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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAMIGOS AT SOUTH COLLEGE PUD 7.22.91 P AND Z BOARD HEARING - 31 91 - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEW (2)Develop. at Services Planning Department City of Fort Collins February 8,1991 Mr. William Strickfaden 125 Palmer Drive Fort Collins, CO 80525 Dear Mr. Strickfaden: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning the fast food restaurant/car wash/tube center which was presented before the Conceptual Review Team on February 4,1991. The comments are offered informally by Staff to assist you in preparing the detailed components of the project application. Modifications and additions to these comments maybe made at the time of formal review of this project. If you should have any questions regarding these comments or the next steps in the review process, please feel free to call me at 221-6750. Sincerely, �)4 /'( dt4� Kirsten Whetstone Project Planner KW/kb xc: Tom Peterson, Planning Director Kerrie Ashbeck, Civil Engineer I Project Planner File 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF COMMENTS MEETING DATE: February 4, 1991 ITEM: Fast food Restaurant, 6 Bay Car Wash, and 3 Bay Lube Center located at the southeast corner of College and Kensington (future). APPLICANT: William Strickfaden 125 Palmer Drive Ft. Collins, CO 80525 LAND USE DATA: This is a proposal for a fast food restaurant, a 6 bay carwash, and a 3 bay auto tube center located at the southeast corner of College and Kensington (future extension) on 1.7 acres owned by College Limited. There was also a request for information and direction on a conceptual plan for a 150,000 to 175,000 sq. ft. grocery store/commercial center on the College Limited property North of Harmony and West of JFK Parkway (future extension). COMMENTS: 1. You will need to fill out a C-1 form from Light and Power and normal development charges will apply. Please contact Light and Power at 221-6700 for further information as you finalize your site design. You would probably want to have a shared transformer for the three buildings, with access from Kensington. 2. There is an existing water main along Pavilion Lane from College Avenue to the canal. Sewer is on north side of Pavilion Lane and continues on east past the canal. You will need to extend lines south to Kensington to serve the fast food restaurant/car wash property. There will have to be some planning and coordinating of utilities between this property and the Holter property. Future water lines across the proposed grocery/commercial property are being planned and designed. Please coordinate and confirm location of these utilities with the City Water and Wastewater Department. A master utility plan will be required. You would want to coordinate your development wiiii tthese plans-Contact-Owen-Randall-at-221�6681-for_information concerning future lines in the area. 3. The irrigation canal near the two properties in question, has been improved. A storm drainage report and grading/drainage plans will be required at the time of submittal. On -site detention will be required for the area east of the canal and may be required for the area to the west depending on the drainage report. The property is in the McClelland -Mail Creek Basin and the fees for that basin apply. One master drainage plan for the entire area would be acceptable. 4. A traffic study will be required at submittal. This study could cover the entire area at once or in phases as the areas develop. Conceptually, the street system as you have drawn them, are in conformance with the Transportation Departments plans. In addition to the PUD process, you will also have to go through the process to amend the South College and Harmony Road Access Plans. Any proposed access points, signals, decel lanes, turn lanes, etc. will have to be designed to the Highway Access Codes design standards. The traffic study will be important in determining future improvements in the area. 5. A key to designing the access and circulation system for the restaurant/ car wash center as well as the grocery center, will be close coordination with the neighboring properties. It is important to incorporate in your design any future plans which the neighboring property owners might have for their land. Both of these projects have ramifications on the neighbors and the future of presently vacant surrounding land.. 6. A more. specific comment is to design the grocery center to get traffic to circulate to the south of the parking lot rather than in front of the stores.. This avoids potential conflicts with pedestrians and automobiles. 7. A 60' half street is required for College Avenue. 8. A detailed intersection design of the College Avenue and Kensington intersection will be required. 9. Access permits are granted through the Engineering Department. 10. Street Oversizing Fees of $1405.00 per acre are required for the proposed uses. 11. A transportation/access coordination meeting should be arranged to discuss access to the grocery center concept plan as well as the location of the signal at Harmony. This signal location should be coordinated with the property owners to the south of Harmony as well. 12. Zoning on the site is bp, planned business, with a PUD condition. Any development proposals will be considered under the requirements of the Land Development Guidance System. 13. The Planning Department urges you to consider architectural consistencyamong the various buildings in a center. Consider especially, exterior materials, roof lines, signage, color, and texture for a common thread. If there is a corporate identity associated with the fast food restaurant or grocery store, tie in a general architectural theme throughout the center, to blend the franchise in with the other buildings. 14. Landscaping and berming will be requiredTto buffer the -parking -areas -from -the -street• frontages. Street trees should be located 40' from light poles, ornamental trees should be located 15' away. 15. One monument sign per lot per frontage will be allowed. Be prepared to include all of the uses on the monument sign on the College Avenue frontage. Reader boards are highly discouraged. A menu board is considered a freestanding sign. 16. Utility Plans will need a signature block for the Ditch Company which owns the ditch crossing the property. 17. Harmony Corridor Plan design guidelines should be adhered to for the grocery center. Consult Linda Ripley at 221-6376 for specific guidelines. 18. Provide for. pedestrian access between shops and between the parking lot and the grocery store in the grocery/commercial center. 19. In May of 1981 the Planning and Zoning Board approved the South College Properties Superblock #1 Master Plan of which the property in question is a part. An amendment of the Superblock Plan is not required as the uses proposed are within the list of uses shown on the Superblock plan. We would require you to prepare and submit a Master Plan of the specific properties in question. This Master Plan should include the Holter property, the Schrader property, as well as the College Limited properties that you are considering for development at this time. The Master Plan should indicate proposed uses, approximate acreage and gross density of each area, access and circulation patterns, topographic characteristics of the land, information about the surrounding land ownership and use, proposed phasing plans, and other items listed in the attached "Submittal Requirements for Master Plans". 20. The Preliminary PUD Plan for the carwash/fast food center may be submitted at the same time as the Master Plan, to be reviewed simultaneously. I have attached information on submittal requirements for Preliminary PUD Plans. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call. 21. Courtesy review of the grocery/commercial center does not satisfy the requirement for a conceptual review of that item prior to submittal. When designs are further along for that particular site, we would request that you sign up for another conceptual review, so that we can give you more detailed comments.