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Home My WebLink AboutEVERGREEN PARK LOTS 4 AND 5 THE TOY SHED STORAGE PDP - 50 91C - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTSComm ity Planning and Environmental Current Planning City of Fort Collins October 22, 1997 Mr. Jerald H. Russell The Toy Shed 1314 Red Cedar Circle Fort Collins, Colorado 80524 RE: The Toy Shed Project Development Plan/Final Plan Dear Mr. Russell: Staff has reviewed the submittal for the Toy Shed Storage that was submitted on September 9, 1997, and would like to offer the following comments. 1) The City Forester offered the following comments: a) Canopy shade trees should be planted as street trees at 40' spacing along Red Cedar (i.e., Green Ash, Hackberry, Bur Oak.) b) The remaining landscaped area on the site must address and meet the requirements of the Land Use Code (see Current Planning com- ments.) 2) Comments from the Engineering Department are attached. 3) Comments from the Stormwater Utility are attached. 4) The Zoning Department offered the following comments: a) Five (5') foot side and rear landscape strip required. One tree per 40 lineal fee along the side lot line, and one tree per 25 lineal feet along public street are required per Section 3.2.1(D)(4)(a) of the Land Use Code. b) Section 3.2.1(1))(4)(b) requires a plan showing the parking lot screen- ing as seen from the street. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 2'2 : h750 • FAX (970) 416-2020 c) Screening is required on all site. The gate area is to be screened so that no more than 20" of the storage yard is visible through the screen. Chain link fencing is not allowed for fencing. d) 10% of the interior space will need to be landscaped. Please submit a landscape plan that demonstrates this. e) The site must be paved, included previous phases, or some other material which complies with Section 3.2.2(D)(3)(d) may be used. f) A landscape note must be added regarding that no C.O. will be issued without completion of landscaping or a letter or credittescrow of 125%. g) The trees indicated are not acceptable street trees and the sizes aren't adequate. h) Six (6) trees are required along the street, but only three (3) are shown. 11) The Light and Power Utility stated, "Developer will be responsible for nor- mal electric development charges even if no additional electric service if re- quired. Payment of these charges will be a condition of continued electric service to the existing site (Lots 3 and 4). Contact Doug Martine at 224-6152 (7:00am-3:30 pm) if any questions." 12) Comments from the Water/Wastewater Utility are attached. 13) The Current Planning Department offered the following comments: a) Section 3.2.1(D)(2) of the Land Use Code states, "Wherever a side- walk is attached to the street in a manner that fails to comply with the - Design and Construction Criteria, Standards and Specifications -for - Street, Sidewalks, Alleys and Other Public Ways, canopy shade threes shall be established in an area ranging from three (3) to seven (7) feet behind the sidewalk at thirty (30) to forty (40) foot spacing." Therefore, canopy shade trees must be planted in order to comply with this stan- dard along Redcedar Circle. The minimum size per Code of canopy shade trees is 2.0" caliper balled and burlapped or equivalent. Oma- mental trees may be planted in substitution of the canopy shade trees required by the Land Use Code when overhead lines and fixtures pre- vent normal growth and maturity. Ornamental trees must be space a minimum of 20' and a maximum of 30', and must be 1.5" caliper balled and burlapped or equivalent. The street trees and additional land- scaping must be planted along the entire perimeter of Red Cedar Cir- cle. October 22, 1997 Page 2 Comment Letter b) In the Land Use Breakdown table, please list the total number of parking spaces. c) Please add additional signature blocks and the language per the at- tached sheet. d) Additional plantings are required in the landscaped area adjacent to the sidewalk to provide additional screening of the storage yard. The Land Use Code requires that: "Landscape and building elements shall be used to screen areas of low visual interest or visually intrusive site elements (such as trash collection, open storage, service areas, loading docks, and blank walls) from off -site view. Such screening shall be established on all sides of such elements except when an opening is required for ac- cess. If access is possible only on a side that is visible from a pub- lic street, a removable or operable screen shall be required. The screen shall be designed and established so that the area or ele- ment being screened is no more than twenty (20) percent visible through the screen." [Section 3.2.1(6) Screening] Therefore, the storage yard must be screened from Red Cedar Circle using the following screening materials: new or existing plantings, walls, fences, screen panels, topographic changes, buildings, hori- zontal separation or a combination of these techniques. c) Any existing lighting on site must be shown on the site plan and must comply with the standards of the Land Use Code. d) On the vicinity map, please label the zoning districts. e) Please specify the color of the roofing and steel columns. f) Section 3.8.11(A)(2) -Fences and Walls of the Land Use Code states: "Chain link fencing with or without slats shall not be used- as- a-- --- - fencing material for screening purposes. Except as permitted be- low, no barbed wire or other sharp -pointed fence and no electrically charged fence shall be installed or used in any zone districts. In the Employment District and the Industrial District, the Directory may grant a revocable use permit that must be, renewed every three years for installation of security arms and barbed wire strands atop protective fences or walls provided that the following condi- tions are met: (a) The lowest strand of barbed wire is maintained at least ten (10) fee above the adjoining ground level outside the fence. (b) Exterior area security lighting controlled by an automatic light level switch is installed and maintained in good operating condi- October 22, 1997 Page 3 Comment Letter tion. (c) Such lighting is directed into the site and not outward toward the perimeter. Therefore, the chain link fencing must be replaced with another ap- propriate method of screening the outdoor storage use if it is in- tended to be used as a screening device. If the chain link is used for security purposes, the chain link fence must be screened in ac- cordance with the Parking Lot Perimeter Landscaping standards of the Land Use Code in Section 3.2.1.(4)(b), which allows for screening in a number of different ways, including a garden wall, retaining wall, wooden fence, earthen berm, constructed planter, dense hedge, or a combination of these ways. In addition, continue the existing landscaped area on the eastern property boundary of Lot 4 to the south along the boundary of Lot 5. This will require that the eight parking spaces along this property boundary are shifted to the west approximately five feet. This will provide additional screening along this boundary for properties to the east. Please provide for a 5' landscape buffer along the south property line as well to provide separation between the storage yard and the use to the south. This completes the review comments at this time. Additional comments may be forthcoming as the various departments and reviewing agencies continue to re- view this request. Please provide a written response to each of the above stated comments with the submittal of plan revisions. Please contact me at 221-6750 if you have any questions or concerns that are related to the comments. If you would like to schedule a meeting, please call me as soon as possible. As you are aware, the City of Fort Collins Current Planning Department recently implemented a new development review process. Under that new process, revi- sions may be submitted at any time. With the submittal of revisions, please in- clude the enclosed redlined plans. Please contact me for the number of revi- sions required. Best Regards, Y�eA�� Leanne A. Harter, AICP Project Planner October 22, 1997 `Comment Letter Page 4 xc: Peter Barnes Tim Blandford Stormwater Utility file/Project Planner October 22, 1997 Page 5 Comment Letter