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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPEDERSEN TOYOTA VOLVO SAAB PUD PRELIMINARY AND FINAL - 26 91 - DECISION - MINUTES/NOTES• PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD JUNE 24, 1991 MEETING The regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board began at 6:35 p.m. in the Council Chamber of New City Hall, 300 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado. Board members present included: Chairman Jim Klataske, Vice -Chair Bernie Strom, Joseph Carroll, Jr., Laurie O'Dell, Lloyd Walker, Jan Cottier, and Margaret Gorman. Staff members present included: Planning Director Tom Peterson, Joe Frank, Ken Waido, Ted Shepard, Kirsten Whetstone, Steve Olt, City Attorney Steve Roy, and Kayla Ballard. Mr. Peterson gave a description of the Consent and Discussion Agenda which consisted of: Item 1 - #52-79E, Rossborough Subdivision 5th Filing Final; Item 2 - #50-85B, Fort Collins Salad Company PUD at The Pavilion Final; Item 3-#30-83D,Helmshire House II PUD Preliminary and Final; Item 4-#27-91,Flutterby Preschool PUD Preliminary and Final; Item 5-#I5-91A, Sun Disk Village Subdivision Final Replat; Item 6- #23-90C, Burns Ranch at Quail Ridge RF Review Final; Item 7-#26-91,Pedersen Toyota Volvo Saab PUD Preliminary and Final, which was pulled from Consent for discussion; Item 8 - #38-90B, Overland Hills Subdivision, First Filing Final which was continued to the July meeting; Item 9-#99-79C,Medical Center of Fort Collins PUD Final; Item 10 - #3-90C, Villages at Harmony West PUD Amended Master Plan; Item 11-03-90B,The Platt Property PUD Preliminary; Item 12- #25-91A, Service Center 5th Annexation and Zoning; Item 13 - #78-88C,Horsetooth East Business Park Rezoning; Item 14 - Resolution #PZ91-9 Vacation of Emergency Access Easement at Creekside at The Landings; Item 15 -Resolution #PZ91-10 Vacation of Utility Easement at the Replat of Fairway 5 Estates PUD at Southridge Greens which was continued to the July meeting; and Item 16 -Resolution • PZ91-11 Vacation of Utility Easement at Foothills Apartments PUD which was continued to the July meeting. The Discussion Agenda consisted of: Item 17-#37-90,East Side/West Side Rezonings; Item 18 - #28-91, Amendments to Chapter 29 of the City Code Relating to the Hazardous Materials Risk Reduction Program; Item 19-#23-83C,Toys "R" Us/Western Auto PUD Final; Item 20 - #112-79N, Four Seasons Subdivision 8th Filing Preliminary and Final; Item 21-#4-83M,Hickory Hill Village at Cunningham Corners PUD Tract G Final; Item 22 - #55-87C,The Gates at Woodridge (Arapahoe Farrp) PUD Final, and; Item 23-#55-87D,The Overlook at Woodridge (Arapahoe Farm) PUD Final. Mr. Peterson stated that Item #19, Toys "R" Us, would be moved to the bottom of the agenda due to Items 20, 21, 22 and 23 having staff issues resolved. Mr. Peterson gave a description of the administrative change request for Builders Square at Harmony Market PUD, which was under Other Business. Chairman Klataske asked if there was any Board member that wished to pull an item from the Consent Agenda. Member O'Dell asked that Item #2, Fort Collins Salad Company PUD at The Pavilion Final be pulled for discussion. Chairman Klataske asked if there was any of from the audience that wished to pull an item from the Consent Agenda for additional discussion. Mr. R.D. Laken requested that Item #12, Service Center 5th Annexation and Zoning be pulled for further discussion. C� Ms. Dinkelman also requested that Item # 12 be pulled for discussion. Member Carroll moved to approve Consent Agenda Items 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, and 14. Member Strom seconded the motion. The motion to approve carried 7-0. FORT COLLINS SALAD COMPANY PUD AT THE PAVILION -FINAL -Case #50-85B Member O'Dell stated that she had concerns with development of the pads and facing the back of the building into the Center. She stated that in this case, as was with the Black Eye Pea Restaurant, she understood why the applicant wanted it that way when most of the traffic is access from College Avenue and that they would want the signs and the entrance in the interest of the building on College Avenue. But in this case, when JFK Parkway is built, a lot of people will access the Center from the east side, where no signs for this building would be seen. She asked if any consideration had been given to adding some interest and moving one of the signs further back onto the building so it would be part of the Center rather than just a strip of restaurants on College Avenue. Ted Shepard, project planner, asked Member O'Dell if she had concerns with the view from Troutman. Member O'Dell stated that she had concerns with the view from Lionel PlayWorld. Mr. Shepard stated that staff had struggled with this. He stated that when there is a pad site, a building is basically designed with four fronts. The service side has to be on one of the fronts. What the applicant tried to accomplish was screening the trash enclosure, the transformer, and minimize the impact as much as possible. He stated that Member O'Dell was correct in that there does have to be one service side and that was the least objectionable alternative with putting it on the east side. He stated that they assumed there was more traffic on College Avenue than on the internal circulation drive for the shopping center. Member O'Dell stated that it appeared the landscaping was adequate in the back and it would be screened but she believed there could be innovative ways to deal with this so a lot of backs of buildings would be seen. Mr. Shepard stated that pad sites were very popular and would be coming in in the future. He stated that staff should take a good look on how to design the four fronts. Member Walker moved to approve Fort Collins Salad Company PUD at The Pavilion Final. Member O'Dell seconded the motion. The motion to approve carried 7-0. PEDERSEN TOYOTA VOLVO SAAB PUD -PRELIMINARY AND FINAL -Case #26-91 Kirsten Whetstone gave a description of the proposed project. She stated that the project scored 58% on the Auto -Related and Roadside Commercial point chart. She stated that there was no neighborhood meeting for this project because South College Avenue to Prospect Road has been defined as a community regional shopping center and an auto use had been deemed compatible with the surrounding area. She briefly discussed the proposed landscaping, building materials, signage package. fr] t Member Carroll asked if the display areas that was parallel to College Avenue in front of the planted islands would be elevated and if there would be additional landscaping in front of those display areas. Ms. Whetstone replied that they would not be elevated and that there would be spirea planted in front of the display areas. Dana Lockwood, architect/planner for this project, stated that Pedersen Toyota Volvo was currently doing business as Colorado Import Motors but have outgrown their current facility. He discussed the history of this business, their current and proposed location, how this new facility will be constructed and maintained, accesses in and out of this site, customer and employee parking, signage, lighting, and the landscape plan. He stated that there was some confusion as to whether the landscape strip along the parking area on College and Kensington would buffer the cars. He stated that part of that confusion was that there was one plant material which was a ground cover. That particular plant material was located in one area which would be in front of one of the display areas along College Avenue but would be backed up by additional plant material that grows to a maximum of two feet in height. He briefly discussed the exterior building materials and colors. He stated that staff had recommended approval for the project and hoped that the Board would do the same. Member Strom commented that with his experience with Blue Mist Spirea is that it rarely gets above three feet high and would be surprised if they reached five feet as the landscape plan indicated. He stated that he was concerned about placing a car between landscaped islands which provide the break-up of a row of cars along the frontage and College. He stated that the landscaping was done very well but was concerned about the constant row of cars from the north side of the site to the south side. Member Cottier stated that she had concerns about the landscaping of the interior of the north parking lot and no landscaping breaking up the expansion of cars. She asked if there was a possibility of adding an island in that area. Ms. Whetstone stated that staff reviewed this area and concluded that it was a low -interest area. Discussions were held regarding this and more trees could be placed where the applicant wouldn't lose parking spaces. Member Cottier stated that she had the same concerns as Member Strom in regards to the long, unbroken row of cars. Mr. Lockwood explained that a typical landscaped island would be 8 feet wide by 19 feet long. This would represent about 152 square feet of landscaped area. He stated that they tried to increase some of the interior landscape, as well as break up the repetition of cars along College Avenue, and still display some vehicles. He stated that by turning the island parallel to the curb, an island could be installed that was 10 feet by 20 feet and increase the overall landscaping that would break up the row of cars. This proposal would expose the island to the street and break up the row of vehicles. He added that there would be no potential for the owner of this site to park vehicles in the landscaped area. Member Walker asked what would happen if the car and landscaped island were reversed. Mr. Lockwood stated that this was discussed with staff and it was decided that if this concept was not acceptable, then the applicant would go to the typical island situation, which, he believed, would not be as aesthetic as the proposed plan. 3 Member Gorman asked what the applicant would do with an excess of inventory. Mr. Lockwood replied that he called the Poudre Fire Authority to see if there would be a problem with parallel parking the excess cars along the building on the west side. He stated that the Fire Marshall replied that there would be no problem with this. A copy of the letter has been sent to Ms. Whetstone. Member O'Dell moved to approve Pedersen Toyota Volvo Saab Preliminary and Final. She commented that it was well landscaped and believed that it was an attractive site. Member Strom seconded the motion. Member Cottier commented that the landscaping plan was far superior to a lot that the Board has reviewed. She believed that a few trees added to the north part of the lot would add to the overall image given off by the asphalt to the north. Member Strom commented that he was still a little concerned with the frontage but was interested to see how it turns out because it is different than anything that the Board has reviewed before. He stated that the overall landscaping was very well done. The motion to approve passed 7-0. SERVICE CENTER 5TH -ANNEXATION AND ZONING-#25-91A Kirsten Whetstone gave a description of the proposed annexation and zoning. She stated that the City was the owner of the property and that this was a 100% voluntary annexation. The property was commonly known as the Milligan Lumber yard. The City purchased this property in 1991 for future expansion of the Wood Street Service Center. The property was currently zoned I -Industrial in the County. The requested zoning RC, River Corridor, was in conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan. She stated that there were no current plans for the existing structure that was on the property. She added that the Service Center will, in the long term, be expanding their services to this property. Currently, this property meets the 1/6 contiguity for state requirements for an annexation. Member Carroll asked if annexing this property would influence the use of the property. Mr. Peterson replied that this would not influence the use of the property. Ms. Dinkelman, 620 Park Street, stated that, on numerous occasions, she has called the Police Department during the night because there would be trucks running their engines for a long period of time. She stated that this was a noise pollution and dust pollution issue. She stated that two weeks ago she was told that a lilac catch for the dust would be planted. She stated that a lilac hedge would not catch the dust the enters the adjacent neighborhood. She stated that the lights from the trucks would shine into the house's windows. She stated that when she bought the property in 1958, it was zoned Industrial but the lumber yard across the street conformed to operating hours of 7 am to 7 pm. On the other side of the property, she had an orchard and a meadow. She had a nice view. She asked if the buildings were going to be kept. She believed that there was drug trafficking in the empty buildings and people sleeping in the buildings. She stated that the week of June 4, the Police Department practiced shooting that was very loud. She stated that she has written letters to the mayor and the Police Chief complaining about this property. 4