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PINECONE APARTMENTS PUD.
Preliminary Plan
Statement of Planning Objectives
March 30, 1992
The proposed Pinecone Apartments PUD is consistent with the
Pinecone ODP, and represents the first step in implementing a
neighborhood area that may achieve a significant number of the City
of Fort Collins' adopted Goals and Objectives, Land Use Policies,
elements of the Fort Collins Area Transportation Plan, and early
findings of the Neighborhood Compatibility study.
The Pinecone Apartments PUD Plan was prepared with a number of
planning goals and concepts in mind; giving special attention to
elements affecting neighborhood compatibility:
I. Create a successful mixed use development.
- Work with the framework for a viable master planned
community with the potential to share amenities, storm
drainage improvements, and/or other common elements, as
established with the ODP.
- Plan for a land use mix with complementary uses within
easy walking distance of each other.
Allow flexibility for the development of a range of
housing types at Pinecone, with the ability to respond to
changing market demands.
II. While recognizing traditional traffic management needs, create
a circulation system that - where practical - makes bike and
pedestrian access between uses convenient.
Include design characteristics - such as entry streets
tailored to serve differing land uses - which lend
clarity and identity to residential neighborhoods.
Provide neighborhood street systems that promote
neighborhood integrity, by restricting extraneous
motorized traffic from low density residential areas.
Design a collector street system that can gather traffic
from a neighborhood and carry it to an arterial street;
yet divert "through" traffic away from local traffic.
Plan a viable, integrated bike and pedestrian system for
the Pinecone community, including safe, direct pedestrian
and bike access from residential to shopping areas and
the high school.
III. Provide land use transitions and creative relationships
between uses.
Protect defined neighborhood areas from the intrusion of
activities which may have negative impacts upon
residents: particularly traffic generated by more
intensive uses.
Plan an integrated system of open spaces using the major
recreational area formed by the proposed city park and
the high school athletic fields as a major neighborhood
focal point and land use buffer.
- Plan transitional uses between the commercial and low
density residential areas, while avoiding conflicts -
particularly in terms of traffic circulation - with other
development areas.
Plan for a city park that:
* Provides benefit to the maximum number of
neighborhood residents:
* Combines with the open space and recreational
facilities included at the high school to buffer
the planned residential areas from the more intense
uses.
The Pinecone Apartments PUD is also consistent with applicable
Land Use Policies, including:
Policy 3. The City shall promote:
a. Maximum utilization of land within the
city;
d. The location of residential development
which is close to employment, recreation,
and shopping facilities.
Policy 12. Urban density residential development usually
at three or more units to the acre should be
encouraged in the urban growth area.
Policy 74. Transitional land uses or areas (linear
greenbelts or other urban design elements)
should be provided between residential
neighborhoods and commercial areas in order to
enhance the concept of a mixture of land uses.
Policy 75. Residential areas should provide a mix of
housing densities.
Policy 80. Higher density residential uses should locate:
b. Within close proximity to community or
neighborhood park facilities;
c. Where water and sewer facilities can be
adequately provided; and
d. Within easy access to major employment
centers.
Construction of the first phases of development at Pinecone
Apartments is expected to begin in the fall of 1992, and continue
through 1994.