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Home My WebLink AboutPOUDRE RIVER BUSINESS PARK PUD, PHASE ONE - PRELIMINARY & FINAL - 79-88A - REPORTS - RECOMMENDATION/REPORT W/ATTACHMENTS (2)ITEM 4o. 5 PLANNING AND ZONING BOARD MEETING OF r_>Pn h 19 t988 STAFF REPORT PROJECT: Poudre River Business Park P.U.D., Phase One, Final, #79-88A APPLICANT: Harold Fisher c/o Positive Environments Inc. P.O. Box 98 Fort Collins, CO 80522 OWNER: Harold Fisher Fisher Real Estate 1240 East Mulberry Street Fort Collins, CO. 80524 PROJECT PLANNER: Ted Shepard PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This is a request for Final P.U.D. approval for Phase One of the Poudre River Business Park. The proposal consists of one 12,000 square foot medical office building on .68 acre. The property is located at the northeast corner of Riverside Drive and Lemay Avenue and is zoned b-p, Planned Business with a P.U.D. condition. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The request for a medical office building was evalu- ated under the Business Service Uses point chart. The project achieved a score of 52% which exceeds the required minimum score of 50%. The proposal will include the realignment of Hoffman Mill Road and the creation of a new local street to be named Poudre River Drive. The property is bordered by severe slopes to the north and along portions of the frontage along Lemay Avenue. There were two conditions of preliminary approval pertaining to landscaping along the Lemay Avenue frontage and the Poudre River Drive frontage. These conditions have been satisfied. The property is surrounded by vacant land that is zoned either B-P, Planned Business, or I-G, General Industrial. The only allowed curb cut will be off Poudre River Drive and will be shared with future Lot Two. The Traffic Impact Analysis has been reviewed by the Transportation Director and the poten- tial impacts will be mitigated by acceptable measures. OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT 300 LaPorte Ave. • P.O. Box 580 • Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 • tJUJ) 4= SERVICES, PLANNING DEPARTMENT Poudre River Business Park PUD Phase 1, Preliminary #79-88A P & Z Meeting - December 19, 1988 Page 2 COMMENTS 1. Background: The surrounding zoning and land uses are as follows: N: B-P; Vacant and City Bike Trail S: B-P; Vacant E: I-G; Vacant W: I-G; Vacant The property was annexed into the City in 1983 and zoned b-p Planned Business, with a P.U.D. condition. Preliminary P.U.D. approval was granted in November of 1988. 2. Land Use: The proposed office was evaluated under the Business Service Uses point chart and achieves a score of 52%. This exceeds the minimum required score of 50%. Points were awarded for being located outside the "South College Avenue Corri- dor," being part of a planned center, having two acres or more, and having direct vehicular and pedestrian access between on -site parking areas and adjacent, existing or future offsite parking areas which contain more than 10 spaces. 3. Design: The medical office building proposed for Phase One is designed to be a two story structure with frontage on a realigned portion of Hoffman Mill Road to be called Poudre River Drive. A shared access off Poudre River Drive with future Lot 2 will minimize curb cuts. The exterior building materials will be dark earthtone brick and shake shingles. The entry feature will be a copper roofed portico with skylights. Conditions of Approval: A. "At the time of final submittal, the applicant shall investigate possible solutions and/or bank stabilization techniques to shift the parking lot improve- ments to the north in order to gain a minimum of 10 feet of landscaped area along Poudre River Drive for the purpose of planting street trees." The applicant has increased this landscaped separation along Poudre River Drive to a minimum of 9 feet and added three, 2 inch caliper deciduous street trees. This increased area and additional trees satisfies the condition of approval. Poudre River Business Park PUD Phase 1, Preliminary #79-88A P & Z Meeting - December 19, 1988 Page 3 B. "At the time of final submittal, the applicant shall provide a landscape plan that features landscaping materials between the City bikepath and the sidewalk along Lemay Avenue for the entire width of the property." The applicant now indicates this area to be treated with a buffalo grass seed mixture and two, 2 inch caliper deciduous street trees. These additional materials satisfy the condition of approval. 4. Neighborhood Compatibility: Lot One of the Poudre River Business Park is surrounded by property zoned either B-P, Planned Business, or I-G, General Industrial. Except for City bikepath, all the surrounding properties are vacant. Therefore, no neighborhood meeting was held. S. Transportation: As stated earlier, Hoffman Mill Road will be realigned to form a 90 degree intersection with a newly created street called Poudre River Drive. Poudre River Drive will form a redesigned intersection with Lemay Avenue. Both Hoffman Mill Road and Poudre River Drive are considered local streets. At the intersec- tion with Lemay Avenue, however, Poudre River Drive will be widened beyond local street standards to accommodate left turn exits onto Lemay Avenue. In addition, the break in the median on Lemay will be widened from its current distance of 24 feet to 36 feet. The parking lot for Lot One will feature a shared curb cut with future Lot Two to gain access to Poudre River Drive. Also, the parking lots will have an interconnecting drive aisle to facilitate parking between the two lots. There will not be a traffic signal at Poudre River Drive and Lemay Avenue. RECOMMENDATION: Staff finds the request for Final P.U.D. approval for Phase One of the Poudre River Business Park satisfies the requirements of the Business Service Uses point chart and the criteria of the Land Development Guidance System. In addition, the two conditions of Preliminary approval have been satisfied and the Final is in substantial conformance with the Preliminary. Staff, therefore recommends approval. 'a . CQW U AFL/DtR/VFR C-OlrllG c— - qe POUORE RIVER OR/VE • I ,¢zavev a aw.vMer-s NOTES --- -- / .iw34 um � ro• HNMi�-IF#4N.iB6'iiF38PSx „ . ,n,. ,� „ �� ..---- .•®'cc'... ................. I -- R1TF.FIIAL lEDIEItIF SHWIALIS7 aooacr CLIHIi: FORT COLLNS MOT CGI lIC VICINITV MAP .an r[ue. I[n.:ao. NT3 . ........................... .-1 I b•. ,. r,$�GNI -FRfE TAN /NG �+cc� eo•/-o� Wry.- ITIiOKMGER I I I f y �o I� y �4 T fry VVo. I y�o LOT-1 WE POUDRE RIVER F BUSINESS PARK P. U. D. cap: FINAL ` 1 ca r.c —1 °I colt 1-1— •.a[L .c acla .c° I1/31 r - GNaKCCNERRY �. /✓ATIVL- Ti:EE THICKET SCALLEEI' EDGE a- BANK _T7 TI e: I PAVING Q _ 1 'a� • � I i e I I� / `� � i d PO(IL)PE RIVER DRNE z u j.. LANGSCAP6 LEGEND - ,moo r z�' eeir ..rlrrr ,...&ELICIII eBre.r.. i r.B. r,rB rBi Blri. CC aeua � W rcn rmii.�rn«riw iKc u.o ®w r �..m. F sr,c�x4l1t Tz L ,1 ...... Lor 3 • L�JBGL•eme - C.—T III— I.— Biro. flJIrtIYC _ C/lOKECf/ERRY ,' NA7 Ti2EE TN/CKGT SCALE I"-- lo' HANK- �I 10 } . a m U Z d VGm - POUORE RIVER DRIVE 3/ 0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This traffic impact study addresses the capacity, geometric, and control requirements at a proposed development known as the Fisher PUD. This PUD calls for the ultimate development of 96,000 square feet of medical office development. The first phase of development will be a 12,000-square-foot medical office building. The project site is located northeast of the corner of Lemay Avenue and Riverside Avenue in Fort Collins, Colorado. The site is bounded to the north by the Cache La Poudre River. As a result of this analysis, the following is concluded: The completed Fisher PUD will generate approximately 5,242 vehicle trips per day. The PM peak hour will generate approximately 377 trips. Phase 1 of the PUD will generate 655 daily trips. The PM peak hour will generate approximately 48 vehicle trips. The addition of the Fisher PUD traffic will have only minor impacts on the level of service at the intersection of Riverside/Lemay. This intersection will operate at an acceptable level of service in the near term. By the Year 2010 this intersection will be at a congested level of service, with or without the Fisher PUD. Long delays will occur at the intersection of the site access and Lemay Avenue if this intersection remains unsignalized. These delays will occur on - site and should not affect traffic flow on Lemay Avenue. The existing left turn lane on Lemay Avenue to Hoffman Mill Road is adequate for the proposed development of this PUD. With proper traffic control and geometrics, the acci- dent rate should be acceptable for an urban area. Is IN In 11 2