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PROJECT INFORMATION AND DESIGN NARRATIVE
MAY 26, 2020
1) Project title: TIMBERLINE — INTERNATIONAL
2) Past Meeting Dates.
CONCEPTUAL REVIEW - 3.2.2018, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING - 8.30.2019
3) General Information.
THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT THE NWC OF S. TIMBERLINE AND INTERNATIONAL
BLVD. . THE SITE SIZE IS APPROX. 1.25 AC. . THE SITE HAS BEEN ANNEXED AND
ZONED I – INDUSTRIAL. IN ADDITION, THE PROJECT IS REQUESTING WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT & SHORT-TERM (VRBO) PRIMARY RENTALS USES.
THIS PROJECT REQUESTS TO BUILD A 1, 2 & PARTIAL 3-STORY 12,000 SF. MIXED
USE BUILDING INCLUDING COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL USES ON THE MAIN/FIRST
FLOOR LEVEL WITH 4 RESIDENTIAL UNITS ABOVE AND A SINGLE DETACHED 900 SF.
COMMERCIAL BUILDING WITH ROOF TERRACE USES. THERE ARE 24# PROPOSED
OFF STREET PARKING SPACES (INCLUDING ONE VAN ACCESSIBLE HC STALL)
PROVIDED WITH 6# ADDITIONAL ENCLOSED GARAGE PARKING FOR THE
RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THE PROPOSED MIXED-USE BUILDING EXTERIOR ELEVATIONS REFLECT A
CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURAL THEME WITH RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS AND DETAILING. THE BUILDING WILL BE FULLY
SPRINKLERED.
THE SITE INCLUDES INTERNAL SITE LANDSCAPING, LAWN AND STREET FRONTAGE
TREE DESIGN WITH EXTENSIVE DITCH / WILDLIFE CORRIDOR BUFFER SCREENING
IN THE REAR, WEST SIDE OF THE SITE.
THERE ARE 3 LUC MODIFICATONS REQUESTED; PARKING SETBACK ALONG
TIMBERLINE, REAR WEST IRRIGATION DITCH BUFFER-YARD DEPTH AVERAGING
AND ROAD WIDENING TAPER LENGTH.
4) Proposed Owners. FR HOLDINGS, LTD.
5) Existing Owners.
FR HOLDINGS, LTD. 125 S. Howes St., Fort Collins, CO 80521
Optional items:
6) Transportation Improvements: S. TIMBERLINE ROAD WILL BE WIDENED WITH AN
ADDITIONAL WEST SIDE FRONTAGE LANE, ADDITIONALLY A RIGHT-TURN LANE
ONTO INTERNATIONAL WILL BE PROVIDED, STRIPED IN THE INTERIM WITH
ASSOCIATED SIDEWALK CONNECTIONS, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH.
A TRAFFIC TIS MEMO. IS PROVIDED.
7) Neighborhood Meeting.
THIS PROJECT IS A SITE PLAN TYPE 1 REVIEW. A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS
REQUIRED FOR A SITE PLAN REVIEW BUT THE DEVELOPER CHOSE TO COMPLETE
ONE, WITH A PENDING ANNEXATION. THERE WERE NO SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC
COMMENTS OTHER THAN THE INTERNATIONAL INTERSECTION WAS ALREADY
OPERATING AT SLOWER PEAK AM. & PM. PEAK PERIODS THAN DESIRABLE, SOME
COINCIDING WITH THE WEST SCHOOL PEAK TRIP-ENDS, STUDENT DROP-OFF &
PICK-UPS. STAFF DISCUSSED SOME POSSIBLE / ALTERNATE FUTURE SOLUTIONS
THAT COULD INCLUDE WEST END INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS AND POSSIBLE
SIGNALIZATION AT TIMBERLINE BUT WITH NO TIMELINES CONFIRMED. THE PUBLIC
COMPLEMENTED THE BUILDING DESIGN AND GENERALLY SUPPORTED THE INFILL
PROJECT, USES.
8) Site design.
THE BUILDINGS WILL FRONT THE S. TIMBERLINE FRONTAGE ALONG WITH
CONNECTING PUBLIC SIDEWALKS AND PUBLIC OPEN SPACES, PLAZA AREAS.
COMMERCIAL PARKING AND VISIBILITY WILL BE FROM THE EAST SIDE FRONTAGE,
THE REAR / WEST PARKING PRIMARILY FOR THE RESIDENTIAL USERS.
APPROXIMANTELY 40% OF THE TIMBERLINE FRONTAGE IS DEDICATED TO OPEN
SPACE. STREET TREES ENHANCE THE TIMBERLINE FRONTAGE AND BUFFER TO
THE PARKING AREAS. SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPE BUFFERING WAS
INCORPORATED ALONG THE WEST / DITCH SIDE FOR WILDLIFE CORRIDOR
SETBACKS. LANDSCAPE PLANTINGS WERE CAREFULLY SELECTED FOR
COMPATABILITY AND TO COMPLEMENT WILDLIFE COVER / MOVEMENT / FOOD.
9) Natural habitats and/or wildlife. AN EXTENSIVE NATIVE AND WILDLIFE ENHANCED
LANDSCAPE/VEGETATION BUFFER AREA HAS BEEN PROVIDED ALONG THE WEST
DITCH PERIMETER. THE BUFFER AREA HAS SEPARATIONS UP TO 95' WITH AN
OVERALL AVERAGE OF 45’ DEPTH. THERE WILL BE VERY LIMITED VEHICULAR
PARKING ACTIVITY AND NO PEDESTRIAN ACCESS IN THE WEST / REAR DITCH-SIDE
OF THE SITE. ADDITIONALLY, TREE MITIGATION COUNTS HAVE INCREASED THE
OVERALL PLANTING DENSITIES AND EXCEEDS ALL MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.
10) Transition techniques. INDUSTRIAL ZONING IS ON ALL SIDES OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
AS SUCH, THE PROPOSED MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY
COMPATABILITY ISSUES, IN FACT WILL SET THE TONE FOR FUTURE RE-
DEVELOPMENT, CONNECTIVITY AND IMPROVEMENTS TO TIMBERLINE WHILE
LOCALIZING SOME NEEDED COMMERCIAL SERVICES TO THE AREA.
11) Architectural Design. THE PROPOSED MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT WILL INCLUDE TWO
BUILDINGS WITH A VARYING SCALE OF 1, 2 & PARTIAL 3-STORY HEIGHTS.
THE SOUTH SINGLE-STORY STAND-ALONE BUILDING WITH ROOF TERRACE WOULD
OFFER THE POTENTIAL FOR A COFFEE SHOP, RESTAURANT AND/OR TAVERN
USES.
THE MULTIPLE MAIN FLOOR PUBLIC PLAZAS AND WALK CONNECTIONS WILL
ENCOURGE AN 'INVITING' PEDESTRIAN SCALE, USE. THE REMAINING FIRST
FLOOR LEVEL SPACE WILL INCLUDE ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL AND
INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT ON THE UPPER 2ND & 3RD FLOORS WILL INCLUDE
DECK EXTENSIONS AND UPPER ROOF TERRACES TO FURTHER SOFTEN THE
SCALE AND FORMS OF THE BUILDING. THE DESIGN INCORPPORATES A BLEND OF
RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS SUCH AS PRE-FINISHED
ARCHITECTURAL WOODS & METALS, HARD-COAT STUCCO AND STOREFRONT
WINDOWS. ADDITONAL DETAILS INCLUDE FACADE ARTICULATION WITH EXTENDED
DECKS, OFFSET ROOF TERRACES, TRELLIS' AND SLOPING ROOF FORMS, IN
ADDITION TO APPROPRIATE PROPORTIONS AND DETAILS.
THERE IS NO HISTORICAL COMPONENT TO THIS PROJECT.
Development Phasing Schedule (if applicable).
PENDING PROJECT APPROVAL, THE PROJECT COULD POTENTIALLY START
CONSTRUCTION IN THE SUMMER 2020, COMPLETING SPRING 2021. IT IS THE
INTENTION OF THE DEVELOPER TO COMPLETE THE MAIN 3-STORY, 12 KSF MIXED-
USE STRUCTURE AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FIRST PHASE.
ALL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING THE TIMBERLINE SIDEWALK, THRU-LANE,
ADDITIONAL S BW TURN-LANE AND FUTURE PUBLIC AND TIMBERLINE
STORMWATER PIPING WOULD BE COMPLETED IN A SINGLE PHASE. POTENTIALLY,
THE ONLY PHASING FOR THE PROJECT COULD BE THE LATER CONSTRUCTION
SEQUENCE FOR THE STANDALONE SINGLE-STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING TO THE
SOUTH, PENDING CONFIRMATION OF A USER/TENANT.
ALL SITE IMPROVEMENTS, PARKING, LANDSCAPING, BUFFER AREAS WOULD BE
CONSTRUCTED WITH THE FIRST PHASE.