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DAKOTA PINES PUD
Preliminary and Final Plan
Statement of Planning Objectives
March 1, 1993
The proposed Dakota Pines PUD is consistent with the Pinecone ODP, and represents
the next step in creating a neighborhood 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 preliminary findings of the Neighborhood Compatibility study.
Dakota Pines represents an opportunity to provide a greater mix of housing types in
this area than has been achieved in recent years. The proposed combination of patio homes
and townhomes makes an excellent transition between the traditional single family lots in
Dakota Ridge 1 st Filing, and the high school property to the west.
Key design concepts employed to better define neighborhood character include a
continuation of the formal street tree program initiated with Dakota Ridge, and a concentrated
effort to reduce the visual impact of garage doors on the streetscape. Townhomes near the
corner of Red Mountain Drive and Horsetooth "front" on Red Mountain, with garages in the
rear. Where practical, garages for patio homes are placed behind the house, or turned with
side walls facing the street.
Consistent with the Pinecone ODP, the Dakota Pines PUD Plans were prepared with
a number of other planning goals and concepts in mind; giving special attention to elements
affecting neighborhood compatibility. These concepts include:
- I. Create a successful mixed use development.
Work within the framework of 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 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.
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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.
Ill. 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.
The Dakota Pines 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.
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Policy 79. Low density residential uses should locate in areas:
a. Which have easy access to existing or planned
neighborhood shopping centers;
b. Which have easy access to major employment centers;
C. Within walking distance to an existing or planned
elementary school; and
d. Within walking distance to an existing or planned
neighborhood park...
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 at Dakota Pines is expected to begin in the summer of 1993, and may
continue through 1995.
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