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Planning Department
February 2-1, 19R9
Mr. Ken Baca
Diamond Shamrock, Colorado Division
520 Last 561ii Avenue
Denver, CO. 80216
Dcar Mr. Baca:
The Planning Staff has reviewed the request for preliminary P.U.D. for the
Diamond Shamrock Corner Store #1100 located at 1515 West Elizabeth Street. The
following comments are offered:
Regarding the Drainage Report, the methodology used to calculate the release
rate must be verified by the City's Stormwater Utility. The Report indicates
the release is at the 100-year rate when it should be at the two year historic
rate. Please have the representative from Galloway, Romero, and Associates
contact Mr. Glen Schlueter of the Fort Collins Stormwater Utility to discuss
the details. 'Mr. Schlueter can be reached on our Denver line at 573-0444.
2. The actual natural gas service line will differ from those shown on the utility
plan. The carwash and store will be separately metered. Please contact Mr.
Gary Huctt of the Public Service Company at 221-8542 for details.
3. As mentioned at Conceptual Review, there will be development charges and
installation procedures required by the City Light and Power Utility. Please
contact Nlr. Doug Martine at 221-6700 for details.
4. The City has recently adopted new regulations regarding the installation of the
underground storage tanks. Please contact Mr. Bob Poncelow of the Poudre
Fire Authority at 221-6570 for details.
5. Staff has concerns with the northerly parking lot drive aisle connection into
the Potts narking lct. This ;will remove valuable parking spaces for a parking
lot which is known to have a shortage of spaces. Staff is extremely reluctant
to approve a site plan which will cause a disadvantage to an existing business.
Also, Staff is concerned about the aesthetics of what amounts to a frontage
road between Taco Bell and Potts. This connection does not seem to add any
dimension of quality to the overall site plan or the immediate area. Staff,
therefore, recommends this connection not be made.
300 I-allorte venue • P.O. Box =;80 • Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 • (303) 221-6750
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6. In general, the landscape plan demonstrates a high level of quality for the
Nest Elizabeth corridor. Staff suggests, however that additional plantings be
pi ;cc:, along t c southerly property line to buffer the future residential area
from the carwash and security lighting. (The Carl's Jr. site plan indicated
extensive landscaping in this area.)
7. The City Forester recommends that the Sunburst Honeylocust be changed to a
different variety such as the Skyline or Shademaster.
8. The size of both the Austrian Pine and the Pinvon Pine should be upgraded to
6' to 8' in height.
^. T tl',.„ IQ 11-P..Ccri that the t':o P rt-ing areC.. on the cast and -,vcst ends of
the store are not bordered by landscaped parking lot islands as required by
the Parking Lot Development Guide. These spaces should be defined with
islands to provide safe traffic flow. Since the islands may reduce the number
of spaces, Staff suggests that pavement stiping be used to indicate one parallel
parking space on both the north and south sides of the store.
10. Have you considered adding planters between the pumps? There are a variety
of shrubs that would do well in the shaded area under the canopy. Planters
are used in other stations to break up the expanse of asphalt.
11. Plcase add the following two notes to the landscape plan: "A free (no charge)
permit must be obtained from the City 7:,. s :C. I r: t3 planting, pruning, or
removing any trees on the public right-of-way."
"All landscaping must be installed or secured with an irrevocable letter of
credit, performance bond, or escrow account for 125% of the valuation prior
to issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy."
12. Staff is concerned about security lighting spilling over onto adjacent
properties. Since the canopy is higher than the store, the canopy lighting
becomes an important site design element. The 8 x 10 colored photos of other
stores indicate that there is substantial canopy lighting. Staff recommends
that these canopy light fixtures be recessed into the canopy rather than
protrude. This will allow light to remain concentrated over the gas pump
area and not spill over to the neighboring property.
13. The recently approved Conoco gas and convenience store at the Centre for
Advanced Technology and the Amoco gas and food store at Raintree Village
generated substantial discussion at the Planning and Zoning Board hearings in
September and October of 1988. Much of the discussion involved the amount
of signage. In fact, the Amoco did not receive final approval until November
due to a disagreement over the size of the monument sign. Conoco was
approved for a monument sign measuring 6'7" high by 57' wide for a total of
36.75 square feet of sign copy per face. Amoco was approved for a monu-
ment sign measuring 5'6" high by 6'6" wide for a total of 35.75 square feet of
sign copy per face. Both signs were mounted on brick pedestals.
Given the precedent of these two similar projects, Staff feels the proposed
monument sign measuring 49.24 square feet is excessive and should be reduced
to the scale of the two recently approved similar uses. Staff also recommends
the pedestal should be brick.
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ld. "I'he signature block on the plat for the Director of Planning is only allowed
for an administrative subdivision review. Since this request is going to the
M:inning .::id Zoning BoarJ, the signature block should be the same as on the
P.U.D. site plan. By reviewing the plat concurrently with the P.U.D., you are
saved $150 in processing fees.
This concludes ,Staff
comments at this time. For a
preliminary P.U.D., the
submittal is very
well detailed and conipicte.
I suggest
we meet io discuss ihcs:
comments at your
earliest convenience. In
order to
stay on schedule for the
March 27, 1989
Planning and Zoning Board
hearing,
please note the following
deadlines:
Plan revisions are dve March 9, 19S9.
PNIT's, colored renderings, and 10 prints are due on March 20, 1989.
Again, please call if there are any questions or clarifications regarding these
comments.
Sincerely,
Ted Shepard
City Planner
xc: Joe Frank, Assistant Planning Director
Mike Ilcrzig, Development Engineer
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Planning Department
Citv of Fort Collins
April 20, 1989
Mr. Ken Baca
Mr. Ed Kress
Diamond Shamrock
520 East 56th Avenue
Denver, CO. 80216
Dear Gentlemen:
Staff has reviewed the request for Final P.U.D. for the Diamond Shamrock Corner
Store and offers the following comments:
1. As one of the conditions of preliminary approval, the canopy lighting must be
fully recessed. Please provide new cut sheets on this recessed specification.
2. The landscape plan does not indicate whether detention area will be seeded
with a grass mix or sodded. Please specify.
3. Staff would like to re-emphasize the comment that the large hard surface paved
area would be well served with planters under the canopy. Other gas stations
have used planters with shade tolerant shrubs. Under straight zoning, parking
lots arc required to be provided with 6% landscaping. As a P.U.D., the project
has greater design flexibility but should, nonetheless, try to meet or exceed the
minimum requirements of the Zoning Code.
4. The southwest corner of the site needs additional easement area to accommodate
the water utility.
5. The easement width along West Elizabeth should be 15 feet not 12 feet.
6. The site plan shows a logo on the east elevation of the canopy. This logo
should also be added to "rear" elevation on the Elevation sheet.
7. The elevations should be labeled west, south, north, east. Not front, right, left,
rear. This will assist our zoning inspectors.
8. Due to the number of proposed signs in various locations, it will assist our
zoning inspectors and the sign permitting process to list, in table form, all the
signs on the property. Other than the monument sign, the way I understand it,
the proposed signage would be as follows:
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West Elevation: canopy logo
South Elevation:
North Elevation:
East Elevation: canopy logo
building logo "Corner Store"
building logo
building logo
Carwash: fascia logo "Carwash"
9. The Drainage Report needs revising to account for off -site flooding from the
southwest portion of the site.
10. The plat should show the area of the lot.
11. Please indicate the building envelopes and show the distance to the property
lines.
12. The canopy and carwash must be within building envelopes.
13. Please add a note to the site plan stating: "All signs to comply with Sign
Code".
This concludes Staff comments at this time. Please note the following deadlines
for the May 22, 1989 Planning and Zoning Board hearing:
Plan revisions are due May 3, 1989.
PMT,s, colored renderings, and 10 prints are due May 15, 1989.
Final mylars, Site and Landscape Covenants, Development Agreement
are due on May 18, 1989.
Please feel free to call the Planning Department to discuss these comments.
Sincerely:
1
Ted Shepard,
City Planner
Enc.
cc: Joe Frank, ,Assistant Planning Director
Mike Herzig, Development Engineer