots along Shields. 16. It is suggested that the applicant consider planting one street tree per lot along Wabash in order to establish an attractive streetscape.