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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSPRING CREEK CENTER PUD PRELIMINARY - 17 90C - CORRESPONDENCE - STAFF'S PROJECT COMMENTSComm •ty Planning and Environmentalorvices Current Planning City of Fort Collins December 20, 1996 The W. W. Reynolds Companies c/o Eldon Ward Cityscape Urban Design, Inc. 3555 Stanford Road, Suite 105 Fort Collins, CO 80525 Dear Eldon, Staff has reviewed the rw== r the Spring Creek Center PUD, Preliminary that were submitted on November 22, 1996, and would like to offer the following comments: The Light and Power Utility offers the following comments: a! Please coordinate transformer locations with Light and Power. Some of the locations indicated on the Site Plan may need to be changed. ti. Phasing of the development will affect the transformer layout. Some transformers could be shared with more than one building. V Separate easements or a blanket easement will be required for electric lines. d,/ Maintain 40 feet between street lights and street trees. See the attached drawing for clearance requirements. 2. The Transportation Department offers the following comments: The East Prospect Road and Specht Point Road intersection is projected to operate at a level of service "F". This is an unacceptable level of service. A right -turn -lane northbound on Timberline Road at Midpoint Drive is necessary. Please modify the Timberline Road / Midpoint Drive intersection to a right -in / right -out only access. 281 North College Avenue • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (970) 221-6750 FAX (970) 221-6378 • TDD (970) 224-6002 PROJECT COMMENT SHEET City of Fort Collins Current Planning DATE: November 27, 1996 DEPT: Engineering PROJECT: #17-90C Spring Creek Center PUD -Preliminary PLANNER: Mike Ludwig All comments must be received by: Monday, December 16, 1996 Soils Report: • Recommends perimeter drains - sump and pump system or daylight to Spring Creek (o.k. to daylight to Spring Creek with Stormwater as part of drainage design) Traffic Study: • City Traffic Engineer has requested that the curb cuts along Midpoint Drive be consolidated into one • Study is based on Timberline/ Midpoint intersection being a right-in/right-out in the short range. However, there is no discussion about whether this assumption was made because there will eventually be a median in Timberline since it is a major arterial, when there will be the need for a median in Timberline, and/or if the median is needed to be constructed as a result of this development or at a certain phase of this development. Please clarify. (According to the City's Timberline project engineers, the City has no plans for improving Timberline south of Prospect Road at this time other than some changes to the lane striping when the Timberline extension is complete.) Date: IZ A M Signature CHECK IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE ® PLAT COPIES OF REVISIONS E3 SITE ® LANDSCAPE 13 UTILITY Site Plan: • City staff will discuss whether or not the City wants to pay for reconstructing the sidewalk on Prospect Road to the new standard detached walk where it is possible along the frontage of this site. Due to the existing street trees behind the walk, it is unlikely that the City will want to relocate and reconstruct the sidewalk at this time. • Eliminate the "bump out" in the sidewalk around the existing fire hydrant on Specht Point Road. Relocate the fire hydrant and leave the sidewalk in its standard location along the r.o.w. line. • Label all parkway and sidewalk widths including any existing sidewalks (Prospect) • Driveways must intersect Specht Point Road at 900 for at least 50 feet back from the travelway. Since these will be relatively high volume driveways it is important that drivers are able to approach the intersection at the best possible angle for visibility. Also, angled driveways result in vehicles stopping at awkward approach angles in and out of the driveway and often obstruct the access altogether. • The car wash exit on Lot 1 conflicts with the entrance and exit to Lot 1 Plat: • Clarify the r.o.w. dedication (existing and/or proposed) for all streets around the perimeter of the site - especially Timberline Road. • The minimum required utility easement width along Timberline Road and Prospect Road is 15 feet and 9 feet along Specht Point and Midpoint. Utility Plans See comments on site plan, etc. It is not clear from the plans what the proposed improvements to Timberline Road are - there are no dimensions, no clear distinction between existing and proposed asphalt, curb and gutter, improvements across Spring Creek (e.g. sidewalk), striping and lane configuration Timberline, etc. Even though this is a preliminary, there should be some basic information to show what is proposed and existing in terms of street improvements. Provide the preliminary off -site design for the ultimate width of Timberline Road to the south, where Timberline Road will be centered on the section line, and show the curvature and transition to the Spring Creek bridge (being the ultimate east curb line). Set the curb and gutter location along this property based on that design. Mike Herzig has some background on what was planned for the Timberline alignment south of Prospect and how it would transition to the south to be centered along the section line. 0 1. The only improvements the City has planned for Timberline south of Prospect, as described previously, are changes to the striping and laneage (existing free right, and left/ through will be reconfigured for a dedicated left turn lane and a through/right). The new street standards require a 4.5 foot wide sidewalk on Midpoint and Specht Point and a 6 foot parkway width - label all parkway and sidewalk width around the perimeter of the site and provide additional sidewalk easement where necessary. • d. The multiple curb -cuts on Midpoint Drive should be consolidated into one curb -cut. The Right -of -Way Planning Department states that the legal description for the easement recorded in Book 2282, Page 52 differs from the legal description shown on the Spring Creek Center PUD Plat. 4. Public Service Company offers the following comments: a! The existing 6" gas line in the north easement of Midpoint drive and west easement of Specht Point Road is an intermediate pressure feeder line, and will not be utilized to supply natural gas to this project. Gas lines to serve this project will have to be extended from existing lower pressure lines on the east side of Specht Point Road and or the south side of Midpoint Drive. b. The widths of the "30' access and utility easement" and "20' utility easement" interior to this project need to be increased to 50' and 40' respectively. c' As noted on the Landscape Plan, no trees may be planted closer than 4' to any gas line. 5. The Zoning Department offers the following comments: Are two canopy gas stations / convenience stores / car washes (Lots 1 and 6) necessary on this site? Ob- Please provide building dimensions, building envelopes and distances to property lines. No bike racks are currently provided on Lot 6. Please add. G Please provide a landscape phase plan which Certificates of Occupancy may p.J be tied to. �! Please delete the words "on -site" from Plant Note #6 on the Landscape Plan as there is no confusion that the right-of-way landscaping is included as part of the Landscape Plan. Plant note #7 indicates a "homeowners association"? Shouldn't this be titled something different as this is not a residential project? � t 4 Please provide a plant list with species and sizes at Final PUD. Ch. ,� Please specify land uses on the building envelopes of the Site Plan. 6. The Building Inspections Department offers the following comments: Buildings which exceed 5,000 square feet in area must be equipped with an automated fire suppression system or be compartmentalized by fire -resistive construction as required by Section 3802, UBC as amended by the City of Fort Collins. The site shall be accessible to persons with disabilities in accordance with Uniform Building Code Section 3103 and UBC Appendix Section 3106. Provide a designated and marked "accessible route of travel" between all the buildings on the site and building exits and entrances and the public way (public sidewalk). Accessible routes shall comply with ANSI A117.1-1992 with running slopes no greater than 1:20 and cross slopes no steeper than 1:50. Where routes cross lanes for vehicle traffic they shall be designated and marked as a cross walk. Provide parking and signs per Appendix Section 3107. Parking and access aisles shall comply with ANSI A117.1- 1992 with slopes no greater than 1:50 in any direction. Buildings shall be designed to comply with the Fort Collins Non-residential Energy Code (ASHRAE 90.1 with local amendments). c)l Food service establishments require approval by the Larimer County Health Department at the time of building permit application. Please contact Jim Devore at (970) 498-6775 for submittal information. 2 Storage or use of hazardous materials must be in compliance with the Fire Doe � Code and Chapter 9 of the 1991 Uniform Building Code as adopted by the et. e City of Fort Collins. A list of such materials with quantities and classifications is required as per All -Development Criteria A-2.18 "Hazardous Materials". Please submit four copies with revisions. TCI of Fort Collins would like to see a utility easement on the north property line of Lots 2, 3, 4, and 5 along the Public Improvements Easement. 8. The Water and Wastewater Utility offers the following comments: Please coordinate the Landscape Plan with civil design. Show water and sewer services on the Landscape Plan and provide required landscape separations. b. Separate water and sewer services must be provided for each building. C. Please show the location of curb stops and meter pits. Curb stops and meter pits must be located in landscaped areas. d. Please provide sand and oil interceptors for all car wash facilities. e. Please provide easements for curb stops and fire hydrants. f. Please add a sentence to Plant Note 10 on the Landscape Plan which states: "Keep all shrubs 4' clear from water and sanitary sewer lines, services, etc." g. Please add a note to the Landscape Plan which states: "Locate all utilities prior to planting of landscaping." 9. The Transportation Planner offers the following comments: a. Please provide an 8' wide combination pedestrian/bikeway along Spring Creek as 6' is too narrow for both. b. Please add pedestrian walks and crossings near Lot 1 and Lot 8. Please change the landscaping of parking area medians near Lot 1 and Lot 8 so they can serve as pedestrian walkways. C. A transit stop exists at the northeast corner of Midpoint Drive and Timberline Road that needs to be accommodated. 10. Comments from the Stormwater Utility are attached. 11. Comments from the Engineering Department are attached. 12. The Natural Resources Department stated that the setbacks of the project from Spring Creek do not appear adequate. We need a transition zone of native vegetation between the buildings and Spring Creek. Landscaping in this transition area should be native trees and shrubs. The minimum distance between the developed portions of the site and Spring Creek (top of bank on the project side) should be 100 feet. 13. The Current Planning Department offers the following comments: (>� The convenience store / gas station / car wash on Lot 6 should be reverse mode. I� The subject property is located in the Business Park Style of the Developed Urban District of the Prospect Streetscape Program. Please address how this proposed development meets requirements for architectural design, parking and service areas, landscaping and setbacks. Staff suggests that buildings could face adjacent streets and have better internal circulation, access and relation to one another. • What building material is proposed directly above the bottom row of windows on the typical office buildings/retail elevation? Brick should be proposed below the bottom row of windows on this elevation also. d_ Brick veneer matching the retail stores/office building should be used on the convenience stores. Please delete the words "(or block)". Please indicate the colors of the canopy. Lights under the canopies must be fully recessed. The asphalt shingles designated on the typical retail stores/office elevations must be high -profile, heavy -dimensional. rPlease delete standing seam metal from the list of potential roofing materials. Ch. Please delete the words "or as use -by -right as allowed in the HB - Highway Business District" from General Note 11 on the Site Plan. The applicant is proposing a PUD on the entire property. Therefore, any portion of the property must be processed as a PUD and not a Use -by -right. Please revise the Property Description on the Site Plan to state: "Tract A, Center Point Park, City of Fort Collins, County of Larimer, State of Colorado." O Please delete the note beneath the word "COVERAGE" in the Land Use Breakdown Table. This note is unnecessary as an Final PUD must be in substantial compliance with the Preliminary PUD as defined in the LDGS. There appear to be numerous traffic circulation and parking (backing) conflicts throughout the Site Plan. All pedestrian walks across drive aisles should be raised and patterned. V Please revise Plant Note 6 on the Landscape Plan to state that the letter of credit, performance bond, or escrow account is for 125% of the materials and installation. Please delete the last sentence of Plant Note #10 on the Landscape Plan. Additional landscaping is needed along the northwest boundary Lot 2 to screen the view of the stacking lane for the drive-thru facility. p/ Why isn't Criteria f (joint parking) of the Auto -Related and Roadside Commercial and Business Service Uses point charts applicable? • This completes the review comments at this time. Additional comments may be forthcoming as the various departments and reviewing agencies continue to review this request. Please be aware of the following dates and deadlines to assure your ability to stay on schedule for the January 27, 1997 Planning and Zoning Board hearing: Plan revisions are due by 12:00 noon on January 8, 1997. Please contact me for the number of folded revisions required for each document. No revisions will be reviewed after the above deadline. If revisions are not received by this date, the item will either go to the Planning and Zoning Board with a staff recommendation based on the originally submitted documents or the applicant will have the option to continue the item to the next month's P&Z agenda. PMT's, renderings, and 8 folded copies of final revisions are due by 12:00 noon on January 21, 1997. Please contact me at 221-6206 if you have any questions or concerns related to these comments. I would like to schedule a meeting with you as soon as possible, if necessary, to discuss these comments. Sincerely, E =� Michael Ludwig Project Planner xc: Kerrie Ashbeck Stormwater Utility file/Project Planner STANDARD TREE/STREETLIGHT L❑CATIONS 40' MINIMUM FOR UK. I...f .IT., SIDEWALK PLANTING STRIP ELECTRIC LINE CURB STREET J 11\LL I L-LUfl l PROJECT COMMENT SHEET City of Fort Collins Current Planning DATE: November 27, 1996 DEPT: Stormwater Utility PROJECT: F17-90C Spring Creek Center PUD - Preliminary PLANNER: Mike Ludwig All comments must be received by: Monday, December 16, 1996 1. The 75 cfs spill over Timberline Road identified in the master plan is shown to spill near the bridge. It appears from the existing contours that the spill would occur at the low point in Timberline Road roughly 260' from the bridge. Please determine the location of the spill and show how the spill will pass through the site. The existing ditch along the east side of Timberline is shown with proposed sidewalk over the top. Please show cross - sections of the channel along Timberline. This off -site spill must be within a drainage easement through the property. 2. The preliminary utility plans show two existing culverts under Mid Point Drive. The discharge from these pipes must be passed through the site. Please show more topography of the area south of Mid Point Drive. 3. High points are needed at the two entrances from Specht Point Drive. The drainage from basin 3 must be directed directly to Spring Creek. Date: /� Signature<< T CHECK IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE COPIES OF REVISIONS ❑ Cc; %i��rie i�s� beo h PLAT ❑ SITE ❑ LANDSCAPE ❑ UTILITY • 4. The runoff from basin 4 into the Advanced Energy pond must be less than the historic runoff to the pond. Please provide historic runoff calculations to verify proposed conditions against historic conditions. 5. Please show the 100-year floodplain of Spring Creek. If the property owner desires, the Stormwater Utility will accept ownership of the floodplain area. However, the upland area would not be accepted by the Stormwater Utility. Please refer to the redlined plans and report for additional review comments.