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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAMIGOS AT SHIELDS PRELIMINARY PUD 12.17.1992 P AND Z BOARD HEARING - 47 90A - DECISION - MINUTES/NOTES& 0 • PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING MINUTES December 17, 1992 Gerry Horak, Council Liaison Tom Peterson, Staff Support Liaison The regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board was called to order at 6:34 p.m. in the Council Chambers of City Hall West, 300 LaPorte Avenue, Fort Collins, Colorado. Board members present included: Vice Chairman Lloyd Walker, Jan Cottier, Jim Klataske, Laurie O'Dell and Rene Clements -Cooney. Chairman Bernie Strom and Member Joe Carroll joined the meeting at approximately 8:15 P.M. Staff members present included Deputy City Attorney Paul Eckman, Sherry Albertson -Clark, Kirsten Whetstone, Steve Olt, Kerrie Ashbeck, Mike Herzig, Janet Meisel, Joe Frank and Georgiana Taylor. Planning Director Tom Peterson joined the meeting at 7:45 P.M. Identification of citizen participants is from verbal statements and not necessarily correct since none signed in. AGENDA REVIEW Sherry Albertson -Clark reviewed the Consent and Discussion Agenda. The Consent Agenda included: Item 1 - Minutes of the November 16, 1992 Meeting; Item 2 - Fire Station #10 PUD - Preliminary and Final, *58-92; Item 3 - English Ranch Subdivision, 2nd Filing - Final, #75-86H; Item 4 - The Gates at Woodridge PUD, 3rd Filing - Final, 055-87H; Item 5 - The Overlook at Woodridge PUD, 3rd Filing - Final, #55-87I; Item 7 - Rocky Mountain Battery & Recycling P.U.D. - Extension Request - 2 years; Item 8 - South Glen P.U.D., Third Filing - Extension Request - 2 years; Item 9 - PZ92-19 Access and Utility Easement Vacation; Item 10 - Modification of Conditions of Final Approval; Item 11 - Appleridge PUD, 2nd, Amended Final. Discussion Agenda - Item 12 - Resolution PZ92-18 Adoption of the Prospect Road Streetscape Program Design Standards and Guidelines as an element of the City's Comprehensive Plan - 49- 91; Item 13 - Choices 95 Shields Street Improvements from Laurel to Prospect, #59-92 Item 14 - Fort Collins Senior Center P.U.D. - Preliminary, #146-79L; Item 15 - Greenstone P.U.D. - Overall Development Plan, 054-92B (Continued until the January 25, 1993 Meeting); Item 16 - Greenstone P.U.D. - Preliminary, #54-92C (Continued until the January 25, 1993 Meeting); Item 17 - 424 West Oak P.U.D. - Preliminary, 040-92A; Item 18 - Amigos at Shields PUD - Preliminary, 047-90A; Item 19 - Overland Hills West - RF Site Plan Review, #38-90D (Continued until the January 25, 1993 Meeting). Vice Chairman asked if anyone from the Board or the audience would like to pull an item for discussion. There was none. Member Klataske moved for approval of consent items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Member Clements -Cooney seconded the motion. The motion passed 5-0. 1 Member Cottier stated she was more concerned with the property on Sherwood and the likelihood of that converting to office also and the lack of landscaping in the back. Member Carroll agreed that the Board could not say that 120 S. Sherwood could never be converted to an office and no future Planning and Zoning Board could ever convert it to an office. Member O'Dell agreed with Member Carroll. The structure itself was not changing and the restrictions on the type of office could be reasonable based on its proximity to the existing offices. This plan was reasonable and acceptable in terms of the LDGS as well as the West Side Neighborhood Plan. Member O'Dell moved for approval of 420, 424 West Oak and 120 S. Sherwood Street PUD - Preliminary. Member Carroll seconded the motion. Member Cottier stated she would be supporting the motion, but would like to see some additional landscaping added to the back of 120 Sherwood. Member O'Dell stated she would add that as a condition of her motion. Member Carroll seconded the motion. Chairman Strom stated he would be supporting the motion and relied on the PUD process and requirements to give a certain degree of protection to things they don't want to happen. The motion passed 5-2 with Members Walker and Clements -Cooney voting in the negative. AMIGOS AT SHIELDS PUD - PRELIMINARY. #40-92A Sherry Albertson -Clark gave the Staff report recommending approval with 5 conditions. Member Carroll asked Ms. Clark to outline the changes from the previous plan which was tabled and this plan presented tonight. Ms. Albertson -Clark replied that the major change was there was a joint right -in curb cut on the north edge of the Amigos property that would be shared by both Amigos and Campus West. Frank Vaught, Vaught Frye Architects, stated that the main change was the agreement between Campus West and Amigos to work out a shared curb cut. They also had picked up some additional landscaping. They did not have any problems with the conditions Staff had put on the project. Mike Henninger, Amigos Restaurants, stated they were willing to dedicate the land in order for the Choices 95 plan to work and they were willing to make their design consistent with the Choices 95 plan. He felt that they have addressed the issues. 28 Matt Delich, Traffic Engineer, stated he had done the traffic study on this site. Operationally, all the key intersections would be acceptable and in fact they were reducing a number of movements at a number of accesses. PUBLIC INPUT Emily Smith, President of the Prospect/Shields Neighborhood Group, commended the cooperative efforts of Amigos and Campus West towards resolution of the traffic related concerns which would be created by the change of uses at this site. The present plan appears to be a substantial improvement over the previous plan. Since the traffic congestion at the Shields/Elizabeth intersection will never be of less intensity than it currently is, they would encourage Amigos and Campus West to continue to work together towards a solution of their mutually shared traffic problems. CLOSE PUBLIC INPUT Vice Chairman Walker asked if they needed to add as a condition the wording for Amigos to work and conform with the street and sidewalk design of the Choices 95 project. Ms. Albertson -Clark replied it would be good to make certain that it was very clear. Vice Chairman Walker suggested they add to item 5, where it says, "the design of the shared right -in right -out access" and "street bike lane and sidewalk design". Member Cottier asked if the condition meant Amigos could not get final approval until City Council had decided on which alternative. Ms. Albertson -Clark replied yes. Member Clements -Cooney asked if this proposal came in without a drive-thru, would it be a use by right? Ms. Albertson -Clark replied that was correct. Member Clements -Cooney asked what else could happen on this property as a use by right. Ms. Albertson -Clark replied that the BL zone, Limited Business zone allowed a variety of uses such as retail uses, office uses, there was also a shopping center category, standard restaurants are allowed with the exclusion of drive-thru. There were a variety of uses that could vary in terms of intensity. Member Clements -Cooney stated she still had concerns about adverse traffic impact. Her concern was that there was talk tonight about eliminating left hand turns. People were going to turn left there unless there was a median. Her understanding was there was not a median proposed there. Eric Bracke, Transportation Division, replied that was correct, there was not a median that was proposed on Shields Street at this time. They will not eliminate all the left turns. There will be people that violate the left turn in, primarily during the off peak hours. During the peak hours it will be more difficult to make the left turn in and left turn out and the majority of the people will obey it. 29 Mr. Peterson, Planning Director, asked if there was design room to put a median in some day? Member Clements -Cooney asked if there was a median proposed in the Choices 95 project coming up. Mark Sears, Engineering Division, replied there was no median proposed as part of the Choices 95 project. There was a likelihood that a median could be included in the Choices 95 project, but that has not occurred to date and was not being recommended to Council on January 5th. It could be a project that Transportation decides was necessary, and if it goes through the public input process to implement it and then it could be implemented as part of Choices 95. It was not being included at this time. Member Clements -Cooney stated that she would like it noted that it was of concern to her as a member of the Planning and Zoning Board and as a member of this community that drives that road everyday and sees potential accidents everyday and that it be looked into. Member O'Dell stated she still has concerns about this project with it maybe a little to intense for the site, but she recognizes the constraints of the particular piece of property. She applauded the efforts to cut down the number of access points which would cut down, in some ways, the intensity, at least the amount of potential conflicts between cars. She thought this was a much improved design. Member Carroll moved for approval of Amigos at Shields PUD - Preliminary with the first four conditions as stated by Staff and the fifth condition to be amended to state, "at the time of consideration of final PUD, the design of the shared right -in, right -out access, curb line, bikelane and sidewalk must to conform to the selected design criteria of Choices 95 Capitol Improvement Project. Member Cottier seconded the motion. The motion passed 7-0. OTHER BUSINESS None. Chairman Strom announced that he would be resigning Chairmanship of the Planning and Zoning Board but intended to continue being on the Board. The meeting was adjourned at 11:47 p.m. 01141