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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPHEASANT RIDGE ESTATES - Filed GC-GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE - 2005-05-27STEWART&ASSOCIATES � - Consulting Engineers and Surveyors September 25, 1991 Mr. Mike Herzig Development Coordinator Planning Department City of Fort Collins P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins CO 80522 Dear Mike: Re: VARIANCE REQUEST for Pheasant Ridge Estates Pheasant Ridge Estates is a 25—lot subdivision on 19.2 acres situate in the SE4' of Section 36, Township 8 North, Range 69 West of the Sixth P.M., Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado. The City cf Fort Collins' street section for a City subdivision which is not a P.U.D. is a 54.00 right—of—way and a flowline to flowline street width lot of 36 feet. A P.U.D. and also a rural type subdivision of one acre per lot can use a street section of flowline to flowline of 28 feet in a 46—foot right—of—way. After several discussions with our traffic engineer and with the City's traffic engineer and planning department personnel, we have analyzed the situation and have decided to use the 28—foot flowline to flowline width in a 46—foot right—of—way in this project. City standard rollover curb, gutter and walk will be installed. The reasons we have used this design are as follows: ?,y 1. This subdivision is similar to the rural subdivision size (0.8 6Y acres/lot). 2. The existing developed areas to the North and East are similar to the rural design. 3. On —street parking, in my opinion, will not be a safety problem because of the large lot size. 4. All City standard design practices have been met on this project. 5. Traffic volume through this project is low. Based on the above analysis, I recommend that this variance he approved. If you have any questions or need more information, please let me know. Sincerely, Franklin D. Blake, P.E. & L.S. Secretary/Treasurer jrr James H. Stewart and Associates, Inc. 214 N. Howes Street PO Box 429 Ft Collins-0080522 303-'482-9331 STEWART&ASSOCIATES Consulting Engineers and Surveyors March 6, 1992 Mr. Mike Herzig Development Coordinator Planning Department P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 Dear Mike: We are requesting a variance from City code for installing curb and gutter along the portion of Westview Road that ties Pheasant Ridge Estates to the existing cul—de—sac on Westview Road. This portion of road was annexed to the City by the Pickett Third Annexation this month. The length of road is approximately 340 feet. The reasons for the request are as follows: 1) Westview Road will require a transition from County standards to City standards either at the north entrance to Pheasant Ridge Estates or at the beginning of the City property at the end of the cul—de—sac. The more logical point to make the transition is at the north entrance to Pheasant Ridge Estates where the lot sizes change from 5—acre tracts to ?—acre lots. This transition location would leave the Terry Ridge Subdivision as originally designed, a County subdivision. 2) The road connection between Terry Ridge and Pheasant Ridge Estates received extreme opposition from the residents of Terry Ridge from the standpoint of destroying their quality of life with respect to urbanization. I feel that to curb and gutter "their subdivision" would further disrupt their feelings between the developer and also City and County representatives. 3) Original verbal comments between the developer and the owner of Lot 5, Terry Ridge, were that there would be an asphalt road only over his property (no curb and gutter) on Westview Road. All the design work completed through today has been in compliance with this agreement. To require curb and gutter over the owner's property at this point in time could affect the required dedication needed to develop Pheasant Ridge Estates. We, therefore, request that the variance be granted and the transition location between curb and gutter to no curb and gutter remain at the north entrance to Pheasant Ridge Estates as originally designed. Sincerely, 27 f i Franklin D. Blake, P.E. & L.S. Secretary/Treasurer jrr James H- Stewart and Associates, Inc. 214 N. Howes Street PO Box 429 R. Collins. C080522 303482-9331 ! j rj !� !yi STEWART&LA SSOCIATES Consulting Engineers and Surveyors April 10, 1992 Mr. Mike Herzig Development Coordinator Planning Department City of Fort Collins P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 Dear Mike: Re: Pheasant Ridge Estes ricade EFemoval across Blue Teal Drive I feel that the expense to remove the barricade should be placed on the owner of record of Lot 2 in place of an escrow account at this time. Since there is already a deed restriction for building on this lot until the barricade comes down, it would be in his interest to take it down. Priced at contractors' labor billing rates for small jobs, the cost of removal would be as follows: 1. Remove 8 posts from asphalt and haul away — 6 hours @ 30.00/hour $180.00 2. Fill holes with cold patch asphalt'- 3 hours @ 30.00/hour 90.00 Total $270.00 If the barricade and gate were still in good shape, a contractor might remove them for no cost due to the salvage value. If you have any questions regarding this estimate, please let me know. Sincerely, f Franklin D. Blake, P.E. & L.S. Secretary/Treasurer jrr James H. Stewart and Associates. Inc. 214 N. Howes Street PO Box 429 Ft. Collins. C080522 303, 482-9331 - Engineering Department A Gmanatnew To Progrev, 498-5700 FAX 498-7986 Post Office Box 1190 - Fort Collins, Colorado 80522-1190 LARIMER COUNTY COLORADO Operations and Planning Engineering September 17, 1993 Elaine W. Spencer Mr. Mike Herzig City of Fort Collins Planning Department RE: PHEASANT RIDGE ESTATES Dear Mike: Design and Construction Engineering Ross W. Shaw Per our conversation this morning, I am forwarding to you a copy of correspondence in our file regarding the pavement section"which was approved for the reconstruction of Westview Road as a part of the Pheasant Ridge Estates development project. This road is located in the County but provided secondary access to Pheasant Ridge so was required to be improved with that development. It has come to my attention that this pavement is experiencing failure as evidenced by cracking at several locations and at least two people in this office have been told that they think an overlay was all that was done. I don't have a copy of plans I signed, but the pavement design called for 113-inches of asphaltic concrete overlying 6-inches of aggregate bare course... the aggregate base course could be developed by pulverizing the in -place pavement and base with the addition of new materials as needed to develop the 6-inch thick base." Although Larimer County does not provide inspection services for subdivision streets we do require that the developer provide us with evidence that the work was done in compliance with approved plans and county standards. In my correspondence with Jack Blake of Stewart and Associates, I noted that we required: ..Test results for compaction testing on the subgrade, base and asphalt ..Record drawings ..A Statement of Substantial Compliance from the inspecting engineer At this time we have not received any of the above and cannot begin the process for accepting this road for County maintenance. Even with the above information I am unwilling to accept this road since failure is already evident. At a minimum we need to know what section was actually placed? If the approved pavement design was not used then this developer should be responsible for work to provide an acceptable structural section. If the approved pavement design was BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Courtlyn W. Hotchkiss Janet Duvall Jim Disney District I District 11 District III Mike Herzig Pheasant Ridge September 17, 1993 Page 2 utilized, then the design engineer may be responsible for this work. Since this work was required as a part of a development within the City of Fort Collins, I don't know how to proceed from here. I would suggest that we first meet with Mr. Nordick, explain the situation to him and ask for documentation to show what was actually constructed. It may be that we would recommend a building permit hold on remaining lots in Pheasant Ridge until the work is completed. I'll be out of the office until September 27 and will call you during that week to discuss this further. Sincerely, Elaine W. Spencer, Manager Engineering Operations and Planning A Commi(ment To Progress Engineering Department 498-5700 Post Office Box 1190 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522-1190 LARIMER COUNTY COLORADO Operations and Planning Engineering Elaine W. Spencer MEMO TO: Kerrie_ Ashbeck Design and Construction Engineering City of Fort Collins Engineering Ross W. Shaw FROM: Elaine Spencer Larimer County Engineering DATE: May 2:3, 1991 RE: DEVELOPMENT REVIEW - 1992 SOUTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PHEASANT RIDGE SUBDIVISION I have reviewed the plans submitted for each proposal and have the following comments: 1. With respect to the 1992 Southwest Elementary School, a utilities permit will be required for work within the right-of-way of Crest Road. 2. With respect to the Pheasant Ridge Estates Subdivision, comments submitted in response to the Beacon Hills preliminary plat still apply with the following exceptions: a. Although the total number of lots has not changed from the previous proposal, the road alignment has changed enough that it appears most traffic would use the Spaulding Lane access rather than Westview Road. A Traffic Impact Study should be completed to determine the impact of traffic from this development on each of these County roads. With the results of the Traffic Impact Study, I will be better able to determine what improvements, if any, are needed on Westview Road. The Traffic Impact Study should also address the impact of traffic from this development on the intersections of Spaulding Lane/SH 1 and US 287/SH 1. CDOH should review the Traffic Impact Study since they have programmed improvements to the US 287 and SH 1 intersection in 1994. b. An Access and/or utilities permit will be necessary prior to beginning any work within the right-of-way of either Spaulding Lane or Westview Road. Mike Bryant is the County contact for this permit. c. Final plans should include details of connections to both Spaulding Lane and Westview Road. I am particularly concerned about the transition from a curb and gutter section to an open ditch section on Westview Road and the provision for drainage. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Courtlyn W. Hotchkiss M.J. "Moe" Mekelburg Daryle W. Klassen District I District 11 District III W s J W G -12 W x Q August 6, 1991 <,'= L Mr. Mike Herzig Fort Collins Development Engineer P.O. Box 580 Fort Collins, CO 80522-0580 Dear Mike: Pheasant Ridge Estates is proposing to build 28 foot wide public streets within the development. According to the Fort Collins Design_Criteria and St_a_nd_ards for _St_r_e_ets, this street width wi}.1 require a variance by the City of Fort Collins. The reasons for requesting/granting this variance are listed below: - The streets will have less than 750 ADT on them. The development itself will have 25 dwelling units, which will generate 250 vehicle trips on an average weekday. Thee.-e is not likely to be any external traffic passing through this development. Therefore, the highest traffic volume at a given worst case location will be 250 ADT. - This is a large lot development. The density is considered to be low (2 or less dwelling units per acre). Based upon criteria in "Recommended Guidelines for Subdivision Streets. A Recommended Practice," Institute of Transportation Engineers; 1984, the pavement width should be 22--27 feet. The proposed 28 feet exceeds this recommended practice. - Typical development with lot size of >0.5 acres provide more than four off-street parking spaces per dwelling unit. A comparable development is the First Filing of Clarendon Hills. Based upon observation at various times on a number of days, the average number of vehicles parked on Hinsdale Drive in Clarendon Hills was 3 in a length of 1300 feet. This observation was conducted where there were dwelling units on both sides of the street. The number of parked, on -street vehicles would enable Hinsdale Drive to have been a 28 foot wide street with no traffic or parking problems. I recommend that the streets in Pheasant Ridge Estates be 28 feet wide (curb to curb). I would further recommend that parking be allowed on both sides of the streets, if at least four off --street parking spaces are provided per dwelling unit. If you have any questions or desire additional information, do not hesitate to call me. Sincerely, M1 Matthew J. Delich, P.E. � * J