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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCHESTERFIELD BOTTOMSLEY POTTS PARKING LOT PUD FINAL - 52 90 - CORRESPONDENCE - CORRESPONDENCE-CONCEPTUAL REVIEWr 'i (1=0 L �Ia= City of Fort Collins DeveloF nt Services Planning Department November 28, 1990 Mr. Jeff Horton 1415 West Elizabeth Fort Collins, Co 80521 Dear Mr. Horton: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning the Expansion of the Pott's Parking Lot which was presented before the Conceptual Review Team on November 26, 1990. 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 may be 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, A A 7—d N Ted Shepard Project Planner TS/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 80�22-0580 (303) 221-67�0 s I CONCEPTUAL REVIEW STAFF. COMMENTS MEETING DATE: November 26, 1990 ITEM: Expansion of the Pott's Parking Lot APPLICANT: Chesterfields, Bottomsley, and Potts, 1415 West Elizabeth Street, Fort Collins, CO. 80521 LAND USE DATA: Request to construct a customer parking lot for 70 spaces, on three acres, located in the Matador Apartment complex, south of Duds and Suds and Diamond Shamrock. Access to be gained from the existing parking lot and from the Taco Bell private road. COMMENTS: I. The City of Fort Collins Light and Power Department has a triple, fiberglass, switching vault, as well as a pad mounted transformer located in the proposed driveway leading from Potts to the proposed lot. These facilities will be very expensive to move. All moving costs would be borne by the developer. Moving the vault would result in creating additional 90 degree bends in the conduit which makes it very difficult to feed through the electrical cables. It is suggested that the driveway connection be made elsewhere to avoid relocation of these electrical facilities. For more information, please call Doug Martine, Light and Power, 221- 6700. 2. If the parking drive connection is moved to the west of Duds and Suds, then you are impacting the existing stormwater detention pond for Diamond Shamrock. This pond could be modified or enlarged so long as the capacity and release rates remain the same. Please be aware that the release rate for this pond is very restrictive. The pond could be modified so it falls onto the proposed property. This relocation would involve the permission of Diamond Shamrock. 3. The proposed parking lot would create additional impervious surface area which requires its own detention. A Drainage Report and Drainage and Grading Plan would be required to be submitted to the Stormwater Utility for review. With three acres available, there seems to be sufficient area to accomplish both parking and detention. For further information, please contact Glen Schlueter, Stormwater Utility, 221-6589. 4. It appears that the proposal lies within the Spring Creek drainage basin. The development fee for this basin is $1,505 per developed acre. 5. There is an existing sewer main on the south property line of Duds and Suds. This main, and the manholes, must remain in asphalt and not be under sidewalk, curb, or gutter. If not already in place, the sewer line should be placed in a 20 foot wide easement. This easement can be dedicated by subdivision plat or by separate legal instrument. No large trees are allowed in this easement. 6. The street serving Taco Bell and Diamond Shamrock is private. In order to gain access, you must obtain permission to use it. You may be asked to help defer the cost of its construction. This street may have to be extended south to connect to your parking lot. If it is extended, then the six inch water line will also have to be extended so it continues to the new terminal point of the street. 7. If the extension of the private street impacts the fire hydrant, then the hydrant would have to be moved at the developer's expense. For more information, please contact Roger Frasco, Poudre Fire Authority, 221-6570. 8. Since the property is zoned residential, and since the parking would serve a commercial business, the development is not allowed under the Zoning Code. Therefore, the development would have to proceed as a Planned Unit Development under the Land Development Guidance System. You are encouraged to purchase a copy of this document as it discusses the methods of mitigating the impacts of commercial intrusions into residentially zoned areas. This mitigation includes combinations of fencing and landscaping. As a P.U.D., the project will be formally reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Board. 9. It is suggested that all parking lot lighting be of a height no taller than a standard residential street light, about 16 feet. Also, these fixtures should have 90 degree, down directional cutoff lenses so there is minimal light spillage into the adjacent areas. Parking lot lighting should be extinguished or reduced in intensity within 30 to 60 minutes after closing. 10. The use of speed bumps are discouraged. The parking lot and drive aisles should be designed so that speed is controlled without speed bumps. Use of different pavers, textures, colored concrete, and striping are alternatives that could be used. Pavers can be placed in squares, rectangles, diagonals to create interest. 11. Parking lots should be designed so that plowed snow is stored in an area that receives adequate winter sun and drains into a swale, or detention pond without flooding and freezing the parking lot area. Plowed snow should not cause a sight distance problem at the entries and exits. 12. Security lighting from the restaurant to the parking lot will be a serious issue. The Planning Department has received information that the Taco Bell employs off -duty police officers to control rowdyism and loitering on weekend evenings. This behavior is especially active at the closing times for the bars in the area. The parking lot and pedestrian connections should not have any blind spots. There should be pedestrian scale lighting. Long sidewalks should feature four foot lighting on bollards at certain intervals. Steps should be taken so that a rowdy Taco Bell crowd does not "hang out" in your parking lot. Late departing employees should not park in the remote spaces. For more information on crime prevention, please call Officer Ken Kirchoff, Police Services, 221-6833. 13. The long fence should feature indentations, brick columns, varying height, different materials or any other design treatments to add variety and to break up a long, monotonous fence line. 14. The Planning Department will not recommend approval of a parking lot that does not have hard surface. If you would like to begin parking before all the improvements are complete, then a letter of credit, for 125% of the value of the remaining improvements, must be submitted to the Zoning Department. This letter of credit must be irrevocable. The length of time covered under a letter of credit can be negotiated but usually terminates at the conclusion of the next available planting season.