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Home My WebLink AboutEVERGREEN PARK THE TOY SHED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY PDP - 50 91F - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTS (2)Commi '.y Planning and Environmental vices Current Planning City of Fort Collins STAFF REVIEW COMMENTS September 27, 2000 Peter Hoopes Nextel Communications, Inc. 4643 South Ulster Street Denver, CO 80237 RE: 1314 Red Cedar Circle Wireless Telecommunications Facility Dear Mr. Hoopes: This letter is in response to plans for Evergreen Park — The Toy Shed Wireless Telecommunication Equipment -Project Development Plan (Planning File #50-91F) submitted on July 31, 2000. Please note that staff reviewed your plans and the Planning Division mailed a request for comments to several public agencies and departments. This development proposal is subject to and shall comply with all requirements set forth in the City's Land Use Code (LUC), specifically: Articles 2. Administration (Development Review Procedures); Article 3. General Development Standards; and, Article 4. [Zoning] Districts. The City of Fort Collins Land Use Code (LUC) requires that throughout all land use proceedings, the burden to comply with all applicable standards rest with the applicant. Staff, after reviewing materials submitted by the applicant, finds that revisions/re-design to the submitted plans dated 25 Jul 00 are warranted to meet the Land Use Code. The following lists the agencies and departments that responded with responses: A. Engineering --- B. Poudre Fire Authority C. Zoning D. Light and Power E. Natural Resources F. Transportation Planning G. Building Inspection H. Current Planning Department 1. Provide an overall site plan showing the proposed site plan in relation to the surrounding area. This plan shall include an area beyond the property lines of the proposal showing the area and uses within five hundred (500') feet o the proposal, exclusive of public right-of-way, at the same scale of the underlying proposal as required by the City of Fort Collins Development Manual. All plan sets shall reference the project development plan. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 • FAX (970) 4"16-2020 2. Delineate to scale, all property line setbacks, roadway right-of-way widths and improvements, private drive widths, parking stall width and lengths, and sidewalk widths internal and abutting this development plan as required by the City of Fort Collins Development Manual. 3. The plan sets need to include building envelope/footprint dimensions and distance to nearest property lines as required by the City of Fort Collins Development Manual. 4. Please label the sheet plan sets Sheet 1 of 5±, Sheet 2 of 5±, et cetera in the lower right hand corner of each applicable sheet. 5. Please remove directions to this site leading from Denver, Colorado. 6. Signature blocks shall meet those as outlined in the City of Fort Collins Development Manual. 7. All plans and illustrations shall include the appropriate verifiable scale, including the Overall Site Plan. The overall site plan, site plan, and landscape plans shall utilize the same scale, as required by the City of Fort Collins Development Manual. 8. All elevations shall be submitted, including the south and east elevations. 9. Per Land Use Code (LUC) Section 3.8.13(C)(2) and (3) requires that wireless telecommunication facilities and equipment be consistent with the architectural style of the surrounding architectural environment (planned or existing) considering exterior materials, roof form, scale, mass, color, texture and character. Such facilities shall also be compatible with the surrounding natural environment. If such facility is an accessory use to an existing use, the facility shall be constructed out of materials that are equal to or better than the materials of the principal use. It is not clear to staff if this facility meets this code standard since the written narrative provided did not specifically cite Land Use Code standards and finding of compliance to each standard and the drawings do not indicate a design that is compatible with the surrounding area. If co -location is not possible, a more appropriate height may be 40 - 50 feet based on the surrounding built environment. Further, it appears enclosure may differ from the main structures, what are the building materials for the equipment shelter. 10. Per LUC Section 3.8.13(C)(4), please provide the required landscape plan meeting Land Use Code provisions. a. Per LUC Section 3.2.1(D)(2) street trees need to be placed at thirty-foot to forty -foot spacing intervals along Red Cedar Circle. The trees have to be placed at least eight (8) feet away from the edges of driveways and alleys, and forty feet (shade trees)/fifteen feet (ornamental trees) (LUC 3.2.1(K) from any street light. b. Section 3.2.1(E)(4)(a) of the LUC requires that trees be planted every 25' between parking lots and the street, and every 40' between parking lots and interior lot lines. Upon review of the landscape areas between the curbs and property lines and streets and the side property lines and areas between -the property line and parking areas have not satisfied this requirement. c. Section 3.2.1(E)(2)(d) of the LUC requires foundation -planting beds a minimum of 5 feet wide along at least 50% of all high -use or high -visibility facades. 11. Per LUC Section 3.8.13(C)(5) fencing can not exceed six (6) feet in height, the proposed fence scales to 6.5 feet in height and the momopole (sic) scales to 79.5 feet on sheet A2.0. 12. Per LUC Section Sections 3.5.1(F), 3.5.1(G) and 3.8.13(C)(8) please provide notation on plan sheets of all proposed color(s) (color chips) to verify that all wireless telecommunication facilities and equipment are painted to match as closely as possible the color and texture of the wall, building or surrounding built environment. Muted colors, earth tones and subdued colors are to be used. 13. Per LUC Section 3.8.13(C)(11) verification shall be submitted that access roadways are capable of supporting all of the emergency response equipment of the Poudre Fire Authority. 14. Please return all redlined documents with plan revisions. 15. At least one more round of review for the project development plan is required before a recommendation can be forwarded for a public hearing. 16. Section 2.2.11 of the Land Use Code requires that an applicant submit revisions based on this letter within 90 days or the project application becomes null and void. Your responses to the City's concems are due by December 25, 2000. A 30-day extension to this deadline is available. Request for an extension should be directed to the Current Planning Director. If remaining issues are those that do not require plan revisions, a status report verifying continuing efforts toward resolving the issues is required within the same timeline. Additional comments and the required number of revised plans may be forthcoming as the various departments and reviewing agencies continue to review this request. Please provide a written response to each of the above comments with the submittal of plan revisions. addition, a revised site development plan drawn to scale which is clearly dated and labeled shall be submitted to address the above. The burden of demonstrating compliance with all Land Use Code criteria is with the applicant. To facilitate the complete re -submittal of the application with supplemental materials, please have your project manager contact Ginger Dodge and/or Voneen Macklin of the Current Planning Department at 970.221.6750. Please contact me at 970.221.6750 and/or e-mail: rfuchs(o)ci.fort-collins.co.us if you should have any questions or concerns related to these comments. Sincerely, Ronald G. Fuchs City Planner cc: Current Planning File #50-91 F Evergreen Park The Toy Shed wireless first tier comments