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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAMIGOS AT SHIELDS PRELIMINARY PUD - 47 90A - CORRESPONDENCE - RESPONSE TO CITIZENDevelop*~-nt Services Planning ►,cpartment City of Fort Collins July 3, 1991 Mrs. Emily Smith Prospect -Shields Neighborhood Association 1000.West Prospect Road Fort Collins, CO. 80526 Dear Mrs. Smith: Per your request to keep your organization informed of development potential in your neighborhood, I have enclosed a copy of the Conceptual Review Staff Comments for Amigos Restaurant. The proposed location is 1015 South Shields, currently a Texaco service station. Amigos Restaurant has retained the services of Vaught -Frye Architects and Planners to investigate the feasibility of a drive thru restaurant as a planned unit development at this location. At present, Vaught -Frye has requested an "area of notification" map from the Planning Department for a possible neighborhood meeting. As yet, the neighborhood meeting has not been scheduled. Your organization will be notified when this meeting is confirmed. The Planning Department has not heard back from' the Mullaneys regarding the parcel at the southwest corner of Prospect and Shields. From all indications, it appears that the City Stormwater Utility Department and the Mullaneys must come to terms on an acquisition price for storm channel improvements before the parcel is ready to be brought through the plan review process. Again, your organization will be notified if a neighborhood meeting is scheduled for this proposal.. Nor has the Planning Department heard back from the group -- - - investigating multi -family housing on the 20 acres at Stuart and Shields (old Pulse P.U.D.). This group, based out of Birmingham, Alabama, is interested in providing upscale, secure, multi -family units for college students. The group has done other projects in other university settings across the county but has not reached any final decision about locating in Fort Collins. While it is unknown which of these projects will be submitted for plan review, your organization should be aware that all three are being vigorously analyzed for feasibility. We will keep you informed as each project comes forward for Conceptual Review or for a neighborhood information meeting. Sincerely: Ted Shepard 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • ! Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 y- 5 City of Fort Collins June 27, 1991 Develop; it Services Planning Department Mr. Frank Vaught Vaught - Frye Architects 2900 South College Avenue Fort Collins, CO 80525 Dear Mr. Vaught: For your information, attached is a copy of the Staff's comments concerning Amigos at 1015 South Shields (Texaco), which was presented before the Conceptual Review Team on June 24, 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 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, l Ted Shepard Project Planner TS/d _. Attachment cc: Tom Peterson, Planning Director Kerrie Ashbeck, Civil Engineer Project Planner File 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750 CONCEPTUALO REVIEW STAFF ;OMMENTS MEETING DATE: June 24, 1991 ITEM: Amigos at 1015 South Shields (Texaco) APPLICANT: Amigos Restaurant c/o Frank Vaught, Vaught - Frye Architects, 2900 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO. 80525 LAND USE DATA: Reqilest for a drive-thru restaurant -on .59 acre located at 1015 South Shields, currently a Texaco service station. The zoning is B-L, Limited Business. COMMENTS: 1. The City Light and Power Department has secondary overhead power to the site. This line would have to be placed in an underground conduit, located in a utility easement. This modification would be at the developer's expense. A Commercial One Form, "C-111, would have to be completed to determine entrance capacity. The pad mounted transformer must be accessible from one side by hard surface which may. feature an access gate. The transfomer may be screened on three sides by landscaping or an enclosure. 2. The existing water and sewer services to the Texaco are in place. These may be used if adequate for Amigos' needs. A grease trap must be added to the sanitary sewer located outside the building. 3. The property is located in the Spring Creek drainage basin. The drainage fees are $1,610 per developed acre. A Drainage'Report and. Drainage and Grading -Plan are required. Onsite detention would.. be required. Erosion control must be.addressed in the Drainage Report. 4. During review of the ,Texaco enlargement of a building containing a non -conforming use, it was detemined that an offsite drainage easement must be obtained from :adjacent- church. Permission to grant-this•easement has not been forthcoming. The Concer-n..o.f the church is long term maintenance. - t. . 5. The Poudre Fire Authority needs adequate turning radii in the parking lot. Present radii look very tight and may not meet the access requirements of the Fire Code. Fire sprinklers would alleviate the problem with tight turning radii. If the existing fire hydrant is within 400 feet, then a new hydrant will not be required. 6. Removal of Texaco's underground gasoline storage tanks will require a permit from the Poudre Fire Authority. For further information, please contact Warren Jones,'221-6570. 7. The zoning is B-L, Limited Business. Standard and fast food restaurants are allowed in the B-L. The drive-thru component will trigger the request to be processed as a planned unit development. A neighborhood meeting will be required. 8. With only one street frontage, the property is eligible for only one free-standing sign. Since menu boards are classified as free-standing, a variance would have to be obtained from the Zoning Board of Appeals to allow two free-standing signs. For further information, please contact Dan Coldiron, 221-6760. 9. There are serious traffic related issues with a drive-thru restaurant at this location. Presently, Shields Street is at over capacity at the Shields/Elizabeth intersection. Northbound traffic turning west on Elizabeth stacks back past University. There are no .plans to signalize University. As a result, left turns into and out of the site would be prohibited. If left turn exits from the drive-thru lane were not restricted, then there would be excessive stacking back past the pick-up window, the menu board, and into the parking lot. 10. A Traffic Impact Analysis would be required. Such a study should meet the standard format and criteria of the City Transporation Department. Please contact Eric Bracke, 221-6608 for further information. 11. The Transportation Department strongly encourages the applicant to consider the location of the campus and promote pedestrian versus vehicular access. 12. A "Choices 95" project for 1994 would construct a right turn lane for eastbound Elizabeth to southbound Shields. Also, a signal at Lake Street is planned. Again, there are no plans to signalize Shields at University. 13. The Street Oversizing Fee for a drive-thru restaurant is $14,005 per acre. 14. The Auto Related and Roadside Commercial, point chart of the L.D.G.S. awards points for being ..."contiguous to and functionally a part of a neighborhood.or community regional shopping center...". At present, 'the property is not considered to be eligible for these points. Staff would consider granting these points if Amigos and the Campus West Center were to cooperate on curb cut consolidation and upgrading the landscaping of .the center. Evidence of such cooperation must be in writing and landscaping must be of a sufficient quantity genuinely upgrade the center. 15. The site plan, as submitted, indicates 16 feet long parking stalls,. and 20 feet wide parking lot drive aisles. These dimensions are below standards and would not be allowed. 16. Vehicular overhang areas should not be so small that landscaping cannot grow. These areas should be widened and planted with landscape materials. 17. Have you considered the level of bicycle traffic in the area? Have modifications been made to accommodate bike traffic, bike parking, and bike drive-thru capability? 18. Please be aware that the alley between Texaco and Campus West shops is on Texaco's property. This alley is used by the shops for dumpster and loading access. It is strongly suggested that Amigos meet with the property mananger and the tenants of Campus West to determine the impacts of drive-thru restaurant on the alley. 19. Has Amigos considered purchasing the vacant property to the south? If this property is acquired, then primary vehicular access could be gained from a non -arterial and points could be awarded on the Auto Related and Roadside Commercial point chart. In addition, the extra land could be -used to provide a much greater measure of landscape buffering than presently indicated on the sketch plan. This area would allow for outdoor dining. 20. If Amigos seeks points for energy conservation., then a report must be submitted and certified by a' mechanical engineer. demonstrating how the criteria has been met. Such a report will be evaluated by the Building Inspection Division. 21. Please be aware that as a Planned Unit Development, the project will be held to a higher standard than that allowed under the "use by right" zoning. For example, Staff would look for total screening of rooftop mechanical equipment, total screening of the menu board, building foundation shrubs along the drive-thru lane, a free-standing monument sign mounted on a pedestal of similar material as the building. The size, location, and character of the readerboard would be closely reviewed, as would the use of exposed neon as an- architectural, ,feature. Landscaping, berming, and setbacks would be closely scrutinized to minimize the impact on the streetscape and the adjacent, residentially zoned property. 22. A neighborhood meeting will be required. __