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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPACIFIC COAST SUPPLY WAREHOUSE - FDP200019 - SUBMITTAL DOCUMENTS - ROUND 1 - DESIGN NARRATIVESeptember 8, 2020 City of Fort Collins Building Services 281 N. College Ave Fort Collins, CO 80524 buildingservices@fcgov.com Re: Project Information and Design Narrative Pacific Coast Supply – Building 3 – Storage Warehouse Expansion Final Development Plan Submittal 1012 NE Frontage Rd. Fort Collins, CO 80524 Existing South Lot, 2.200 acres + Expansion North Lot, 2.062 acres Zoning Classification: I - Industrial Building Services: Attached is the Final Development Plan submittal following the Concept Review, 2-20-20. Pacific Coast Supply is proposing a Phase 2 expansion at their Ft. Collins, CO location. Pacific Coast Supply is a wholesale roofing and gypsum board building product supplier with locations in the western region. The Ft Collins branch is currently located at 1012 NE Frontage Rd with an Administrative Office Bldg 1 and existing Product Storage Warehouse – Bldg. 2, with the remainder of the site containing Outdoor Product Storage. The proposed Bldg. 3 expansion will be on the adjacent lot to the north and will include a new 20,000 sf Storage Warehouse for gypsum board drywall sheet product storage only, along with additional Outdoor Storage. Site Development Data: □ Zoning: The current zoning of the property is I - Industrial. There is no change of zoning required. The site is located along the I-25 Corridor and falls under the Development Standards for the I-25 Corridor in the Ft. Collins Land Use Code. □ Building Improvements: The proposed North lot expansion will include a new 20,000 sf Storage Warehouse, specifically for gypsum board sheet storage. The remainder of the site will be an Outdoor Material Storage yard for additional building products, similar to the South Lot. The building will serve as a secondary structure to the existing buildings on the South lot. All main employee and administrative spaces will remain on the existing Admin Bldg. 1. □ Site Improvements: The expansion North Lot will include a new 20,000 sf storage warehouse oriented east/west along the north property line. The building will be set back from the center line of I- 25 greater than 245’ to allow a 60% I-25 frontage width for the proposed 100’ building width. The proposed front setback will also meet the 80’ front landscape buffer zone required for the I-25 Corridor. The remainder of the lot will be paved with a combination of asphalt paving and crushed rock gravel for Outdoor Product Storage. The Outdoor Storage yard will be expanded to include the rear of both the south and north parcels. Site access will remain off the I-25 Frontage Rd to the south common access road. The existing south access gate will remain the main site entrance/exit with the West access gate serving as a secondary site access point. Both lots will be connected internally with a central paved area for common site circulation. Outdoor product storage will be located at the rear/east portion of both parcels. □ Site Fencing: The existing South Lot currently is fenced with a 6’ chain link fence with rolling gate at the south access drive. This fence is new, in good condition with no plans to replace per the LUC. The north expansion lot frontage fence and rolling gate to tie to the existing Admin Bldg 1, will be a Pacific Coast Supply Phase 2 – North Lot Expansion Project Information and Design Narrative Final Development Plan Submittal 2 decorative, metal rail security fence with masonry columns at approximately 16’ oc to meet the city fence design requirements. It is proposed thru a Land-Use Code Modification and Alternative Compliance Request process to reuse/relocate the current North PL new chain-link fence to the rear of the north lot expansion for Outdoor Storage. This fence is new, in good condition, easy to relocate and in keeping with the context of the surrounding rural area and the current south lot. □ Property Line Vacation: It is proposed that the 2 lots become a single lot with the vacation of the interior common property line through a Subdivision Plat process. □ CDOT: The project team has reached out to CDOT for ROW requirements in conjunction with the project scope. The submitted TIS, Traffic Impact Study does not require any I-25 Frontage Rd. ROW improvements for the proposed additional site development. Increase site traffic is anticipated to be minimal with the majority of traffic to be PCS trucks that deliver product off site to job sites. CDOT has not commented on any future ROW expansions. A CDOT ROW Access Permit has been prepared for submittal to the state. □ Parking and Traffic Requirements: Traffic to the site will include large product delivery trucks, Pacific Coast Supply delivery trucks, limited customer vehicles to the Admin. Bldg. 1 to select product and employee access. Customer parking is currently on the south side of the existing Admin. Bldg. 1 and will remain there. The PCS employee count is anticipated to remain the same with the addition of the proposed new Storage Bldg. 3 at 8 to 10 employees. Employees will continue to work out of the existing Admin. Bldg 1 that contains employee offices, common spaces and restrooms. Industrial Zone require parking is 0.5 min to 0.75 parking spaces/employee. 8 Employee parking spaces have been relocated to the north of the existing Admin. Bldg 1. □ Landscaping: The I-25 Corridor requires an 80’ ROW frontage landscape buffer zone with 1 tree + 10 shrubs per 25’ lineal frontage. The building has been setback greater than 80’ to accommodate the detention pond for both parcels and the 60% building frontage size. The South lot has existing landscaping that generally meets the 80’ frontage landscape requirements and is proposed to remain as is. The site has been visited by the City Forester, Christine Holtz for an existing Tree Inventory. The North Lot, East PL, along the existing irrigation ditch, has been identified to have a Wild Plum Natural Shrubland. This has been identified by the city as rare and must be maintained as a Natural Landscape Buffer Zone. The City has requested a 50’ Buffer Zone. That amount of land dedication will have a large impact on the rear yard product storage capacity. PCS is proposing a 30’ Buffer Zone that completely encompasses the existing ditch slope and wild plum vegetation and should be sufficient to protect the existing shrubland. □ Site Detention: The North lot slopes from SE to the NW corner of the lot. The existing I-25 frontage road currently has a drainage ditch serving the entire site running from north to south to an existing culvert undergrounding to the west under I-25. The detention pond is located within the 80’ landscape buffer zone with release to the existing drainage ditch and is designed to accommodate both the existing South Lot and the North Expansion Lot. The current South Lot does not have any existing drainage structures or paving in the current Outdoor Storage yard. An internal bioretention LID structure is proposed along the north side of the existing buildings, to meet City of Ft. Collins additional water quality and drainage requirements. □ Site Utilities: ELCO Water District has confirmed the South Lot and buildings are served by an existing 2” water main running in the north/south water easement bisecting the site. This water line cannot support any additional taps, fire line or fire hydrants. Any new water service lines will have to come of the existing ¾” tap and service line and be supported by the existing water service. To meet this and the user needs, the new Storage Bldg 3 is proposed to not include any restroom facilities and therefore, does not require a new domestic water line to the bldg. Fire connection will be to an underground on-site, water storage tank with pump house to serve a dry automatic fire sprinkler system. Pacific Coast Supply Phase 2 – North Lot Expansion Project Information and Design Narrative Final Development Plan Submittal 2 Boxelder Sanitation District has confirmed this area is not served by underground district utilities and PCS has confirmed that the site is served by an existing septic system to the north of the Admin. Bldg. 1. This system will be maintained with no additional fixtures proposed. □ IBC Classification: The proposed new building would be classified as an S2 Occupancy Type for gypsum board sheet product storage only. The Construction Type will be Type II-B, non-combustible construction with a PEMB Pre-Engineered Metal Bldg system. The Storage Bldg 3 is proposed to be a semi-conditioned, Storage Warehouse for product storage only with no employee occupants. No employee support spaces, such as restrooms are proposed. All employee support spaces will remain in the existing Admin. Bldg. 1, which is within 500’ of the new building and meets the distance requirements of IBC Ch. 29. □ IFC Fire Protection: The new storage building is required to have an automatic fire protection system per Poudre Fire for buildings over 5,000 sf. Storage Bldg. 3 is proposed to be a semi-conditioned storage shed and will included a dry fire protection system. The automatic fire sprinkler system will be supported by an on-site, underground water storage tank with pump house. This will be located in the east storage yard. Refer to the submitted Fire Protection Report that includes a preliminary analysis of the system water capacity requirements of 43,200 gallons. A proposed underground storage tank of 50,000 gallons is shown. As discussed, there will be no high pile storage in the proposed Bldg 3. All gypsum drywall sheets will be stored in floor stacks less than 12’ in height, as shown in previous photos from other PCS facilities. A preliminary emergency vehicle site access easement has been shown for comment. □ Building Architecture: The proposed building architecture will be a Pre-Engineered Metal Building structure that matches the Pacific Coast Supply prototype building design. The exterior utilizes standard PEMB wall and roof metal panel systems including standard corrugated metal wall and roof panels. The main Front/West Building elevation will be accented with a cultured stone veneer panel that is also a Pacific Coast supply product line. Building Signage with be focused above this panel. The building will have a sloped gable metal roof profile with an outdoor product storage overhang canopy. Thank you for your help in assisting to make this project a possible reality and meet the goals of Pacific Coast Supply as they look to expand for the future. Sincerely, ZP Architects Engineers Jeanne Fielding, LEED AP, AIA, NCARB Principal